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SCHUBERT:

MATTHEW ROSE, GARY MATTHEWMAN, PIANO

CD RELEASE DATE: 28 January 2013

Stone Records is delighted to announce the release of Matthew Rose’s debut recital disc. Together with pianist Gary Matthewman, he performs Schubert’s masterpiece Winterreise.

Rose, renowned for his performances at the world’s leading houses (The Metropolitan, , Covent Garden), is becoming one of the most sought-after basses of his generation. He has teamed up with rising star Matthewman, and together they worked on Winterreise over the course of several years prior to making this recording. The result is one of the most dramatically thrilling, and intelligently planned renditions of this great work.

The recording was made at the Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh in the UK, a suitably remote and inspiring location for such a piece. Superbly captured by award-winning producer Sébastien Chonion, the disc is presented in a collectable CD-sized hardback booklet, with articles by Warwick Thompson and Susan Youens, full texts in German and English, and, as computer files on the CD itself, transposable sheet music for the entire work.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM “Rose sings with a beautiful, velvety tone but with full understanding of the importance of the words.” Musical Criticism

“I had been to a recital by him in Cambridge two night's earlier, of Schubert's Schwanengesang, the most impressive account I have heard of that difficult non-cycle for a long while. Rose is a true bass, who surely has a great future in the black Wagner roles, among others.” The Spectator

"Matthew Rose’s performance is overwhelmingly outstanding." Il Giornale

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MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Stone at Stone Records Ltd Tel: 07595 534350 Email: [email protected] NEW RELEASE INFORMATION

BIOGRAPHIES Matthew Rose is one of the most exciting singers of his generation. In 2006 he made an acclaimed debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Bottom A Midsummer Night's Dream – for which he received the John Christie Award – and he has gone on to sing the role at La Scala, at Covent Garden, the Opéra National de Lyon and at the Houston Grand Opera. Other highlights have included Sparafucile Rigoletto at Covent Garden, Colline La bohème at the , Mozart’s Figaro at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Claggart at ENO and Leporello and Nick Shadow The Rake’s Progress at Glyndebourne. Future seasons will see him sing Leporello at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and Henry VIII Anna Bolena for the Opéra de Bordeaux, returns to Covent Garden, Glyndebourne and the Metropolitan Opera, and his debut at the . He has appeared in concert at the Edinburgh Festival, the BBC Proms and at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and recent engagements have included the LSO with Sir ; the LA Philharmonic with Dudamel, the Swedish Radio Orchestra with Harding, the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Sir Andrew Davis, the Dresden Staatskapelle with Mackerras and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Pappano. In recital his appearances include the , the in Amsterdam and the Brighton, Edinburgh, Chester and Cheltenham International Festivals.

Gary Matthewman has been described by The Times and The Independent as ‘movingly perceptive’ and ‘quick-witted,’ and is now established as one of Britain’s leading song pianists. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London, and subsequently in Berlin and Vienna. Awards include those for accompaniment at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition, the Maggie Teyte Awards, and the prize for pianists at the inaugural Das Lied - International Song Competition in Berlin. Abroad, Gary has appeared as a song recitalist in Berlin, Madrid, Vienna, Baden-Baden, Amsterdam, Aix-en-Provence, Gstaad, Kiev, Zagreb, Washington DC, Toronto and São Paulo. His UK Festival performances include Aldeburgh, Newbury, Hay-on-Wye, Buxton, Leeds Lieder, Oxford Lieder, North Norfolk, Bath and (Music in the Round). In London, he has appeared at Wigmore Hall, House, and in the Rosenblatt Recital Series at St John’s, Smith Square. He has made numerous live broadcasts and recordings for BBC Radio 3, and in 2011 he joins BBC Cardiff Singer of the World as official accompanist. Gary has accompanied some of today’s most exciting singers. These include Sir Thomas Allen, , Simon Keenlyside, Kate Royal, Ian Bostridge, Elizabeth Watts, Markus Werba, Sylvia Schwartz, Jacques Imbrailo, Yuriy Mynenko, Matthew Rose, Sally Matthews, Toby Spence, Geraldine McGreevy, Sarah-Jane Brandon, Dame Josephine Barstow, Cora Burggraaf and Stephan Loges. www.stonerecords.co.uk

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Artists: Matthew Rose (bass) & Gary Matthewman (piano) Disc: Schubert: Winterreise Label: Stone Records Catalogue number/barcode: 5060192780222 Release date: 28 January 2013 Track Listing: 1. Gute Nacht 13. Die Post 2. Die Wetterfahne 14. Der greise Kopf 3. Gefrorne Tränen 15. Die Krähe 4. Erstarrung 16. Letzte Hoffnung 5. Der Lindenbaum 17. Im Dorfe 6. Wasserflut 18. Der stürmische Morgen 7. Auf dem Flusse 19. Täuschung 8. Rückblick 20. Der Wegweiser 9. Irrlicht 21. Das Wirtshaus 10. Rast 22. Mut 11. Frühlingstraum 23. Die Nebensonnen 12. Einsamkeit 24. Der Leiermann

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Stone at Stone Records Ltd Tel: 07595 534350 Email: [email protected]