"Constituted mainly of sparse pieces that lean on string quartets and pianos in equal measure, The Blue Notebooks is a case study in direct, minor-key melody...If, however, there is one piece that fires The Blue Notebooks off into the stratosphere it's "Shadow Journal", which features a lone viola, some burbling electronics, a harpsichord and a subterranean bassline, establishing a simple, keening melody before gently pulling it wide..."

Disc has a few small marks.

• 1 The Blue Notebooks
• 2 On The Nature Of Daylight
• 3 Horizon Variations
• 4 Shadow Journal
• 5 Iconography
• 6 Vladimir's Blues
• 7 Arboretum
• 8 Old Song
• 9 Organum
• 10 The Trees
• 11 Written On The Sky