More By Artist: Matthew O'Toole
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GEORG MUFFAT
Auserlesene mit Ernst und Lust gemengte Instrumentalmusik [Concerto Grossi] Holland Baroque Society / Matthew Halls [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "With his refined sensibility, technical accomplishment and inquiring mind, Muffat seems to me one of the finest composers of his time. Try this, and see if you don't agree!" (Gramophone) |
TRADITIONAL
Folk Music of Ireland Ian Giles, Ian Page, Sharon Lindo, Matthew Spring, The Amber Quartet, Dr Faustus, Dragonsfire [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] This album and its companion volumes present some of Britain's finest folk musicians performing a selection of songs and instrumental music from the British folk tradition. |
TRADITIONAL
Folk Music of Scotland Ian Giles, Ian Page, Sharon Lindo, Matthew Spring, The Amber Quartet, Dr Faustus, Dragonsfire [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] This album and its companion volumes present some of Britain's finest folk musicians performing a selection of songs and instrumental music from the British folk tradition. |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion, BWV245 James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Ashley Riches, Elizabeth Watts, Sarah Connolly / Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Egarr [ AAM Records / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "Egarr whips up venomous indignation for the crowd's joustings with Pilate. Sarah Connolly's 'Es ist vollbracht' is searing...And Elizabeth Watts's 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze' is almost unbearably poignant." BBC Music |
James Gilchrist (tenor) Matthew Wadsworth (lute)
When Laura Smiles: Lute solos and songs from Elizabethan England [ Avie / CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "This disc is pleasurable, urbane, civilized, beautifully presented and recorded. For anyone who loves or who is even just interested in this repertoire then I would advise you to snap it up without delay." (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
RUBBRA / WALMISLEY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / M. BERKELEY / etc
The English Oboe: Rediscovered James Turnbull (oboe) with Libby Burgess (piano), Matthew Featherstone (flute), Dan Shilladay (viola) [ Champs Hill / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "The recorded sound is excellent throughout, offering both clarity and warmth. The booklet notes by Malcolm MacDonald are extremely interesting and informative." (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
BEETHOVEN
Mass in C major Janice Watson (soprano); Jean Rigby (mezzo); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Gwynne Howell (bass) / Corydon Singers and Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "The performance of the Mass is as good as any modern instrument version I've heard and I'm delighted that it's been restored to the catalogue" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
BERLIOZ
L'Enfance du Christ Jean Rigby, Alastair Miles, Gerald Finley, John Aler / Corydon Singers & Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'Sonically it is a real gem, a superbly focused, natural and musical balance in which everything feels right' (Gramophone) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass in D minor & Te Deum Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto), Keith Lewis (tenor) / Croydon Singers & Croydon Orchestra, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "Highest honours must go to the outstanding 140-voice chorus who sing with earth-shattering conviction, utmost clarity of diction and enviable precision of ensemble and intonation." BBC Music Magazine |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort and Players, John Butt [ Linn Records SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Vocal |
GERALD FINZI
Dies Natalis / Intimations of Immortality John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Corydon Singers / Corydon Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] 'Rich, glowing performances in a class apart' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
That's Entertainment: A Celebration of the MGM Film Musical The John Wilson Orchestra, with Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Seth MacFarlane [ Warner classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Captured in high quality audio for the first time, the glorious music from the golden age of Hollywood |
COLE PORTER
Cole Porter in Hollywood John Wilson Orchestra, with Anna-Jane Casey, Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Richard Morrison [ Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Cole Porter is one of the best-known and most prolific composers from the world of twentieth-century jazz, having written over 800 songs, often for the Hollywood stars of his day. His dizzying wordplay combines with a sound redolent of dazzling... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] "The two main protagonists brilliantly capture all the opera's drama and passion; DiDonato is magnificent and moving." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice August 2014 |
J.S. BACH
Christus, der ist mein Leben: Cantatas BWV 27, 84, 95, & 161 Dorothee Mields (soprano); Matthew White (alto); Hans JArg Mammel (tenor); Thomas Bauer (bass) / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe [ CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] " The sound is fittingly intimate but with plenty of body and resonance appropriate to bring out the natural qualities of instrumental and vocal timbres. Exceptional!" (ClassicsToday 10/10 (artistic & sound) - April 2008 |
PURCELL / MENDELSSOHN / FAURE / FINZI / ELGAR / FRANCK
Hear My Prayer-Hymns and Anthems Karina Gauvin (Soprano), Matthew Larkin (Organ) / St. John's Choir, Elora / Noel Edison (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "The first class performances demonstrate tremendous technical accomplishment. I wonder if I will hear a finer release of sacred choral music this year." (MusicWeb June 2006) |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Symphony No. 7 / Vespers Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano) & Matthew Long (tenor) The Bach Choir, David Hill / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "magnificent singing from the Bach Choir, with David Hill securing a powerful response from the Bournemouth Symphony...This is an important addition to Matthew's ever-increasing discography." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Contemporary) |
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 |
PHILIP GLASS / LISA BIELAWA / GABRIEL KAHANE / JOHN ZORN etc
Final Answer Kronos Quartet, Andy meyerson, Matthew Welch, Theo Bleckmann [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Orange Mountain Music presents a new album by the outstanding San Francisco Girls Chorus conducted by Valerie Sainte-Agathe. This new recording features music by composers Philip Glass, Lisa Bielawa, Gabriel Kahane, John Zorn, Carla Kihlstedt,... |
