Claire Booth, Marcus Farnsworth - Colin Matthews: Seascapes (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Seascapes: I. The Island City
02. Seascapes: II. From: North Sea
03. Seascapes: III. Night Estuary
04. Seascapes: IV. Interlude
05. Seascapes: V. Seascape
06. As Time Returns: I. Black
07. As Time Returns: II. Ba, Ba, Black Sheep
08. As Time Returns: III. Autumn
09. As Time Returns: IV. The drifter sleeps in the meadow
10. As Time Returns: V. Small Variation
11. As Time Returns: VI. The life of bees
12. As Time Returns: VII. Interlude 1
13. As Time Returns: VIII. Autumn III
14. As Time Returns: IX. Interlude 2
15. As Time Returns: X. If you came with me
16. As Time Returns: XI. The last poem/Fate
17. The Island: I. The island
18. The Island: II. The Farms
19. The Island: III. The Star
20. A Land of Rain: I. Spleen
21. A Land of Rain: II. Dreamscape
22. A Land of Rain: III. For the Tomb of a Press Baron
23. A Land of Rain: IV. Sonnet 117
24. A Land of Rain: V. King Juda of Bikini (The Lethal River)
25. A Land of Rain: VI. A bad Drean Recurring
26. A Land of Rain: VII. Potpourri
27. A Land of Rain: VIII. Accidie
28. A Land of Rain: IX. Désuétude (fragments)
29. A Land of Rain: X. Envoi
30. A Land of Rain: XI. Spleen

Colin Matthews is one of the UK’s leading composers, celebrating his 80th birthday this year. Known for his large-scale orchestral works, chamber works and smaller scale ensemble compositions such as the song cycles on this album, Matthews is also a prolific arranger of other composers’ music. He worked with Deryck Cooke on the performing version of Mahler’s 10th Symphony from 1963 until publication in 1975. ‘Seascapes’ brings together four of his song cycles and features Claire Booth soprano, Marcus Farnsworth baritone and the Nash Ensemble.