Matthews, David

David Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 - Quartets nos 5 & 12 / Kreutzer Quartet

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: David Matthews: Quartet for Strings no 5, Op. 36; Quartet for Strings no 12, Op. 114
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kreutzer Quartet

Vol.2 in the Toccata Classics cycle of the complete string quartets of Matthews (b. 1943). The American critic Reilly described the music on Volume One...continue...
Recording information: St John the Baptist, Aldbury, London (06/25/2010); St Peter and St Paul, Tring (06/25/2010); St John the Baptist, Aldbury, London (10/26/2011); St Peter and St Paul, Tring (10/2...continue...

English Violin Duos by Aitchison, McCabe, Moeran, Croft, Matthews & Rawsthorne / Retorica - Philippa Mo & Harriet Mackenzie, violins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Jim Aitchison: Syruw; John McCabe: Splendid, for 2 violins; E.J. Moeran: Sonata for 2 violins; William Croft: Sonata for 2 violins, Op. 3/4; David Matthews: Duos (8) for 2 violins, Op. 79; Alan Rawst...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Retorica

English violin duo Retorica (Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie) were inspired by their long friendships with composers John McCabe and David Matthews to make this...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk (2010-02-04_2010-02-05&2010-)....continue...

Matthews: Violin Concerto Nos. 1 & 2; Oboe Concerto; After Sunrise

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2011-01-11

Works: David Matthews: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 31/1; Concerto for Oboe Op. 57; Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 74/2; After Sunrise, for orchestra, Op. 82
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Graffin, Philippe
Conductors: Vass, George

Dutton Epoch’s Matthews series reaches its fourth volume with this disc featuring his two Violin Concertos played by Philippe Graffin. These works are coupled with...continue...

David Matthews: Winter Passions / Nash Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2010-07-08

Works: David Matthews: Terrible Beauty, for ensemble; Quartet for Clarinet and Strings; Marina, for ensemble; String Trio no 1; String Trio no 2; Winter Passions, for ensemble
Conductors: Friend, Lionel
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

"Loges [is] powerfully eloquent...In Terrible Beauty, Matthews vividly juxtaposes seductress evocations by Homer of Hera (sung by Bickley, with harp accompaniment) and Shakespeare of Cleopatra....continue...

Matthews: Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 6

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: David Matthews: Symphony no 2, Op. 17; Symphony no 6, Op. 100
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

"These are important works by a composer not especially well known this side of the pond. Listeners interested in recent British symphonic music with conservative...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall (02/12/2009-02/14/2009)....continue...

Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1

1 CD / Toccata / 2010-05-11

Works: David Matthews: Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 27; Adagio for string quartet, Op. 56a; Quartet for Strings no 6, Op. 56; Quartet for Strings no 10, Op. 84

To date David Matthews (b. 1943) has written seven symphonies and eleven string quartets. This first volume of his complete string quartets presents works written...continue...
Recording information: Dukes Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, England (08/04/2008/08/05/2008)....continue...

Matthews: Symphonies no 1, 3 & 5 / Martyn Brabbins, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-04-14

Works: David Matthews: Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Symphony no 3, Op. 37; Symphony no 5, Op. 78a
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

David Matthews' previously unrecorded symphonies crown a wonderful catalogue of orchestral music that is widely recognized. The first volume of Dutton Matthews symphony cycle is...continue...

NMC Songbook [Box Set]

4 CD / NM Classics Import / 2009-04-07

Works: David Sawyer: The Source, for 2 voices & tubular bells; Luke Bedford: Upon St. George's Hill, for voice & guitar; Anthony Powers: Shining Plain, for voice & piano; Gary Carpenter: Interlude, for voic...
Performers: Atherton, Elizabeth; Ball, Andrew; Barry, Gerald; Bickley, Susan; Booth, Claire; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Chance, Michael; Chapman, Jane [Harpsichord]; Ebrahim, Oma...

British Flute Music / Jeffrey Khaner, Charles Abramovic

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: York Bowen: Sonata for flute & piano, Op. 120; Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for recorder (or flute) & piano, Op. 13; Malcolm Arnold: Sonata for flute & piano, Op. 121; Nicholas Maw: Flute Sonatina; Iain...
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Khaner, Jeffrey

Matthews: Music of Dawn, Concerto in Azzurro, etc / Gamba, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-02-24

Works: David Matthews: The Music of Dawn, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 50; Concerto in Azzurro, for cello & orchestra, Op. 87; A Vision and a Journey, symphonic fantasy for orchestra, Op. 60
Performers: Johnson, Guy
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"The reputation of David Matthews has risen steadily over the last few years... among his contemporaries he has few rivals in the creating and sustaining...continue...

The World of Epoch

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Robert Farnon: Captain Horatio Hornblower, suite from the film score; David Dubery: Mrs Harris in Paris, for recorder & string orchestra; Haydn Wood: Suite of Four Edward Elgar Songs, transcriptions ...
Performers: Gibbs, Robert; McAslan, Lorraine; Mead, Steven; Owen, Martin; Scott, Ian; Trusler, Matthew; Turner, John; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wu, Mary; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Wilson, John; McKenzie, Philip; Lloyd-Jones, David; Vass, George; Handley, Vernon; Bell, Stephen; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Horovitz, Joseph; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Drummond, David; Yat...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Ensemble

'The World of Epoch' is a mid-priced sampler containing twenty tracks that highlight the classical and light music repertoire featured in Dutton's Epoch series. Composers...continue...

Matthews: From Sea to Sky, etc / Vass, Spickova, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-11-13

Works: David Matthews: From Sea to Sky, overture for small orchestra, Op. 59; A Congress of Passions, canata for voice, oboe & string orchestra, Op. 62a; Aubade, for chamber orchestra, Op. 83; Movement of A...
Performers: Bolister, Ruth; Keith, Gillian; Nicholls, Rachel; Spicková, Lucie
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: Nova Ensemble; Orchestra Nova

British Viola Music / Bradley, Vass, Orchestra Nova

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-07-10

Works: David Matthews: Winter Remembered, concertino for viola & strings; William Alwyn: Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Strings; John McCabe: Concerto Funebre, for viola & chamber orchestra; Gustav Holst: ...
Performers: Bradley, Sarah-Jane
Conductors: Vass, George

Gramophone Magazine
Sarah-Jane Bradley, former member of the Sorrel Quartet, is a wonderfully eloquent player and obtains sterling support from her collaborators here.
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A Garland for Presteigne / Keith, Lepper

1 CD / Metronome / 2005-04-12

Works: James Francis Brown: Words, for voice & piano; John McCabe: Gladestry Quatrains (2), for voice & piano; Hilary Tann: Wings of the Grasses ("In our sleep the wings of the grasses"), for voice & solo i...
Performers: Keith, Gillian; Lepper, Simon

D. Matthews: Symphony no 4, Cantiga, etc / Nabarro, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2003-07-02

Works: David Matthews: Cantiga, Op. 45; September Music, Op. 24; Introit, Op. 28; Symphony no 4, Op. 51
Performers: Gomez, Jill
Conductors: Carewe, John; Nabarro, Malcolm
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; East of England Orchestra

Matthews: Chamber Music / Nicholas Daniel, Brindisi Quartet

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: David Matthews: A Little Threnody, Op. 62; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 18; The Flaying of Marsyas, Op. 42; Quartet for Strings no 6, Op. 56
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Kiernan, Patrick; Shave, Jacqueline; Tunnell, Jonathan; Wilkinson Khoroshunin, Katie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brindisi String Quartet

Matthews: In The Dark Time, Chaconne / Jac van Steen, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-05-01

Works: David Matthews: In the Dark Time, Op. 38; Chaconne for Orchestra, Op. 43
Conductors: Van Steen, Jac
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...The tone poem 'In the Dark' traces the turn of the year through declining autumn and winter stasis to the renewal of spring...For all its...continue...

Prime Cuts

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2000-09-01

Works: Grace Williams: Severn Bridge Variations; Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Judith Weir: A Night At The Chinese Opera, opera; Jonathan Harvey: Haiku for piano; Philip Cashian: C...

Powers: The Memory Room; Matthews: Piano Sonata Op 47

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: Anthony Powers: The memory room; David Matthews: Sonata for Piano, Op. 47
Performers: Howard, William

British Song - Tippett, Routh, Matthews, et al / Field, Ball

1 CD / Redcliffe / 1997-04-01

Works: Michael Tippett: The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano; Francis Routh: The Manger Throne, for organ; David Matthews: The Golden Kingdom, song cycle for high voice & piano, ...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Field, Margaret