updated 7 March 2024
© Patricia Dietzi, ed. Durand

Martin Matalon

Argentine composer born 17 October 1958 in Buenos Aires.

Born in Buenos Aires in 1958, Martin Matalon studied at the Juilliard School in New York, graduating with a Master’s degree in composition. In 1986, he received the Charles Ives Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1988 a Holtkamp AGO Award and numerous composition awards from ASCAP and BMI. In the Summers of 1987 and 1988, he attended classes with Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez at Centre Acanthes (then in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon). A Fulbright scholarship allowed him to undertake further study in France with Tristan Murail in 1988-89.

In 1989, he founded “Music Mobile,” an ensemble based in New York dedicated to contemporary repertoire. He served as the group’s director until 1996.

In 1993, Matalon settled in Paris. The composition of La Rosa profunda for an exhibition at the Pompidou Centre of works related to Jorge-Luis Borges marked the beginning of a long period of collaboration with IRCAM. The same institution subsequently commissioned him to compose a soundtrack for a newly-restored version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Following the completion of this large-scale piece, Matalon turned his attention to the work of Luis Buñuel, composing soundtracks for three surrealist films by the Spanish director: Las siete vidas de un gato in 1996 for Un Chien Andalou (1927), the orchestrated version of which became El torito catalan (2001); Le scorpion in 2001 for L’Âge d’or (1931); and Traces II (la cabra) (2005) for Land Without Bread (1932).

Two series of works make up a significant part of Matalon’s catalogue: Trames (started in 1997), a collection of pieces skirting the boundary between concertos and chamber music; and Traces, a set of works for solo instruments with real-time electronics, which represents a sort of “compositional diary” for the composer. Additionally, he has composed extensively for chamber ensemble, with notable works including Formas de arena for flute, viola, and harp, and Lineas de agua for cello octet.

In 2005, Matalon received both the J.S Guggenheim Foundation Award (New York) and the Institute of France/Academy of Fine Arts Prize. In 2001, he was awarded the City of Barcelona Prize for his score for Metropolis. Finally, in 1989, he received the “Opéra Autrement” Prize from Centre Acanthes for the commission and production of the chamber opera The Secret Miracle, based on Jorge-Luis Borges’ short story of the same name.

A number of Matalon’s works have been written specifically for young audiences, including the three musical tales La légende de M. Chance (2006), Tulles et les ombres (2007), and Har le Tailleur de Pierre (2008). He was awarded the “Prix des Lycéens” (a prize judged by high school students) in 2007.

During a residency at the Metz Arsenal in 2003-04, three of his symphonic works were recorded by the Orchestre National de Lorraine, conducted by Jacques Mercier, and subsequently released on CD in 2006 on the Universal label. He was in residence at Muse en Circuit from 2005 to 2010, during which Sillages Ensemble premiered the complete Traces cycle, a recording of which was released by Sismal Records in 2010. He was composer-in-residence at the Stavanger Festival (Norway) in 2011, and guest composer at the Les Arcs Festival in 2014.

He has taught composition at the Aubervilliers-La Courneuve Conservatory (in the northern suburbs of Paris) since 2010, and at the Lyon Conservatory (CNSM) since 2017. He has also served as a guest professor at McGill University (2004-08), IRCAM, Centre Acanthes, Domaine Forget with Nouvel Ensemble Modern (2009), and numerous other summer academies, including CompoLab, Injuve, and the Institut français-Barcelona.

His opera L’Ombre de Venceslao was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique (French Ministry of Culture Awards recognising outstanding achievements in the music industry) in 2017.


© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2018

Sources

  • site du compositeur ;
  • Pascal Ianco, livret des cds.
  • Solo (excluding voice)
    • Dos formas del tiempo for piano (2000), 10 mn, Eschig [program note]
    • elec Traces I for cello and electronics (2004), 15 mn, Billaudot
    • Short Stories for vibraphone (2005), 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces II La cabra, music for Las Hurdes ("Land without bread") by Luis Buñuel, for viola and electronics (2005), 40 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Traces III for horn and electronic device (2006), 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Traces IV for marimba and electronics (2006), 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Traces V for clarinet and electronic device (2006), 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces VI for flute and electronic device (2006), 16 mn, Billaudot
    • God speed (2012)
    • elec Traces VIII for violin and electronics (2012), 14 mn
    • elec Traces IX for cello and deferred time electronic device (2014), 8 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec Traces X for accordion and deferred time electronic device (2014), 13 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec Traces XII for harp and deferred time electronic device (2017), 12 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces XIII for piano and electronic device (2018), Billaudot
    • elec Traces XIV for guitar and deferred time electronic device (2019), 18 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XV for bass clarinet and electronic device (2021), 13 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XVI for vibraphone and electronic device (2021), 13 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XVI for vibraphone and electronic device (2021), 13 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XVII for marimba and electronic device (2021), 16 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 8 educational piece for harp and electronics (stereo) (2022), 2 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • Piano-Galxaxie for piano (2023), 9 mn 30 s about
    • elec Traces XVIII for timpani and electronic device (2023), 10 mn about , Billaudot
  • Chamber music
    • La cifra for flute, cello, piano and percussion (1994), 13 mn, Eschig
    • ...del matiz al color... for eight cellos (1999), 12 mn, Eschig
    • Formas de arena for flute, harp and viola (2001), 13 mn, Billaudot
    • Les Caramba for six percussions (2001), 4 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Le scorpion music for the film L'Age d'or by Luis Buñuel, for six percussions, two pianos and electronics (2002), 1 h 7 mn, Billaudot
    • Lineas de agua for eight cellos (2003), 12 mn, Billaudot
    • Prelude and blue trio for saxophone, percussion and double bass (2005), 15 mn, Billaudot
    • elec La Makina for two pianos, two percussions and electronics (2007), 25 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Har le Tailleur de Pierre musical tale, for three percussionists and electronics (2008), 50 mn, Inédit
    • Loop & épilogue for piano, accordion and cello (2014), 6 mn, Billaudot
    • Metal sobre Metal for horn and two trumpets (2015), 10 mn
    • 3 Interludes for accordion trio (2018), 7 mn about , Inédit
    • Intermezzo for accordion quartet (2018), 10 mn about , Billaudot
    • Lineas, puntos, planos for violin, cello and piano (2018), 14 mn about , Billaudot
    • Spin for 2 pianos and 2 percussions (2018), 17 mn about , Billaudot
    • Atomization, loop & freeze for three pianos and three percussions (2019), 22 mn about , Billaudot
    • La Rueda for violin, piano and electronic device (2019), 13 mn, Billaudot
    • dos nocturnos educational work for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets (2 students + 2 teachers) (2020), 4 mn, Lemoine
    • fanfare & blues pedagogical piece for trumpet and tenor trombone (2020), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • Paseo educational piece for xylophone and vibraphone (2020), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • pendulo educational piece for violon and cello (2020), 2 mn, Billaudot
    • sombra educational piece for bassoon and piano (2020), 2 mn, Billaudot
    • elec La Persecuta music for the film The Adventurer by Charlie Chaplin (2021), 25 mn, Billaudot
    • One Week music for Buster Keaton's movie One Week (2021), 21 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • Scarecrow music for the movie Scarecrow by Buster Keaton (2021), 18 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • The Playhouse music for the film The Playhouse by Buster Keaton (2021), 23 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • Axes for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello (2022), 18 mn 30 s about , Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 1 for piano four hands and electronics (stereo) (2022), 4 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 2 for flute, percussion and electronics (stereo) (2022), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 3 educational piece for oboe, clarinet in Bb and electronics (stereo) (2022), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 4 educational piece for mandolin, harp, guitar and electronics (stereo) (2022), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 5 educational piece for two percussionists and electronics (stereo) (2022), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 6 educational piece for accordion, bandoneon and electronics (stereo) (2022), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 7 educational piece for violin, viola, cello and electronics (stereo) (2022), 3 mn, Billaudot
  • Instrumental ensemble music
    • elec El Matarife for ensemble of sixteen instrumentalists (1991), 20 mn, Ricordi [program note]
    • elec Monedas de hierro for ten musicians and electronics (1993), 15 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Metropolis music for the film by Fritz Lang, for ensemble and electronics (1995, 2001-2007, 2011), 2 h 20 mn, Eschig [program note]
    • elec Las siete vidas de un gato for eight musicians and electronics, music for Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel (1996), 18 mn, Eschig
    • elec ircam stage Rugged lines ballet for nine instruments and electronics (1997), 50 mn, Eschig
    • elec Rugged lines memos for nine instruments and electronics (1999), 20 mn, Eschig
    • Otras ficciones for winds, percussions, two pianos, two harps and double basses (2001), 27 mn, Eschig
    • El torito catalan for orchestra (2002), 17 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame V concerto for trumpet and orchestra (2003), 23 mn, Billaudot
    • La légende de M. Chance musical tale, for orchestra (2006), 40 mn, Billaudot
    • Lignes de fuite for orchestra (2007), 18 mn, Billaudot
    • stage Tulles et les ombres musical tale, for seven instrumentalists (2007), 50 mn
    • elec Tunneling for ensemble and electronics (2009), 18 mn 30 s
    • …de tiempo y de metal… for brass ensemble (2010), 16 mn, Billaudot
    • elec De polvo y piedra for ensemble and electronics (2013), 20 mn, Billaudot
    • elec stage Trois pommes d’or tale for seven instrumentalists and electronic device (2013), 55 mn
    • Spirals, loops, lines for ensemble of fifteen instruments (2014), 20 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Foxtrot Délirium film soundtrack, for twelve instruments and electronic device (2015), 58 mn, Billaudot
    • stage Caravanserail for circus artists and thirteen instrumentalists (2016), 40 mn, Billaudot
    • Rugged for orchestra (2018), 10 mn, Billaudot
    • Wenceslao Orchestral suite for orchestra (2020), 15 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Metropolis Rebooted music for the restored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (2021, 2021), 2 h 20 mn, Durand
    • elec flux & freeze for 2 flutes, clarinet(s), saxophone(s), 2 percussions, piano, synthesizer and electronics (prerecorded) (2022), 16 mn, Billaudot
    • Suite musicale un prologue for clarinet(s), bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin et double bass (2023), 15 mn
    • Relatos concerto for orchestra (2024), 27 mn about
  • Concertant music
    • Trame I for oboe and five instrumentalists (1997), 13 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame II for harpsichord and six instrumentalists (1999), 18 mn, Eschig [program note]
    • Trame III concerto for cello and orchestra (2000), 23 mn, Eschig
    • Trame Ia for soprano saxophone and five instrumentalists (2001), 13 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame IV for piano and eleven instrumentalists (2001), 16 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame VI for viola and chamber orchestra (2004), 22 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame VII for horn and ensemble (2005), 21 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame IX concerto for oboe and orchestra (2008), 21 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame VIII for solo marimba and eight instruments (2008), 20 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame X for accordion and ensemble (2009), 17 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Del color a la materia for concerto piano, six percussionists and electronics (2010-2011), Billaudot
    • K/D/M Concerto for two percussionists, accordion and chamber orchestra (2010-2011), Billaudot
    • Trame XI for solo double bass and ensemble (2011), 14 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame XII for solo trumpet and string orchestra (2011), Billaudot
    • Trame XIII for soprano saxophone and orchestra (2015), 16 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Spinning lines for 2 to 5 soloists and orchestra (2017), 28 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame XIV for clarinet and ensemble (2018), Billaudot
  • Vocal music and instrument(s)
    • stage Le Miracle Secret chamber opera, for five voices and ten instruments (1989), 45 mn, Ricordi
    • elec ircam La rosa profunda a musical journey on texts by Jorge Luis Borges, for narrator, ensemble and electronics (1992), 45 mn, Inédit
    • ircam Nocturnes radio opera for three solo instruments and three actors (2006), 30 mn, Inédit
    • elec stage La Rosa... for mezzo-soprano, narrator, accordion, instrumental ensemble and electronic device (2011), 1 h 5 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Formas in Pulvere for 5 female voices, percussion and real-time electronics (2012), 35 mn, Billaudot
    • elec stage Les Morts qui touchent sonic theater, for narrator, mezzo-soprano, ensemble and electronic device in deferred time (2013), 1 h 25 mn
    • elec La Carta for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, accordion, percussion and electronic device (2015), 16 mn, Billaudot
    • stage L’ombre de Venceslao opera in two acts (2016), 1 h 25 mn, Billaudot
    • stage Celui qui dit non opera (2023), 35 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Behind the screen cinema screening with live music for the film by Charlie Chaplin (2024), 23 mn 30 s
    • elec ircam The Immigrant cinema screening with live music for the film by Charlie Chaplin (2024), 24 mn
    • elec ircam The Vagabond cinema screening with live music for the film by Charlie Chaplin (2024), 25 mn 30 s
  • A cappella vocal music
    • Tabula es for choir (2004), 8 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces VII for soprano and electronics (2008)
    • elec Dos Lineas for 5 female voices and delayed-time electronic device (2013), 8 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces XIX for mezzo-soprano and electronic device (2024), 10 mn about
  • Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
    • elec ircam Le Tunnel sous l'Atlantique music for a televirtuality event between the Center Pompidou and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art (1995), 40 mn, Inédit
  • 2024
    • elec ircam Behind the screen cinema screening with live music for the film by Charlie Chaplin, 23 mn 30 s
    • Relatos concerto for orchestra, 27 mn about
    • elec ircam The Immigrant cinema screening with live music for the film by Charlie Chaplin, 24 mn
    • elec ircam The Vagabond cinema screening with live music for the film by Charlie Chaplin, 25 mn 30 s
    • elec Traces XIX for mezzo-soprano and electronic device, 10 mn about
  • 2023
  • 2022
    • Axes for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello, 18 mn 30 s about , Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 1 for piano four hands and electronics (stereo), 4 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 2 for flute, percussion and electronics (stereo), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 3 educational piece for oboe, clarinet in Bb and electronics (stereo), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 4 educational piece for mandolin, harp, guitar and electronics (stereo), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 5 educational piece for two percussionists and electronics (stereo), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 6 educational piece for accordion, bandoneon and electronics (stereo), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 7 educational piece for violin, viola, cello and electronics (stereo), 3 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Minitrace 8 educational piece for harp and electronics (stereo), 2 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec flux & freeze for 2 flutes, clarinet(s), saxophone(s), 2 percussions, piano, synthesizer and electronics (prerecorded), 16 mn, Billaudot
  • 2021
    • elec La Persecuta music for the film The Adventurer by Charlie Chaplin, 25 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Metropolis Rebooted music for the restored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, 2 h 20 mn, Durand
    • One Week music for Buster Keaton's movie One Week, 21 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • Scarecrow music for the movie Scarecrow by Buster Keaton, 18 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • The Playhouse music for the film The Playhouse by Buster Keaton, 23 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec Traces XV for bass clarinet and electronic device, 13 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XVI for vibraphone and electronic device, 13 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XVI for vibraphone and electronic device, 13 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XVII for marimba and electronic device, 16 mn about , Billaudot
  • 2020
    • Paseo educational piece for xylophone and vibraphone, 3 mn, Billaudot
    • Wenceslao Orchestral suite for orchestra, 15 mn, Billaudot
    • dos nocturnos educational work for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets (2 students + 2 teachers), 4 mn, Lemoine
    • fanfare & blues pedagogical piece for trumpet and tenor trombone, 3 mn, Billaudot
    • pendulo educational piece for violon and cello, 2 mn, Billaudot
    • sombra educational piece for bassoon and piano, 2 mn, Billaudot
  • 2019
    • Atomization, loop & freeze for three pianos and three percussions, 22 mn about , Billaudot
    • La Rueda for violin, piano and electronic device, 13 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces XIV for guitar and deferred time electronic device, 18 mn about , Billaudot
  • 2018
    • 3 Interludes for accordion trio, 7 mn about , Inédit
    • Intermezzo for accordion quartet, 10 mn about , Billaudot
    • Lineas, puntos, planos for violin, cello and piano, 14 mn about , Billaudot
    • Rugged for orchestra, 10 mn, Billaudot
    • Spin for 2 pianos and 2 percussions, 17 mn about , Billaudot
    • elec Traces XIII for piano and electronic device, Billaudot
    • Trame XIV for clarinet and ensemble, Billaudot
  • 2017
    • elec Spinning lines for 2 to 5 soloists and orchestra, 28 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces XII for harp and deferred time electronic device, 12 mn, Billaudot
  • 2016
  • 2015
    • elec Foxtrot Délirium film soundtrack, for twelve instruments and electronic device, 58 mn, Billaudot
    • elec La Carta for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, accordion, percussion and electronic device, 16 mn, Billaudot
    • Metal sobre Metal for horn and two trumpets, 10 mn
    • Trame XIII for soprano saxophone and orchestra, 16 mn, Billaudot
  • 2014
    • Loop & épilogue for piano, accordion and cello, 6 mn, Billaudot
    • Spirals, loops, lines for ensemble of fifteen instruments, 20 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces IX for cello and deferred time electronic device, 8 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • elec Traces X for accordion and deferred time electronic device, 13 mn 30 s, Billaudot
  • 2013
    • elec De polvo y piedra for ensemble and electronics, 20 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Dos Lineas for 5 female voices and delayed-time electronic device, 8 mn, Billaudot
    • elec stage Les Morts qui touchent sonic theater, for narrator, mezzo-soprano, ensemble and electronic device in deferred time, 1 h 25 mn
    • elec stage Trois pommes d’or tale for seven instrumentalists and electronic device, 55 mn
  • 2012
  • 2011
    • elec Del color a la materia for concerto piano, six percussionists and electronics, Billaudot
    • K/D/M Concerto for two percussionists, accordion and chamber orchestra, Billaudot
    • elec stage La Rosa... for mezzo-soprano, narrator, accordion, instrumental ensemble and electronic device, 1 h 5 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame XI for solo double bass and ensemble, 14 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame XII for solo trumpet and string orchestra, Billaudot
  • 2010
  • 2009
    • Trame X for accordion and ensemble, 17 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Tunneling for ensemble and electronics, 18 mn 30 s
  • 2008
    • elec Har le Tailleur de Pierre musical tale, for three percussionists and electronics, 50 mn, Inédit
    • elec Traces VII for soprano and electronics
    • Trame IX concerto for oboe and orchestra, 21 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame VIII for solo marimba and eight instruments, 20 mn, Billaudot
  • 2007
  • 2006
    • La légende de M. Chance musical tale, for orchestra, 40 mn, Billaudot
    • ircam Nocturnes radio opera for three solo instruments and three actors, 30 mn, Inédit
    • elec ircam Traces III for horn and electronic device, 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Traces IV for marimba and electronics, 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Traces V for clarinet and electronic device, 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces VI for flute and electronic device, 16 mn, Billaudot
  • 2005
    • Prelude and blue trio for saxophone, percussion and double bass, 15 mn, Billaudot
    • Short Stories for vibraphone, 10 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces II La cabra, music for Las Hurdes ("Land without bread") by Luis Buñuel, for viola and electronics, 40 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame VII for horn and ensemble, 21 mn, Billaudot
  • 2004
    • Tabula es for choir, 8 mn, Billaudot
    • elec Traces I for cello and electronics, 15 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame VI for viola and chamber orchestra, 22 mn, Billaudot
  • 2003
    • Lineas de agua for eight cellos, 12 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame V concerto for trumpet and orchestra, 23 mn, Billaudot
  • 2002
    • El torito catalan for orchestra, 17 mn, Billaudot
    • elec ircam Le scorpion music for the film L'Age d'or by Luis Buñuel, for six percussions, two pianos and electronics, 1 h 7 mn, Billaudot
  • 2001
    • Formas de arena for flute, harp and viola, 13 mn, Billaudot
    • Les Caramba for six percussions, 4 mn 30 s, Billaudot
    • Otras ficciones for winds, percussions, two pianos, two harps and double basses, 27 mn, Eschig
    • Trame IV for piano and eleven instrumentalists, 16 mn, Billaudot
    • Trame Ia for soprano saxophone and five instrumentalists, 13 mn, Billaudot
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1997
    • elec ircam stage Rugged lines ballet for nine instruments and electronics, 50 mn, Eschig
    • Trame I for oboe and five instrumentalists, 13 mn, Billaudot
  • 1996
  • 1995
    • elec ircam Le Tunnel sous l'Atlantique music for a televirtuality event between the Center Pompidou and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, 40 mn, Inédit
    • elec ircam Metropolis music for the film by Fritz Lang, for ensemble and electronics, 2 h 20 mn, Eschig [program note]
  • 1994
    • La cifra for flute, cello, piano and percussion, 13 mn, Eschig
  • 1993
  • 1992
    • elec ircam La rosa profunda a musical journey on texts by Jorge Luis Borges, for narrator, ensemble and electronics, 45 mn, Inédit
  • 1991
  • 1989
    • stage Le Miracle Secret chamber opera, for five voices and ten instruments, 45 mn, Ricordi

Sites Internet

(liens vérifiés en mars 2024).

Bibliographie

  • Fernando BENADON, « An Interview with Martin Matalon », in Computer Music Journal, 29(2), 2005, p. 13-22.

Discographie

  • Martin MATALON, … del color alla materia … ; La Makina, Ensemble Batida, 1 cd VDE-Gallo, 2017, cd-1496.
  • Martin MATALON, Trame IV ; Trame VII ; Trame I ; Trame VIII, Ensemble Mesostics, dans « Tramages » avec des œuvres de Philippe Hurel et Bernard Cavanna, 1 cd Hortus, 2014.
  • Martin MATALON, Trame II ; Trame IV ; Trame VIII, Maude Gratton, clavecin ; Florence Cioccolani, piano ; Eriko Minami, marimba ;**Ensemble Les Siècles ; François-Xavier Roth, direction, 1 cd Musicales Actes Sud, 2011.
  • Martin MATALON, « Traces » : Traces II pour alto ; Traces VI, pour flûte ; Traces IV, pour marimba ; Traces V, pour clarinette ; Traces III, pour cor ; Traces VII, pour soprano, ensemble Sillages : Gilles Deliège, Sophie Deshayes, Eve Payeur, Pierre Dutrieu, Pierre Remondière, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, direction artistique : Philippe Arrii Blaschette et Martin Matalon, 1 cd Sismal Records, 2010.
  • Martin MATALON, Metropolis, musique pour le film de Frizt Lang, réédition Ircam-Centre Pompidou, Ernest Martinez-Izquierdo : direction, enrégistrement public au théâtre du Châtelet les 30 et 31 mai 1995, 1 cd Ircam-Centre Pompidou, deuxième édition : 2006.
  • Martin MATALON, Trames III et V ; Torito Catalan, œuvres pour orchestre, Marc Coppey, violoncelle, Eric Aubier, trompette, orchestre national de Lorraine, direction : Jacques Mercier, enregistré en septembre 2004 à l’Arsenal de Metz, 1 cd Accord-Una Corda, MFA, 2006.
  • Martin MATALON, Le Scorpion, musique pour le film de Luis Buñuel, Percussions de Strasbourg, technique Ircam (Spat), 1 sacd Accord-Una Corda-MFA, 2004, 476 1280.
  • Martin MATALON, De tiempo y de arena, comprenant aussi Monedas de hierro, ensemble court-circuit, direction : Pierre André Valade, …del matiz al color…, L’Octuor de violoncelles de Beauvais ; Dos formas del tiempo, pour piano, Dimitri Vassilakis, piano ; Formas de arena, Trio Nobis ; Las siete vidas de un gato, Ensemble Ictus, direction : Georges Élie Octors,  1 cd Accord-Una Corda, 2003, 476 070-2.
  • Martin MATALON, La rosa profunda, parcours musical, sur des textes de Luis Borges, Rodolfo de Suza, récitant, Martin Matalon, direction, 1 cd Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 1992, CD0003.