Juliette Bausor, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Jaime Martín – Mozart & Nielsen: Flute Concertos (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:37 minutes | 984 MB | Genre: Classical
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For her debut concerto recording, 2014 ECHO ‘Rising Star’ Juliette Bausor performs works for flute and orchestra by Mozart and Nielsen, with Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor, Jaime Martin.
Juliette Bausor joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2016 as Principal Flute, having previously held the same position with Royal Northern Sinfonia for 11 years. She also plays Principal Flute with the London Mozart Players and is a member of the celebrated chamber group Ensemble 360. Described by John Allison in The Times as a “rising star in the arts firmament”, Juliette Bausor enjoys a growing reputation as one of the foremost flautists of her generation.
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín – Melcher Melchers: Symphony in D minor; La Kermesse; Élégie (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:06 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Classical
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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 members of Les Six. Among the Nordic composers he had the biggest impact on the French music life but his aesthetics in music were quite conservative: d’Indy, Chausson and César Franck were his greatest influences. This album by the Gävle Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jaime Martín includes Melchers’ magnum opus, his finely crafted Symphony in D minor, Op. 19 together with world première recordings of two symphonic poems.
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Ellinor D’Melon, RTE Symphony Orchestra & Jaime Martin – Tchaikovsky & Lalo (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:06 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
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Ellinor D’Melon releases her debut album on March 24th 2023 for Rubicon Classics featuring Tchaikovsky Violin concerto and Lalo Symphonie Espagnole with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and Jaime Martín.
Born to Cuban and Jamaican parents, Ellinor D’Mellon 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 Times). She has the 1st prizes at Henryk Wieniawski competition, Debut Berlin and Novosibirsk competitions. This is Ellinor’s debut album. A remarkable young artist who is a name to watch.
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Gävle Symfoniorkester & Jaime Martín – Vito Palumbo: Three Concertos (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:23:16 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
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On the West side of the Alps, Italian composer Vito Palumbo (born in 1972) isn’t very well known yet, even though his music is played in abundance in many countries in the classical world. Right from the start, let’s say the first three seconds, one could very well imagine his 2006 Concerto barocco to be two hundred fifty years older, but after just two bars, the musical discourse diverts, becoming atonal, breaking up, while always keeping the rigorous form of baroque entertainment in mind. Granted the choice of the harpsichord as a soloist corrupts our vigilance and, much like in Martinů, Poulenc or Falla, one tends to think this is the work of a very old artist who would have gone mad! Regardless Concerto barocco is deliciously fresh and leads the listener to wonder how the next track on the album would sound like, in the present case his 2007 Cello concerto. And there, baroque references are nowhere to be found, we are thrown right in the 21st century – meaning the 70s and 80s avant-garde has been carefully left out in a language where musical beauty and phrases prevail, even if they are on the fringes of tone. The listener, growing further intrigued, starts wondering about what the 2013 Recorder concerto that closes the album might sound like… and how in the world a recorder can compete with a great modern symphonic orchestra! The recorder is indeed modern, from the brand Eagle, and its material, range, sound uniformity from bass to treble, and most importantly its power, make it equal to any of today’s transverse flutes. But with the sound of an unknown recorder. The music itself makes use of all the possibilities, plays with balance and unfolds with great modern beauty. Vito Palumbo, a name worth remembering!
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Clara Andrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony & Jaime Martín – Nielsen, Ibert & Arnold: Flute Concertos (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 51:52 minutes | 506 MB | Genre: Classical
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In this album Clara Andrada, solo flutist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, performs three 20th century flute concertos together with the orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Malcolm Arnold’s delightful Flute Concerto No. 1 makes a pleasant addition alongside Nielsen’s and Ibert’s flute concertos. Jaime Martín, himself an excellent flutist, is a perfect companion to these works. This is the orchestra’s second album for Ondine, and continues the fruitful collaboration between Jaime Martín and Ondine that has already produced three albums previously.
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