Dean Martin
Volare [ Not Now / 3 CD - released 9/Feb/2009 ] |
Dean Martin, with Peggy Lee & Jerry Lewis
When You're Smiling [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] Ballad singer, light comedian, sometime dramatic screen actor and colourful Chief Deputy of the 'Rat Pack', Dean Martin was the essence of devil-may-care, the epitome of nonchalance. Born Dino Paul Crocetti, the son of an immigrant Italian barber, in... |
Dean Martin
Wine, Women and Golf [ Primo Music Distribution / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] 'Wine, Women and Golf' really were Dean Martin's favourite pastimes, and the Rat Pack's most affable member always produced completely relaxed vocal performances. |
Dean Martin
Winter Wonderland (LP) [ Vinyl Passion / LP - released 26/Oct/2018 ] |
CASSADO / GRANADOS / CASALS / CASABLANCAS
Catalan Cello Works Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) Laia Martín (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] The cello was a vital part of Catalan musical expression in the first half of the 20th century. Pablo Casals as composer and cello virtuoso was its revolutionary force, and his student Gaspar Cassadó joined him in writing superb transcriptions. |
Dominick Martin
Shine A Light [ CD - released 17/Nov/2009 ] |
Doron David Sherwin; Julien Martin; Josh Cheatham; Skip Sempé
Antico - Moderno [ Paradizo / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé as solo harpsichordist, chamber musician, conductor and director of the ensembles that he founded: Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Les 24... |
GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STOLZEL
Stolzel: Cantatas for Pentecost, 1737 / Cantata for Quasimodogeniti Sunday, 1732 Dorothee Mields (soprano) Martin Woelfel (alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) / Telemanisches Collegium Michaelstein / Rudger Ramy [ CPO / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "Program notes are superb, and as usual, CPO have given us sonics that are above reproach. Recommended without a moment's hesitation." - MusicWeb June 2004 |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio (with Mendelssohn - "Vom Himmel Hoch") Dresdner Philharmonie / Dresdner Kreuzchor / Martin Flamig [ Capriccio / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] Saint-Saëns's Christmas Oratorio (or Oratorio de Noël) was written in 1858 when he was just 23. This piece was originally scored for five Vocal Soloists, Chorus, Harp, String Quartet and Organ. |
WALTER BRAUNFELS
Die Vogel [The Birds] (complete opera recorded in 2009) Désirée Rancatore / Brandon Jovanovich / James Johnson / Martin Gantner / Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Conlon [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Walter Braunfel's Die Vögel is that very rare thing - a neglected work which really is worth reviving...The staging is colourful, with plenty of well-coordinated movement, and James Conlon conducts his Los Angeles forces persuasively, as well as... |
WALTER BRAUNFELS
Braunfels: Die Vogel [The Birds] (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Désirée Rancatore / Brandon Jovanovich / James Johnson / Martin Gantner / Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Conlon [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "A rare chance to hear Braunfels's lighthearted, tenderly spiritual and little-known fable…" The New York Times "A marvelous performance…the orchestra sounded radiant." Los Angeles Times "Conlon conducted with lustrous élan…We should hear more... |
Eamon Doorley / Julie Fowlis / Ross Martin
Dual [ Machair / CD - released 3/Nov/2008 ] |
EDGARD VARESE
Kontinent Varese Grubinger, Martin / Katzameier, Otto / Ensemble Modern Orchestra ao. [ Col Legno / CD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] Edgar Varèse is regarded as one of the pioneers of New Music, and with good reason. His piece "Ionisation" was the first-ever composition written exclusively for percussion ensemble to be performed in a traditional concert hall setting; and he... |
Kraus, Jos
Symphonien, Violinkonzert Edith Peinemann; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Martin Sieghart [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Jan/1992 ] |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem (with Mozart-Ave verum corpus, K618, etc) Elin Manahan Thomas, Roderick Williams, Ruth Massey, Mark Dobell / The Sixteen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Harry Christophers [ Coro Live / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] The result of a brand new collaboration between two of the finest modern day exponents of classical music, this exquisite disc brings fresh life to Fauré's peerless Requiem and injects imaginative invention and poetic phrasing into two of Mozart's... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / LALO
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole: Ellinor D'Melon (violin), RTE Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin (conductor) [ Rubicon / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Born to Cuban and Jamaican parents, Ellinor D'Melon started to learn the violin aged just two. Today at only twenty, 'she is one of those rare players who gives the impression that her command - both technical and musical is total ' (The Irish... |
WOLF-FERRARI
La Vedova Scaltra (complete opera recorded in 2007) Emanuele D'Aguanno / Anne-Lise Sollied / Maurizio Muraro / Fenice Theatre Orchestra & Chorus / Karl Martin [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 (Includes '49th Parallel' & 'the England of Elizabeth') Emily Gray (soprano) Martin Hindmarsh (tenor) Chetham's Chamber Choir / BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] Premiere recording of the extended suites of 49th Parallel and The England of Elizabeth, and the premiere recording of the complete version of The Dim Little Island. |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Symphonies, Overtures & Concertos Emma Johnson (clarinet) Peter Rösel (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2013 ] Carl Maria von Weber is a name that is often cited with regard to the bridge between Classicism and Romanticism, and yet how many works of his is it possible to name? |
Ernst Kren
Horizont umkreist op. 196; Violinkonzert No. 2 op. 140; Orgelkonzert No. 2 op. 235 Ernst Kovacic, Martin Haselböck, RSO Wien, Ulf Schirmer, Lothar Zagrosek [ ORFEO / CD - released 6/Sep/2000 ] |