Matthew Barley
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Barley’s playing [of The Protecting Veil] at first feels a touch too restrained, but as the piece progresses [his] restraint proves perfectly judged and a performance of great tenderness and... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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His performance of the Britten lets the light in on what can seem a rather obscure, labyrinthine work: Barley's clear, calm approach lays out the score before us...The rest of the disc is like... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2013
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Lord, J: Durham Concerto
Matthew Barley (cello), Jon Lord (hammond organ), Ruth Palmer (violin) & Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Mischa Damev
Jon Lord has concentrated on composition since leaving Deep Purple. Lord's music is compellingly sonorous, his programmatic narratives are crystal-clear, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... —
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…this recital is full of powerful music played with passion and skill. —
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50 Minimalist Classics
Joby Burgess, Lara James, Daniella Ganeva, Ulrich Heinen, Soumik Datta, Claire Jones, Llŷr Williams, Sally Pryce, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Iain Burnside, Ailish Tynan, Jeremy Young, Julian Bliss, Christoph Denoth, The Zoo Duet, The Smith Quartet, Gareth Lubbe, Matthew Barley, City of Birmingham Symphony...
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Face To Face
Tunde Jegede, Alex Heffes, Regina Spektor, Leo Abrahams, Kawesa, Rob Farrer, Yasmin Levy, Matthew Barley (cello), Ryuichi Sakamoto (piano)
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Cellist Matthew Barley is a fan of Metcalfe’s electronically bolstered cello music and masters it impressively. —
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Ignore the booklet and dive straight in, because this is all enjoyable music. —
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99 Words
Matthew Barley (cello), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), James Sherlock (organ), Charlotte Langley (soprano)
Voce Chamber Choir, Suzi Digby
The quality of meditation is so central to John Tavener’s music that indifferent performances of it can easily sound boring. There is no danger of that here…[Svyati] is shaped with great subtlety... —
