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Rhapsody
Martin James Bartlett (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
It’s a joyful display, full of warmth, character and the singing tone that Bartlett has come to be known for... The emphasis is on spontaneity rather than virtuosity for its own sake, with an...
Rhapsody
Martin James Bartlett (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
It’s a joyful display, full of warmth, character and the singing tone that Bartlett has come to be known for... The emphasis is on spontaneity rather than virtuosity for its own sake, with an...
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“Everything works to illuminate the music," wrote The Times of Love and Death, Martin James Bartlett’s debut recital on Warner Classics. The young British pianist has now recorded two celebrated rhapsodies for piano and orchestra, both from the ‘art deco’ period of the 20 th century: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. His partners are the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Joshua Weilerstein. The album is completed by seven shorter Gershwin and Rachmaninoff pieces for solo piano – as written by the composers themselves or as arranged by the American virtuoso Earl Wild.
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Martin James Bartlett on Rachmaninov and Gershwin
The pianist talks about his new album that draws links between two giants of the early twentieth century, via Earl Wild and the New York jazz scene in the 1920s.
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineApril 2022Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
May 2022
It’s a joyful display, full of warmth, character and the singing tone that Bartlett has come to be known for... The emphasis is on spontaneity rather than virtuosity for its own sake, with an elastic rapport between orchestra and soloist – or soloists, with clarinettist Benjamin Mellefont a bluesy treat in the Gershwin.
July/August 2022
His specialty...is a gossamer touch in rapid passagework, a refined musical sense, and apparently effortless technical abilities.
April 2022
This showcases an outstanding keyboard talent at the top of his game in repertoire that he clearly has an affinity and fondness for...He plays [Rhapsody in Blue] with a smile on his face and that somehow finds its way into his fingers.
1st May 2022
Throughout, Bartlett’s touch is alternately carefree and rigorous. A delight
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