Martin Roscoe
Martin Roscoe (born 3 August 1952) is an English classical pianist. He performs as a concerto soloist, as a recitalist and as a chamber musician.[1]
Early life
[edit]Martin Roscoe was born in Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire. He first became serious about music at the age of 7 after being ‘bowled over’ by a performance at The Proms of the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz on 19 August 1959. He later went on to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music with Gordon Green and Marjorie Clementi.[2] Awards early in his career included the Davas Gold Medal in 1973, the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1974, the British Liszt Piano Competition in 1976[3] and he was a prizewinner in the Sydney International Piano Competition in 1981.[4]
Career
[edit]Roscoe has developed close links with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Manchester Camerata.[2] He has played as a soloist under many of the world's leading conductors, including Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Libor Pešek, Luciano Berio, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Andrew Litton and Mark Wigglesworth.[1][5] He gives regular recitals at the Wigmore Hall. Roscoe has appeared in BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on six occasions and has made over 300 broadcasts with the BBC. He has an international reputation and has played in many countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, South America, Australia, USA and France.[5]
As a student, he formed a piano duo with Peter Donohoe and they have performed and made recordings together since. Their recording of music by Gershwin on Carlton Classics was chosen as Editor's Choice in the August 1997 issue of Gramophone.[5] As a chamber musician he has performed with Tasmin Little, Emma Johnson, Steven Isserlis, Michael Collins, Steven Osborne, the Leopold String Trio and the Chilingirian, Vanbrugh, Tale, Schidlof, Carmina, Brodsky, Endellion and Sorrel String Quartets.[1][5] The details of Roscoe's recordings are shown in the table below.
Before becoming a teacher at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Roscoe had held positions at the Royal Northern College of Music[2] and the Royal Academy of Music.[1] He is the artistic director of the Beverley Chamber Music Festival and the Ribble Valley International Piano Week.[1] He has been granted an honorary Doctorate of Music by the University of Hull.[3]
Discography
[edit]Year | Title | Composer | Record Company | Reference | Other artistes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op. 5 Piano Concerto No 2 in B minor, Op. 42 |
Dohnányi | Hyperion | CDA66684[6] | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
1993 | Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes | Copland | ASV Platinum | PLT 8504[7] | Michael Collins, clarinet Vanbrugh Quartet |
1994 | Dolly Suite | Fauré | Hyperion | CDA66911/4[8] | Kathryn Stott, piano |
1994 | Dance Suite, Op. 28 Piano Concerto, Op. 26 Variations, Op. 36 |
Bernard Stevens | Marco Polo | 8.223480[9] | Ireland National Symphony Orchestra |
1994 | Fratres (1980); Spiegel im Spiegel | Arvo Pärt | EMI Classics for Pleasure | 5758052[10] | Tasmin Little, violin |
1995 | Piano Works, Volume 1 | Szymanowski | Naxos | 8.553016[11] | |
1995 | Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 67 Trio for Piano and Strings Sonata for Viola/Cello and Piano |
Amy Beach Rebecca Clarke Rebecca Clarke |
ASV | 932[12] | Endellion String Quartet |
1996 | Piano Works, Volume 2 | Szymanowski | Naxos | 8.553300[13] | |
1996 | Piano Works, Volume 3 | Szymanowski | Naxos | 8.553867[14] | |
1997 | Rhapsody in Blue Porgy and Bess Fantasia |
Gershwin | Carlton Classics | 30368 01297[15] | Peter Donohoe, piano |
1998 | Piano Concerto No 1 in F major, Op. 10 Piano Concerto No 2 in C major, Op. 24 |
Ignaz Brüll | Hyperion | CDA67069[16] | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
1998 | Piano Sonatas | Clementi | CRD Records | CRD 3500[17] | |
1998 | Violin Sonata in E minor Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor |
Elgar Bax |
Global Music Network | GMNC 0113[18] | Tasmin Little, violin |
1998 | Works for cello and piano | Rachmaninoff | Black Box | BBM1044[19] | Moray Welsh, cello |
2001 | Peacock Pie | Various | Hyperion | CDA67316[20] | Guildhall Strings |
2001 | Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 27 Piano Concerto in B flat major |
Robert Fuchs Friedrich Kiel |
Hyperion | CDA67354[21] | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
2002 | Concerto for two pianos and orchestra | Bliss | Naxos | 8.557146[22] | Peter Donohoe, piano Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
2002 | Music for two pianos | Rachmaninoff | Naxos | 8.557062[23] | Peter Donohoe, piano |
2002 | The Berserking | James MacMillan | Chandos | CHAN 10092[24] | BBC Philharmonic |
2002 | Warsaw Concerto from Dangerous Moonlight |
Richard Addinsell (arr. Roy Douglas) |
Chandos | CHAN 10046[25] | BBC Philharmonic |
2003 | Visions de l'Amen | Messiaen | Hyperion | CDA67366[26] | Steven Osborne, piano |
2003 | Piano transcriptions | Bach, transcribed Samuil Feinberg | Hyperion | CDA67468[27] | |
2003 | Phantasy, Piano Quartet in F♯ minor | Bridge | Naxos | 8.557283[28] | Maggini Quartet |
2003 | Piano Works, Volume 4 | Szymanowski | Naxos | 8.557168[29] | |
2004 | From The Unforgettable Year 1919 | Shostakovich | Chandos | CHAN 10361[30] | BBC Philharmonic |
2005 | Piano Quintet, Op. 57 | Shostakovich | Chandos | CHAN 10329[31] | Sorrel Quartet |
2005 | Ballade No. 1 Ballade Kreisleriana |
Chopin Robert Keeley Schumann |
Dunelm | DRD0247[32] | |
2006 | Music for two pianos | Bax | Naxos | 8.570413[33] | Ashley Wass, piano |
2006 | Violin Sonata in D, Op. 12, No 1 Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 Violin Sonata in G, Op. 96 |
Beethoven | ASV Gold | GLD4023[34] | Peter Cropper, violin |
2011 | Highland Concerto Normandy (Symphonic Variations) Concertstück |
Somervell Cowen |
Hyperion Records | CDA67837[35] | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
? | Silentium | Arvo Pärt | EMI Classics | 5624342[36] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Martin Roscoe, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, archived from the original on 9 April 2008, retrieved 5 March 2008
- ^ a b c Morrison, Bryce (2001). "Martin Roscoe". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
- ^ a b Martin Roscoe (Piano), Bach Cantatas Website, retrieved 5 March 2008
- ^ 1981 Prize-Winners, The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, retrieved 4 March 2008
- ^ a b c d Biography, Global Music Network, retrieved 7 March 2008
- ^ The Romantic Piano Concerto – 6, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Aaron Copland, MusicNet, archived from the original on 26 April 2003, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) The Complete Music for Piano, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Stevens, B.: Piano Concerto / Dance Suite / Variations, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Fratres etc, Selections, archived from the original on 16 July 2011, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 1, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Beach: Piano Quintet; Clarke / Roscoe, Endellion Quartet, L'Atelier Grigorian, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 2, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 3, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Film Music on the Web, MusicWeb, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ The Romantic Piano Concerto – 20, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Clementi Piano Sonatas, CRD Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Elgar & Bax, MusicWeb, archived from the original on 5 May 2002, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Rachmaninov: Works for cello and piano, MusicWeb, archived from the original on 10 January 2003, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Peacock Pie, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ The Romantic Piano Concerto – 31, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Bliss: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Rachmaninov: Music for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ James MacMillan (b. 1959), Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ The Film Music of Richard Addinsell, Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen and other piano music, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Bach Piano Transcriptions – 4, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Bridge: Phantasy / String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 4, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Volume 3, Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 6, Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Martin Roscoe: A celebrity recital from the Fifth Chetham's International Summer School and Festival for Pianists, MusicWeb, archived from the original on 3 June 2006, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 4 – Music for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ The Complete Violin Sonatas Vol.1, MusicNet, archived from the original on 6 September 2008, retrieved 6 March 2008
- ^ France, John (October 2011). "Somervell & Cowen Piano Concertos". Musicweb International. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ PART Choral Works, Selections.com, archived from the original on 16 July 2011, retrieved 6 March 2008
- 1952 births
- Living people
- English classical pianists
- English male classical pianists
- Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
- British piano educators
- People from Runcorn
- Alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music
- Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
- 21st-century classical pianists
- 21st-century English male musicians