More By Artist: Martyn
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & B flat Rachel Nicholls (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] The first opportunity to experience Tippett's unique symphonic voice stretching across nearly half a century, from the early B flat symphony (here receiving its first recording) to the extraordinary 'birth-to-death' span encompassed by No 4. |
VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Borisova-Ollas: Angelus Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Andrey Boreyko, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Born in Russia, Victoria Borisova-Ollashas lived in Sweden since 1993. In the international music press, she has been described as 'a composer with a sparkling individual voice' and an 'orchestrator of the greatest virtuosity'. |
CECIL COLES
Music from Behind the Lines Sarah Fox (soprano) Paul Whelan (baritone) / BBC Scottish Symphony, Martyn Brabbin [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (July 2002)- "His orchestral writing is highly accomplished; and the dramatic flair suggests a potential opera composer…excellent singing and committed playing." |
BLISS / BRITTEN / HOLST
English Choral Music Shirley Minty (mezzo) Martyn Hill (tenor) Holst Singers / Hilary Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2002)- "Never tentative or imprecise, the voices blend beautifully. The upper voices in particular shine with a luminous quality, and are wonderfully fast and flexible." |
ROGER SACDEVERELL COKE
Coke: Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 5 Simon Callaghan (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 78 / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] The late Romanticism of Roger Sacheverell Coke will appeal to anyone who enjoys Rachmaninov or Delius, Grainger or Scriabin. If that sounds an intriguingly eclectic mix, Coke establishes his own distinctive voice, and this is an important addition to... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten on Film Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano) / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] 'This generous 79-minute collection consists of the film music without the film, so if you've once seen some of the better known ones such as Night Mail or Coal Face your visual memory fills the gap. An excellent feature is the provision of Auden's... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (with Alexander Goedicke - Concertstack in D major) Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 13 / CD - released 10/Jan/2006 ] 'As in his four-disc set of Glazunov's complete solo piano music, Stephen Coombs is poetic and powerful. The rare Goedicke concertante makes a charming filler' (The Guardian) |
TIPPETT
Complete Music for Piano Steven Osborne (piano) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Concerto 'The Scottish pianist demonstrates the driving energy behind Tippett's solo piano music. The four sonatas dance nimbly over the keys … Nothing beats the hungry Vivace of the Piano Concerto,... |
KARLOWICZ / MOSZKOWSKI
Violin Concertos Tasmin Little (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 4 / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] The fourth volume in the burgeoning 'Romantic Violin Concerto' series. The central work on the disc is Moritz Moszkowski's C major Violin Concerto, a full-blooded work which demands exceptional virtuosity. Martyn Brabbins again leads the BBC Scottish... |
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EDWARD ELGAR / ERNEST BLOCH
Elgar (arr. Tertis) - Viola Concerto / Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra Timothy Ridout (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Jan/2023 ] "Ridout is a strong, personable player whose deft handling of the Scherzo and heartfelt playing of the Adagio make the concerto's central episodes exceptionally memorable." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Concerto |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion [complete oratorio] Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill & David Thomas /Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 Viviane Hagner (violin), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 8 / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'Munich-born virtuoso Viviane Hagner brings a splendid sense of the romantic style to this work, playing a 1717 Sasserno Stradivarius of sweetly brilliant tone. The performance becomes quite fiery and flamboyant, Hagner's trills and runs striking a... |
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... |
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 |
John Martyn
Anthology [ Primo Records / 2 CD - released 17/Apr/2007 ] This 2-CD, 27-track "best of" compilation collects a broad cross-section of the works of masterly British singer / songwriter / guitarist John Martyn. |
John Martyn
The Apprentice (3CD/DVD set) [ Cherry Red / 4 CD/DVD - released 1/Jan/2022 ] • A NEW RE-MASTERED 3CD / DVD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET OF JOHN MARTYN'S 1990 ALBUM. • WITH TWO ADDITIONAL CDs AND A DVD OF A CONCERT RECORDED IN MARCH 1990 FEATURING GUEST DAVID GILMOUR. • INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH ESSAY.... |
John Martyn
The Best Of The Island Years (4CD) [ Island Records / 4 CD - released 7/Nov/2014 ] Island Records signed the truly original undiluted talent of John Martyn in 1967 but could hardly have anticipated the creative daring that was to make him one of the pre-eminent artists of the 1970s. Martyn appeared from nowhere but soon came to... |
John Martyn
Bless The Weather (LP) [ Unviersal / LP - released 17/Oct/2017 ] 180g reissue. |
