CD-No. / Title:
GMCD 7423 - Music by Robert Matthew-WalkerArtists:
Lisa Ueda (violin), Daniele Rinaldo (piano), Royal Northern College of Music Percussion Ensemble, McCapra String Quartet, Jeremy Wallbank (organ), Yvonne Fuller (soprano), Robert Matthew-Walker (piano)Track Information:
Tr. / Title / Composer / Artist / Time / ISRC1 / Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano Op. 149 (2015) / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / Lisa Ueda (violin), Daniele Rinaldo (piano) / 11:55 / CH6631672301
2 / Sinfonia Solemnis for Six Percussion Players Op. 31 (1980): I. Moderato assai: Allegro / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / Royal Northern College of Music Percussion Ensemble, Ian Wright (conductor) / 4:41 / CH6631672302
3 / Sinfonia Solemnis for Six Percussion Players Op. 31 (1980): II. Presto / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / Royal Northern College of Music Percussion Ensemble, Ian Wright (conductor) / 3:57 / CH6631672303
4 / Sinfonia Solemnis for Six Percussion Players Op. 31 (1980): III. Adagio / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / Royal Northern College of Music Percussion Ensemble, Ian Wright (conductor) / 7:16 / CH6631672304
5 / String Quartet No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 30 (1979): I. Allegro moderato / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / McCapra String Quartet: Fiona McCapra and Stephen Hussey (violins), Anai Ullmann (viola), Ben Chappell (cello) / 7:40 / CH6631672305
6 / String Quartet No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 30 (1979): II. Presto e feroce / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / McCapra String Quartet: Fiona McCapra and Stephen Hussey (violins), Anai Ullmann (viola), Ben Chappell (cello) / 4:08 / CH6631672306
7 / String Quartet No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 30 (1979): III. Adagio / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / McCapra String Quartet: Fiona McCapra and Stephen Hussey (violins), Anai Ullmann (viola), Ben Chappell (cello) / 8:44 / CH6631672307
8 / String Quartet No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 30 (1979): IV. Largo: Allegro con moto / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / McCapra String Quartet: Fiona McCapra and Stephen Hussey (violins), Anai Ullmann (viola), Ben Chappell (cello) / 4:58 / CH6631672308
9 / Sonata Magna for Organ Op. 56 (1983) / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / Jeremy Wallbank, Organ of Cologne Cathedral / 21:58 / CH6631672309
10 / Two Shakespeare Songs from ‘Music to Hear’ Op. 40 (1980): Full fathom five / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / Yvonne Fuller (soprano), Robert Matthew-Walker (piano) / 2:00 / CH6631672310
11 / Two Shakespeare Songs from ‘Music to Hear’ Op. 40 (1980): Tell me where is fancy bred? / Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) / Yvonne Fuller (soprano), Robert Matthew-Walker (piano) / 1:40 / CH6631672311
Flyer Information:
Robert Matthew-Walker, born in London in 1939, is best-known as a leading critic and writer on music, of a wide range - covering classical, pop and rock music. But he is also a composer of an equally wide range of music, having studied with the French composer Darius Milhaud in Paris in 1962-63. This is the first CD to be devoted entirely to Robert Matthew-Walker's music, and opens with the impressive recent Violin Sonata No 2, recorded live at the Wigmore Hall in a magnificent performance by the exceptionally-gifted violinist Lisa Ueda with the outstanding Swiss pianist Daniele Rinaldo - a work described as '…one of those few new works I want to hear again very soon', '…very fine', and '…a triumph' by the critics. Also included is the major percussion work, Sinfonia Solemnis, the large-scale String Quartet No 1, and the astonishing Sonata Magna for organ, recorded at Cologne Cathedral. Two Shakespeare songs, with the composer at the piano, complete this important collection.Bar Code:795754742329
Total Timing:79:44
Recorded:Wigmore Hall ‘live’, London, 12 April, 2015 [1]; Concert Hall of the Royal Northern
College of Music, Manchester, 7 January, 1981 [2-4]; The Convent of Our Lady, St Leonards,
East Sussex, 26 September, 1987 [5-8]; Cologne Cathedral, September 1983 [9];
Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, June 1984 [10-11]
Composer:
Robert Matthew-Walker(b. 1939)
Composer & Tracklist:
Robert Matthew-Walker (b.1939) - Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano Op. 149 (2015), Sinfonia Solemnis for Six Percussion Players Op. 31 (1980), String Quartet No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 30 (1979), Sonata Magna for Organ Op. 56 (1983), Two Shakespeare Songs from ‘Music to Hear’ Op. 40 (1980)