Matthew Marshall - Brighter Than Blue (2020)

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Title: Brighter Than Blue
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Rattle Records
Genre: Contemporary Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 48:53 min
Total Size: 171 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Tense Melodies I. Piangevole
02. Tense Melodies II Cantabile
03. Tense Melodies III Tempo Rubato
04. Tense Melodies IV Animato
05. Tense Melodies V Dolento
06. Tense Melodies Vi Con Moto
07. Autumn Moods
08. Suite I Andante Rubato
09. Suite II Adagio
10. Suite III Moderato Sostenuto
11. It's Love, Isn't It?: Wild Honey
12. It's Love, Isn't It?: The Fall
13. It's Love, Isn't It?: Brown Peahen
14. It's Love, Isn't It?: To Rid Myself of You
15. It's Love, Isn't It?: To a Young Friend
16. It's Love, Isn't It?: To a Young Girl
17. It's Love, Isn't It?: The Way Back
18. It's Love, Isn't It?: The New House
19. It's Love, Isn't It?: Gift of Dreams
20. It's Love, Isn't It?: The Australian Girl
21. It's Love, Isn't It?: Big Game Fisherman
22. It's Love, Isn't It?: A Confession
23. It's Love, Isn't It?: Bee of Anger
24. It's Love, Isn't It?: Resistance
25. It's Love, Isn't It?: Tidal (For Meg)


This album features world-premiere works written as classical guitar duos by New Zealand composers. The album begins with Philip Norman’s six-part Tense Melodies for guitar and flute (Carol Hohauser), then continues with Anthony Ritchie’s Autumn Moods for guitar and cello (Heleen du Plessis) and Kenneth Young’s three-piece Suite for guitar and violin (Tessa Petersen). The set concludes with It’s Love, Isn’t It?, a 15-part work by Philip Norman featuring poetry by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell and Meg Campbell recited by Sir Jon Trimmer and Dame Kate Harcourt.