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With this release, there’s no doubt that young English pianist Martin James Bartlett is paying homage to Earl Wild. He began this second album for Warner Classics with the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov. This Dionysian score left its mark on Wild since he recorded it for the Reader's Digest label in 1965 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Jascha Horenstein. The American pianist’s presence is really felt in the second part, which includes transcriptions, paraphrases and studies by Earl Wild on works by Rachmaninov and Gershwin. For example, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is one of Wild’s favourites (his recording for RCA with Arthur Fiedler is really worth a listen).
As combative as he is poetic, Martin James Bartlett has come on leaps and bounds since his first recital in 2019, revealing himself here to be a pianist gifted with beautiful sensitivity and irresistible panache (I Got Rhythm). His rendition of The Man I Love is beautifully light and airy. His playing is never rushed, and his sound is bright with a beautiful grain in the midrange. This is impeccably captured by the renowned Arne Akselberg's sound recording, which makes his search for harmonic depth crystal clear (Where Beauty Dwells). It’s exiting listening. In The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Joshua Weilerstein is very attentive to the pianist's poetic approach (Variations 17 and 18); both refuse any form of virtuosity or flamboyance, preferring instead to liberate the tragedy: the black drama that Rachmaninov brought to a climax in his American works. Many will be able to overlook the wavering uncertainty of this new proposal, which is far more original than it might seem. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Sergei Rachmaninov, Composer - Earl Wild, Transcriber - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninov, Composer - Earl Wild, Transcriber - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
Earl Wild, Composer - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
Earl Wild, Composer - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - FERDE GROFE, Orchestrator - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - FERDE GROFE, Orchestrator - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
George Gershwin, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - FERDE GROFE, Orchestrator - Martin James Bartlett, Piano, MainArtist - Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor
© 2022 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company.
Album review
With this release, there’s no doubt that young English pianist Martin James Bartlett is paying homage to Earl Wild. He began this second album for Warner Classics with the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov. This Dionysian score left its mark on Wild since he recorded it for the Reader's Digest label in 1965 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Jascha Horenstein. The American pianist’s presence is really felt in the second part, which includes transcriptions, paraphrases and studies by Earl Wild on works by Rachmaninov and Gershwin. For example, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is one of Wild’s favourites (his recording for RCA with Arthur Fiedler is really worth a listen).
As combative as he is poetic, Martin James Bartlett has come on leaps and bounds since his first recital in 2019, revealing himself here to be a pianist gifted with beautiful sensitivity and irresistible panache (I Got Rhythm). His rendition of The Man I Love is beautifully light and airy. His playing is never rushed, and his sound is bright with a beautiful grain in the midrange. This is impeccably captured by the renowned Arne Akselberg's sound recording, which makes his search for harmonic depth crystal clear (Where Beauty Dwells). It’s exiting listening. In The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Joshua Weilerstein is very attentive to the pianist's poetic approach (Variations 17 and 18); both refuse any form of virtuosity or flamboyance, preferring instead to liberate the tragedy: the black drama that Rachmaninov brought to a climax in his American works. Many will be able to overlook the wavering uncertainty of this new proposal, which is far more original than it might seem. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:33
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Martin James Bartlett
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
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