MARTINU
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) / John Ferrillo (oboe) / Thomas Martin (clarinet) / Richard Ranti and Suzanne Nelson (bassoons) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The disc is the idea of the outstanding Boston-based flautist, Fenwick Smith, the recordings, some dating back to 2002 being the product of the excellent American performers involved." (David's Review Corner) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) Fernando Guimarães, Jennifer Rivera, Aaron Sheehan, Leah Wool, Owen McIntosh / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jul/2012 ] "The strength of this issue is in its strong, youthful cast. The Penelope of Jennifer Rivera almost shakes my allegiance to Jacobs's Bernarda Fink, with a limpid low mezzo of comparable beauty and expressive power, while Fernando Guimaraes's Ulysses |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas: Nos 1 -4 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] "These recordings are conversations by a perfect instrumental pairing." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Vol. 3 (Sonatas 8-10) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] The final volume from the acclaimed team of Zimmermann and Helmchen |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 [Nos 5 - 7] Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] " Anyone who loves these works will surely come away from this recording feeling entertained, stirred and thoroughly refreshed." Gramophone |
Frank Sinatra / Sammy Davis Jr / Dean Martin
Christmas With The Rat Pack [ Capitol / CD - released 25/Oct/2013 ] Christmas with the Rat Pack is a budget-priced compilation that cobbles together miscellaneous tracks recorded separately by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. Among the 16 cuts are "Silver Bells," "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," "Let... |
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Classics & Boogie [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] Because the piano featured so prominently in many of Freddy Martin's recordings, it was often thought he was the soloist; in fact, his chosen instrument was the tenor sax. |
FAURE / STRAUSS / MAHLER / COPLAND / IVES / etc
Lieder (recorded 1986) Frederica von Stade (mezzo) Martin Katz (piano) [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "the mezzo-soprano on excellent form in a fascinating programme … Katz is a consistently birlliant accompanist and the programme is as absorbing as it is enterprising. Nobody who admires this singer should hesitate for a moment." (International Record Rev |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 - 3 / Souvenir de Florence Gabrieli String Quartet / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "the Gabrielis give a finely conceived performance, producing well-blended tonal quality" Penguin Guide |
FREDERICK DELIUS / JEAN SIBELIUS
Delius & Sibelius: String Quartets George Isaac (cello), Martin Jones (piano) / Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Powerhouse performances of three little known works" MusicWeb |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [complete opera recorded in 2012] Glyndebourne Opera / Gerald Finley, Anna Gabler, Johannes Martin Kränzle / London Philharmonic Orchestra, VladimirJurowski [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "Gerald Finley's pivotal Sachs relish[es] this intensely verbal role with a Lieder-singer's skill and beauty...Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details...Together they make the immense... |
ALUN HODDINOTT
Clarinet Concerto / Harp Concerto / Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Osian Ellis (harp) Philip Fowke, Martin Jones (pianos) / London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "This recording of four concertos is a welcome addition to the other two fine Hoddinott CDs already in the Lyrita catalogue. The colourful music, performances and recording may be confidently recommended" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
MANUEL de FALLA
El Amor Brujo / El Retablo de maese Pedro [Master Peter's Puppet Show] Ginesa Ortega (sngr) Joan Martin (treb) Joan Cabero (ten) Ifiaki Fresiin (bar) / Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Ginesa Ortega is most effective as the passionate gitana Candelas, a lady of such strong personality that one suspects that even a sturdy gipsy lover might be flattened by its force...This is an attractive disc." (Gramophone) |
MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS / ALKAN / POULENC / LALO / PIERNE / etc
French Piano Concertos Giovanni Bellucci, Martin Galling, Florian Uhlig, Rosario Marciano, François-Joël Thiollier, Marylène Dosse, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2019 ] A worthy collection of some of the greatest French piano concertos issued at a special price on 12 CDs. |
Grady Martin & the Slew Foot Five
There'll Be A Hot Time Tonight [ Jasmine / CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] A great experience awaits the listener when he plays a Grady Martin and his Slew Foot Five recording. Don't let the familiar nick-name tempt you to under-rate the perfectionist quality of their music for Martin and his boys have demonstrated again... |
MANUEL PONCE
Complete Guitar Music Gérard Abiton (guitar) & Beatrice Martin (harpsichord) Ensemble Orchestral Stringendo, Jean Thorel [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2014 ] Manuel Ponce was one of Mexico's best and most popular composers. His compositions are imbued with the native music and folklore of his beloved Mexico, irresistably lively, sensual and passionate. |
MEYERBEER
Vasco de Gama (original version of L'Africaine) [complete opera] Guibee Yang, Martin Gabler, Kouta Rasanen, Rolf Broman, Bernhard Berchtold, Anton Reimer / Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Frank Beermann [ CPO / 4 CD Box Set - released 16/Aug/2014 ] CPO presents Meyerbeer's Vasco de Gama. This edition by Jügen Schläder is based on the last published and unpublished material left by Meyerbeer on his death. This is the first time this version has been release on CD. |
MELCHER MELCHERS
Melcher Melchers: Symphony in D minor / La Kermesse; Élégie Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Swedish composer Melcher Melchers (1882-1961) has been largely forgotten by music history. Melchers studied composition in Paris and his circle of friends included, among others, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani, Guillaume Apollinaire, Erik Satie, and... |
Schubert,
Große Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: Hans Hotter - Liederabend Hans Hotter, Walter Martin [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jan/2000 ] |
PARRY / CLARKE / BYRD / ELGAR / WALTON / HANDEL
Rule Britannia: Stirring songs and patriotic music Harlow Chorus / The Elizabethan Consort / Martin Souter / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Pro Arte Orchestra [ Britannia / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Music chosen for its thrill factor: from trumpets and drums to soaring choral voices, this programme has a 'Last Night of the Proms' feel. It features the great and the good of English music of the past including Handel, Holst, Elgar and Walton. |