Martin James Bartlett : Love and Death -J.S.Bach, Liszt, Prokofiev

Since his 2014 victory in BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, Martin James Bartlett has built a considerable international reputation. Love and Death, with its imaginatively conceived programme, gives proof of his artistic range. In creating the programme, Bartletts starting point was Liszts transcription of Schumanns passionate song Widmung (Dedication), set to a poem by Friedrich Rckert. It is a love song that also speaks of death, he explains, and it concludes with a quote from Schuberts Ave Maria, introducing the idea of heavenly love. These themes are explored throughout the album.