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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 & Op. 7 Martin Haselböck; Orchester Wiener Akademie; Jeremy Joseph [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] Handel is best known to the wider public for his large-scale choral and orchestral works, but his organ music is equally precious. It was the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels who, diverting him from a career in the law, spotted his exceptional abilities on... |
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Martin Haselbock
Muffat:organ Works Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] |
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GEORG MUFFAT
Organ Works, Vol. 1 (Apparatus musico-organisticus, Part I) Martin Haselbock (organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] Georg Muffat was born in Megève, Savoy, into a family of Scottish ancestry. As a boy he went to Alsace, then to Paris where he was proud to have studied with the great Lully from 1663 to 1669. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variationos Martin Helmchen [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] The pianist Martin Helmchen has now joined Alpha for several recordings. Acknowledged as one of the leading pianists of his generation, an eminent interpreter of the German repertoire, Helmchen will explore various periods and composers (including... |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus Martin Helmchen [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] Composed in 1944 and first performed at the Salle Gaveau in Paris on 26 March 1945 by Yvonne Loriod, this is the second great pianistic cycle by Olivier Messiaen: a major work indeed, not only in the composer's oeuvre but in the entire repertoire for... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830 Martin Helmchen (1790 Tangent Piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] "Helmchen is drawn to the hybrid capabilities of his instrument, which stimulate fresh insights into how Bach's Partitas can be played and experienced" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2024 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Pianos concertos 1 & 4 Martin Helmchen / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Andrew Manze [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Beethoven's piano concertos are a precious source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument, which, in the early nineteenth century, permanently replaced the harpsichord in the hearts of composers. Thus one can still hear the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto 3 & Triple Concerto Martin Helmchen (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze (cond) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] German pianist Martin Helmchen continues his journey through Beethoven's piano concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Andrew Manze. In the Third Concerto, published in 1804, Beethoven seems to be moving away from the Mozartian model... |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet in A 'The Trout' / Variations on Trockne Blumen for flute and piano / Piano Trio (Notturno) in E flat Martin Helmchen (piano) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Alois Posch (double bass) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The players' wide dynamic range lets them wring every drop of energy from the finale without ever forcing the tone, and it's impossible to overpraise Helmchen's sensitivity in both his solo and accompanying roles." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 27 Martin Helmchen (piano) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolić [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] In September 2007 PentaTone released the first album of Martin Helmchen. It was also a disc with Mozart concertos (No.24 and No. 13; catalogue number PTC5186305). Over the last 6 years Martin Helmchen's career has further developed. He performs... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos / Piano Quintet Martin Helmchen (piano) / Paul Beniston (trumpet) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Helmchen proves a deft interpreter of both, aided by Jurowski at his most engaging; and the outstanding performance of the weightier Piano Quintet (1940), studio-recorded with members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, makes this a rare means of... |
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JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Complete German Songs Martin Hummel (Baritone) / Birgid Steinberger (Soprano) / Glen Wilson (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "This is a CD which in any one interested in the history of the German lied will surely want to hear; admirers of Schubert should find it of considerable interest." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
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Martin Hummel, baritone / Karl-Ernst Schroder, lute
17th Century German Lute Songs [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2002 ] About the year 1600 three developments in German music came together |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Piano Music Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "His Debussy album is so very 'complete' that it takes up 5 CD's- because he includes piano versions of a lot of music that doesn't figure in other people's collections." (CD Review) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music [6 CD set] Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Martin Jones' musicianship is perhaps seen at its best in his playing of the 'Songs Without Words'. For many years Mendelssohn's music for the keyboard was neglected but this six CD set, so beautifully played by Martin Jones, will do much to earn... |
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CARLOS GUASTAVINO
The Complete Piano Music (3 CD set) Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 3 CD - released 28/May/2008 ] (In the late 19th and early 20th centuries) a number of composers of high quality remained known principally only within Argentina itself, equally inspired by European Romanticism and Argentinian traditions, working especially with a harmonic palette... |
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JEAN ROGER-DUCASSE
The Complete Piano Music Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2015 ] "We should be grateful to Martin Jones, Adrian Farmer and Nimbus for making this music available - and in such excellent performances and recordings, and so well presented. Their endeavours richly deserve to be rewarded with success." MusicWeb July |
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JOAQUIN NIN
the Piano Music Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "All of this music, much of it of an intricate virtuosity, is played with unflagging brio and complete poetic empathy by Martin Jones, whose missionary zeal on behalf of Spanish music deserves every honour Spain can offer" Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 |
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CARL CZERNY
Piano sonatas Vol 1 [2 CDs] Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] |
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett - Choral Works Martin Jones (piano), Graham Ashton (trumpet) / hrist Church Cathedral Choir, Medici String Quartet, Stephen Darlington [ Nimbus / CD - released 25/Oct/2003 ] "This release contains temptations that put it well ahead of its rivals." - Nicholas Williams, BBC Music Magazine |