Martin Helmchen
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Helmchen is drawn to the hybrid capabilities of his instrument, which stimulate fresh insights into how Bach’s Partitas can be played and experienced. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Vol. 3 Sonatas 8-10
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano)
Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen are an outstanding team, whose latest release brings their three-disc survey to an uplifting conclusion...Finest of all is the reading of the elusive... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Chamber Music
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5
Martin Helmchen (piano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze
Helmchen really brings out the different approaches Beethoven took in these concertos. A sturdy, reliable recording of two great works. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Beethoven250 Award
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Schubert: Schwanengesang & String Quintet
RecommendedJulian Prégardien, Martin Helmchen, Christian Tetzlaff, Florian Donderer, Rachel Roberts, Tanja Tetzlaff, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker
There is much to enjoy in this highly perfumed Schubert disc…Prégardien’s relatively light tenor makes the most of the intimacy to which these brief masterpieces are well suited…At the piano,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2021, Nouveauté
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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Helmchen’s commanding pianism and perceptive musicianship hold their own in a competitive catalogue…[he] imbues the music’s question-and-answer trajectory [in Variations 13] with a sense of... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Sonatas 1 - 4
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano)
How elegantly unforced these works come over today. Zimmermann’s sound is light, flexible, and finely shaded, with Martin Helmchen delivering effortless virtuosity. The opening of the First... — More…
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Whether stop or pedal use, whether the clever phrasing or the relationships between the tempi – Helmchen always finds the suitable means to equip this romantic piano music with a maximum of... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Keyboard Music
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It can easily be tempting for performers to emphasise the lyrical character of the first movement of the Spring Sonata at the expense of its more dramatic side. That’s not a charge which can... — More…
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Beethoven: Concerto No. 3 & Triple Concerto
Martin Helmchen (piano), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Antje Weithaas (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze
The generous interplay between the three soloists – Helmchen and violinist Antje Weithaas alongside Hecker – is a joy, finely judged, sensitive and exuberant in turn, and full of refreshing... — More…
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Schubert - Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Volume 2
RecommendedJulia Fischer (violin/piano) & Martin Helmchen (piano)
They give a magnificent account of this inspired work [the F major Fantasy]...It's a challenging piece...yet Fischer and Helmchen present as fine as any account on disc...They are a marvellous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th May 2010
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Chamber Finalist
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