More By Artist: Martyn
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VIC HOYLAND
Vixen BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / CD - released 4/Jun/2005 ] "Joyous and ecstatic and searching and evanescent by turns... primitive energy conveyed with the crushing force of a musical juggernaut." BBC Music Magazine 2002 |
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MICHAEL FINNISSY
Red Earth BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ NMC / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] |
Beverley Martyn
The Phoenix And The Turtle (180g) [ Muisc On Vinyl / LP - released 2/May/2014 ] Described by Beverley as a very personal album, this features songs written throughout her entire career, from her very first song, "Sweet Joy", to the previously unrecorded Nick Drake & Beverley Martyn song "Reckless Jane". The Phoenix and the... |
Beverley Martyn
The Phoenix And The Turtle [ Les Cousins Music / CD - released 25/Apr/2014 ] Described by Beverley as a very personal album, it features songs written throughout her entire career, from her very first song, "Sweet Joy", to the previously unrecorded Nick Drake & Beverley Martyn song "Reckless Jane" which was started in 1974... |
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) |
JOHN PICKARD
The Flight of Icarus / The Spindle of Necessity for trombone, percussion and strings / etc Christian Lindberg (trombone) / Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine June 2008 |
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 |
HOWARD SKEMPTON
Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Christopher Yates (viola) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Perfectly crafted, deceptively simplistic and distinctively individual, Howard Skempton's compositions have a soundworld all of their own. This new full-length album on NMC perfectly displays his experimental, yet sonorous and tonal... |
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 |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Pirates of Penzance / Trial by Jury (Rec 1949) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Darrell Fancourt / Leonard Osborn / Martyn Green / Leslie Rands [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2001 ] "The 1949 Pirates was the old company's high point, with stalwarts such as Green, and the imposing Darrell Fancourt as the Pirate King, reveling in their parts in a way that still sounds fresh. It's and impression greatly enhanced by the deft... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan (Recorded 1948-1954) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Darrell Fancourt / Leonard Osborn / Martyn Green / Leslie Rands / Peter Pratt / Muriel Harding / Ella Halman & others [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] "Good news for Anglophiles-the great Gilbert and Sullivan recordings of the late 1940s are on their way back into the catalogue, at budget prices and sounding better than ever. The best of these discs are not only agreeable but almost magical in... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Mikado (Complete 1950 Recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] The first release of the Historic 1950 D'Oyly Carte recordings |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Yeomen of the Guard (Complete 1950 Recording) plus orchestral music (1935) The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (with Darrell Fancourt & Martyn Green), Isidore Godfrey / British Light Orchestra [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] Chronologically the eleventh Gilbert and Sullivan opera, if we number Trial By Jury as their first, and the sixth of the Savoy Opera productions, The Yeomen of the Guard was first given at the London Savoy on 3rd October, 1888. |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
HMS Pinafore (complete operetta) Darrell Fancourt, Radley Flynn, Joan Gillingham, Martyn Green, Ella Halman / D'oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] "Listening to these CDs again made me appreciate just how good some of the soloists were. Darrell Fancourt is striking as Dick Deadeye, Ella Halman is a superb Buttercup, and Joan Gillingham is a prim and proper Hebe." Mel@marbecks.co.nz |
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 |
J. S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion / St. John Passion / Mass in B minor / Easter & Christmas Oratorios Emma Kirkby, Catherine Bott, Michael Chance, Paul Agnew, Martyn Hill, John Mark Ainsley / various conductors [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2012 ] "This boxed set is perfect for those people wishing to get to know Bach's Passions. Cleobury's performances of the St. Matthew and the St. John are good steady musical performances. Many people will be attracted to this disc by the name of King's... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Anon in Love / A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table / etc Felicity Lott (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor) Craig Ogden (guitar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "for a super-budget recording this, as with any of the British song series formerly with Collins and now with Naxos, is a must-have." -- Musicweb.uk.net |
NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Skalkottas: Two Concertos George Zacharias (violin), Alexandros Koustas (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "The fact that Nikos Skalkottas was one of Schoenberg's elite composition students obscures the fact that he began his career as a violinist of concert-artist level. The two concertos gathered here highlight this violinist/composer duality. The... |
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Graham Johnson & Martyn Hill
Schubert:complete Songs [ Hyperion / CD ] |
