String Quartet
This is the composer's first acknowledged work and was written when he was only 17 years of age and a first year student at the Royal College of Music. The Pavão Quartet recorded this work in August 2012 on the CD Carlo Martelli, released in October 2013 by Discadia Records, DISCA 002. Included on the same CD, and also published by Broadbent & Dunn, are Martelli's String Quartet No. 2, Prelude and Fugue for String Sextet and Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola.
In 1992 the composer, Carlo Martelli, was asked to write a piece for the viola section of the National Youth Orchestra, to give them an opportunity to rehearse and perform something other than orchestral repertoire. The composer rearranged the work in 2003 for its present combination.
The Pavão Quartet recorded this work in August 2012 on the CD Carlo Martelli, released in October 2013 by Discadia Records, DISCA 002. Included on the same CD, and also published by Broadbent & Dunn, are Martelli’s String Quartet No. 1, String Quartet No. 2 and Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola.
String Orchestra
Carlo Martelli – Persiflage for String Orchestra (Set of Parts)
Your purchase will consist of the following set of Parts: 5 x 1st Violin 4 x 2nd Violin 3 x Viola 2 x 'Cello 1 x Double Bass Extra parts available on request Martelli's invigorating and playful jeu d'esprit for string orchestra is a very clever pastiche recalling the light music that was current in the mid 20th century. This work was recorded on the CD English String Miniatures Vol. 3, released in 2001 by NAXOS, 8.555069.
String Orchestra
Carlo Martelli – Persiflage for String Orchestra (Full Score)
Martelli's invigorating and playful jeu d'esprit for string orchestra is a very clever pastiche recalling the light music that was current in the mid 20th century. This work was recorded on the CD English String Miniatures Vol. 3, released in 2001 by NAXOS, 8.555069.
Clarinet Sextet
An exciting arrangement by Stephen Morland for clarinet sextet.
Clarinet Quartet
C. P. E. Bach arr. Morland – Solfeggietto (Clarinet Quartet)
A flashy arrangement by Stephen Morland, delightful as an encore. For colleges and professionals.
Butterworth, George Sainton Kaye
Butterworth arr. Martelli – The Banks of Green Willow (String Quartet)
This is one of the few works that Butterworth completed before his untimely death at the age of thirty - he was killed in action in World War One. The composition, like all his work, gives evidence of a distinct but restrained personality, imbued with a deep love of the English countryside. Arranged here by Carlo Martelli for colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Bruch, Max Christian Friedrich
Bruch arr. Martelli – Adagio from Violin Concerto in G Minor (String Quartet)
In this arrangement by Carlo Martelli of the beautiful slow movement of Bruch's Violin Concerto the solo part is unchanged and the orchestral part arranged for the other three players.
Brahms, Johannes
Brahms arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 2 Movement 3 (String Quartet)
This is one of the most charming and unpretentious movements from Brahms' symphonies, expertly transcribed here by Carlo Martelli for the four string instruments.
Brahms, Johannes
Brahms arr. Martelli – Hungarian Dance No. 6 (String Quartet)
One of the better known of Brahms' many Hungarian Dances originally composed for piano duet. This highly effective arrangement by Carlo Martelli successfully conveys the excitement and verve of the original.
Brahms, Johannes
Brahms arr. Martelli – Hungarian Dance No. 5 (String Quartet)
Brahms wrote 21 Hungarian Dances of which this is one of the most well known. Originally written for piano duet, and here arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, it is in an extravert style with good spanking tunes and simple rhythms.
This is an arrangement for wind quintet of a late piano work by Brahms. There is not enough music, that communicates the deepest of human emotions, available for wind quintet at present, either as original compositions or in arrangements. By making this arrangement David has contributed to remedying this shortage, as well as bringing a powerful piece to the attention of musicians and audiences who might not otherwise come across it. The arrangement seeks to preserve the textural clarity and sensuous melodic lines of the original. Much of the richness and late romantic warmth of the arrangement comes from Brahms' flexibility of rhythm and tonality. This piece can be played by an ensemble where nobody is beyond the standard of Grade 8 Associated Board, which would include most adult amateur wind quintets. For secondary schools, community performing groups, teaching studios, colleges, conservatories, amateurs, libraries and professionals.
Brass Quintet
Arranged by Stephen Wick, this is a show piece for two solo piccolo trumpets and is a sumptuous alternative to the Purcell. For advanced students and professionals.
Another delightful arrangement by Stephen Morland for clarinet quartet.
Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich
Borodin arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 2 Movement 4 (String Quartet)
Borodin's 2nd is the most well know of his three Symphonies and uses several musical ideas originally intended for his opera Prince Igor. The festive character of this final movement is skillfully recaptured in Martelli's masterful arrangement for the four stringed instruments.
Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich
Borodin arr. Martelli – Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (String Quartet)
These dances, inseparably associated with Diaghilev's 'Russian Ballet', form the climax of the 2nd act of the opera 'Prince Igor', where the Khan entertains his royal captive. The melody of the maidens dance was used in the musical 'Kismet' to the words 'Hold my Hand, I'm a Stranger in Paradise'. Little of the brilliance and excitement of the original is lost in this masterly condensation for string quartet by Carlo Martelli. For conservatories and professionals.
Carmen's beguiling aria from the first act of Bizet's masterpiece, in which she successfully seduces her guard Don José, is here expertly transcribed to the medium of string quartet by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
This minuet (or menuet), arranged by Carlo Martelli, is from the second of two concert suites in which Bizet made out the beautiful and highly picturesque L'Arlésienne music which he wrote to accompany Daudet's play.
Bizet, Georges
Bizet arr. Martelli – Intermezzo and Adagietto from L’Arlésienne Suites (String Quartet)
These are two of the eight pieces that comprise the two suites made from the incidental music that Bizet wrote to Daudet's play. Arranged by Carlo Martelli.
Two concert suites were made out of the beautiful and highly picturesque L'Arlésienne music. The Farandole, which concludes the second suite and is here arranged by Carlo Martelli, is a spirited circle dance of Provençal derivation.
Perhaps the most popular operatic duet ever penned, this arrangement by Carlo Martelli captures the nobility and rapture of the original to perfection.
This gypsy dance, which opens the second act of Bizet's famous opera Carmen, starts quietly and works up to a breathtakingly exciting climax. Arranged by Carlo Martelli.
This delightful piece concludes the first suite that Bizet made from his incidental music to Daudet's play. This music, arranged by Carlo Martelli, has a freshness, vivacity and clarity of outline, which arrives like a cool breeze in a stuffy room.
The introduction to the fourth act of Bizet's famous opera Carmen sets the scene for the public rejoicing at the bullfight in Seville, during which the fate of the two protagonists Don José and the eponymous heroine is sealed. Arranged by Carlo Martelli.
Berlioz's depiction of a brilliant ball scene, in which a jealous lover spots his beloved amidst the dancing throngs, is finely adapted here for the much smaller medium of the string quartet. The skill of the arranger Carlo Martelli has ensured that the piece loses none of its sparkle and glamour. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 8 Movement 4 (String Quartet)
This final movement of Beethoven's penultimate symphony has many unique features, not the least of which is the immensely protracted coda which is longer than the whole of the movement that precedes it. Arranged by Carlo Martelli for colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 8 Movement 3 (String Quartet)
This movement from the composers Little Symphony, as he called it, abandons the rumbustious style of the scherzo movements of his immediately preceding five symphonies, and is instead a graceful minuet. Arranged by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 8 Movement 2 (String Quartet)
This movement of Beethoven's Little Symphony, as he called it, was inspired by the ticking of the metronome which had recently been invented by a friend of the composer. Arranged by Carlo Martelli. For conservatories and professionals.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 8 Movement 1 (String Quartet)
This symphony, dubbed the Little Symphony by its composer, is much more compact in its construction than almost all of Beethoven's other mature works. In spite of this the first movement of the Eighth Symphony lacks none of the vigour and dynamism of the more complexly constructed symphonies. Arranged by Carlo Martelli.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 7 Movement 3, Opus 92 (String Quartet)
The publication of this movement, arranged by Carlo Martelli, of Beethoven's masterpiece completes the printing of the four movements of a work that Wagner described as The apotheoses of the dance. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.