Matthew Brook
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSusan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith & Matthew Brook
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt
The chief strength of this account lied in the excellent instrumental playing (the recorders that form the 'warbling choir' addressed in Galatea's first aria are sheer magic)… — More…
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Building a Library, July 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Disc of the Month
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Sullivan, A: Ivanhoe
Janice Watson (Lady Rowena), Geraldine McGreevy (Rebecca), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Ulrica), Toby Spence (Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe), Peter Wedd (Maurice de Bracy), Andrew Staples (Locksley/The Squire); Adrian Partington Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones
We can at last hear what Sullivan conceived - and it's impressive...It deserves the first-rate performance it receives from David Lloyd Jones, a worthy stand-in for Hickox, working with an excellent... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Opera Choice
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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Fleur Barron (Dido), Matthew Brook (Aeneas), Giulia Semenzato (Belinda), Avery Amereau (Sorceress), Tim Mead (Spirit), Nicky Spence (Sailor), Hilary Cronin (Second Woman), Helen Charlston, Martha McLorinan (Witches), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
The suspense, vibrancy and richly layered musical textures of chorus and band have no equal in the discography. The Witches’ scene is an exuberant Gothic festival, with creepily dilating long... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Handel: Ariodante
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Ariodante), Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Polinesso), Sabina Puértolas (Dalinda), Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Matthew Brook (King of Scotland), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Odoardo)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
in Alan Curtis's scrupulously detailed performance, Joyce diDonato's gleaming legato and coloratura are upstaged by the elegance of Karina Gauvin's Ginevra. While diDonato offers recklessly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th May 2011
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Building a Library, January 2019, Recommended Recording
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Sullivan: Cox and Box & Trial by Jury
James Gilchrist (Box), Neal Davies (Cox), Donald Maxwell (Bouncer), Rebecca Evans (Plaintiff), James Gilchrist (Defendant), Matthew Brook (Counsel for the Plaintiff), Donald Maxwell (Judge), Neal Davies (Usher), David Thaxton (Foreman); BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
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Britten Choral Edition Volume 1
Andrew Carwood (tenor), Andrew Lumsden (organ), Belinda Yates (soprano), Carys Lane (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Julie Cooper (soprano), Kathryn Cook (alto), Matthew Brook (bass), Richard Wyn-Roberts (alto), Simon Preece (bass)
Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer
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Handel: Ariodante
Matthew Brook (Il Re de Scozia), Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Joyce DiDonato (Ariodante), Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Sabina Puertolas (Dalinda), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Polinesso), Anicio Zorzi Giustiani (Odoardo), Il Complesso Baroco, Coro del Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
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Rameau: Anacreon
Matthew Brook (Anacréon), Anna Dennis (Chloé) & Agustín Prunell-Friend (Batile)
The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams
Rameau fans will rejoice over this world premiere recording … there’s elegant, expressive heart-warming singing from Matthew Brook and Anna Dennis. One of the chief pleasures lies in the band’s... — More…
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Purcell: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627, etc.
Catherine Peirard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore, Ian Bostridge, Michael George
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
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Britten: The Choral Edition
The Finzi Singers, Finzi Singers, Andrew Lumsden (organ), Julie Cooper, Stephen Carter, Mark Milhofer, Matthew Brook (bass), Carys Lane, Belinda Yates, Kathryn Cook, Richard Wyn Roberts, James Gilchrist (tenor), Richard Wyn-Roberts, Simon Preece, Olive Simpson, Rachel Wheatley, Rachel Elliot, Robert...
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