White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]

O Sweet Woods: Irish And Scottish Airs by Dowland and Burns / Munro

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Scottish Traditional: Work(s); Leezie Lindsay, song; The Dewey Dells of Yarrow; Matt Highland; Bonny Barbry O, song; Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, folk song; Robert Burns: Craigieburn Wood; Scot...
Performers: Hall, Meredith; Slattery, Michael [Tenor Vocal]; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Nef; Skye Consort

The Scottish and Irish airs and instrumental pieces chosen for this delightful new sampler were selected from previous popular ATMA recordings. Michael Slattery sings John...continue...
Includes lament for the death of his second wife (gow) / th by various composers....continue...

Kerstfeest Noel Christmas Weihnachten / Netherlands Bach Society

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2011-11-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines The Morning Star) (German); Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Benedictus a Sancto Josepho: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian ...
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Doeselaar, Leo Van; Harvey, Peter Harvey; MacLeod, Stephan; Markert, Annette; Mields, Dorothee; Türk, Gerd; Towers, William; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]; Zomer, Johanne...
Conductors: Veldhoven, Jos van
Ensemble: Capella Figuralis; Netherlands Bach Society

This beautiful collection of music for the Christmas season features selected tracks performed by Jos van Veldhoven and the Netherlands Bach Society, culled from their...continue...

Carissimi Oratorios

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-02-23

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jonas; Jephte; Ezechia, oratorio for 5 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Job, oratorio for 3 voices & continuo (doubtful)
Performers: Balzer, Colin; Duncan, Tyler; Keohane, Maria; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Thompson, Sumner; Webster, Catherine; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]; Wiliford, Lawrence
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Baroques

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) was the greatest exponent of the Latin sacred historia (oratorio). He spent his whole life in Rome as maestro di cappella at...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (01/06/2009-01/08/2009)....continue...

Maria, Madre di Dio - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Handel, Scarlatti / Huggett, White, Mellon, Arion Ensemble

1 CD / Early-Music.com / 2008-10-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; George Frederick Handel: Ah che troppo ineguali (O del ciel Maria regina), solo cantata, HWV 230; Giunta l'ora fatal, HWV 234; Alessandro Scarlatti: Salve Regina no 1, antiphon...
Performers: Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Huggett, Monica
Ensemble: Arion (Canada)

Italian Oratorios / Matthew White, Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-09-16

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Gesú al Calvario, oratorio for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo, ZWV 62; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for strings & continuo in C major, RV 114; Juditha triumphans, RV 6...
Performers: White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]

Matthew White, now requested worldwide by the most prestigious concert halls, joins Jeanne Lamon's outstanding ensemble, Tafelmusik, to offer some of the most exquisite and...continue...

Immortalis

2 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria a 8; Alma Redemptoris mater, antiphon for 5 voices; Antonio Vivaldi: O qui coeli terræque, motet in E flat major, for soprano, strings and continuo, R. 631...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Dallaire, Catherine; Dubeau, Angele; Fortin, Lyne; Gauvin, Karina; Keesmaat, Amanda; Laurin, Rachel; Merkelo, Paul; Plouffe, Helene; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Jackson, Christopher; Gauthier, Jean-Francois; Lamon, Jeanne; Patenaude, Gilbert; Tinsley, James; Verrot, Pascal; Fankhauser, James; Soly, Geneviève
Ensemble: ; Les Chambristes de Ville Marie

Immortalis is a celebration of the renewal of life and hope that comes with Easter. This disc includes a collection of well known and loved...continue...

Jewels of the Renaissance Era

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Thoinot Arbeau: Branle des chevaulx; Anonymous, Spanish: Propinan de Melyor, for ensemble (Colombina Songbook); Antony Holborne: The Funerals and Galliards, for mute cornett & 4 violas da gamba; Engl...
Performers: Beauséjour, Luc; Bouchard, Antoine; Mercer, Shannon [Soprano]; Michaud, Natalie; Soly, Geneviève; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: ; Jackson, Christopher; Patenaude, Gilbert; Tinsley, James
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Masques (Classical); Les Voix Baroques; Niagara Brass Ensemble; Strada; Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal

During the Renaissance period, the philosophical and artistic values of classical Greek and Roman antiquity were revived and combined with new attitudes and beliefs. Analektas...continue...

Jewels of the Baroque Era

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Partita for Violin s...
Performers: Dubeau, Angèle; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Gauvin, Karina; Mallette, Marcelle; Mercer, Shannon [Soprano]; Motard, Thérèse; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Fortin, Olivier; Gauthier, Jean-François
Ensemble: Ensemble Masques (Classical); Les Chambristes de Ville Marie

The main achievements of the Baroque style were the rise of opera and oratorio, the development of the cantata and the evolution of the bel...continue...

Italian Oratorios / Matthew White, Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik

2 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Gesú al Calvario, oratorio for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo, ZWV 62; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for strings & continuo in C major, RV 114; Juditha triumphans, RV 6...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Dubeau, Angele; Dyachkov, Yegor; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Lamon, Jeanne; Laurel, Eduard; Lefevre; Michaud, Natalie; Saulnier, Jean; Soly, Genevieve; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: ; Talmi, Yoav
Ensemble: ; Gryphon Trio; L'Ensemble des Idées heureuses ; Les Voix Baroques

This recording offers a sampling of the riches to be found in the Italian Oratorio repertoire, as composed in Rome and Venice as well as...continue...

Elegia / Matthew White and Les Voix Baroques

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Balletti Lamentabili à 4, suite for violin, 2 violas & continuo in E minor, C. 59; Johann Christoph...
Performers: White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Baroques

"Les Voix Baroque are excellent throughout, as accompanists and on their own in the striking instrumental laments by Biber and Schmelzer. Both performances are richly-shaded...continue...

Scarlatti: Disperato Amore / White, Les Voix Baroques

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Ombre tacite e sole, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins, viola & continuo; Bella quanto crudel spietata Irene, chamber cantata for soprano & continuo; Sonata in A minor; Non...
Performers: White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Baroques

World-renowned counter-tenor Matthew White is the programming director for Montreal's award-winning ensemble Les Voix Baroques. Their historically informed new release is dedicate to the cantata,...continue...

Gloria in Excelsis Deo / Taffelmusic

1 CD / CBC Records / 2008-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 191, "Gloria in excelsis Deo" BWV 191; Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: Dominus Regnavit, grand motet for chorus & orchestra; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, for 6...
Performers: Ainsworth, Colin; Deboer, Michele; Harwood-Jones, Ariel; Kinar, Robert; Mahon, Andrew; Monoyios, Ann; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Taurins, Ivars
Ensemble: Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

This recording with the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir under the expert direction of Ivars Taurins is the fifth CD recorded for the CBC Records label and...continue...

The Battle of Killiecrankie - Love and War Songs

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-11-20

Works: Robert Burns: Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled (Bruce's address); Ae fond kiss; The Chevalier's Lament, song; Killiecrankie, song; Scottish Traditional: Bonny Barbry O, song; Leezie Lindsay, song; Wor...
Performers: Hall, Meredith; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Nef

The battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 and its hero, "Bonnie Dundee" have endured as symbols of Scottish national identity. They have been immortalized in the...continue...
Includes lament for the death of his second wife (gow) / th by various composers....continue...

Romantic Pieces - Dvorák, Janácek, Smetana / Ehnes, Laurel

2 CD / Analekta / 2007-05-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Z domoviny (From the Homeland), pieces (2) for violin & piano, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G m...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Dubeau, Angele; Dyachkov, Yegor; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Laurel, Eduard; Lefevre; Michaud, Natalie; Saulnier, Jean; Soly, Genevieve; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: ; Talmi, Yoav
Ensemble: Gryphon Trio; L'Ensemble des Idées heureuses ; Orchestre Symphonique de Québec

In 2002, James Ehnes was named 'Young Artist of the Year' at the Cannes Classical Awards for his 'Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin'...continue...

Bach: Cantatas, BWV 147, 82, 1 / Milnes, Montreal Baroque

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 1, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" BWV 1
Performers: Daniels, Charles; MacLeod, Stephan; Mauch, Monika; Milnes, Eric; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Montréal Baroque Orchestra

Atma presents the third volume in its complete edition of Bach's Cantatas in collaboration with Montreal Baroque. Directed from the organ by Eric Milnes, the...continue...

Conradi: Ariadne / O'Dette, Stubbs, Gauvin, et al

3 CD / CPO / 2005-07-19

Works: Johann Georg Conradi: Ariadne, opera
Performers: Borden, Barbara; Duncan, Tyler; Gauvin, Karina; Hargis, Ellen; Kobow, Jan; Pahn, Bettina; Podger, Julian; Reviol, Laurie; Rzepka, Marek; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]; White, Matthew [Countertenor Voca...

"'Ariadne is an opera of such extraordinary quality as to tempt speculation that had Conradi's other operas not been lost, the history of German opera...continue...

Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas / White, Hill, Grindlay, Mallon

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Was frag' ich nach der Welt, for SAB voices, 2 violins, violone & continuo, BuxWV 104; Jesu, meine Freud und Lust, BuxWV 59; Sicut Moses exaltavit serpentem, for soprano, 2 violin...
Performers: Grindlay, Paul; Hill, Katherine; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

"The Aradia Ensemble is a period-instrument group based in Toronto, specializing in music of the 17th Century. Kevin Mallon, their Irish-born director, is a violinist...continue...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Niquet, Pudwell, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2001-05-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Duthoit, Marie Louise; Haller, Salome; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Marie, Nicolas; Pudwell, Laura; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus