Pre-Order: Various Artists - Andrzej Panufnik: Concertos & Symphony No. 10 (CD) (New (N)) Abraham Alexander Colin Matthews is one of

Colin Matthews is one of the UK's leading composers and celebrates his 80th birthday this year

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Death Will Follow Me

The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner present two works that stand at opposite ends of Richard Strauss's creative life

contemplative album

Pre-Order: Various Artists - Andrzej Panufnik: Concertos & Symphony No. 10 (CD) (New (N)) Abraham Alexander Colin Matthews is one ofThis album brings together Andrzej Panufnik's late London works, music shaped by a rigorous search for formal clarity and expressive balance. Symphony No. 10, his final symphony, exemplifies the composer's use of geometric principles, unfolding in a continuous span whose restraint gives it cumulative weight. The Violin and Cello Concertos, written for Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovich respectively, avoid overt display, favouring lucid textures