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16 April 2024
Marriner 100 review — these
performances would have delighted
the conductor
St Martin in the Fields, WC2
new
Richard Morrison
Tuesday April 16 2024, 12.00pm, The Times
Classical first night reviews
The conductor Jaime Martin and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields delivered glinting, spick-and-span
performances
RICHARD LEA-HAIR
Compare the spirited but rough-hewn recordings made by British orchestras prior to 1960 with
the hundreds of brilliant recordings made in the 1960s and 1970s by the Academy of St Martin
in the Fields (ASMF) and you will get some idea of the revolution wrought by its founder and
conductor Neville Marriner. Originally a violinist, he saw the need, and the commercial
