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... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Choral Music [incls 'Magnificat' & 'Serenity'] Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Singing with impressive self-assurance and clearly revelling in Macmillan's uncanny ability to make everything sound perfectly natural even when the technical skills involved are extraordinarily demanding." International Record Review, July 2011 |
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) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / RUTTER / CHILCOTT / TRADITIONAL / etc
A Wells Christmas Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] "This seasonal sequence is lively, attractive and rather pure" The Sunday Times |
WILLIAM MATHIAS
Choral Music (Incls 'Missa Brevis, Op 64') Wells Cathedral Choir / Matthew Owens (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "The Wells Cathedral Choir throw themselves into Mathias's intricate, fresh settings under Matthew Owens. Enormously enjoyable." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice July 2009 |
JUDITH BINGHAM
Choral Music Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens with Jonathan Vaughn (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] 'A one-time member of the BBC Singers, Bingham possesses the enviable gift of writing music of uncompromising integrity, resourcefulness and questing spirit that both consistently ignites the imagination and engages directly with the listener' Gramop |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas Vespers at Westminster Cathedral Westminster Cathedral Choir / Martin Baker / with Matthew Martin (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Oct/2006 ] "Here Westminster Cathedral Choir and Martin Baker give us a rich evocation of the complete service of Vespers at the Cathedral as it is currently sung. If you close your eyes you can almost smell the incense." (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
Yukari Nonoshita, soprano; Matthew White, counter-tenor; Makoto Sakurada, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass; Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaaki Suzuki
Bach, J.S. - Cantatas Vol. 23 (Nos 10, 93, 107 & 178) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2003 ] "These are magnificent performances, displaying exceptional unanimity of purpose and effortless solo singing which is at once self-effacing and powerfully involving. Highly recommended." - Highly recommended International Record Review (May 2004) |