Works

MATTHEW RECIO, COMPOSER

Find a full list of Matthew's works below. Links to audio & video recordings are included where available.

Chamber

CHAMBER

2016

Game of Characters

I. Ramsay

II. Sansa

III. Melisandre

violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, piano, percussion

Commissioned by the Norfolk Festival

~9.00

l i s t e n

2019

Communication

clarinet & cello

~11.00

l i s t e n

2015

Clutch of Venus

I. Lull & Lure

II. Velvet Teeth

string quartet

~10.00

l i s t e n

2014

Sea Calls

clarinet in b-flat

~5.30

l i s t e n

Vocal

VOCAL

2025

The Oak Tree and the Cypress

Text by Kahlil Gibran

baritone and piano (also version for soprano/tenor exists in a high key)

Commissioned by Evan Bravos

~2.30

2024

Every Lovely Shining Thing

Poetry by Jerre Dye

soprano and piano

Commissioned by Laura Strickling for 40@40

~4.00

2025

Espial

Poetry by Aminata R. Sei

SSAATTBB Choir and Bassoon

Commissioned by Eugene Rogers and the University of Michigan Chamber Choir

~5.00

2025

Full of Life, Now

Poetry by Walt Whitman

Soprano and Piano

Commissioned by Mark Bilyeu

~3.00

l i s t e n

2024

Fata Morgana

Poetry by Alejandra VillarrealMartinez

tenor and cello

Commissioned by David Sands for PlayOut!

~4.00

2023

Come Home

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

baritone, bassoon and piano

Commissioned by Chicago Fringe Opera and the DeCameron Opera Coalition

~5.30

l i s t e n

2024

Benediction

Poetry by Christina Ramirez

soprano and piano

Commissioned by Fourth Coast Ensemble for the WordSong Festival

~3.45

l i s t e n

2024

Might be Equal

Original Letter Sent to Jackie Kennedy

tenor and piano

Commissioned by Ryan Strand for Dear Mrs. Kennedy

~4.00

2023

My Still Lips

I. Letterboard

II. How to be Silent

Poetry by John Carlos Schaut

baritone, clarinet in Bb, cello, and piano

Commissioned by LYNX Project Amplify Series

~12.00

l i s t e n

2023

The Hollow

IA. Tread: Trailhead Traveler

IB. Echo: The Possessed

II. Echo: The Stargazer

III. Echo: The Hollow

IVA. Echo: The Enchanted

IVB. Tread: Enchanted Traveler

VA. Echo: The Renewal

VB. Tread: Renewal Traveler

VIA. Echo: The Hope

VIB. Coda: Hope Traveler

Poetry by Alejandra Villarreal Martinez

Cantata for SATB Choir

Commissioned by Stare at the Sun

~28.00

l i s t e n

2023

Byssus

Poetry by Stephanie Fleischmann

SSAA Treble Choir

Commissioned by the Ithaca College Treble Chorale

~5.24

l i s t e n

2022

Scenes from L'autre Moi

Libretti by Stephanie Fleischmann

Commissioned by West Edge Opera

~25.00

2021

Gloria

I. Birth

II. The Parkside Lounge

III. Maturing

Poetry by Marquese Carter

high voice and piano

Commissioned by Queer In(n)

~15.00

2021

Holdfast

I. The Dead are for Morticians

II. He Tells Me

III. Let Her Pretend

IV. If I Held Her

Poetry by Robin Beth Schaer

SSAATTBB Choir and Crotales

Commissioned by Stare at the Sun

~12.00

l i s t e n

2021

Touch the Water

Poetry by Anna Gatdula

baritone and cello

Commissioned by the Chicago Fringe Opera

~5.00

l i s t e n

2021

The Puppy Episode

Libretti by Royce Vavrek

Developed by the Chicago Opera Theater and premierd by Opera Columbus and Oberlin Conservatory

Chamber Opera for 6 singers

~85.00

p r e s s

2020

How We Hush

tenor and piano

For the Chicago SongSlam

~5.00

l i s t e n

2020

Bone Cathedral

SATB Choir

Commissioned by the MYO Suffolk symphonic choir

~5.00

2019

Trinkets

I. The Shelf in my Room

II. Count Them

III. The Notes I've Passed to you

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

tenor & prepared piano

~17.00

l i s t e n

2018

In the Desert

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

mezzo-soprano & sinfonietta

~13.00

l i s t e n

2018

These Two Very Nights

Poetry by Danielle Christian

SSATB choir

~5.00

l i s t e n

p u r c h a s e

2017

Statues in London

I. He Kissed to Sleep

II. He Cast His Wrathed Eyes

III. I Walk the Cool Rooms

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

soprano, violin, english horn, cello

~7.00

l i s t e n

2017

Echo

Poetry by Rumi

SSAATTBB choir

~5.00

l i s t e n

2017

This is my...

Poetry by J.P. Reese

SSATB choir

~5.00

l i s t e n

p u r c h a s e

2017

Body, remember

Poetry by Constantine P. Cavafy

bass-baritone & violin (bass-baritone & prepared piano available)

~4.30

l i s t e n

2017

In Memoriam

Libretto by Molly Korroch

chamber opera

~40.00

l i s t e n

2016

Humans of New York

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

SSATBB choir

~5.00

l i s t e n

2015

How to Survive Vesuvius

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

SSATB choir

~4.30

l i s t e n

p u r c h a s e

2015

Tales of Imagination

I. James & the Giant Peach

II. Alice in Wonderland

III. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

soprano and piano (also a mezzo soprano version available)

~8.00

l i s t e n

2014

Chronology of Storms

I. Hurricane A-Comin'

II. The Shell Collector

III. Circles

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

bass, trumpet, piano

~11.00

2014

They Say Memories

Poetry by Jenna Lanzaro

SSAATTBB choir, flute

~5.30

l i s t e n

Orchestra/Wind

ORCHESTRAL/

WIND ENSEMBLE

2017

Divide: Binding in Duality

symphony orchestra

~9.00

2012

Spanish Dances

I. Venimos de la dehesilla

II. Cordoba

III. Zambra mora

flute/piccolo, oboe/english horn, clarinet I.II, bassoon I.II, french horn I.II, trumpet I.II, trombone I.II, tuba, percussion

~11.00

l i s t e n