Matthew Taylor: Chamber Music, Vol. 3: Music for Winds

Featuring

Jennifer Melville
Ben Marshall
Elliott DeVivo
Kimon Parry
Emily Kate Murphy
Susanne Simma

Charles Hutchinson
Matthew Head
Sarah Ovenden
Dan Coghill
Carmen Flores
Deirdre Cooper
Vanessa Howells
Waldegrave Ensemble
Matthew Taylor

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Composer Biography

Matthew Taylor, born in London in 1964, studied composition at Cambridge University with Robin Holloway and at the Royal Academy of Music with Edward Gregson.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Most of the works on this album reflect Matthew Taylor's love of Denmark, Danish culture, landscapes, and music, with pieces inspired by or dedicated to Danish figures.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Matthew Taylor has a special affinity for wind chamber music, or 'Harmonie', which he developed as an oboist in his teens, playing works by Mozart, Nielsen, and Beethoven.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Matthew Taylor's music combines traditional forms with a contemporary language, continuing the symphonic narrative established by composers like Haydn, Beethoven, Sibelius, and Nielsen.

Composer Biography

Matthew Taylor's friendship with composer Robert Simpson proved inspirational, and Taylor continues to conduct and record Simpson's music.

Critical Reception

Andrew Achenbach, writing in Gramophone in 2014, praised Matthew Taylor's Second Symphony, placing it in the lineage of Nielsen, Tippett, and Simpson.