CD-No. / Title:

GMCD 7423 - Music by Robert Matthew-Walker

Artists:

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 / ISRC
1 / 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)