Barley, Matthew

Around Britten - works for solo cello by Benjamin Britten, John Tavener and Matthew Barley / Matthew Barley, cello

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-02-07

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87; Greensleeves, folksong arrangement for high voice & piano; Folksongs (7), Volume 1; The Holy Sonnets; Gloriana; Oliver Cromwell, for voice & piano...
Performers: Barley, Matthew

The Peasant Girl / Viktoria Mullova, violin

2 CD / Onyx Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: DuOud: For Nedim (For Nadia); John Lewis: Django, for 2 pianos; Florian Hermann: Dark Eyes (Ochi chyornye), song; Bratsch: Er Nemo Klantz; Bi Lovengo; Joe Zawinul: The Peasant; The Pursuit of the Wom...
Performers: Mullova, Viktoria
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Ensemble: Matthew Barley Ensemble

"The programme, which initially looked bitty, adds up to a coherent sequence...All of the performance have energy and imagination, and even though Kodaly's Duo, passionately...continue...
Recording information: No. 2 Studio, Abbey Road, London.

The "peasant girl" of this novel album's title is Viktoria Mullova herself, whose ancestors of two generations ago, the booklet notes, w...continue...