This CD documents a ten-year productive friendship between a composer and a performer. Many of Matthews' quartets were written for the Kreutzer Quartet, and they've recorded two previous CDs of his complete cycle of music. This release features all world premiere recordings.
5 Spring - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Mihailo Trandafilovski
6 Summer - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Mihailo Trandafilovski
7 Fall - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Mihailo Trandafilovski
8 Winter - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Mihailo Trandafilovski
9 Farchadat - Peter Sheppard Skaerved
10 Feroce - Peter Sheppard Skaerved
11 Interlude - Peter Sheppard Skaerved
12 An Arch Never Sleeps - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Rachel Meerloo
13 Palimpsest - Peter Sheppard Skaerved
14 Dr Johnson and Mr Savage: Pantomime - Peter Sheppard Skaerved/Neil Heyde
15 All'arme - Carly Lake
16 Hopeful Monsters - Various Performers
This CD documents a ten-year productive friendship between a composer and a performer. Many of Matthews' quartets were written for the Kreutzer Quartet, and they've recorded two previous CDs of his complete cycle of music. This release features all world premiere recordings.