New DVD and CD releases from Martin Yates
Kenneth MacMillan’s seminal choreography of the ballet Manon is at last brought to DVD by the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. Martin Yates conducts this much awaited recording with a stellar international cast that includes Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta. Yates also features amongst Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choices this month, as James Inverne once again applauds his recordings of twentieth century British repertoire on the Dutton Epoch label. The latest recording in this series features repertoire by Richard Arnell, Stanley Bate and Erik Chisholm, with Yates conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. "...an atmospheric and dreamy piece, composed mid-war ... Martin Yates and the RSNO seem understandably swept away with the gripping music, and excellent sound helps make this very much one of the most impressive Dutton discs to have come my way..."
Gramophone Magazine, April 2010
