Night Set is the first release on AMP Recordings for Award-winning concert saxophonist Matthew Younglove.

The album gets its name from its namesake composition by Gregory Wanamaker, which was the thematic impetus for this recording project. The time of ‘night’ has fascinated and inspired humanity for as long as we have recorded history, from the fear of the dark to myths and beliefs in increased spiritual presence in the darkest hours of the evening. Night brings a time of darkness, the absence of light, which triggers the human imagination creating complex and powerful emotions.

Matthew Younglove’s Night Set contains six works that explore various aspects of nighttime: dreams, shadows, darkness, dawn, quiet, monsters, and spirits.

Read CD Insert

Reviews:

“Night Set “is a fascinating excursion into the world of contemporary saxophone music in the hands of fine exponents. The sound is all one could wish for, and the booklet is detailed.”  Five Stars

— Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine

Track List:

1. What Dreams May Come for soprano saxophone and piano (2020) Caleb Burhans
2. Shadows and Dawning for soprano saxophone and piano (1982) Marilyn Shrude

Night Set for soprano saxophone and piano (2017) Gregory Wanamaker

3. I. Night Sparks
4. II. Night Song
5. III. Night Ride

6. The joy of the quiet in the transcendence of time for alto saxophone and piano (2018) Michael Rene Torres

Monster Studies Suite for alto saxophone and piano (2012) – Girard Kratz

7. I. Scavenger’s Daughter
8. II. The Wake of Juda’s Cradle
9. III. Heretic’s Fork
10. IV. Scold’s Bridle
11. V. Breaking Wheel
12. VI. The Virgin of Nuremberg

13. Fantasmi for two solo alto saxophones and alto saxophone ensemble (2005) Marilyn Shrude