London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alexander Baillie, London Sinfonietta, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Carewe - Colin Matthews: Machines and Dreams

This 2-disc Ancora reissue brings together Alexander Baillie's impassioned recording of Matthews' Cello Concerto No.1, the expansive Landscape, and four works commissioned by the LSO - including the riotous Machines and Dreams, an updated 'toy symphony' which includes bird calls, football rattles and video-game sound effects.'This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer � big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe' The Sunday Times