Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews’ statement has a power and elegance that are quite his own.

— Paul Driver, The Sunday Times

Sonata No.5 ‘Landscape’, Cello Concerto No.1, Hidden Variables, Memorial, Quatrain, Machines and Dreams

Colin Matthews: Cello Concerto and others
  • Recorded: 2004
  • Record label: NMC Recordings
  • Performers: London Sinfonietta, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Baillie (cello); John Carewe (conductor), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
  • Availability: On general release

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This 2-disc Ancora reissue brings together Alexander Baillie’s impassioned recording of Matthews’ Cello Concerto No.1, the expansive Landscape, and four works commissioned by the LSO – including the riotous Machines and Dreams, an updated ‘toy symphony’ which includes bird calls, football rattles and video-game sound effects.

Recordings originally released on Collins Classics and Unicorn-Kanchana.

Reissued with funding from Arts Council England.

Reviews of Sonata No.5 ‘Landscape’ etc.

“This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe.”

— The Sunday Times
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