TELEMANN
Miriways, TWV 21:24 (complete opera) Markus Volpert, Ida Aldrian, Ulrike Hofbauer, Julie Martin du Theil, Gabriele Hierdeis / L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg [ CPO / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2014 ] "The score is a delight, revealing the composer at his most colourfully inventive...The performance pulsates with energy from start to finish...The cast, by and large, is strong...Prince Sophi is a soprano role sung with agility and tonal clarity by |
Martin
Fantasia [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2006 ] |
PHILIP GLASS
Kepler (complete opera recorded in 2009) Martin Achrainer / Cassandra McConnell / Karen Robertson / Chorus of the Landestheater Linz / Bruckner Orchester Linz / Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] This 2-CD set is a recording of the complete 2009 opera by Phillip Glass on the life of scientist Johannes Kepler in a deluxe digipack featuring colour photos of the production in Linz, Austria. |
Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Guitar Tango: Más Allá [ Riverboat / CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] Martín Alvarado's honey-sweet tenor tones take the lead and Horacio Avilano's strutting guitar provides the accompaniment on this unique album of unadorned Guitar Tango: Más Allá. Martín Alvarado is widely considered to be Argentina's finest and... |
HOVHANESS
Hovhaness-Concerto for two pianos / 3 pieces for two pianos / Lousadzak Martin Berkovsky (piano) / Globalis Symphony Orchestra [ Black Box / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Features World Premier Recording of Hovhaness Concerto for two pianos and orchestra. |
ANONYMOUS
The Dante Troubadours Martin Best Medieval Ensemble [ Nimbus / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "full of musical gems" [Ovation] |
THYS YOOL
Thys Yool: A Medieval Christmas Martin Best Medieval Ensemble [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A richly colourful variety of sounds and rhythms, all performed with lively commitment by players and singers." Which Compact Disc |
Martin Best Medieval Ensemble / Martin Best (voice, lute, oud, psaltery)
The Last of the Troubadours: The Art & Times of Guiraut Riquier 1230 - 1292 [ Nimbus / CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] "Best's anthology is expertly assembled and skilfully performed. It displays the sardonic humour and ribaldry of troubadour lyrics as well as their elaborately sentimental courtliness. I can only applaud Best's continuing championing of troubadour... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Songs Martin Bruns (baritone) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "Busoni's distinctive, witty Goethe-Lieder are the main draw of this recording" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
Martin Carthy
Crown Of Horn [ CD - released 15/Dec/2009 ] |
Martin Carthy
Essential [ Topic / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] A definitive set celebrating Martin Carthy's 70th birthday - 34 tracks providing a complete career overview. |
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Straws in the Wind [ Topic Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2006 ] 'Straws in the Wind' is a new and exciting creation from of one of the great and enduring partnerships in folk music. The legendary, ground breaking duo wrote and re-wrote the book on arranging and performing traditional material... |
Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy
The Moral Of The Elephant [ Topic / CD - released 30/May/2014 ] The first album as a duo by the father and daughter of folk's most celebrated family, performing a wide selection of sublime songs. Produced by Eliza, Martin and Oliver Knight, this wonderful album captures the essence of a continuing singing and... |
Claire Martin
Make This City Ours [ Linn / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] In 1996 Claire Martin returned to New York to record Make This City Ours following enthusiastic reviews for her US debut. With a title song by the Brazilian troubadour Milton Nascimento, Make This City Ours was critically acclaimed, culminating in... |
Martin Claire
Very Best Of [ CD ] |
Martin Courtney
Many Moons [ Domino / CD - released 6/Nov/2015 ] Many Moons is the debut solo album from Real Estate songwriter and frontman Martin Courtney. Many Moons is a bright, lush, 10-song collection of soft psychedelia that recalls the Kinks and Big Star even as it probes the depths of his own life as a... |
GLAZUNOV / LIADOV / ARENSKY
Piano Music Martin Cousin [ Somm / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] Martin Cousin's new CD, his second recording in SOMM's "New Horizons" series, serves to remind us of his spectacular pianistic talent and charismatic playing. |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Transcriptions from Operas Martin Cousin (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Edition Vol 61 / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Nearly half of Franz Liszt's early output consisted of transcriptions and arrangements, filling out his virtuoso concert programmes with some of the grandest and most popular operas of the day. |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Transcriptions of Religious Works Martin Cousin (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Vol 62 / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] 'These transcriptions of religious works hold a special place in Liszt's output and show a different side to this often misunderstood composer. An especially effective example of this is his setting of the Ave verum corpus by Mozart, which is a... |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Rubinstein: Preludes and Etudes Martin Cousin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] Anton Rubinstein was one of the greatest pianists of his age - a virtuoso the equal of Liszt and a popular composer whose career took him all over the world. Despite his invaluable contributions to Russian music, his legacy proved controversial with... |