Colin Matthews
Underpinning the rich stylistic diversity of Colin Matthews’s work is an unparalleled sense of architecture, combining a forensic attention to detail with a lucid sense of overall form. A master-orchestrator at the heart at the very heart of British New Music.
Discography
| Title | Performer(s) | Year | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Nicht zu schnell" from Piano Quartet | Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Gustavo Gimeno | 2018 | Pentatone | Buy Now | |
| "Nicht zu schnell" from Piano Quartet | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | 2011 | RCO | Buy Now | |
| 60 Second Waltz | Clive Williamson | 2009 | Cadenza Music | Buy Now | |
| A Rose at Christmas | The Ionian Singers/Timothy Salter | 2001 | Usk | Buy Now | |
| Aftertones | Ian Bostridge/Roderick Williams/Hallé Orchestra/Hallé Choir/Hallé Youth Choir/Nicholas Collon/Richard Wilberforce | 2014 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Alphabicycle Order | Edward Gardner/Hallé Orchestra/Members of the Hallé Youth Choir/Richard Watkins/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH/Henry Goodman | 2008 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Broken Symmetry | London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen | 2003 | Decca | Buy Now | |
| Brouillards | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Bruyères | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Canope | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Cantata on the Death of Antony | Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney | 1991 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest | Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle | 2005 | EMI Classics | Buy Now | |
| Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Chaconne with Chorale and Moto Perpetuo | Alexandra Wood/Huw Watkins | 2006 | Usk | Buy Now | |
| Concerto for Cello No.1 | Alexander Baillie/London Sinfonietta/Berlin RSO/John Carewe/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas | 2004 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Concerto for Cello No.2 | Leila Josefowicz/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly/Anssi Karttunen/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rumon Gamba | 2016 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Cortège | Leila Josefowicz/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly/Anssi Karttunen/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rumon Gamba | 2016 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Crossing the Alps | Ian Bostridge/Roderick Williams/Hallé Orchestra/Hallé Choir/Hallé Youth Choir/Nicholas Collon/Richard Wilberforce | 2014 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Danseuses de Delphes | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Des pas sur la neige | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Divertimento | Divertimenti Ensemble/Oliver Knussen/Schubert Ensemble/Melinda Maxwell/Haffner Wind Ensemble/Brindisi Quartet | 2008 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Eleven Studies in Velocity | Nicholas Unwin | 1995 | Metier | Buy Now | |
| Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut | Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder | 2020 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Fantazia 13 | Berkeley Ensemble | 2019 | Resonus Classics | Buy Now | |
| Feuilles mortes | Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle | 2005 | EMI Classics | Buy Now | |
| Feuilles mortes | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Feux d'artifice | Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle | 2005 | EMI Classics | Buy Now | |
| Feux d'artifice | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Five Concertinos | Divertimenti Ensemble/Oliver Knussen/Schubert Ensemble/Melinda Maxwell/Haffner Wind Ensemble/Brindisi Quartet | 2008 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Five Studies | Anthony Goldstone | 2000 | Diversions | Buy Now | |
| Five Studies | Richard Uttley | 2007 | UHRecordings | Buy Now | |
| Five Studies | Anthony Goldstone | 1991 | Gamut Classics | Buy Now | |
| Flourish with Fireflies | Nicolas Hodges/London Sinfonietta/George Benjamin | 2004 | London Sinfonietta Label | Buy Now | |
| Fuga | David Wilson-Johnson/Patrizia Kwella/The Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend | 1997 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Fuga | Nash Ensemble | 2000 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Galiarda | Claire Booth/Huw Watkins/Songbook Ensemble | 2009 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| ''Général Lavine'' - eccentric | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Hidden Variables (orchestral version) | Alexander Baillie/London Sinfonietta/Berlin RSO/John Carewe/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas | 2004 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Horn Concerto | Edward Gardner/Hallé Orchestra/Members of the Hallé Youth Choir/Richard Watkins/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH/Henry Goodman | 2008 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Il vostro dipartir | Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Mann | 2016 | Toccata Classics | Buy Now | |
| Images (Book 1) | Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Gustavo Gimeno | 2018 | Pentatone | Buy Now | |
| La cathédrale engloutie | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| La danse de Puck | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| La fille aux cheveux de lin | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| La Puerta del Vino | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| La Sérénade interrompue | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| La virgen lava pañales | Kiri Te Kanawa/Philharmonia Orchestra/Carl Davis CBE | 1986 | Decca | Buy Now | |
| Le vent dans la plaine | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Les collines d'Anacapri | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Les tierces alternées | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| M50 | Ingo Metzmacher/Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg | 2002 | Sony | Buy Now | |
| Machines and Dreams | Alexander Baillie/London Sinfonietta/Berlin RSO/John Carewe/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas | 2004 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Meditation | Tabea Debus | 2018 | TYXArt | ||
| Memorial | Alexander Baillie/London Sinfonietta/Berlin RSO/John Carewe/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas | 2004 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Minstrels | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Movements for a Clarinet Concerto | Michael Collins/BBC Symphony Orchestra | 2016 | Chandos | ||
| Movements for a Clarinet Concerto | Michael Collins/Royal Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair | 2009 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Night's Mask | David Wilson-Johnson/Patrizia Kwella/The Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend | 1997 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| No Man's Land | Ian Bostridge/Roderick Williams/Hallé Orchestra/Hallé Choir/Hallé Youth Choir/Nicholas Collon/Richard Wilberforce | 2014 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Oboe Quartet No.1 | Divertimenti Ensemble/Oliver Knussen/Schubert Ensemble/Melinda Maxwell/Haffner Wind Ensemble/Brindisi Quartet | 2008 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Ondine | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Out in the dark | Claire Booth/Huw Watkins/Songbook Ensemble | 2009 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Palinode | Lowri Blake | 2001 | Lowri Records | ||
| Palinode (nine cellos) | Alexander Baillie/Bremen Ensemble | 2000 | CelloSound Bremen | Buy Now | |
| Pluto, the renewer | BBC National Orchestra of Wales/David Atherton | 2005 | BBC/Opus Arte | Buy Now | |
| Pluto, the renewer | Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle | 2006 | EMI Classics | Buy Now | |
| Pluto, the renewer | Claire Rutter/Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones | 2002 | Naxos | Buy Now | |
| Pluto, the renewer | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2008 | Helios | Buy Now | |
| Pluto, the renewer | Owain Arwel Hughes/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2005 | Warner Apex | Buy Now | |
| Postlude - Monsieur Croche | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Postludes | Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Daniel | 2020 | NMC | ||
| Quatrain | Alexander Baillie/London Sinfonietta/Berlin RSO/John Carewe/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas | 2004 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Scherzetto | Endymion Ensemble/Quentin Poole | 2010 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Sonata No.5: Landscape | Alexander Baillie/London Sinfonietta/Berlin RSO/John Carewe/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas | 2004 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| String Quartet No.2 | Divertimenti Ensemble/Oliver Knussen/Schubert Ensemble/Melinda Maxwell/Haffner Wind Ensemble/Brindisi Quartet | 2008 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Strugnell's Haiku | Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney | 1991 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Suns Dance | London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen | 2003 | Decca | Buy Now | |
| Symphony in B Minor (Finale) | Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Mikko Franck | 2017 | Erato | ||
| Symphony No.5 | Emanuel Ax/Yo-Yo Ma/Leonidas Kavakos | 2022 | Sony Classical | Buy Now | |
| Temporal Variations | Nicholas Daniel/Royal Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford | 2005 | Naxos | Buy Now | |
| Temporal Variations | Nicholas Daniel/Royal Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford | 1998 | Collins Classics | ||
| The Angels' Carol | Choir of Worcester College, Oxford/Stephen Farr | 2015 | Resonus Classics | Buy Now | |
| The Great Journey | David Wilson-Johnson/Patrizia Kwella/The Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend | 1997 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Three Enigmas | Alexander Baillie/Andrew Ball | 1994 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Three of a kind | Richard Watkins/Paul Watkins/Huw Watkins/Nash Ensemble | 2015 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Time Stands Still | Lars Vogt/Guy Braunstein/Stefan Dohr | 2005 | EMI Classics | ||
| Toccata Meccanica | Northern Junior Philharmonic Orchestra | 1989 | East Allen | ||
| Triptych | Divertimenti Ensemble/Oliver Knussen/Schubert Ensemble/Melinda Maxwell/Haffner Wind Ensemble/Brindisi Quartet | 2008 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Turning Point | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Markus Stenz | 2008 | RCO | Buy Now | |
| Turning Point | Gürzenich-Orchester Köln/Markus Stenz | 2007 | GOlive | Buy Now | |
| Un Colloque Sentimental | Andrew Watts/Iain Burnside | 2018 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Violin Concerto | Leila Josefowicz/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly/Anssi Karttunen/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rumon Gamba | 2016 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Voiles | Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder CBE CH | 2010 | Hallé | Buy Now | |
| Waltz, Nocturne & March | Schubert Ensemble | 2001 | NMC |