MOZART / HENNEBERG / SCHACK / GERL / SCHIKANEDER
Der Stein der Weisen:The Philosopher's Stone Kurt Streit, Alan Ewing, Judith Lovat / Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman [ Telarc Records / 3 CD - released 30/Nov/2004 ] "…remarkable…inspired numbers, vividly etched characters, a good story and some genuine comedy…Pearlman's enthusiasm has spread to his polished, incisive Boston Baroque period-instrument orchestra." - Opera News |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) La Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] On 13 January La finta giardiniera, a dramma giocoso, was premiered at the Salvatortheater in Munich, then on 23 April the serenata Il re pastore was staged at the archbishop's palace in Salzburg. |
KALEVI AHO / CARL NIELSEN
Aho/Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos Martin Frost (clarinet) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "Martin Fröst and Osmo Vänskä again prove a most persuasive partnership in this latest collaboration. There is something utterly idiomatic about Fröst's approach to the Nielsen, while he announces the Aho as a major concerto for the new century. At... |
PHILIP GLASS
Spuren der verirrten [The Lost] (complete opera recorded in 2013) Landestheater Linz Upper Austrian State Theatre / Martin Achrainer, Bram de Beul, Keren Robertson / Dennis Russell Davies (cond) [ Orange Mountain Music DVD / DVD - released 15/Sep/2014 ] Spuren der Verirrten, translated here as The Lost, but in German Traces of the Lost, is a German-language opera by Philip Glass on a text adapted from a play by the experimental Austrian writer Peter Handke. Recorded here is the work's premiere... |
PHILIP GLASS
Kepler (complete opera recorded in 2009) Landestheater Linz Upper Austrian State Theatre / Martin Achrainer, Cassandra McConnell, Keren Robertson / Dennis Russell Davies (cond) [ Orange Mountain Music DVD / DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] A portrait opera on the life of German mathmatician, astronomer, and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution. |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Viola Sonata / Concert Piece / Legend / Trio in 1 movement Laurence Jackson (Violin) / Martin Outram (Viola) / Julian Rolton (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "There is no question that the Viola Sonata ranks as the most significant composition among those collected here, and it is worth the price of the disc on its own" (MusicWeb Jan 2007) |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Esquisses Op. 63 Laurent Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "...The range of moods and styles covered - from 'antique' to forward-looking, from serene to darkly disturbed - is startlingly wide. For this reason, and at Naxos's asking price, the disc is worth consideration..." ***Performance**Sound. - Max... |
ALKAN
The Railway / Preludes / Etudes / Esquisses Laurent Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "this is a disc that pianophiles may well want to marvel over" - American Record Guide - May/June 1996 |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Missa Gaudeamus Lay Clerks of Westmionster Cathedral / Matthew Martin / with Thomas Wilson (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Aug/2009 ] 'An elaborate musical mosaic, the appeal of which owes much to the atmospheric depths of the Westminster acoustic, beautifully captured on this recording' (Financial Times) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] "I like the Gävle strings' trenchant leap into the development section, and they maintain a fine control of those oscillating figures …Jaime Martín is not seeking hidden depths in the Adagio, which flows in unaffected fashion" Gramophone |
ARNOLD BAX / STANLEY BATE
Bax / Bate: Cello Concertos Lionel Handy (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "if the solo part's tenchical demands in the very opening stages hint at stretching even Lionel Handy's huge expertise, his delivery of the rest of the work is state-of-the-art" (BBC Music) |
ELGAR / BAX
Violin Sonatas Tasmin Little (violin) & Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Dal Segno / CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet recorded in 1988) BLU-RAY London Festival Ballet / Evelyn Hart, Peter Schaufuss, Martin James / Graham Bond (conductor) [ Arthaus Monarda Arts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Choreography by Natalia Makarova, Sir Frederick Ashton, Marius Petipa Costumes, sets and back projections designed by Günther Schneider-Siemssen Directed for television by Thomas Grimm Natalia Makarova, one of the most important interpreters... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Respighi: Belfagor Overture / Pines and Fountains of Rome / The Birds / Ancient Airs & Dances London Symphony Orchestra. Lamberto Gardelli, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner [ EMI Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/1996 ] Respighi settled in Rome in 1913 and composed The Fountains of Rome five years later in honour of his adopted city. The Pines of Rome was written later in 1924, in his words '…in order to recall memories and visions' |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings op 20 (with Boccherini - Cello Quintet Op 37 No 7) Academy of St. Martin in th Fields [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "When you hear the superbly ebullient, well phrased and sensitive opening to the Octet in this clear, well balanced and very lifelike recording it is hard to believe that it was recorded nearly half a century ago." (MusicWeb) |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world. |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Blu-ray Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world. |
SCHULHOFF / KRENEK / d'INDY
The 20th Century Concerto Grosso Maria Prinz (piano); Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute) Christoph Koncz (violin); Robert Nagy (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marrine [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] .On this disc, we feature the works of three composers - Vincent d'Indy, Ernst Krenek, and Erwin Schulhoff - who all in the mid- to late-1920s adopted neoclassicism and chose to write works in the neo-baroque concerto grosso style, using a... |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & Trio No. 2 Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Antje Weithaas, Martin Helmchen [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Following a first recording on Alpha devoted to Brahms which garnered much praise - 'real duo playing' said Gramophone, while Classica discerned 'shared music making . . . a world full of nuances and subtlety, boundless sonic imagination... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts of momentum and repose Brahms demands" BBC Music |