George Martin

As this eclectic selection of music shows us, George Martin was something of a musical polymath, from Bach to The Beatles. Under his astute direction, Martin enabled the fab four to move beyond everyday pop. On this CD we have a mix of his film music and concert works.

Suites drawn from film scores can give film music a more structured life in a concert hall and recordings. The Pepperland Suite is from the score of Yellow Submarine, the lovely main theme having echoes of John Williams and John Barry. The James Bond connection also goes to the style of music in Live and Let Die. Martin was the original composer for The Mission. Curiously, he went...