David Matthews, the composer, was mainly self-taught, though he studied privately and received advice from other notable composers.
Peter Sheppard Skærved, the performer on this album, is a Grammy-nominated recording artist with over 100 albums.
This album was recorded in Hastoe Village Hall, Hertfordshire, UK, across three different dates in 2023 and 2024.
Many of David Matthews' works are inspired by landscapes, seasons, paintings, and literary texts.
David Matthews often reconfigures his own works and finds it difficult to distinguish between arranging others' music and composing his own.
The violin used in this recording is a Girolamo Amati, made in Cremona in 1629, and the viola is a Jakob Rayman from Southwark, 1641.
David Matthews worked as an assistant to Benjamin Britten, a renowned British composer, in the late 1960s, which greatly influenced his learning.
