Martin Cotton

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Producer and liner note writer for classical releases.

ALBUMS

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra*, Douglas Bostock

English Choral Premieres & Rarities

Alan Ridout, Coull Quartet

6 String Quartets

Geoffrey Bush, Joseph Horovitz, Susanna Fairbairn, Matthew Schellhorn

Piano Exam Pieces 2017 & 2018, Grade 1

Piano Exam Pieces 2015 & 2016, Grade 2

Handel*, Holloway*, Howard*, Matthew-Walker*, Serle*, John Lill, Leslie Howard, Mark Bebbington, Julian Jacobson

The Malcolm Smith Memorial Album

Baroque/Modern/Contemporary

Maurice Jacobson - Julian Jacobson, Jennifer Johnston, Raphael Wallfisch, Mariko Brown

Theme And Variations ; The Music Room ; Mosaic ; The Song Of Songs

Tavener* / Finzi*

The Protecting Veil / Dies Natalis

Dreamland - Contemporary Choral Riches From The Hyperion Catalogue

Choral/Contemporary

Antony Pitts / Tonus Peregrinus

Alpha And Omega

Walton*, Ireland*, Guto Puw*, Nobuko Imai (viola), Kathryn Stott (piano), BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Great Proms Premieres: Walton Viola Concerto; Ireland Piano Concerto; Guto Puw ... Onyt Agoraf Y Drws ...

The Smith Quartet

Beethoven*, The Albion Ensemble

Music For Wind Ensemble

Steve Reich / The Smith Quartet

Different Trains

Elena Kats-Chernin - Sarah Nicolls ⬩ Nicola Sweeney*

Ragtime/Piano Blues/Contemporary

Antony Pitts, Tonus Peregrinus

Mark-Anthony Turnage London Philharmonic Orchestra – Jonathan Nott / Vladimir Jurowski / Marin Alsop, Christian Lindberg / Gerald Finley

Scherzoid Evening Songs When I Woke Yet Another Set To

Carl Nielsen, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Stewart, Douglas Bostock

Violin Concerto ‧ Aladdin Suite ‧ Romance For Violin Op. 2

Alan Bush -- Royal Northern College Of Music Symphony Orchestra • Douglas Bostock

Symphonies 1 & 2

Edward Elgar*, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus* And Orchestra*, Douglas Bostock

Elgar & The English Choral Tradition

York Bowen, Frederic Austin, Edgar Bainton*, Royal Northern College Of Music Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock

World Premiere Recordings

Edward Gregson • Alun Hoddinott • John McCabe (2) — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Douglas Bostock

Concerto For Orchestra

Preludes, Airs & Divisions

Renaissance/Baroque

Carl Nielsen - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Douglas Bostock

Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia Semplice, Andante Tranquillo E Scherzo

Carl Nielsen, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Douglas Bostock

Symphony No 3 Sinfonia Espansiva • Helios • Song • Paraphrase

Sullivan*, Southwark Voices, The Hanover Band*, Tom Higgins

The Rose Of Persia / Overtures to The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, Etc.

Alexander Krein - London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Martyn Brabbins / Cambridge New Music Players With Neyire Ashworth / Helen Lawrence, Jonathan Powell

...After Scriabin

BBC Young Musicians 96: The Finalists

Richard Rodney Bennett

Partita For Orchestra

Michael Tippett* / BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tippett Conducts Tippett: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4

Roger Smalley - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bernas

Free Improvisation/Contemporary/Experimental

Sibelius* / Sonninen* / Rautavaara* / Madetoja* / Rechberger*, The Helsinki Junior Strings Orchestra*, Csaba* & Géza Szilvay

Kaamos - Polar Night (Finnish Works For String Orchestra)

Wilhelm Furtwängler - BBC Symphony Orchestra, London*, Alfred Walter

Symphony No. 2 In E Minor

Neo-Romantic/Modern

Michael Finnissy - Uroboros Ensemble, Gagliano Trio, Ensemble Exposé

Câtana String Trio Contretänze

Lindberg*, Salonen*, Kaipainen*

Sir Harrison Birtwistle* - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös

Howard Skempton

Neo-Classical/Contemporary

Michael Finnissy

English Country-Tunes

Contemporary/Opera

Sounds Spectacular, Thomas Trotter Plays Organ Showpieces At Symphony Hall, Birmingam

APPEARANCES +

Leonard Bernstein

John McCabe (2), London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Snashall, National Youth Orchestra Of Scotland*

Composer, Pianist, Conductor (Symphony No. 1 ’Elegy’ • Liszt Fantasy • Studies • Tuning)

Modern/Contemporary

Hindemith* - Kolja Blacher · Wolfram Christ · Georg Faust · Wayne Marshall (2) · Christian Tetzlaff · Lars Vogt · Berliner Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado

Modern/Chamber Music/Sonata

Sir Adrian Boult

From Bach To Wagner

Baroque/Classical/Romantic

Dukas* - John Ogdon, Philippe Jaroussky, Pierre Dervaux (2), Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson

A Portrait Of Paul Dukas: L’Apprenti Sorcier, Symphony In C, La Péri, Amours, Villanelle, Piano Sonata In E Flat Minor

Nielsen* - Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Herbert Blomstedt, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle*

Symphonies 1 - 4

Romantic/Modern

Lutosławski* - Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra*, Witold Lutosławski*

Orchestral Works

Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Leonard Pennario

Ligeti* - Artemis Quartet*, Groupe Vocal De France, Guy Reibel

String Quartets 1 & 2 - Lux Aeterna - Ramifications - Choral Works - Six Bagatelles

George Gershwin, Wayne Marshall (2), Aalborg Symfoniorkester

Concerto In F ∙ Variation On ’I Got Rhythm’ ∙ Song Improvisations

George Gershwin / Cristina Ortiz, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Porgy And Bess - Second Rhapsody For Piano And Orchestra - Concerto In F

Poulenc* - Maurice Duruflé • Gabriel Tacchino • Francis Poulenc • Jacques Février • Georges Prêtre • Pierre Dervaux

Organ Concerto • Piano Concerto • Concerto Champêtre • Concerto For Two Pianos • Aubade • Les Biches

Spiral I & II · Pole · Wach · Japan · Zyklus · Tierkreis · In Freundschaft

Carter* - Reich* - Sandroff* - Adams* / Alain Damiens - André Trouttet - Ensemble Intercontemporain - David Robertson

American Clarinet

Bartók* - Georges Solchany

Samuel Barber - Barbara Hendricks · Elmar Oliveira · London Symphony Orchestra · Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra · Leonard Slatkin · Michael Tilson Thomas

Adagio For Strings · Violin Concerto · Knoxville: Summer 1915

John Adams, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington / Simon Rattle*

Charles Ives / Marni Nixon • John McCabe (2) • Ensemble Modern • Ingo Metzmacher

Songs • Orchestral Sets • From The Steeples And Mountains

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonic Dances from ’West Side Story’ / Candide - Overture / Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Elliott Carter - Oliver Knussen, London Sinfonietta, Ole Böhn

Concerto For Orchestra / Violin Concerto / Three Occasions

Leonard Bernstein - Jeffrey Kahane, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Overture - Candide . Fancy Free . Symphony No.2 ’The Age Of Anxiety’

John Adams - London Chamber Orchestra*, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, Simon Rattle*

Grand Pianola Music • Shaker Loops • Short Ride In A Fast Machine

Concert For Piano And Orchestra / Credo In Us / Imaginary Landscape No. 1 / Rozart Mix / Suite For Toy Piano / Music For Carillon

Contemporary/Experimental

Steve Reich & Philip Glass

Post-Modern/Contemporary

Ferde Grofé / Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra* • Capitol Symphony Orchestra • Felix Slatkin • Ferde Grofé

Grand Canyon Suite • Mississippi Suite • Death Valley Suite

Stravinsky* / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov

The Song Of The Nightingale; Symphony In C; Symphony In Three Movements

Nielsen*, Ligeti*, Barber*, Françaix* - Galliard Ensemble*

Schubert* / Cherubini* / Cornelius*, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Symphony No. 9 - Anacréon Overture - The Barber Of Baghdad Overture

Penderecki* - Felicja Blumental, Siegfried Palm, Wanda Wilkomirska, Sabine Meyer, Alfons Kontarsky, Krzysztof Penderecki

A Portrait Of Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody To The Victims Of Hiroshima • Symphony • Cello Concerto No 1