{"title":"Matthew Brook | bass","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew Brook has appeared as a soloist worldwide, and has enjoyed working with ensembles including all the major UK orchestras, the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Collegium Vocale Gent, the Gabrieli Consort, the Dunedin Consort, The Sixteen, Nederlandse Bachvereniging, the Handel and Haydn Society, Les Violons du Roy Quebec, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, amongst many others. He has developed an international reputation for his interpretation of the music of Bach and Handel, and regularly performs pieces such as Beethoven Ninth Symphony and Missa Solemnis, Berlioz\u003cem\u003e L’Enfance du Christ\u003c\/em\u003e, Brahms Requiem, Elgar \u003cem\u003eDream of Gerontius\u003c\/em\u003e, Haydn \u003cem\u003eThe Creation\u003c\/em\u003e, Mendelssohn \u003cem\u003eElijah\u003c\/em\u003e, and Tippett \u003cem\u003eA Child of Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"smyth-der-wald-the-forest","title":"Smyth: Der Wald (The Forest)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalya Romaniw (soprano)\u003cbr\u003eClaire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano)\u003cbr\u003eRobert Murray (tenor)\u003cbr\u003eMorgan Pearse (baritone)\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Shore (baritone)\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Brook (bass)\u003cbr\u003eBBC Singers\u003cbr\u003eBBC Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eJohn Andrews (conductor)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor over 100 years the only opera by a woman to have been performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Der Wald is a taut, brooding drama where the simplicity of village life comes under threat from the uncontrollable desires unleashed by the darkness of the forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichly orchestrated, harmonically daring, and demanding a huge expressive range from the cast, the narrative drives relentlessly forward from wedding to tragedy in a single act, observed pitilessly by the eternal spirits of the forest. John Andrews conducts the BBC Singers, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and an international cast in the first ever recording of this work, using Smyth’s own English version of the libretto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Album Booklet - Smyth: Der Wald (The Forest)\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/files\/RES10324_booklet.pdf?v=1694032748\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlbum Booklet (PDF)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Artists: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/natalya-romaniw-soprano\" title=\"Natalya Romaniw - soprano - Resonus Classics\"\u003eNatalya Romaniw;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/claire-barnett-jones-mezzo-soprano\" title=\"Claire Barnett-Jones - mezzo-soprano - Resonus Classics\"\u003eClaire Barnett-Jones;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/robert-murray-tenor\" title=\"Robert Murray - tenor - Resonus Classics\"\u003eRobert Murray;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/morgan-pearse-baritone\" title=\"Morgan Pearse - baritone - Resonus Classics\"\u003eMorgan Pearse;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/andrew-shore-baritone\" title=\"Andrew Shore - baritone - Resonus Classics\"\u003eAndrew Shore;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/matthew-brook-bass\" title=\"Matthew Brook - bass - Resonus Classics\"\u003eMatthew Brook;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/bbc-singers\" title=\"BBC Singers\"\u003eBBC Singers;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/bbc-symphony-orchestra\" title=\"BBC Symphony Orchestra - Resonus Classics\"\u003eBBC Symphony Orchestra;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/john-andrews-conductor\" title=\"John Andrews - conductor - Resonus Classics\"\u003eJohn Andrews\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"resonusclassics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43888452141286,"sku":"RES10324","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/files\/RES10324_Smyth_Der_Wald_BBC_Symphony_Andrews.jpg?v=1694036275"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/collections\/Matthew_Brook.webp?v=1794396159","url":"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/matthew-brook-bass.oembed","provider":"Resonus Classics \u0026 Inventa Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}