Rebecca Saunders: Skin

Rebecca Saunders: SkinRelease date: 18 November 2022 Rebecca Saunders is one of the leading international composers of her generation. Skin, a new album from the Berlin based British composer, comes after she has been masterfully sculpting sound for more than three decades, and incredibly, is Saunders' first ever release with NMC. Having pursued a keen interest in the concertante form, Saunders' fascination with the sonic essence of an instrument necessitates that she work

The sky drops a tear

Seán Clancy

Peters Ltd & Co

The earliest piece on this album is the Cello Concerto (1996)

and the poetic Autumnal for violin (both written in the 1970s)

but an ability to sound like so much more than merely five brass instruments

Catalogue number: HCR11CD

and Oneiroi

she was clear that she did not want its future role to be to subsidise her father’s music in the way that most other composer trusts function

Martin's music is lyrical and strongly infl uenced by dance form

7 - 11) Mark David Boden: Chasing Sunlight

Recording Engineer MICHAEL BACON