Andrew Matthews-Owen
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Special offer. The English Song Series Volume 23 - Jonathan Dove Song Cycles
Claire Booth (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor) & Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano)
All three singers are very good, particularly Spence, but the star of [the] show is Matthews-Owen. So much of the effectiveness of these songs lies in Dove's inventive piano writing with its... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Taliesin's Songbook
RecommendedAndrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), Susan Bullock (soprano), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Catrin Finch (harp), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (tenor), Natalya Romaniw (soprano)
Wales has long been famed for its vibrant singing culture. This excellent disc of contemporary Welsh song, featuring a glittering roster of Welsh singers, affirms that this tradition is very... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Booth’s own offering is always lyrical and crystal-clear, even when Mallarmé makes her sing about raspberry laughter, bearded lapdogs and the tawny agony of leaves...Whatever the mood and whatever... —
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Special offer. Charlotte Bray: At The Speed Of Stillness
Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano), Alexandra Wood (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Huw Watkins (piano)
Aldeburgh World Orchestra & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sir Mark Elder & Oliver Knussen
These six works by a new British composer (b1982) attest a sharp ear and a vigorous imagination...Inspired by the image of hidden dynamism Bray finds in Sizewell power station and its radial... —
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Naxos December 2014 New Release Sampler
Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano), Cornel Frey (tenor), Cesare Chiacchiaretta (bandoneon), Yoori Choi (keyboards), Jin Hyung Lim (keyboards), Voytek Proniewicz (violin), Wojciech Waleczek (piano), Kazunori Seo (flute), Makoto Ueno (piano), Junhong Kuang (guitar), Sang Woo Kang (piano), Tom Winpenny (organ),...
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Naxos August 2014 New Release Sampler
Martyn Hill (tenor), Mary Carewe (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ralph van Raat (piano), Patrick Messina (clarinet), Nicky Spence (tenor), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Emanuele Buono (guitar), Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (piano), Joel Hastings (piano), Kirsten Sturm (organ), Raphael Wallfisch...
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Hoddinott: Landscapes
Song Cycles and Folksongs
Claire Booth (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano primo) & Michael Pollock (piano secondo)
Spence’s clear and incandescent voice has ringing tone and laser-like intensity, but it’s not just a splendid sound; his reading of the songs shows discriminating interpretive skill...As with... —
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[Dove’s music] takes Debussy as its starting point, before heading into more contemporary musical worlds. And it’s difficult to imagine it much better performed than here. Essentially the emotional... —
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: The Auditions
Axiom Brass Quintet, Ken Oslen, WeiJing Wang, Ni Mei, Yuan-Qing Yu, Jessica Aszodi, Michael Solotke, Joey Brink, Daniel Pesca, Andrew Matthews-Owen, Claire Booth (soprano)
ICE Ensemble, Third Coast Percussion, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Cliff Colnot
Augusta Read Thomas has an intense ‘voice’, with an exceptional ear for timbral detail, clarity and the control of ebb and flow…[The Auditions is] tremendously compelling, full of rhythmic... —
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Claude Debussy
Lucy Scott, Paavali Jumppanen (piano), Lorna Windsor (soprano), Antonio Ballista, Claire Booth (soprano), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Ellen Bødtker, Sjur Bjaerke, Klára Körmendi, Patrick Gallois (flute), François-Joël Thiollier, Chengzong Yin, Orchestre National de Lyon, Kodály Quartet, MDR Rundfunkchor,...
