More By Artist: Matthew O'Toole
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (counter-tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson [ Erato CDs + DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] The American conductor John Nelson, especially famed for his interpretations of Berlioz, conducted Handel's most celebrated oratorio at Coventry Cathedral in the heart of England in November 2022. |
JENNIFER HIGDON
Higdon: Duo Duel / Concerto for Orchestra Matthew Strauss, Svet Stoyanov (percussion) / Houston Symphony, Robert Spano [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] Pulitzer Prize- and three-time GRAMMY award-winning composer, Jennifer Higdon, continues to write what the Chicago Sun-Times describes as music "both modern and timeless". |
Matthew Herbert & London Contemporary Orchestra
The Horse (Limited Edition LP) [ BMG / ADA / 2 LP - released 26/May/2023 ] Challenging his considerable legacy with one of his most extraordinary projects to date, celebrated British artist, producer, composer and experimentalist Matthew Herbert presents The Horse. Based around a full-size horse skeleton and working... |
Matthew Herbert & London Contemporary Orchestra
The Horse [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Challenging his considerable legacy with one of his most extraordinary projects to date, celebrated British artist, producer, composer and experimentalist Matthew Herbert presents The Horse. Based around a full-size horse skeleton and working... |
PETER PHILIPS & RICHARD DERING
Philips & Dering: Motets The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; In Echo; Matthew Martin [ Linn Records / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] One of the UK's leading collegiate choirs, The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, and its Precentor Matthew Martin make their debut on Linn. This new recording offers a fresh insight into the lives and works of two expatriate English... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 2 [Incls Sonatina & Minuet for Ursula] Matthew Schellhorn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] In the first volume of this series (Naxos 8.571382), Matthew Schellhorn surveyed six decades of Herbert Howells' compositions for the piano. This second volume reprises the journey, tracing the composer's stylistic development. |
TRADITIONAL
The First Nowell: Christmas Carols Through the Ages The Edison Singers, Noel Edison, with Matthew Larkin (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] The Christmas carol has its origins in the Middle Ages but it has since embraced a wide variety of musical backgrounds. In this album, religious sentiment is set in many different contexts - from the mystery plays to an African American spiritual,... |
Matthew Goody
Needles and Plastic: Flying Nun Records, 1981-88 [ Auckland University Press / Book - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Needles and Plastic is a fully illustrated account of Flying Nun, the bands and the songs from 1981-1988 - the critical early years, when the label was based in Christchurch and getting records pressed in New Zealand. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) Christopher Lowrey, Matthew Newlin, Ana Maria Labin, Gwendolyne Blondeel / Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "This thrilling new release of the Transylvanian composer's music for string quartet embraces three contrasting periods of his output." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2023 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
The Dvorak Album Jan Vogler (cello). Chad Hoopes (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Juho Pohjonen (Piano), Tiffany Poon (piano), Kevin Zhu (violin) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2022 ] "The choice of pieces here gives us a nice array of Dvořák chamber repertoire...selections like the Dumky are well-worth the listen." TheClassicReview |
André Previn, Charles Griffes, John Kander, Kurt Weill, Samuel Barber
Desiderium John Matthew Myers, tenor Myra Huang, piano [ Avie / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] The star of tenor John Matthew Myers is rapidly in the ascendent. His debut album, Desiderium, coincides with his Metropolitan Opera debut in Brett Dean's Hamlet. Desiderium - "an ardent desire or longing, a feeling of loss or grief for something... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Momentum - 1786 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello) Christiane Karg [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] 'Time and again Andsnes had me reaching for the score to confirm things I'd never noticed before...some of the finest Mozart-playing on the planet.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Concerto |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina Naforniţa. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina Naforniţa. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ Yann Beuron, Karen Cargill, William Dazeley, Matthew Rose & Peter Rose, LSO & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ Alto / 2 CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Disc of the Year: Financial Times & New York Times "Beuron, probably today's finest lyric tenor, gives the performance an essential idiomatic core in his narration ... [Tenebrae are] dramatically alert and glowing as stained glass, the angelic... |
ANTONIN DVORAK / HARRY BURLEIGH / MICHAEL BeckERMAN / JOSEPH HOROWITZ
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 1: Dvořák's New World Symphony - A Lens on the American Experience of Race Kevin Deas, PostClassical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Mark Clague, Lorenzo Candelaria, Kehembe Eichelberger, JoAnn Falletta, Matthew Franke [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY A New Narrative for American Classical Music A PostClassical Ensemble 'More than Music' film series. Written and produced by Joseph Horowitz Visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff |
AMY BEACH / FLORENCE PRICE / SAMUEL BARBER
American Quintets Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, with Matthew Rose (bass) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price's structurally lopsided but endearing A minor Quintet...And the icing on the cake? The Collective's vigour and warmth." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Chamber |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Momentum - 1785 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 28/May/2021 ] 'Socially distanced they may have been but the camaraderie that was so evident in their groundbreaking Beethoven cycle with Leif Ove Andsnes is, if anything, even more apparent here.' Gramophone Recording of the Month June 2021 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (complete ballet recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Valentino Zucchetti / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/May/2021 ] Kenneth MacMillan's passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev's famously evocative score is the driver for some of the most ardent pas de deux and powerful set pieces in ballet... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Royal Odes Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The King's Consort, Robert King [ Vivat / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Choral |
