Malcolm Martineau
-
Debussy Songs Volume 4
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
with Jennifer France (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Lucy Wakeford (harp)
In many ways Crowe’s bright, pure tone suits the music well: she is extremely precise and can spin out the lightest of silken vocal lines without any extraneous fuss. Her delicacy is admirable,... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
-
-
El Nour
Fatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Burcu Karadag (flute), Rafael Aguirre (guitar), vision string quartet (string quartet)
Clever arrangements allow us to encounter shared visions across France, Spain and North Africa...There’s no tacky Orientalism here...The breathy, soft-voiced ney (a Middle Eastern flute) brings... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Choral & Song Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Vocal
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Newcomer Award
-
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Song
-
Opus Klassik, 2021, Newcomer of the Year
-
-
Lieder
RecommendedFatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Joseph Middleton (piano), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Quatuor Arod
listeners who fear a trudge through long-flattened terrain need not worry. This approach reveals new features in the landscape...Said’s voice is recorded to maximise intimacy of sound. She takes... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 7th February 2025
-
Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
-
-
Songs For Peter Pears
RecommendedRobin Tritschler (tenor), Philip Higham (cello), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sean Shibe (guitar)
Tritschler has none of Pears’s uptight characteristics and never sounds like a parody...Pears may be the inspiration for these songs, but with this collection Tritschler and his three superb... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 21st June 2024
-
BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Choral & Song Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
-
Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Song
-
-
Boesch’s flexible and rich-grained baritone blends with the colourful support of Malcolm Martineau at the piano to offer splendidly characterised accounts of the Schumann…It’s in the Mahler,... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal
-
-
Erinnerung: Mahler Lieder
RecommendedChristiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Gustav Mahler (piano roll)
There are no rarities here, but the sequence is thoughtful...And the performance of this recital is magnificent, painting each miniature landscape in generous, vivid detail...The voice sounds... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd October 2020
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
-
BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Choral & Song Choice
-
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique vocale
-
-
Anderson and Milnes contrasting in approach. Anderson effortlessly glides through Debussy's limpid, lengthy phrases, while Milne's shivering sense of wonder is Melisande-like in its pent-up... —
-
The Complete Songs of Ravel
Lorna Anderson, Sarah Dufresne (sopranos), Julie Boulianne, Paula Murrihy (mezzos), Dafydd Jones, Nicky Spence (tenors), John Chest, Simon Keenlyside (baritones), William Thomas (bass), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
A particular highlight is baritone Simon Keenlyside’s Histoires naturelles...his suave storytelling rejoices in Renard’s mordant characterisations. But above all, subtly shaded, Martineau’s... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Vocal Choice
-
-
British Music Collection - Gerald Finzi
RecommendedBryn Terfel, Philip Langridge, Donald Sweeney, Benjamin Luxon
Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, David Hill, Richard Hickox, Edward Higginbottom, Neville Marriner
Awards:
-
Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
-
-
Special offer. Brahms Songbook, Vol. 2
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Martineau is at his excellent best throughout, but not least – for those who enjoy the odd dash of humour with their despair – in the tottering drunken paean of ‘Unüberwindlich’ (Fünf Gesänge,... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, Editor's Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
-
