Matthew Brook has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe, Australia, South Africa and the Far East. He has worked with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Harry Christophers, Christophe Rousset and Paul McCreesh, and performed with many orchestras and groups from the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Freiburger Barockorchester, and Orchestra Nationale de Lille. As a soloist and former member of I Fagiolini he has performed at many of Europe's top festivals, including Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Utrecht, the BBC Proms, Ambronay, La Chaise Dieu, Innsbruck and the Bermuda Festival. Matthew's many recordings include his highly acclaimed recording of Mozart's Requiem with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Tenebrae and Nigel Short (Warner Classics), Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ with Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (broadcast on BBC Television), and most recently a complete version of Handel's original Dublin score of the Messiah with John Butt and the Dunedin Consort on Linn Records (Gramophone Award winner). He has also recorded for Chandos, Hyperion, Naxos, and for EMI in a recording of Idomeneo with Sir Charles Mackerras, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus. He has also recently recorded for DVD the acclaimed production of "The Full Monteverdi" with I Fagiolini.