More By Artist: Matthew O'Toole
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (complete ballet recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Amsterdam Music Theatre / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, James Stout / Ermanno Florio [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Choreographers Toer van Schayk and Wayne Eagling created a Nutcracker for the children and adults of today. It is more dynamic and exciting, and less sweet than usual. |
Fairport Convention & Matthew's Southern Comfort
Live in Maidstone 1970 (The Soundtrack From Tony Palmer's Film) [ Tony Palmer / CD - released 14/Jun/2010 ] |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2013) Globe / John Light, Pearce Quigley, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Matthew Tennyson / Dominic Dromgoole (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius - but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods. |
FRANCIS POTT
Pott: At First Light / Word Joseph Spooner (Cello) Christian Wilson (Organ) / Commotio, Matthew Berry [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] "Every now and then you hear a new work and feel that excitement, the knowledge that here is a piece that is going to become part of the landscape." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2020 . |
HENRI SAUGUET / GORDON JACOB / MICHAEL HEAD / THOMAS SIMAKU / RUTH GIPPS / etc
Honey-coloured cow Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Carducci String Quartet, John Flinders (piano), Amy Thompson, Matthew Kitteringham (bassoons) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] Laurence Perkins is not only an extremely accomplished bassoonist; he also has the enviable talent of devising memorable and attractive programmes (and album titles) for his instrument. |
Matthew Marshall
Brighter Than Blue [ Rattle Records / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] This new album by classical guitarist Matthew Marshall features world premiere recordings of music written by New Zealand composers. Primarily an album of duos, the album starts with Philip Norman's six-part Tense Melodies for guitar and flute... |
MATTHEW MARSHALL
Fragments Matthew Marshall (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] This wonderful album of music written specifically for classical guitar by some of New Zealand's finest composers features classical guitarist Matthew Marshall in a set of recordings made by Radio New Zealand producers and engineers, 1993 - 1995. |
Matthew Young
Undercurrents (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 30/May/2025 ] Drag City and Yoga Records are delighted to return to the music of Matthew Young. Following Recurring Dreams (1981, reissued 2014) and Traveler's Advisory (1986, reissued 2010), Undercurrents (2025) collects eight oddly dissimilar pieces that somehow... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN / SAMUEL BARBER / AARON COPLAND
American Choral Music Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD ] 'An imaginative and enterprising programme, extremely well sung and recorded' (Gramophone) 'An exquisite disc. Indispensable' (Acoustic Sounds Catalog, USA) |
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... |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
New Zealand Poets in Song Anna Leese (soprano) Matthew Leese (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] New Zealand Poets In Song is the latest release featuring the music of Anthony Ritchie. The songs on this recording span 26 years, and signify many happy collaborations between Anthony Ritchie and various New Zealand poets. |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Euridice dall'Inferno / La Concettione della Beata Vergine Ars Lyrics Houston / Matthew Dirst [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] For its Naxos début Ars Lyrica presents première recordings of two of Alessandro Scarlatti's vocal works: Euridice dall'Inferno and La concettione della Beata Vergine. The Houston-based early music ensemble has gained praise for its "zestful... |
SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Maxwell Davies: Sacred Choral Works Michael Bonaventure (solo organ) / Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Matthew Owens [ Delphian / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] In the 1960s few would have predicted that Peter Maxwell Davies would eventually write a set of Evening Canticles; yet religious texts have always been of fundamental importance to the composer, as this disc vividly demonstrates by bringing together... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass in F Minor / Psalm 150 Corydon Singers / Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Quite magnificent … hoping for a better all-round performance than this is probably an impossible dream!" (Gramophone) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Choral Music (Incls 'Ave Maria' & 'Hear My Prayer') Corydon Singers / English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "A welcome addition to Helios catalogue - surely a must for bargain hunters and aficionados alike" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Mass in E Minor Corydon Singers / English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'One of the most beautiful recordings of a choral masterpiece I have ever heard' (The Sunday Times) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op 37 ('Vespers') Corydon Singers / Matthew Best [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'A memorable version of Rachmaninov's masterpiece, most beautifully sung and balanced, with rich and varied tone, and some outstanding soloists... buy this album immediately' (Musical Opinion) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / A Wedding Anthem / Festival te Deum / A Boy was Born Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] 'This beautifully made record deserves the widest circulation. The sound these choirs make is of great beauty, and is captured in a flawless recording full of atmosphere and warmth' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Opus 31 Peter Scorer (deacon) / Corydon Singers / Matthew Best (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] 'Outstanding. A performance that is at once perceptive, sympathetic and finely sung' (Gramophone) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Motets Corydon Singers, Matthew Best with John Scott (organ) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] 'A must for any serious collector' (Organists' Review) |
