Martin, F
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Camerata Bern accompanies the violinist on this latest foray into the meaning of life, the universe and everything. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Concerto Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Chamber
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For connoisseurs of choral music this is an essential buy. Outstanding performances of two rarely heard 20th-century masterpieces. —
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Building a Library, March 2005, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Choral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Christian Poltéra plays Frank Martin
RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello) & Kathryn Stott (piano)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Poltéra delivers an utterly compelling and committed performance, and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra under Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen provides both sensitive and dynamic support. Stott… gets a... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The performance [of the Quartet] by the Utrecht Quartet is wonderfully accomplished, and especially moving in the third-movement Larghetto...this is a valuable and distinguished addition to... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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Bezaly & Brautigam: Masterworks for Flute and Piano
RecommendedSharon Bezaly (flute) & Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Sharon Bezaly is rarely less than impressive. Her well-constructed programmes are performed with a mixture of virtuosity and rich tone, making her name almost a guarantee of quality. Partnered... —
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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Martin, F: Golgotha
Judith Gauthier (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) & Konstantin Wolff (bass)
Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Reuss
A restrained, haunting chromaticism suffuses the music...The choral contributions throughout are engaged and responsive...this is a strong performance of a work where this is limited competition... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Choral
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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The Symphony is a haunting and at times quite magical piece...Sensitive playing from the LPO under Matthias Bamert and exemplary Chandos recording. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Stravinsky & Martin: Violin Concertos
Baiba Skride (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer
Skride's way with Stravinsky's Violin Concerto confirms it as a masterpiece of grace, charm and scintillating joie de vivre...Skride engages happily with the [Martin's] beguiling range of light... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Ascendit Deus: Music for Ascensiontide & Pentecost
Peter Harrison, Matthew Jorysz (organ)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & The Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross
the famous setting of Ascendit Deus by Peter Philips spurts forward like a colt sprung freshly from a stable, the vocal decorations spinning vertiginously round like Monteverdi. It's a bracing... —
