JOACHIM ANDERSEN
Etudes and Salon Music Kyle Dzapo (flute) / A. Matthew Mazzoni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Danish-born Joachim Andersen was a spectacular flautist who made his mark in Berlin in the 1880s, becoming a founding member of the Berlin Philharmonic and an important force during its early years. In his adaptations of Isidor Dannström's Swedish... |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Missa Gaudeamus Lay Clerks of Westmionster Cathedral / Matthew Martin / with Thomas Wilson (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Aug/2009 ] 'An elaborate musical mosaic, the appeal of which owes much to the atmospheric depths of the Westminster acoustic, beautifully captured on this recording' (Financial Times) |
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 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 (recorded in Oct 2012) Lucy Crowe, Jennifer Johnston, James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "Such is the visceral intensity of the music-making, a certain girding of the loins may be required before a second hearing, but isn't that precisely how it should be with a work of this power and magnitude?" Editor's Choice Gramophone, February 2014 |
TRADITIONAL
Music for a Tudor Court Lynda Sayce & Matthew Spring (lutes) [ Ashmolean / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Delicate lute duets which conjure images of a courtly scene. Musicians play quietly in the corner of a garden, where the colours and scents are reflected in the twists, turns and melodies of this elegant music. |
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 NaforniĊ£a. |
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 NaforniĊ£a. |
BUXTEHUDE / CORNET / LEBEGUE / DE GRIGNY / etc
Great European Organs Vol. 86: Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory Matthew Martin (plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Matthew Martin plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory |
BARLEY / BRITTEN / BRYARS / TAVENER
Around Britten Matthew Barley [ Signum Classics / CD - released 7/Jan/2013 ] As always, Barley's playing is fearless. The disc is a voyage around the cello as well as around Britten... Barley's well crafted, multi-tracked cello arrangements of Britten's folk songs and 'Concord' from Gloriana will appeal to many. |
Matthew Barley
Metcalfe: Constant Filter [ Signum Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Silver Swan Matthew Barley (cello choir) [ Black Box / CD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] In arrangements never before heard on disc, this is a moving collection of mesmerising works. |
JOHN TAVENER / ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Tavener / Panufnik: 99 Words Matthew Barley (cello), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), James Sherlock (organ), Charlotte Langley (soprano), Voce Chamber Choir, Suzi Digby [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Voce Chamber Choir's new disc is a moving tribute to Sir John Tavener, featuring a selection of works by him (many of which are previously unrecorded) and by Roxanna Panufnik. At the heart of the disc is the premiere recording of Panufnik's 99 Words... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE / KANCHELI / ALI-ZADEH / PART / KUULBERG
Reminding Matthew Barley (cello) / Stephen De Pledge (piano) [ Quartz Music / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] This CD showcases the virtuosic partnership of cellist Matthew Barley and pianist Stephen De Pledge in a disc which draws together works by composers from all corners of the former Soviet empire. |
Matthew Barley/Julian Joseph
Dance Of The Three Legged Elep [ Signum Records / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance BLU-RAY Directed & Choreographed by Matthew Bourne [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] Matthew Bourne's SLEEPING BEAUTY sees the choreographer return to the music of Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer's ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with Nutcracker! and, most famously, in 1995, with the international hit Swan... |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Anacreon 1754 Matthew Brook, Anna Dennis & Agustín Prunell-Friend / The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos. 'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by some performances in Paris... |
Matthew Dear
Asa Breed (CD (Deluxe)) [ Ghostly / CD - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
Matthew E. White
Big Inner (Outer Face Edition) [ CD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] Moving, redemptive and powerfully soulful, 'Big Inner' is a timeless record told in seven songs that mingle memory with the rawness of any given human moment. This reissue of Big Inner, with an added EP, features a specially expanded version of his... |
Matthew E. White
Fresh Blood [ Domino / CD - released 13/Mar/2015 ] The follow up to his celebrated 2012 debut, Big Inner, American soul musician Matthew E. White presents his second album - Fresh Blood. Lead by the triumphant single 'Rock & Roll Is Cold', Fresh Blood was produced by White and Spacebomb partner... |
Matthew Exon Singers/Owens
Victoria: Second Vespers [ Delphian / CD ] |