MARTIN OWEN releases
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba
CHANDOS
The 1968 Horn Concerto might only last 17 minutes, but the majority of them are action-packed, and Martin Owen’s horn playing, nimble and characterful, is a pleasure in itself.
BBC Music Magazine
Martin Owen gives a stunningly athletic performance.
Gramophone Magazine
Martin Owen with Francesca Dego (violin)
and Alessandro Taverna (piano)
CHANDOS
Owen handles the tricky horn writing (Mozart) writing with remarkable fluency.
BBC Music magazine
The Brahms/Ligeti pairing is hardly new on record but this version sweeps the board.
Gramophone magazine
RICHARD STRAUSS
Concerto No.1, Op.11 in E-Flat Major
Concerto No.2 in E-Flat Major
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Concertino, Op.45 In E Minor
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Concertstück, Op.86 in F Major for Four Horns and Large Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson
…this is a recording of distinction.
Recording of the Month - Recommended (Oct '23)
Peter J Rabinowitz Gramophone magazine
…there’s no greater tonic that the Schumann, and no better sonorities could be imagined; the recording captures them beautifully … It’s a sheer joy, with only superficial melancholy adding more colours. I’ll be playing that over and over again.
David Nice BBC Music magazine
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /
Nicholas Cleobury
RPO
Scottish Ensemble / Clio Gould
Martin Owen (horn), Toby Spence (tenor)
LINN RECORDS
Orquestra de Cadaqués /
Sir Neville Marriner
TRITO EDICIONS
Ben Johnson, tenor
James Baillieu, piano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Benedict Nelson, baritone
Martin Owen, horn
Lucy Wakeford, harp
SIGNUM CLASSICS
