Martha Goldstein

Martha Goldstein (née Martha Svendsen) is a player of the harpsichord and piano, who has given concerts in the United States, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.^[1] She has performed the works of George Frideric Handel, Frédéric Chopin, Georg Philipp Telemann, Franz Liszt and Ferruccio Busoni among others.^[2]

Training and career

She was trained at the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School and studied with Audrey Plitt, Eliza Woods, James Friskin and Mieczysław Munz. She taught at the Peabody Conservatory for 20 years and at the Cornish College of the Arts.^[1][2] She has also performed as a guest artist with the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet,^[3] wind quintet-in-residence at the University of Washington School of Music since 1968.^[4]

Many of Martha Goldstein's recordings were first released on LP by Pandora Records, which was founded in 1973 and active for more than ten years. The company went out of business with the advent of the CD. The entire archive of recordings is now available for download without restriction and can be found at many download sites, including Wikipedia (see Commons:Martha Goldstein).^[5] Often her recordings reflect historically informed performance, employing original period instruments and tunings.^[6][7]

Commercial recordings

• The Italian Harpsichord. Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 101.^[7]
• Bach: Flute sonatas. Complete and Authentic Works from the Neue Bach Gesellschaft. Alex Murray (Baroque flute); Martha Goldstein (harpsichord). Pandora Records (1974) cat. no. PAN 104.
• Chopin: Études, Op. 10; Études, Op. 25. Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 107.
• Bach: Flute Sonatas. Incomplete and Controversial Sonatas. Alex Murray (Baroque flute); Martha Goldstein (harpsichord). Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 105.
• Bach / Martha Goldstein - The Sound of the Keyboard Lute. Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 111.
• Brahms: Waltzes. Pandora Records (1987), cat. no. PAN 119.
• Bach: Music for Solo Traverso, Volume I. Alex Murray (Baroque flute); Martha Goldstein (harpsichord). Pandora Records, cat. no. PC 176.^[8]

See also

• Sonata in B minor for flute or recorder and harpsichord
• File:Bach - Flute Sonata Bmin - 1. Andante - Traverso and Harpsichord.ogg (Wikipedia Featured audio file)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Liner notes for The Sound of the Italian Harpsichord". Pandora Records. 1973. http://music.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/pandora/vorbis/historical_instruments/Italian_harpsichord/readme.html. Retrieved 27 July 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Martha Goldstein - Pianist at Piano Society". Piano Society. http://www.pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=669. Retrieved 2009-09-10. 
3. ^ "Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet - Artists" at soniventorum.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
4. ^ Megan, Lyden (2000). The story of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet. University of Washington, 338 pages. OCLC 46797558.
5. ^ Pandora Records
6. ^ Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10 and Op. 25. Played on an Erard piano from 1851. (Audio files: commons:Études (Chopin). Further information and biography at Duck.fm. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
7. ^ ^{a b} PAN 101 is mentioned by the American Record Guide as a pioneering example of the use of historically informed tunings, in a review of Early Italian Harpsichord Music (1520–1670); Edward Parmentier, harpsichord; Wildboar WLBR 8001 (Harmonia Mundi): "Still in print is a Martha Goldstein recording of German and Italian music from Pandora (PAN 101). Goldstein uses a modern instrument in various tempered tunings, anticipating Parmentier's performance in his previous Wildboar release of Bach's Italian Concerto in Werckmeister temperament." American Record Guide, January/February 1986, p. 42.
8. ^ Reviewed by Stereo Review, April 1976, pp. 110–111.

Other sources

• H. R. Smith Co. (1982). The new records, Volume 50. Berkeley, California: University of California.
• Crystal Record Company (1977). Directory of new music. (scanned from a holding at the University of Michigan). OCLC 1085363
• American Guild of Organists (1985). The American organist, Volume 19, Issues 1-6.
• Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri (1970). Muse, Volumes 4-6

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