Our Recordings...
We are proud to present to you our recordings, which contain in their majority a small portion of our piano duo's long original compositions repertoire. Having created our very own two-piano repertoire, has given us a uniqueness which keeps us constantly touring, and meeting wonderful people around the world! Our CDs have been featured on prestigious music magazines throughout the world, such as American Music Teacher (U.S.A.), and Música y Educación (Spain), with wonderful reviews such as this one on American Record Guide:
"The duo's ensemble is impeccable...dead-on perfect...their music turns my home into a little corner of Spain every time I play it...these are true sound pictures...Albéniz and Falla are among the greatest composers born in Spain, as is Elena Martín...Martín's compositions display far more than excellent craft; she has creativity and originality...their recordings capture every nuance of this great duo's performances...Martín, the composer, could never hope for better performances of her work."...
Or this one:
And Mr. Harold C. Schonberg, Pulitzer Prize winner as Chief Music Critic for the New York Times, writes: "Two fine professionals, enjoying themselves, play with strong rhythm and unusual clarity...outlines are clear, passages work precise...they produce a nice, resonant sound...hypnotic...it has been a good hour or so since I played the disc, and the gorgeous music is still running through my head...Martin and Meliton know exactly what they are doing.”
Aside from these reviews appearing on major music magazines from all over the world, our CDs, "Among Lemon Trees", "Candela", "Bougainvilleas of the Soul", "Jaleo", and "Duende", on the Centaur Label, continue to appear on numerous TV and radio broadcasts worldwide, such as Radio Nacional de España (Spain), National Public Radio (U.S.A.), SWR 2 Landesmusikredaktion (Germany), RTHK (China), and Galavision (Mexico). We plan on recording more of our compositions on our next CDs!
Below you will find each of our CD's booklets, which will show detailed information about the pieces featured in them, such as descriptions of each original composition's creative process, etc. After each CD's booklet, you will be able to read some entire reviews corresponding to the excerpts included above. We hope you enjoy perusing this information!