Cellist and composer Peter Gregson presents his long-awaited self-titled album: a collection of contemporary songs without words for cello and synthesizer. Described by Gregson as 'the closest to what I hear in my head that I've reached', the album reveals a confident self-portrait of a musician at the peak of his imaginative powers.

All good things come in fours, could be the motto of the latest recording by the renowned cellist and composer Peter Gregson. Thus, under the title "Quartets: Three and Four", a digital album will be released by Deutsche Grammophon on 11 November that testifies to the exclusive artist of the yellow label's intensive engagement with the quartet form.

Peter Gregson presents his sixth studio album, Quartets: Three & Four, an exploration of the string quartet that highlights the potential of what he calls a “deliciously expressive medium”. The new album follows on from his 2016/2017 EPs Quartets: One and Quartets: Two, completing the challenge Gregson set himself of creating a “quartet of quartets”. Released alongside the album of Quartets: Three & Four is a deluxe edition presenting the full cycle of works, Quartets: One-Four, available digitally, on CD and on vinyl. Essential listening for anyone passionate about strings.

You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone. So goes the idiom describing our lack of appreciation for people and things until we lose them. And what about music? What about our experiences? Over a year into a pandemic, and I’m certainly missing live shows. It’s not that I truly enjoyed sitting on some wooden hard pews, nodding away close to midnight after a very long day, straining to capture a glimpse in the near-complete dark.