More By Artist: Martyn
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] Tippett's first two published symphonies are mature and confident works dating from the middle of the last century. Coruscating accounts from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are sure to win new friends for this marvellous music. |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations & other orchestral works BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, with Kate Royal (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2016 ] Two much-loved orchestral favourites representing the summit of Elgar's maturity are coupled with three of the lesser-known wartime works, here receiving their rst recordings with the original French texts. Kate Royal is the soprano soloist in 'Une... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica & Symphony No 9 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Two late, great Vaughan Williams symphonies: with the 'Antartica' and No 9, Martyn Brabbins and his BBC forces complete a cycle enthusiastically acclaimed by Radio 3 Record Review as 'unmissable'. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 Roderick Williams (baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "Even against formidable competition [in No. 6], Martyn Brabbins impresses handsomely. Nothing is forced - the fury and the anguish, the grandeur and the desolation seem almost to speak for themselves." BBC Music Five Stars |
HENRY VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Chloe Hanslip (violin) / Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 12 / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "rhythmically taut, meticulously executed performances...few will be able to resist Hanslip's deliciously coquettish handling of the rondo movements of both concertos." (Gramophone) |
PARRY / STANFORD / GURNEY / FINZI
English Orchestral Songs (Parry / Stanford / Gurney / Finzi) Christopher Maltman, baritone / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Maltman captures the almost unbearably poignant feeling of these [Gurney] songs' - BBC Music Magazine |
DOWLAND
Collected Works The Consort Of Musicke / Anthony Rooley with Emma Kirkby, Glenda Simpson, John York Skinner, Martyn Hill & David Thomas [ Decca Budget Boxes / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] '...this box cannot be recommended too highly' The Penguin Guide To Compact Discs |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 46 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Danny Driver's pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen's considerable demands' (BBC Music Magazine) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 3 'Pastoral' & 4 David Butt Philip (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Brabbins's attention to dynamic detail is also striking, both in the first movement (note the really hushed level of the development before the recapitulation really erupts) and the troubling demeanour of the slow movement" (Gramophone) |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
HAGAI HUBAY
Hubay: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 Hagai Shaham (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 6 / CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] 'With Shaham, Hubay's legacy is in very safe hands indeed. He delivers these works with a solid technique and commanding authenticity. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins provide rather more than just support, aided by a... |
FERDINAND DAVID
Violin Concertos 4 & 5 Hagai Shaham (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 9 / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] Ferdinand David is principally known today as the dedicatee of Mendelssohn's violin concerto; he gave the premiere of the work in 1845. But in his time he was also celebrated as a composer, and Hyperion is delighted to present this disc of world... |
SERGEI LYAPUNOV
Lyapunov: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 4 / Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op 28 / Piano Concerto No 2, Op 38 Hamish Milne (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 30 / CD - released 18/Oct/2002 ] 'Yet another programme that makes incomprehensible the narrow choice of 19th-century piano concertos heard in our concert halls today' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] The centuries do indeed 'roll away' as the libretto addresses questions of empire - Roman and Victorian - and Britain's place in the world. But that shouldn't detract from the music; this is simply glorious and worthy of the mature Elgar. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] It was the Huddersfield Choral Society which made the first complete recording of Gerontius on 8-12 April 1945; this latest chapter in the Society's ties to the work was recorded eighty years later, virtually to the day, on 5 April 2025 and displays... |
HUSS / SCHELLING
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ian Hobson (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 16 / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Compelling listening' (Gramophone) |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 / Romance / Serenade Jack Liebeck (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 19 / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 is the daddy-the most popular ever written. Much recorded, Jack Liebeck turns in a dazzling performance of youthful vigour, prefacing the Concerto with the gorgeous Serenade and a Romance. |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 2 & other works Jack Liebec (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 18/Jan/2017 ] "There's much to admire in Jack Liebeck's patrician account of Bruch's D Minor Violin Concerto. His playing is virtually flawless in its technical ease, scintillating articulateness and purity of tone." Gramophone |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Agamemnon & Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 John Findon, Eleanor Dennis, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Robert Murray, Clive Bayley / English National Opera Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] With Havergal Brian's 'Agamemnon' and Symphonies Nos 6 & 12, Martyn Brabbins and his English National Opera forces pay tribute to one of the great mavericks of British music. All three works belong to Brian's immensely productive old age and display... |
John Martyn
Inside Out [ Island Records / CD - released 6/Dec/2005 ] Available as an import from Europe, John's classic album from 1973 has been digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes and now features 4 bonus tracks. |
