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Colin Matthews: The Great Journey

David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Patrizia Kwella (soprano)

The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend

Colin Matthews: The Great Journey
A fizzing display of musical energy for which its composer is renowned ... baritone David Wilson-Johnson and The Nash Ensemble acquit themselves superbly

BBC Music Magazine, 1997

Colin Matthews: The Great Journey

David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Patrizia Kwella (soprano)

The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend

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A fizzing display of musical energy for which its composer is renowned ... baritone David Wilson-Johnson and The Nash Ensemble acquit themselves superbly

BBC Music Magazine, 1997

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Matthews's The Great Journey, a forceful and panoramic narrative of a 16th-century Spanish expedition to America, is complemented by the scherzo Fuga and Night's Mask, a darkly atmospheric setting of Fernando Pessoa's brooding sonnet. 'A fizzing display of musical energy for which its composer is renowned ... baritone David Wilson-Johnson and the Nash Ensemble acquit themselves superbly' - BBC Music Magazine

  • Label: NMC
  • Catalogue number: NMCD033
  • Length: 71 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Matthews, C: The Great Journey, Pt. 1 "Shipwreck"
Work length13:08
The Sixteenth Day of June
Track length3:52
Threescore Men Were Lost
Track length5:08
We Agreed in One Judgement
Track length4:08
Matthews, C: The Great Journey, Pt. 2 "Landing"
Work length10:01
The Indians Came Amongst Us
Track length4:54
In That Land
Track length2:39
The Famine Was So Exceeding Great
Track length2:28
Matthews, C: The Great Journey, Pt. 3 "Flight"
Work length12:43
Those Few of Us
Track length2:33
Hearing by the Indians
Track length1:56
Wee Gave God Heartie Thanks
Track length3:46
Now That the Winter
Track length2:47
They Entreated Us
Track length1:41
Matthews, C: The Great Journey, Pt. 4 "Return"
Work length13:44
We Went Westward on Our Journey
Track length5:43
In This Meane Time
Track length3:21
They Brought Me Where Their Captain Was
Track length4:40
Matthews, C: Fuga
Work length10:53
Matthews, C: Night's Mask
Work length11:05
Introduction - We Are Born at Sunset
Track length3:34
Interlude I
Track length1:03
Only the Stars
Track length2:55
Interlude II
Track length0:49
Why What It Calls "Worth"
Track length2:44

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1997

A fizzing display of musical energy for which its composer is renowned ... baritone David Wilson-Johnson and The Nash Ensemble acquit themselves superbly
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