A Kaleidoscope / Peter Mattei

With his magnificent voice and magnetic stage personality, the Swedish baritone Peter Mattei delights audiences at the Metropolitan in New York, La Scala in Milan, and Covent Garden in London, performing roles such as the Count in The Marriage of Figaro and the title roles in Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin and The Barber of Seville. He made his first recording for BIS in 1991, while still a student at the Stockholm University College of Opera, and this was soon followed by further projects, often with Mattei as a soloist with various choirs. The present disc is an anthology of highlights from fifteen years’ of recordings, taking in classic Swedish and international Christmas carols as well as Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. A colorful and kaleidoscopic mixture of sacred and profane, new and old, vivid comedy and the most profound solemnity - all performed by a singer who has been described as ‘so fine an actor that one hardly notices how brilliantly he is singing’.

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Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana (chamber version) :: no 4. Omnia sol temperat

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano)
Conductor: Cecilia Alin
Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana (chamber version) :: no 11. Estuans interius

Performers: Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano)
Conductor: Cecilia Alin
Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana (chamber version) :: no 13. Ego sum abbas

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano)
Conductor: Cecilia Alin
Ensemble: Allmänna Sången
Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana (chamber version) :: no 16. Dies, nox et omnia

Performers: Love Derwinger (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Love Derwinger (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Roland Pöntinen (Piano)
Conductor: Cecilia Alin
Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana (chamber version) :: no 18. Circa mea pectora

Performers: Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Conductor: Cecilia Alin
Ensemble: Allmänna Sången
Running Time: 2 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana (chamber version) :: no 19. Si puer cum puellula

Performers: Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Love Derwinger (Piano)
Conductor: Cecilia Alin
Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
Running Time: 1 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana (chamber version) :: no 22. Tempus est iocundum

Performers: Lena Nordin (Soprano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Love Derwinger (Piano); Lena Nordin (Soprano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Roland Pöntinen (Piano); Love Derwinger (Piano)
Conductor: Cecilia Alin
Ensemble: Uppsala Musikklasser
Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

Performers: Bengt Forsberg (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Bengt Forsberg (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Conductor: Robert Sund
Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1851

Cornelius, Peter : Die drei Könige, for voice & piano, Op. 8/3

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Conductor: Robert Sund
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal

Wennerberg, Gunnar : Psalm 24 "Gören portarna höga" ("Make High the Gates"), hymn

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Bengt Forsberg (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Bengt Forsberg (Organ)
Conductor: Robert Sund
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Stenhammar, Wilhelm : Florez and Blanzeflor, Op. 3

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Conductor: Järvi Paavo
Running Time: 8 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1891

Adolphson, Olle : Nu har jag fått den jag vill ha

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Conductor: Robert Sund
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Traditional, Irish : Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Conductor: Robert Sund
Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Form: Vocal
Written: by 1855

Adolphson, Olle : Nu är det gott att leva

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Folke Alin (Piano); Peter Mattei (Voice); Folke Alin (Piano)
Conductor: Robert Sund
Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Scholander, Sven : Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan, song

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Carl-Lennart Gustafsson (Accordion); Anders Åstrand (Triangle); Per Johansson (Double Bass); Lars-Erik Lidström (Clarinet); Peter Mattei (Voice); Carl-Lennart Gustafsson (Accordion); Anders Åstrand (Triangle); Per Johansson (Double Bass); Lars-Erik Lidström (Clarinet)
Conductor: Robert Sund
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal

Sibelius, Jean : Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1

Performers: Andrew Canning (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Andrew Canning (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: 1909

Cornelius, Peter : The Three Kings

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: 1856

Liljefors, Ruben : När det lider mot jul (When Christmas Is Coming), song

Performers: Andrew Canning (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Andrew Canning (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Dejlig er jorden (or "Härlig är jorden"), carol (Danish)

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.

Adam, Adolphe : Christmas song

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Andrew Canning (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Andrew Canning (Organ)
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas

Duruflé, Maurice : Requiem, Op. 9, version for organ and choir :: Hostias et preces (excerpts from III. Domine Jesu Chris

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Mattias Wager (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Mattias Wager (Organ)
Conductor: Gary Graden
Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral
Written: 1947

Duruflé, Maurice : Missa cum jubilo, Op. 11, for unison male choir and organ :: 2. Gloria

Performers: Peter Mattei (Voice); Mattias Wager (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Mattias Wager (Organ)
Conductor: Gary Graden
Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral
Written: 1966

Duruflé, Maurice : Missa cum jubilo, Op. 11, for unison male choir and organ :: 4. Benedictus

Performers: Mattias Wager (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice); Mattias Wager (Organ); Peter Mattei (Voice)
Conductor: Gary Graden
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral
Written: 1966

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