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Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No. 2 "Naqoyqatsi": Life as War; Matt Haimovitz, cello; Cincinnati SO, Dennis Russell Davies

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2013-05-14

Works: Philip Glass: Concerto for Cello no 2 ("Naqoyqatsi")
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

In 2001, Philip Glass composed the music for the film Naqoyqatsi: Life as War. It was the last film in a trilogy by director Godfrey...continue...
Recording information: Cincinnati's Music Hall (03/30/2012-03/31/2012)....continue...

Shuffle.Play.Listen / Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

2 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2011-09-27

Works: Christopher O'Riley: Vertigo Suite, for cello & piano (after Bernard Herrmann); Leos Janácek: Fairy tale; Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Slovak folksong for Cello and Piano; Igor Stravinsky: ...
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; O'Riley, Christopher

"Mr. Haimovitz's singing tone is a substantial asset in folksy works by Janacek and Martinu, with Mr. O'Riley providing polished, responsive support. Interspersing those works...continue...
Recording information: Multimedia Room, Schulrich School of Music, McGill Univ (06/19/2011-06/23/2011).

Cellist Matt Haimovitz has included arrangements of rock songs on his recordings and made...continue...

Matteo: 300 Years Of An Italian Cello

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2011-02-08

Works: Domenico Gabrielli: Ricercar for cello solo no 7 in D minor; Ricercar for cello solo no 5 in C major; Ricercar for cello solo no 6 in G major; Ricercar for cello solo no 4 in E flat major; Ricercar f...
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt

Matt Haimovitz’s Venician cello was made by Matteo Gofriller in 1710, ten years before J.S. Bach put pen to paper for his six Bach Suites....continue...
Recording information: Paroisse Saint-Joseph de Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal (08/23/2010-08/26/2010)....continue...

Meeting of the Spirits /

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2010-11-09

Works: John McLaughlin: Open Country Joy; Meeting of the Spirits; Miles Davis: Half Nelson; Ornette Coleman: W.R.U.; John Lewis: Blues In A Minor; Billy Strayhorn: Blood Count, for jazz ensemble; David Sanf...
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; Jarczyk, Amaryllis; Jarczyk, Jan; Kim, Nahyun; McLaughlin, John; Painchaud, Dominic; Rutt, Leana; Stewart, Andrea; Uccello; Wilson, Matt [Drums]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Uccello

"That the classical music world should visit jazz repertory is not without precedent. As the saying goes, there's nothing new under the sun. However, the...continue...
Personnel: Matt Haimovitz (cello).

Recording information: Stadium Red, New York City (07/18/2010); The Multi-Media Room, Schulich School Of Music, McGill (07/18/2010); Stadium Red, New York Cit...continue...

Music of Donald Wheelock

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-12-08

Works: Donald Wheelock: Piano Variations; Music for 7 Players; Bagatelles (10), for oboe & string quartet; Soliloquy, for cello
Performers: Ahlbeck, Laura; Blustine, Allen; Gold, Matthew; Gordon, Judith; Haimovitz, Matt; Huebner, Christof; Krimsler, Renee [Flute]; Pitchon, Joel; Rabbat, Annie [Violin]; Scripp, Ashima

Donald Wheelock is the Irwin and Pauline Alper Glass Professor of Music at Smith College, where he has been a member of the faculty since...continue...

O'Connor: String Quartets no 2 & 3 / O'Connor, Kavafian, Neubauer, Haimovitz

1 CD / OMAC Records / 2009-05-26

Works: Mark O'Connor: Quartet for Strings no 2 'Bluegrass'; Quartet for Strings no 3 'Old-Time'
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Neubauer, Paul; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

"O'Connor, pied piper of a new brand of Americana, is a maverick. His goal is to make us fall in love with American music -...continue...

And If the Song Be Worth a Smile - Songs by American Composers / Delan, Mentzer, Haimovitz, Pankonin

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs (12), Vol 1 and 2; Gordon Getty: Poor Peter, songs (3) for voice & piano; Jake Heggie: My true love hath my heart, for 2 voices, cello & piano; Barb'ry Allen; He's Gone ...
Performers: Delan, Lisa; Haimovitz, Matt; Mentzer, Susanne; Pankonin, Kristin

Odd Couple - Matt Haimovitz, Geoffrey Burleson - Barber, Carter, Sanford, Thomas

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2008-09-16

Works: David Sanford: 22 Part 1, for cello & piano; Samuel Barber: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6; Elliott Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Augusta Read Thomas: Cantos for Slava, for cello & piano
Performers: Burleson, Geoffrey; Haimovitz, Matt

"This album of works for cello and piano by Matt Haimovitz and Geoffrey Burleson is clever in every conceivable way. The title itself, 'Odd Couple',...continue...

After Reading Shakespeare / Matt Haimovitz

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2007-10-09

Works: Ned Rorem: After Reading Shakespeare, for cello; Paul Moravec: Mark Twain Sez, for speaker & cello; Lewis Spratlan: Shadow, for solo cello
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt

Trailblazing cellist Matt Hamovitz returns to his solo cello performances with literary-themed suites in which he responds in "kind, navigating huge leaps of melodic line,...continue...

Sanford / Haimovitz, Piitsburgh Collective

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2007-01-16

Works: David Sanford: Scherzo Grosso
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt

Oxingale's first jazz release is also an important contemporary classical album, with music by composer David Sanford for the Pittsburgh Collective, a 20-piece big band,...continue...

Woolf: Après Moi, Le Déluge / Haimovitz, et al

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2006-09-05

Works: Luna Pearl Woolf: Après Moi, le Déluge (After Me, the Flood), a post-Katrina lament for cello & chorus; Orpheus on Sappho's Shore (Orphée sur le rivage de Sappho), an operatorio
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; Klein, Julieanne; Schrey, Michiel
Conductors: Taylor, Beverly; Lacroix, Veronique
Ensemble: ; University of Wisconsin Concert Choir

Highly anticipated following national attention for its premiere by celebrated cellist Matt Haimovitz and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Concert Choir conducted by Beverly Taylor in...continue...

Machover: Hyperstring Trilogy / Rose, Haimovitz, et al

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2006-04-04

Works: Tod Machover: Begin Again Again...; Song of Penance; Forever and Ever
Performers: Bennett, Karol; Haimovitz, Matt; Kashkashian, Kim; Kavafian, Ani
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

"Players Humanize Techno 'Trilogy': No praise can be too high for conductor Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, for the computer team, for...continue...

The Rose Album / Matt Haimovitz, Itamar Golan

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2006-04-04

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 3; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Robert Stern: Hazharah, for cello & piano; Robert...
Performers: Bailey, Zuill; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Haimovitz, Matt; Perlman, Navah; Sant'Ambrogio, Sara

Leonard Rose, the legendary American cellist and mentor to Haimovitz, Ma and many fine cellists, is remembered in The Rose Album. Cellist Matt Haimovitz and...continue...

Lemons Descending / Eileen Clark, Matt Haimovitz

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2006-04-04

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O ecclesia oculi tui; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; John Tavener: Akhmatova Songs, for soprano & cello (or string quartet); The Child Li...
Performers: Clark, Eileen; Haimovitz, Matt

"Lemons descending is meant to be looked at, to be touched and to be listened to - all at once. This cohesive multimedia collector's item...continue...