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Martin Roscoe (3 August 1952 – ) is an English classical pianist. He teaches piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the Department of Keyboard Studies. He performs as a concerto soloist, as a recitalist and as a chamber musician.[1]
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Early life
Martin Roscoe was born in Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire. He studied 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
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, 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
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. 42Dohnányi Hyperion CDA66684[6] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1993 Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes Copland ASV Platinum PLT 8504[7] Michael Collins, clarinet
Vanbrugh Quartet1994 Dolly Suite Fauré Hyperion CDA66911/4[8] Kathryn Stott, piano 1994 Dance Suite, Op. 28
Piano Concerto, Op. 26
Variations, Op. 36Bernard 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 ClarkeASV 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 FantasiaGershwin 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. 24Ignaz 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 minorElgar
BaxGlobal 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 majorRobert Fuchs
Friedrich KielHyperion CDA67354[21] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2002 Concerto for two pianos and orchestra Bliss Naxos 8.557146[22] Peter Donohoe, piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra2002 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 MoonlightRichard 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
KreislerianaChopin
Robert Keeley
SchumannDunelm 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. 96Beethoven ASV Gold GLD4023[34] Peter Cropper, violin ? Silentium Arvo Pärt EMI Classics 5624342[35] Notes
- ^ a b c d e Martin Roscoe, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/music/people/undergraduate_music_staff/department_of_keyboard_studies/piano/martin_roscoe.html, retrieved 2008-03-05
- ^ a b c Morrison, Bryce. "Martin Roscoe", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 5 March 2008), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
- ^ a b Martin Roscoe (Piano), Bach Cantatas Website, http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Roscoe-Martin.htm, retrieved 2008-03-05
- ^ 1981 Prize-Winners, The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, http://www.sipca.com.au/, retrieved 2008-03-04
- ^ a b c d Biography, Global Music Network, http://classicalplus.gmn.com/artists/artist.asp?id=2044&bio=true, retrieved 2008-03-07
- ^ The Romantic Piano Concerto - 6, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/66684.asp, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Aaron Copland, MusicNet, http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2002/Nov02/Copland_ASV_disc.htm, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) The Complete Music for Piano, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/66911.asp, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Stevens, B.: Piano Concerto / Dance Suite / Variations, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223480#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Fratres etc, Selections, http://www.selections.com/Z472/part-fratres/, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 1, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.553016#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Beach: Piano Quintet; Clarke / Roscoe, Endellion Quartet, L'Atelier Grigorian, http://www.grigorian.com/webstore/view.php?muzenbr=198372, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 2, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.553300#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 3, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.553867#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Film Music on the Web, MusicWeb, http://www.musicweb-international.com/Gershwin/01297.html, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ The Romantic Piano Concerto - 20, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/67069.asp, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Clementi Piano Sonatas, CRD Records, http://www.crdrecords.com/search.php, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Elgar & Bax, MusicWeb, http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2002/May02/Elgar_bax.htm, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Rachmaninov: Works for cello and piano, MusicWeb, http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2002/Oct02/Rachmaninov_cello_BBox.htm, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Peacock Pie, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/67316.asp, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ The Romantic Piano Concerto - 31, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/67354.asp, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Bliss: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.557146#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Rachmaninov: Music for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.557062#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ James MacMillan (b. 1959), Chandos, http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010092, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ The Film Music of Richard Addinsell, Chandos, http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010046, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen and other piano music, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/67366.asp, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Bach Piano Transcriptions - 4, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/67468.asp, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Bridge: Phantasy / String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.557283#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 4, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.557168#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Volume 3, Chandos, http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010361, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 6, Chandos, http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010329, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Martin Roscoe: A celebrity recital from the Fifth Chetham’s International Summer School and Festival for Pianists, MusicWeb, http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2005/Dec05/Roscoe_DRD0247.htm, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 4 - Music for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570413#, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ The Complete Violin Sonatas Vol.1, MusicNet, http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2007/June07/1aJune07-2.htm, retrieved 2008-03-06
- ^ PART Choral Works, Selections.com, http://www.selections.com/AB399/part-choral-works-2cds/, retrieved 2008-03-06
Categories:- 1952 births
- Living people
- English classical pianists
- Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
- People from Runcorn
- Alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music
- Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
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