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Malcolm Martineau – Complete Songs of Duparc (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:02 minutes | 947 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Malcolm Martineau follows up his acclaimed complete song collections of Poulenc and Fauré with an album celebrating the solo songs of Henri Duparc, performed by an acclaimed roster of British singers – Dame Sarah Connolly, Huw Montague Rendall, Nicky Spence & William Thomas.An iconic figure in the world of French music – his songs described as being “imperfect … but works of genius’ by Ravel and “perfect” by Debussy – Duparc only composed a handful of works during the first half of his life: following a nervous disorder in 1885 at age 37 he lived for a further 48 years, orchestrating and tinkering with his songs, but publishing nothing new.
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Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau – Brahms: Romanzen aus Magelone & Regenlied-Zyklus (Brahms Songbook, Vol. 1) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:40 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records
Malcolm Martineau is the brilliant initiator of this new one-of-a-kind series on Linn. The Brahms Songbook has set the unprecedented goal to record Brahms’s lieder by complete opus number. For its first instalment, Martineau has teamed up with famed Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans in the expansive Romanzen aus Magelone, Op. 33 . Composed between 1861 and 1869, the youthful, inevitably romantic fifteen-song cycle tells the story of a noble warrior, a Neapolitan princess and a sultan’s daughter. The operatic-like cycle goes through the emotions of each character as the tale unfolds. Oliemans’s busy stage career and ‘communicative singing style’ (The New York Times) make him the perfect fit. The album concludes with the virtually unknown ‘Regenlied’ cycle: four songs that were later included in Acht Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 5 9. Volume 2 will see Dame Sarah Connolly and Hanno Müller-Brachmann share the bill.
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Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau – Schumann: Dichterliebe & Kerner Lieder (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:03:26 minutes | 2,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records
Fourteen years ago, the baritone Florian Boesch released a disc devoted to Schumann’s settings of the poet Heinrich Heine. It included the nine songs of the Op 24 Liederkreis, but omitted the best known of all Schumann’s cycles, the 16 songs to Heine texts that make up his Dichterliebe. Partnered as before by the ever meticulous Malcolm Martineau, Boesch has now remedied that omission with a new recording of that pinnacle of the German lied tradition.
It’s a typically considered performance, in which Boesch’s stealthy, velvety tone and unfailing attention to words are used to superb effect. Whether darkening his timbre for the seventh number, Ich Grolle Nicht, or hollowing it out for the funereal lament of the 13th, Ich Hab’ im Traum Geweinet, he finds the perfect sound world to match up the expressive weight of each song.
Just occasionally he overdoes things, whether by choosing a tempo that seems fractionally too slow for the meaning of the music or the text, or by modulating his tone a bit too intensely, so that the song acquires a kind of gothic creepiness. By and large, though, this is as fine a recorded performance of Dichterliebe as any released in recent years.
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Malcolm Martineau – The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol.3 (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:03 minutes | 538 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. Varying in their individual style and character in a way that defies generalization, Poulenc set music to a wide range of different French poetry – both ancient and modern, and from the serious to the surreal. This is the third release in our series that will build to encompass the complete songs of Francis Poulenc – performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and accompanied by the exceptional Malcolm Martineau.
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Malcolm Martineau – The Complete Songs of Poulenc: Vol.1 (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:09:36 minutes | 560 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. Varying in their individual style and character in a way that defies generalisation, Poulenc set his music to a wide range of French poetry – both ancient and modern, and from the serious to the surreal.
This release marks the first in a new series charting the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and accompanied by the exceptional Malcolm Martineau. Future releases will feature several works that have never before been recorded.
This disc includes the vocal works: Cocardes, Metamorphoses, Chansons gaillardes, À sa guitare, Épitaphe sur un texte de Malherbe, Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, Bleuet, Dernier poème, Rosemonde, Fiançailles, Parisiana and La Courte Paille.
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Malcolm Martineau – The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 3 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:53 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Pianist Malcolm Martineau brings together some of the UK’s finest singers for the third release in his series charting the complete songs of French composer Gabriel Fauré. This series follows Martineau’s well-received 5-CD series of The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc.
“This latest instalment of Martineau’s Fauré cycle contains riches in plenty. He is the most poised collaborator, and his 10 illustrious singers do full justice to a carefully chosen selection.” (Sunday Times)
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Malcolm Martineau – The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 2 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:50 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Scottish pianist Malcolm Martineau is recognized as one of the leading accompanists of his generation. The second volume of this series charting the complete songs of French composer Gabriel Fauré brings together some of the UK’s finest singers; nine carefully chosen soloists who each lend their own personal imprint to the material, highlighting Martineau’s sensitivity.
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Malcolm Martineau – The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 1 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:36 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Pianist Malcolm Martineau brings together some of the UK’s finest singers for the first release in a new series charting the complete songs of French composer Gabriel Fauré. This follows Martineau’s well-received series of the complete Poulenc songs.
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Malcolm Martineau – The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 5 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:01:28 minutes | 564 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. Varying in their individual style and character in a way that defies generalization, Poulenc set music to a wide range of different French poetry – both ancient and modern, and from the serious to the surreal. The final disc in Signum’s series of The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc features a cast of the finest singers of our generation, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau as well as additional instrumental soloists for Poulenc’s larger-ensemble settings of his songs.
Featured works in this final volume include Rapsodie Negre, Le Bestiaire, Quatre poemes de Max Jacob, Vocalise, Quatre poemes d’Apollinaire, Banalite’s and Le Bal Masque?
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Christiane Karg, Malcolm Martineau – Strauss, Fauré, Debussy, Poulenc, Wolf & Berg – Wigmore Hall Live (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:26 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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Bavarian soprano Christiane Karg made her Wigmore Hall debut in 2012 with a beautiful song recital which also became her first release on Wigmore Hall Live [WHLIVE0062]; four years on we are excited to present her second release. A regular guest at the world’s leading opera houses, singing roles from Musetta (La bohème) to Amor (Orfeo ed Euridice), she is also revered for her enchanting performances on the concert platform alongside conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Christiane is joined by Malcolm Martineau celebrated as one of his generations greatest accompanists.
This recital explores the unique relationship between the Schumanns and Brahms. After Robert’s death Brahms’s passion for Clara grew but it was reciprocated only with a protective motherly care. They remained close friends but Brahms never truly recovered. This programme presents love in many different guises from the stirring ‘Widmung’, to the heartfelt ‘Liebst du um Schönheit’ and the love-drunk passion of ‘Meine Liebe ist grün’.
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Anne Schwanewilms, Malcolm Martineau – Mahler: Kindertotenlieder & Rückert Lieder – Schoenberg: 4 Lieder, Op. 2 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:34 minutes | 544 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Onyx
Anne Schwanewilms is considered one the greatest dramatic sopranos of our time, and her performances in operas by Richard Strauss, Wagner and Mozart have earned her praise from critics and public alike around the world. She is also equally distinguished in the recital hall and her first CD for ONYX ‘Das Himmlischer Leben’ (Liszt & Mahler) was universally praised. For her second ONYX disc, Mahler again features – the searing and bleak emotions of ‘Kindertotenlieder’, the ‘Rückert Lieder’ cycle and three ‘Wunderhorn’ songs. These are prefaced by the sumptuously romantic early Op. 2 set of four songs by Schoenberg.
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