Martin Cotton
Recent articles by Martin Cotton
Adrian Sutton: Violin Concerto & Orchestral Works
In his review, Martin Cotton enjoys the vigour and showmanship on display in this colourful selection of imaginative new works by composer Adrian Sutton
Michael Zev Gordon: The Impermanence of Things
Britten: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1-3
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas etc
Samuel Jones: Flute Concerto; Violin Concerto; Trombone Concerto
Catalan Cello Works
Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi
Painted Light
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 14 & 23
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 etc
Respighi: Roman Festivals
Respighi: Roman Trilogy (RAI/Trevino)
RAI National Symphony Orchestra/Robert Trevino (Ondine)
Thomas Simaku: Solo
Soloists of Ensemble Contemporain (NMC)
Mythes (Ehnes/Armstrong)
James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) (Onyx)
Much Ado – Romantic Violin Masterpieces
Danbi Um (violin), Amy Yang (piano) (Avie)
Nobody Knows (Simon Höfele)
Simon Höfele (trumpet); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Geoffrey Paterson, Ilan Volkov (Berlin Classics)
Berlin Stories (Trio Gaspard)
Trio Gaspard (Chandos)
The Stradgrass Sessions (Tessa Lark)
Tessa Lark (violin), Jon Batiste (piano), Michael Cleveland (fiddle), Sierra Hull (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (FHR)
Obscurus (Humphris/Rylance)
Lucy Humphris (trumpet), Harry Rylance (piano) (Rubicon)
R Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie etc (Philharmonia/Rouvali)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Signum Classics)
Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto No. 2; Cello Concerto No. 2
Elina Vähälä (violin), Jonathan Roozeman (cello); Kymi Sinfonietta/Olari Elts (BIS)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos 13 & 14 etc
Elena Bashkirova (piano) (CAvi-music)
Bartók • Beethoven • John Casken: Concertos etc
Ruth Killius (viola); Royal Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair (violin) (ECM)