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Martines The Complete Keyboard Works
Marianna Martines

Idith Meshulam Korman

Martines The Complete Keyboard Works

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212093429
Catnr: SIGCD 934
Release date: 17 April 2026
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212093429
Catalogue number
SIGCD 934
Release date
17 April 2026
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Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works presents the first complete modern recording of the surviving keyboard music of Marianna Martines (1744–1812), a composer, keyboard virtuoso, and cultural force in eighteenth-century Viennese musical life. Admired in her lifetime for her brilliance as both performer and composer, Martines occupied a central position within the city’s elite musical circles, yet her instrumental music has remained largely absent from the recorded canon. Led by conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, with pianist Idith Meshulam Korman and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, this release brings together Martines’s four surviving keyboard concertos, three sonatas, and her Sinfonia in C major, recorded from newly prepared critical editions. The works reveal a composer writing ambitiously for public performance, combining lyrical vocal writing with striking technical demands, orchestral imagination, and playful formal subversion. Conceived as a major interpretative and restorative project, this release restores Martines’s keyboard music to the Classical canon as a vital and compelling body of work.

Artist(s)

Idith Meshulam Korman (piano)

Idith Meshulam Korman’s career as both artist and activist has been defined by her commitment to amplifying the voices of unjustly neglected composers, with a particular interest in women. This dedication led her to record the complete keyboard works of Marianna Martines. Following her concerto debut at the age of nine, Meshulam Korman gave solo recitals and broadcast performances. When she earned her bachelor’s degree, she developed a lasting passion for contemporary music—and her doctorate from New York University, where she pioneered the study of Stefan Wolpe’s unpublished piano works. She went on to join the NYU faculty, teaching there for over a decade. Later on, she collaborated with composer and conductor Gunther Schuller to record Nikos Skalkottas’ 32 Piano Pieces for the GM Recording...
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Idith Meshulam Korman’s career as both artist and activist has been defined by her commitment to amplifying the voices of unjustly neglected composers, with a particular interest in women. This dedication led her to record the complete keyboard works of Marianna Martines.

Following her concerto debut at the age of nine, Meshulam Korman gave solo recitals and broadcast performances. When she earned her bachelor’s degree, she developed a lasting passion for contemporary music—and her doctorate from New York University, where she pioneered the study of Stefan Wolpe’s unpublished piano works. She went on to join the NYU faculty, teaching there for over a decade.

Later on, she collaborated with composer and conductor Gunther Schuller to record Nikos Skalkottas’ 32 Piano Pieces for the GM Recording label. American Record Guide praised her ‘playing with energetic moxie and aplomb, her technique truly phenomenal, yet her subtle colouring of the introspective passages is no less awe-inspiring’. Her second album, devoted to the piano music of Laura Kaminsky, was similarly acclaimed for its ‘warmth and variety’.

Meshulam Korman is the founder and director of Ensemble π, a socially engaged new music ensemble, and has curated the American Composers Alliance festivals. She also serves on the board of the Association for the Promotion of New Music. She currently teaches at Bard College through the Bard Prison Initiative, continuing to integrate artistry with a commitment to social change.

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Disc #1
01.
Keyboard Concerto in G Major: I. Allegro
07:57
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
02.
Keyboard Concerto in G Major: II. Adagio
10:14
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
03.
Keyboard Concerto in G Major: III. Allegro
04:22
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
04.
Keyboard Concerto in A Major: I. Allegro con spirito
04:53
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
05.
Keyboard Concerto in A Major: II. Andante con comodo
06:34
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
06.
Keyboard Concerto in A Major: III. Allegro assai
03:16
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
07.
Keyboard Concerto in C Major: I. [Allegro]
04:41
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
08.
Keyboard Concerto in C Major: II. Andante
04:50
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
09.
Keyboard Concerto in C Major: III. Allegro
04:08
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
10.
Keyboard Concerto in E Major: I. Allegro
06:36
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
11.
Keyboard Concerto in E Major: II. Andante
06:30
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
12.
Keyboard Concerto in E Major: III. Allegro
05:13
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Disc #2
01.
Keyboard Sonata in A Major : I. Allegro
04:31
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
02.
Keyboard Sonata in A Major : II. Adagio
05:33
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
03.
Keyboard Sonata in A Major : III. Tempo di minuetto
02:22
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
04.
Keyboard Sonata in E Major: I. Allegro
03:17
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
05.
Keyboard Sonata in E Major: II. Andante
04:44
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
06.
Keyboard Sonata in E Major: III. Allegro
02:23
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
07.
Keyboard Sonata in G Major: I. Allegro
04:39
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
08.
Keyboard Sonata in G Major: II. Andante
03:53
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
09.
Keyboard Sonata in G Major: III. Allegro assai
02:54
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
10.
Sinfonia in C Major : Allegro con spirito - Andante ma non troppo - Allegro spiritoso
09:58
(Marianna Martines) Idith Meshulam Korman, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
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