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Colin Matthews

Composer

He has … brought musical architectronics to a personal pitch of mastery.

— Paul Driver, The Sunday Times

Recordings

CD cover of Beethoven for Three, Symphonies Nos.2 and 5 - image of Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma

Beethoven for Three (arr. Colin Matthews)

Recorded: 2022
Performers: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano);
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Cover of CD of violin concerto featuring an abstract painting (portrait of CM composer) by Jack Smith

Violin Concerto, Cortège, Cello Concerto No.2

Recorded: 2016
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Leila Josefowicz (violin), Anssi Karttunen (cello); Oliver Knussen (conductor), Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Rumon Gamba (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: Cello Concerto and others

Sonata No.5 ‘Landscape’, Cello Concerto No.1, Hidden Variables, Memorial, Quatrain, Machines and Dreams

Recorded: 2004
Performers: London Sinfonietta, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Baillie (cello); John Carewe (conductor), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
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CD cover for the great journey, nights mask, fuga

The Great Journey, Night’s Mask, Fuga

Recorded: 1990
Performers: The Nash Ensemble; David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone), Patrizia Kwella (Soprano); Lionel Friend (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: Divertimento

Divertimento for Double String Quartet, Oboe Quartet No.1, Triptych, Five Concertinos, String Quartet No.2

Recorded: 2008
Performers: Divertimenti Ensemble, Schubert Ensemble, Haffner Wind Ensemble, Brindisi Quartet; Melinda Maxwell (oboe); Oliver Knussen (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: No Man's Land, Crossing the Alps, Aftertones

No Man’s Land, Crossing the Alps, Aftertones

Recorded: 2014
Performers: Hallé Orchestra; Ian Bostridge (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone); Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir; Nicholas Collon (conductor), Richard Wilberforce (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: Horn Concerto, Alphabicycle Order

Horn Concerto, Alphabicycle Order

Recorded: 2008
Performers: Hallé Orchestra; Richard Watkins (horn); Henry Goodman (narrator), ; Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Edward Gardner (conductor)
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The Debussy Preludes

Recorded: 2010
Performers: Hallé Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
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A Visit to Friends

27 March, 2022

CD cover of Beethoven for Three, Symphonies Nos.2 and 5 - image of Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma

Beethoven for Three

1 March, 2022

Line up of the panufnik composers with Colin Matthews. One composer is on a video screen, the rest are there in person.

Latest Panufnik Composers

15 February, 2022

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