More By Artist: Matthew O'Toole
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PHILIP FEENEY / FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Cellist / Dances At A Gathering (Ballets recorded in 2020) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Lauren Cuthbertson, Marcelino Sambe, Matthew Ball, Marianela Nunez, etc / Andrea Molina (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Internationally acclaimed choreographer Cathy Marston, previously Associate Artist of The Royal Ballet and Director of Bern Ballett, created The Cellist for The Royal Ballet in 2020. The inspiration for her first work for the Royal Opera House Main... |
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... |
JON LORD
Durham Concerto Matthew Barley (cello), Jon Lord (hammond organ), Ruth Palmer (violin) & Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Avie / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] "Jon Lord has concentrated on composition since leaving Deep Purple. Lord's music is compellingly sonorous, his programmatic narratives are crystal-clear, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic play with passion and tenderness." (Gramophone) |
ARTHUR SOMERVELL / FREDERICK SEPTIMUS KELLY / ARNOLD BAX
Dream Shadows - works for violin & piano Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin) & Matthew Rickard (piano) [ EM Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] 'Dream Shadows' features the World Première recording of Frederick Septimus Kelly's 'Gallipoli' Sonata for violin and piano. Kelly was born in 1881 in Australia and first came to the United Kingdom when he began his schooling at Eton College.... |
CHARLES IVES
Songs, Vol. 2 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) David Pittsinger (bass) Matthew Plenk (tenor) Tamara Mumford, Leah Wool (mezzo) Laura Garritson (piano) Biava Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "It is taking a long time for singers and the public to appreciate the full extent and importance of Ives' output of songs. Not as large as Schubert maybe, but still a major achievement...All of this is immensely praiseworthy… for the many novelties... |
J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV244 James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Ashley Riches, Elizabeth Watts, Christopher Maltman / Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of the AAM, Richard Egarr [ AAM Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Jun/2015 ] "Singing and playing are highly polished and assured throughout, with James Gilchrist superb as the Evangelist, and Matthew Rose a credible if rather forceful Jesus" (BBC Music) |
TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC
Teddy Bears' Picnic Sara Stowe & Matthew Spring / Nat Gonella / Martin Souter / Henry Hall / etc [ Children's clasics / The Gift of Music / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Children will love this album! A selection of old-fashioned music for children, with more than a hint of nostalgic memories for parents and grandparents. Henry Hall and Uncle Mac join with radio hits of the 50s and piano pieces written specially for... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs for William Shakespeare Sara Stowe (Soprano) Matthew Spring (Lute, cittern, hurdy-gurdy) Sharon Lindo (Renaissance violin, recorder, pipe and tabor) [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The finest songs from Shakespeare's plays, from Johnson's arrangement of 'Where the bee sucks' in 'The Tempest' to Morley's famous version of Feste's song 'O mistress mine', from 'Twelfth Night'. Carefully researched and played on instruments of the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Tudor & Stuart Spirit Sara Stowe (Soprano) Matthew Spring (Lute) Martin Souter (virginals, harpsichord, organ) [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] From dancing to dreaming, this selection of music from Tudor and Stuart times encompasses the joys and sorrows of the age from traditional country tunes to expressions of royal fortunes and misfortunes. |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Creation (complete oratorio sung in English) Sarah Tynan (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone) / Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] 'Wholly exceptional diction - you can hear every word without referring to the booklet's text.' BBC Music Magazine - Choral & Song Choice February 2016 |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki - St Luke Passion Sarah Wegener (soprano) Lucas Meachem (baritone) Matthew Rose (bass) / Orchestre symphonique de Montréai, Kent Nagano [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Live recording from the Salzburg Festival, 20th July 2018. Recorded in the presence of the composer. |
Scott Matthew
Scott Matthew [ Longtime Listener / 2 CD - released 30/Mar/2009 ] The remarkable debut solo album from Scott Matthew is a must-have for fans of Bowie, Antony & The Johnsons and Rufus Wainwright. This version includes a bonus 9 track live CD. |
Scott Matthew
Scott Matthew [ Longtime Listener / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] Australian-born singer/songwriter Scott Matthew's second album conveys age-old themes of longing, love and loss, glitters with beauty and has the hallmarks of a masterpiece. |
LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Natalia Osipova, Leonid Sarafanov, Riccardo Massimi, Matthew Endicot / Alexander Titov (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/May/2016 ] Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev Staged By: Raffaele Del Savio In this production from Teatro alla Scala the ballet Don Quixote is shown in the legendary choreography of Rudolf Nureyev. Nureyev´s intention by fusing together the worlds of Commedia... |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Double Bass Concertino in C minor / Elegy No. 1 in D major / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Francesca Petracchi (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Gibson [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Known to his contemporaries as the Paganini of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument both as a composer and virtuoso soloist. After the Prelude to Ero e Leandro, Bottesini's greatest... |
MACMILLAN / LEIGHTON /ALLAIN / GOWERS / MESSIAEN
Ascension Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh / Matthew Owens [ Delphian / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] The powerful imagery of the Ascension has been a potent inspiration to generations of composers. This recording presents a Choral Evensong of contemporary works associated with St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, leading up to Messiaen's meditative organ... |
JOHN KEATS
Realms of Gold (Unabridged) Matthew Marsh, Samuel West (narrators) [ Naxos AudioBooks / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2006 ] The letters of Keats between 1816 and 1821 are passionate, revealing and sensitive. Furthermore, it was within the context of these letters that many of the poems first appeared. Perry Keenlyside has selected some of the most revealing of the letters... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Stradivarius in Rio Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Paul Clarvis (percussion), Luis Guello (dr, perc), Carioca Freitas (guitar) [ Onyx / CD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] Working with musicians from Rio and London, Viktoria has selected 13 wonderfully evocative songs from some of the great composers of Brazilian popular music including Caetano Veloso and Antonio Carlos Jobim, to name just two. |
BARTOK / ZAWINUL / KODALY / BRATSCH / HERMANN
The Peasant Girl Viktoria Mullova (violin) / Matthew Barley Ensemble [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "All of the performances have energy and imagination, and even though Kodaly's Duo, passionately played by Mullova and Barley, might seem at a tangent to the rest, it makes perfect sense as the culmination of a beautifully recorded album." (Five... |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: Missa Wellensis Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens [ Signum / CD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] "[A] fine addition to the Tavener discography … The Wells choir possesses a rich and developed tone, which Owens uses to the full in this wonderfully absorbing setting." (Five Stars Choir & Organ) |
