{"id":531132,"date":"2026-07-08T11:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531132\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:34:07","slug":"wpr-music-new-album-of-the-week-martines-the-complete-keyboard-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531132\/","title":{"rendered":"WPR Music new album of the week: \u2018Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Signum Classics released \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/signumrecords.com\/product\/martines-the-complete-keyboard-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the first complete modern recording of the surviving keyboard music of Marianna Martines<\/a>.\u201d The recording features pianist Idith Meshulam Korman performing with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martines was an Austrian singer, composer and pianist of the Classical period. She began piano lessons at the age of 7, learning from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joseph-Haydn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joseph Haydn<\/a>, who lived in the same building as her family. She also received singing lessons with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Nicola-Porpora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nicola Porpora<\/a>, also a resident of their building, who later took Haydn on as an assistant as well. (This leads me to wonder about noise complaints in their building, but I digress.)<\/p>\n<p>                            Understanding Wisconsin, Together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_description\">WPR\u2019s \u201cWisconsin Today\u201d newsletter keeps you connected to the state you love without feeling overwhelmed. No paywall. No agenda. No corporate filter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlymusicamerica.org\/debut-recording-of-maria-martines-complete-keyboard-works-out-april-17\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.earlymusicamerica.org\/debut-recording-of-maria-martines-complete-keyboard-works-out-april-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Conductor Ponchione-Bailey said<\/a>, \u201cThere is a gorgeous timelessness to Martines\u2019s music which transcends instruments, performance styles and concert settings\u2014inviting listeners into a sound world that is immediately rewarding and deeply enjoyable.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Her keyboard concertos are light and accessible, written in the Italian style. The pieces are definitely timeless \u2014 one can imagine them played in an 18th century parlor or in the trailer of a new movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartines: The Complete Keyboard Works\u201d was released in April 2026 on Signum Records.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Public Radio, \u00a9 Copyright 2026, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this year, Signum Classics released \u201cthe first complete modern recording of the surviving keyboard music of Marianna&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[46939,146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-531132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-classical-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}