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Special offer. Colin Matthews

Alexander Baillie (cello)

London Sinfonietta, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, John Carewe, Michael Tilson Thomas

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

Sunday Times, 2004

Special offer. Colin Matthews

Alexander Baillie (cello)

London Sinfonietta, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, John Carewe, Michael Tilson Thomas

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

Sunday Times, 2004

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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. 'This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer ? big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe' The Sunday Times

  • Release date: 15th Mar 2004
  • Label: NMC
  • Catalogue number: NMCD101
  • Length: 1 hour 48 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Matthews, C: Sonata No. 5, Op. 17 "Landscape"
Work length31:13
Ia. — (Live)
Track length9:51
Ib. — (Live)
Track length1:42
Ic. — (Live)
Track length1:04
IIa. — (Live)
Track length1:26
IIb. — (Live)
Track length6:17
IIc. — (Live)
Track length2:26
IIIa. — (Live)
Track length1:53
IIIb. — (Live)
Track length2:42
IIIc. — (Live)
Track length2:04
Coda (Live)
Track length1:48
Matthews, C: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 27
Work length27:11
Ia. Scherzo-Notturno. Introduction
Track length2:29
Ib. Scherzo-Notturno. Scherzo 1
Track length1:01
Ic. Scherzo-Notturno. Trio 1
Track length0:55
Id. Scherzo-Notturno. Scherzo 2
Track length1:26
Ie. Scherzo-Notturno. Trio 2
Track length0:21
If. Scherzo-Notturno. Scherzo 3
Track length0:56
Ig. Scherzo-Notturno. Centre
Track length0:50
Ih. Scherzo-Notturno. Scherzo 4
Track length1:16
Ii. Scherzo-Notturno. Trio 3
Track length0:38
Ij. Scherzo-Notturno. Scherzo 5 - Coda
Track length1:41
IIa. Adagio. Molto sostenuto
Track length1:44
IIb. Adagio. Più mosso
Track length2:04
IIc. Adagio. Tempo 1
Track length1:44
IId. Adagio. Tempo 2
Track length2:25
IIe. Adagio. Tranquillo
Track length3:37
IIf. Adagio. Sostenuto
Track length2:21
IIg. Adagio. Subito allegro
Track length1:43
Matthews, C: Hidden Variables
Work length12:24
Matthews, C: Memorial
Work length16:16
Section 1
Track length3:56
Section 2
Track length3:57
Section 3
Track length2:25
Section 4
Track length2:06
Section 5
Track length3:52
Matthews, C: Quatrain
Work length8:46
Section 1
Track length2:29
Section 2
Track length1:46
Section 3
Track length2:08
Section 4
Track length2:23
Matthews, C: Machines and Dreams
Work length13:01
I. Meccanico (Live)
Track length2:46
II. Sostenuto (Live)
Track length1:42
III. Andante (Live)
Track length3:26
IV. Presto volando (Live)
Track length1:41
V. Molto vigoroso (Live)
Track length3:26

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