Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty
Visions (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Matthew Tavares and Leland Whitty - best known for their roles within pioneering jazz band, BADBADNOTGOOD - present their collaborative album. Visions was almost entirely performed and recorded in one take during an intense studio session. The... |
Matthew & The Ghosts Sawyer
How Snakes Eat [ Fire Records / CD - released 30/May/2010 ] |
PATRICK HADLEY
Stars of the Night: Songs and violin works Matthew Trusler (violin) Roland Wood (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Albion / Launch Music / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "Wood is a fine musical story-teller, articulating words and melodies with equal sensitivity and care...The melodic architecture emerges clearly in Matthew Trusler's vital performance...Once again, Albion Records has given us a treasure trove of a di |
BALLARD / BATCHELAR / DOWLAND / FERRABOSCO / HOLBORNE ETC.
Knight of the Lute - Music from The Varietie of Lute Lessons, 1610 Matthew Wadsworth (lute) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] A recording of selected pieces from the remarkable Renaissance collection 'The Varietie of Lute Lessons, 1610' |
JOHN DOWLAND / GIOVANNI KAPSBERGER
Masters of the Lute Matthew Wadsworth (lute) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 15/Dec/2006 ] "A rich recital that travels from melancholy to sunlight...and back again. One hopes that any new lute lovers will proceed apace to Matthew Wadsworth’s gem of an album, which exudes intelligence, sensitivity and sheer class." Editor's Choice... |
TELEMANN / J.S. BACH / C.P.E. BACH
The Gallant Bassoon: Sonatas Matthew Wilke / Neal Peres da Costa / Kees Boersma [ Melba / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] |
Matthew Young
Recurring Dreams [ Drag City / LP - released 15/Aug/2014 ] Now Drag City/Yoga Records invite you to go deep - back to Matthew Young's first solo album, Recurring Dreams! Dating back to 1981 and the apex of the Eno / Berlin schools' influence over a myriad of American followers, Young created eight EMS /... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/ MICHAEL BROWN/ ZOLTAN KODALY
Music for Solo Cello by J. S. Bach, Michael Brown and Kodály Matthew Zalkind (cello) [ AVIE / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] For his solo debut solo recording, acclaimed American cellist Matthew Zalkind has chosen three works which, he explains, "have an especially strong sense of kinship, each of which explores the vast expressive and technical possibilities of the solo.. |
VERDI / MONTEVERDI / MOZART / BOESMANS
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - La Traviata / L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Julie (complete operas) Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie von Otter / Matthew Polenzani / Marc Minkowski / Zeljko Lucic / Jean-Paul Fouchecourt / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Four operas filmed in the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 2000 to 2006 in a limited edition box sets: internationnaly acclaimed productions of L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Klaus Michael Grüber, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Deschamps & Makeïeff or... |
VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera) Mireille Delunsch / Matthew Polenzani / Zeljko Lucic / Orchestre de Paris / Yutaka Sado / Peter Mussbach [ Harmonia Mundi Distribution / Arte / Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 2/Mar/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / DTS 5.1 Surround / Colour - 130 Minutes - PAL |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Complete ballet recorded in 2012) Muziektheater, Amsterdam / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray / Ermanno Florio (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "After a convoluted start, Christopher Wheeldon's narrative offers magic in every sphere - design, choreography, and orchestra. Anna Tsyganova's Cinderella is charming." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013 **** |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 2012) BLU-RAY Dutch National Ballet / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray / Ermanno Florio (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Oct/2013 ] Christopher Wheeldon's acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a muchloved classic. Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Wheeldon gives the characters renewed depth and complexity,... |
JOHN KEATS
Realms of Gold Narrated by Samuel West and Matthew Marsh [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 8/Feb/2005 ] The Letters and Poems of John Keats |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Leonore Nathalie Paulin, Jean-Michel Richer, Stephen Hegedus, Matthew Scollin, Pascale Beaudin, Keven Geddes, Alexandre Sylvestre, Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brow [ Naxos / Blu-ray - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Beethoven started composing Leonore in January 1804. The subject - the release to freedom of an unjustly imprisoned man by his devoted wife - was part of the genre of 'rescue operas' which were very popular at the end of the 18th century. The... |
J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 Nicholas Mulroy / Matthew Brook / Susan Hamilton / Cecilia Osmond / Dunedin Consort and Players / John Butt [ Linn SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] "Linn's on-going commitment to SACD pays off handsomely, with three-dimensional crowds and vocal soloists standing forward of their accompaniment - all confirmation of this as my new benchmark." (BBC Music Magazine *****) |
OLA GJEILO
Ola Gjeilo: Voices - Piano - Strings Ola Gjeilo (piano) Thomas Gould (violin) Ciaran McCabe (violin) Jon Thorne (viola) Matthew Sharp (cello) / Voces 8 / Chamber Orchestra of London [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2016 ] A rising composer's debut release on a major label, Gjeilo's album on Decca is an important release of heavenly, bewitching, eternal new choral music for our time. Ethereal yet tangible, this is music with wide appeal; music of purity and beauty;... |
MINKUS
Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2010) Peter De Jong / Karel De Rooij / Anna Tsygankova / Matthew Golding / Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia / Kevin Rhodes [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Don Quichot - an audience favourite of prestigious companies worldwide - is a dazzling display of high spirits, virtuosity and Spanish temperament. The fl amboyant leaps, dizzying pirouettes and crisp pointe work that are standard features of the... |
MINKUS
Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Peter De Jong / Karel De Rooij / Anna Tsygankova / Matthew Golding / Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia / Kevin Rhodes [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Don Quichot - an audience favourite of prestigious companies worldwide - is a dazzling display of high spirits, virtuosity and Spanish temperament. The fl amboyant leaps, dizzying pirouettes and crisp pointe work that are standard features of the... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks Rebecca Evans, Bonaventura Bottone, Sarah Walker, Neil Jenkins, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra. Matthew Best [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'For sheer tunefulness it is hard to resist... an impressive achievement... A set which deserves to win many new friends for this absudly little-known score' (The Independent) |
LISZT
Liszt Abroad Rebecca Evans (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The singing too is exemplary, with Rebecca Evans's floated high notes things of exquisite beauty." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 ***** |