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COPLAND / HINDEMITH / ARNOLD
Clarinet Concertos dedicated to Benny Goodman Martin Frost (clarinet) / Malma SymfoniOrkester / Lan Shui [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] The Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst has rapidly become one of the leading and most sought after international clarinet players. |
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J. S. BACH
Martin Fröst - B.A.C.H. Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute), Göran Fröst (viola), Benny Andersson (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] "there are extraordinary moments. Indeed, the final few seconds of that Prelude [Suite No. 2] are exquisite: shaped in strength, vulnerability, resonance and decay, this is paradoxical playing at its most beguiling." Gramophone Awards Issue 2025 |
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ALFVEN / BACH / JENKINS / PURCELL / RAMEAU / SCARLATTI / etc
Martin Fröst - Night Passages Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] Martin Fröst's latest album for Sony Classical brings the extraordinary alchemy of a specially formed ensemble to the public with highly original arrangements for the first time on record. |
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Martin Green
Crows' Bones [ Reveal / CD - released 25/Apr/2014 ] Crow's Bones is a journey into the real dark side, it's lead track being a cover of Villagers' "I Saw the Dead". Martin Green is joined by singers Becky Unthank and inge Thomson. Production is by Portishead's Adrian Utley. |
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HEINZ KARLGRUBER
Gruber: Zeitstimmung / Rough Music / etc Martin Grubinger (percussion) HK Gruber / chansonnier / Tonkanstler Orchestra / Kristjan Jarvi [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] It has been said about HK Gruber (b. 1943) that he 'throws off labels as fast as pundits can affix them. Neo-romantic, neo-tonal, neo-expressionistic, neo-Viennese: he isn't any of these things, so much as a sentient composer who keeps responding to... |
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Martin James
State Of Bass: The Origins Of Jungle/Drum & Bass [ Velocity Press / Book - released 28/May/2021 ] Drawing on interviews with some of the key figures in the early years, State of Bass explores the scene's social, cultural, and musical roots via the sonic shifts that charted the journey from deep underground to global phenomenon. Originally... |
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Martin L Gore
Counterfeit (LP) [ Mute / 12in - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Counterfeit EP is the first solo recording by Martin L Gore, the primary songwriter for the band Depeche Mode. Released in 1989, Counterfeit is a six-song EP of cover songs, hence the name, implying that the songs were not written by... |
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Martin Rev
Martin Rev (LP) [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 12/Apr/2013 ] In 1980, shortly after Suicide's second full-length, Martin Rev released his first solo album on preeminent No Wave label Infidelity (Lust/Unlust). Uninhibited by the trappings of a collaborator, Rev was freed to explore his most experimental and pop... |
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Martin Simpson
An Introduction To… [ Topic / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] It's remarkable to think that Martin Simpson is now celebrating some 45 years as a professional musician since, unlike so many of the Topic greats, Simpson was not part of the 50s folk revival or the more expansive contemporary folk scene of the 60s.... |
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Martin Simpson
Prodigal Son [ Topic Records / CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] Martin Simpson is the complete natural musician, but his virtuosity on the guitar has often tended to unfairly overshadow his vocal and interpretive powers. His album 'Prodigal Son' demonstrates his further growth as a player, singer and composer... |
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Martin Simpson
Purpose + Grace [ Topic / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] |
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Martin Simpson
Trails & Tribulations (Deluxe 2CD) [ Topic / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Martin Simpson's remarkable intimate solo performances go from strength to strength - every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through... |
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Martin Solveig
Smash [ Vicious Pty Ltd Australia / CD - released 26/Jan/2012 ] 'Smash' packages up 10 of Solveig's best creations to date, including the anthemic "Hello", "Ready 2 Go" and "Big in Japan". |
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BYRD / PHILIPS / FARNABY / BULL / SWEELINCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Martin Souter (Harpsichord. Clavichord. Virginals, organ) [ Historic Keyboard Collection / Gift of Music / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge houses one of the world's most important manuscripts of keyboard music. The music was composed by England's greatest composers of the early seventeenth century and ranges from erudite fantasias to exquisite... |
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TRADITIONAL
Music for Virginals Martin Souter (Leversidge virginals in the Ashmolean Museum) [ Ashmolean / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] William Byrd's music in a unique recording on the Leversidge virginals of 1670 which was made in the Hill Music Room in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The music is all taken from 'My Ladye nevells Booke' of 1591 |
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CHOPIN
Chopin: Return to Warsaw Martin Stadtfeld (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] |
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Martin Zellar
Born Under [ CD ] |
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Songs and Interludes / Handel: Arias from Xerxes Maureen Forrester (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) Martin Isepp (harpsichord) / Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman [ MCA Millennium Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1996 ] Recording: June 1966 - Mozartsaal, Vienna |
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Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians [ Longtime Listener / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] |
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Medeski Martin & Wood
It's A Jungle In Here (LP) [ Real Gone / LP - released 12/Apr/2024 ] The trio of John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood did as much to reinvigorate and reimagine jazz as anybody over the last three decades. Now, Real Gone Music is proud to provide the band's classic second album It's a Jungle in Here its first... |