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PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Taverner (opera in two acts) Martyn Hill, David Wilson-Johnson / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ NMC / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "conductor Oliver Knussen keeps the goals in view and the climaxes in proportion, with the strings of the BBC SO tirelessly eloquent in the searing final stages." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Opera |
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ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 8 (Incls 'Enchanted Summer' & 'Walsinghame') Martyn Hill (tenor) Anne Williams-Kingm, Lynore McWhirter (sopranos) / Brighton Festival Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This issue represents a considerable achievement for all involved. The spacious recording copes beautifully with everything Bax can muster.' Hi-Fi News |
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ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 6 (Includes Russian Suite ; Four songs for tenor and orchestra & Romantic Overture) Martyn Hill (tenor) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "This disc, at mid-price, is an excellent place to start for anyone wishing to dip their aural toe into Bax's music" (MusicWeb April 2004) |
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SCHOENBERG
Gurre-Lieder Melanie Diener (soprano) Ernst Haefliger (narrator) Martyn Hill (tenor) Jennifer Lane (mezzo) Stephen O'Mara (tenor) / Simon Joly Chorale Philharmonia [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 1 / 2 CD - released 28/Dec/2004 ] "This is not only recommended but a bit of a bargain as well." -- Bruce Hodges, MusicWeb |
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EDWARD GREGSON
Blazon / Clarinet Concerto / Stepping Out / Violin Concerto Michael Collins (clarinet) Olivier Charlier (violin) / BBC Philharmonic ; Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Oct/2003 ] "Two fine concertos stand out in the new music from this dynamic composer" - Editor's Choice. Gramophone Magazine Nov 2003 |
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JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Contemporary |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis / Stabat Mater Neill Archer (tenor) Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (contralto) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra. [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] 'Gratitude, then, for an essential contribution towards the re-evaluation of an original visionary…' Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' on Missa Sabrinensis |
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JOHN PICKARD
John Pickard: Tenebrae, Piano Concerto & Sea-Change Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "This may be one of the most important contemporary orchesral CDs of 2013...Brabbins puts plenty of fire into the Norrköping players in presenting this full-blooded, ferociously positive music. BIS's sonics are first-rate. An absolute triumph." BBC |
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CYRIL SCOTT
Festival Overture / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / etc Olivier Charlier (violin) / Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Another strong entrant in the Scott renaissance which continues to assault both ignorance and the accumulation of ill-informed assumptions about this fine composer" (MusicWeb July 2007) |
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JOHN TAVENER
Fall and Resurrection Patricia Rozario / Michael Chance / Martyn Hill / Stephen Richardson / Richard Hickox [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] G :- Fall and Resurrection is a deeply religious work. It tries to encompass, in brief glimpses the events which have taken place since the beginning of time, but with reference to Christian doctrine. |
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EDGAR BAINTON
Epithalamion / An English Idyll (with Hubert Clifford-A Kentish Suite ; The Casanova Melody ; Five English Nursery Tunes, etc) Paul Whelan (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2003 ] "Heartfelt, polished advocacy for some neglected music - a job well done." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2003) |
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KALEVI AHO
Aho: Oboe Concerto & Sonata Piet van Bockstal (oboe) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins / Yutaka Oya (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "There's a chamber-like intensity to this concerto - a heightened instrumental clarity if you will - and oboist Piet Van Bockstal is a gentle and evocative soloist throughout...Fine music and musicianship, faithfully caught; what BIS does best." (Mus |
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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'. |
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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... |
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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 |