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Colin Matthews: Seascapes album review
Nash Ensemble/Booth/Farnsworth/Cottis(Onyx)Soprano Claire Booth and baritone Marcus Farnsworth celebrate the influential British composer’s kaleidoscopic soundworld with this collection of four song cycles
TL;DR
- The release features four song cycles by influential British composer Colin Matthews.
- The Nash Ensemble, conducted by Jessica Cottis, performs the works.
- Claire Booth (soprano) and Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) are the vocal soloists.
- Matthews is known for his detailed and precise kaleidoscopic sound world in chamber music.
- The song cycles include 'The Island,' 'Seascapes,' 'A Land of Rain,' and 'As Time Returns.'
- 'A Land of Rain' sets poems by Nicholas Moore, based on translations of a Baudelaire poem.