More By Artist: Martyn
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Philharmonic Concerto / Symphony No.7 / etc Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martyn Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] With three major works by Malcolm Arnold from the mid-1970s, Dutton Epoch surveys his music written in Ireland. The focus of the programme is Arnold's Seventh Symphony, dissonant and exhilarating by turns in the first movement and ending with Irish... |
JONGEN / LAZZARI
The Romantic Violin Concerto 18 - Jongen & Lazzari Philippe Graffin (violin) Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] The Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches Belgium and the music of Joseph Jongen, a composer more celebrated for his organ music now, but who was equally admired in his day for his orchestral and chamber works. |
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 |
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. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Complete works for cello Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) with John York (piano) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] Shostakovich composed both his Cello Concertos for Mstislav Rostropovich, whose artistry he greatly admired, and they are among his most personal works. Their critical reception was however very different - the bravura First Concerto was almost... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Wine of Summer / Symphonies Nos 19 & 27 Roderick Williams (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] More world premiere symphony recordings for Havergal Brian fans! In this programme, Martyn Brabbins and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra continue their Havergal Brian series for Dutton Epoch with one of Brian's most delightful scores, Wine of... |
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." |
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,... |
ELGAR / IRELAND / PARRY / GRITTON / SANDERS
Her Song Susan Gritton (soprano) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Dutton Digital / CD - released 16/Jul/2009 ] Susan Gritton's solo recital with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins is focussed on orchestral songs by Elgar and John Ireland, varied with delightful solo items by Susan's grandfather Eric Gritton, by John Sanders, and an aria from... |
TOIVO KUULA
Songs and Orchestral Music Susan Gritton (soprano) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 18/Oct/2011 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE FEB 2012 -- "Susan Gritton's performance is operatically charged, and very effective, as is her involving account of the 12-minute song-story Impi Ja Pajarin Poika" BBC Music Magazine, December 2011... |
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... |
