Martin Roscoe
Pianist Martin Roscoe is a versatile figure who is quite well known in Britain, having established ongoing relationships with several regional orchestras and made multiple appearances at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. He performs as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician, and he is also a noted educator.
Roscoe was born August 3, 1952, in the village of Halton, now part of Runcorn, near Manchester, England. Amazed by a Proms performance of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique at the age of seven, he soon decided to devote his life to music. As a teen, he won major British awards: the Davas Gold Medal (1973), the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians (1974), and the British Liszt Piano Competition (1976). Roscoe attended the Royal Manchester College of Music, studying piano with Marjorie Clementi (a descendant of composer Muzio Clementi) and Gordon Green. After graduating from the College, he won a prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 1981, and his career was launched.
Roscoe has made repeated appearances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Manchester Camerata, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He has also made solo appearances with the BBC Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, and beyond Britain, with the Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, appearing with Simon Rattle, Christoph von Dohnányi, and other top conductors. As a recitalist, Roscoe has appeared around Britain and as far afield as the U.S., Hong Kong, and Australia. He has been especially active as a chamber musician, partnering with the likes of cellist Steven Isserlis and the Brodsky and Maggini string quartets. Roscoe has a longstanding duo piano partnership with Peter Donohoe, with whom he recorded a successful album of George Gershwin's music for the Carlton Classics label. He has taught at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Royal Northern College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music, as well as directing the Beverley Chamber Music Festival and the Ribble Valley International Piano Week.
Having made more than 300 radio appearances, Roscoe is a familiar figure to BBC listeners, and his recording catalog is sizable. He joined violinist Peter Cropper for recordings of Beethoven's complete violin sonatas on the ASV label, and he has recorded cycles of the piano music of several late Romantic and modern composers. Roscoe has recorded for ASV, Chandos, and Hyperion, among other labels; on Hyperion in 2019, he issued the fourth volume in his complete cycle of Ernö Dohnányi's piano music, as well as joining the Brodsky Quartet for a recording of Elgar's Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84.
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Herrmann, B.: Film Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Roscoe, Orla Boylan, Rumon Gamba
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de fev. de 2010
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Piano Works, Vol. 2
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 6 de dez. de 1996
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Shostakovich: Hamlet Suite, The Unforgettable Year, Five Days and Five Nights Suite & The Young Guard Suite
Vassily Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Roscoe
Cinema Music - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de set. de 2006
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Dohnanyi: Piano Music
Classical - Lançado por Decca (UMO) em 18 de dez. de 1993
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Musique pour deux pianos
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 30 de out. de 2006
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Somervell: Highland Concerto – Cowen: Concertstück (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 54)
Martin Roscoe, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 30 de ago. de 2011
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Quatuor à cordes n°2 - Amoretti
Maggini Quartet, Charles Daniels, Martin Roscoe
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 2 de nov. de 2009
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MACMILLAN, J.: Into the Ferment / The Berserking / Britannia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Roscoe, James MacMillan
Concertos - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de jul. de 2003
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Beach: Piano Quintet / Clarke: Piano Trio; Viola Sonata
Martin Roscoe, Endellion Quartet
Classical - Lançado por Decca (UMO) em 1 de jan. de 1995
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Nielsen: Complete Piano Music
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de jun. de 2008
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Brüll: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 20)
Martin Roscoe, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de fev. de 1999
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Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A Major - String Quartet in F Major, 'American'
Schidlof Quartet, Martin Roscoe
Classical - Lançado por Linn Records em 1 de jul. de 1999
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Dohnányi: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 6)
Martin Roscoe, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Fedor Glushchenko
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de out. de 1993
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Dohnányi: Piano Quintets
Martin Roscoe, THE VANBRUGH QUARTET
Classical - Lançado por Decca (UMO) em 28 de fev. de 1995
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Jean Sibelius: Piano Quintet in G Minor, JS 159 & String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56
Chamber Music - Lançado por SOMM Recordings em 14 de dez. de 2010
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Concerto pour piano - Dance Suite - Variations
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Martin Roscoe, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 6 de jun. de 1994
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Piano Works, Vol. 4
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 15 de nov. de 2005
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Musique pour 2 pianos
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de set. de 2007
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Œuvres pour piano (volume 1)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 11 de abr. de 1995
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Fuchs & Kiel: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 31)
Martin Roscoe, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de fev. de 2003
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Peacock Pie: English Music for Piano & Strings
Martin Roscoe, Guildhall Strings, Robert Salter
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de mar. de 2002
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