Susan Bickley, Stephan Loges, The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend - David Matthews: Winter Passions

David Matthews: Winter Passions

Susan Bickley, Stephan Loges, The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend

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CD Album 13 tracks £12.99
Download Album (mp3) 13 tracks £7.99
Download Album (flac) 13 tracks £8.99

Susan Bickley, Stephan Loges, The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend - David Matthews: Winter Passions

This collection of premiere recordings from David Matthews features Terrible Beauty, for mezzo-soprano and seven players, setting both Homer and Shakespeare in a dramatic depiction of Cleopatra; Winter Passions - which sets Pushkin's poems of love and absence - and Marina, a setting of TS Eliot's brooding monologue - both feature baritone Stephan Loges. The disc is completed with the Clarinet Quartet and two String Trios.

Reviews

EDITOR'S CHOICE - Gramophone

"Matthews' ability to write music which is not merely upbeat' but expressively wide-ranging and emotionally exuberant is heard here at its best... Performance values are of the highest throughout this disc." - Gramophone

Tracklisting

CD Album (NMC D152)
  1. Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano / The Nash Ensemble - Terrible Beauty
  2. The Nash Ensemble - Clarinet Quartet - I Allegretto (Rather cautiously)
  3. The Nash Ensemble - Clarinet Quartet - II Molto vivace
  4. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Marina
  5. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - I Allegro aperto
  6. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - II Vivacissimo e ritmico
  7. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - III Poco adagio, con tenerezza
  8. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - IV Allegro come prima
  9. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.2
  10. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Winter Road
  11. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Invocation
  12. The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Interlude
  13. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Winter Morning
Download Album (NMC D152)
  1. Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano / The Nash Ensemble - Terrible Beauty
  2. The Nash Ensemble - Clarinet Quartet - I Allegretto (Rather cautiously)
  3. The Nash Ensemble - Clarinet Quartet - II Molto vivace
  4. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Marina
  5. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - I Allegro aperto
  6. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - II Vivacissimo e ritmico
  7. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - III Poco adagio, con tenerezza
  8. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.1 - IV Allegro come prima
  9. The Nash Ensemble - String Trio No.2
  10. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Winter Road
  11. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Invocation
  12. The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Interlude
  13. Stephan Loges, baritone / The Nash Ensemble - Winter Passions - Winter Morning