℗ 2014 Naxos
| Released | October 7, 2014 |
| Duration | 55m 19s |
| Record Label | Naxos |
| Catalogue No. | 8.571354 |
| Genre | Classical (Instrumental) |
The Malcolm Smith Memorial Album
John Lill, Leslie Howard, Mark Bebbington, Julian Jacobson
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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1.1
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Grand Heroical March
Robin Holloway; John Lill; Leslie Howard; Mark Bebbington; Martin Cotton; Tony Wass |
5:20 | |||
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1.2
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Ruddigore, Op. 40
Leslie Howard; Leslie Howard; Martin Cotton; Tony Wass |
11:11 | |||
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1.3
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Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 34, "Fantasy Sonata: Hamlet"
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington; Martin Cotton; Tony Wass |
16:43 | |||
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L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55
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1.4
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Come, but Keep Thy Wonted State (arr. by L. Howard)
George Frideric Handel; Leslie Howard; Leslie Howard; Martin Cotton; Tony Wass |
3:57 | |||
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1.5
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Piano Sonata, Op. 21
Humphrey Searle; Julian Jacobson; Martin Cotton; Tony Wass |
18:08 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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This unique recording owes its existence to Malcolm Smith, a leading and popular figure in London's musical life, a stalwart of many organizations and festivals, friend of the greatest composers and a tireless advocate of British music. Smith, a vice president of the British Music Society who died in 2011, bequeathed a financial gift to facilitate this project, released in 2014. The memorial album includes the world premiere recording of Robin Holloway's six handed Grand Heroical March as well as Humphrey Searle's Sonata described by The Times in 1951 as "suffused with darkling, elegiac poetry and commanding thought."
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
Recorded at The Menuhin Hall, Stoke d’Abernon, UK, on 12th September, 2013 (tracks 1-4) and on 8th January, 2014 (track 5) Producer: Martin Cotton Engineer and editor: Tony Wass (Ninth Wave Audio) Publishers: Manuscript (tracks 1, 2, 4); Basil Ramsey (track 3); Oxford University Press (track 5) Booklet notes: Robert Matthew-Walker Cover photograph by turleyt (Fotolia)
Recorded at The Menuhin Hall, Stoke d’Abernon, UK, on 12th September, 2013 (tracks 1-4) and on 8th January, 2014 (track 5) Producer: Martin Cotton Engineer and editor: Tony Wass (Ninth Wave Audio) Publishers: Manuscript (tracks 1, 2, 4); Basil Ramsey (track 3); Oxford University Press (track 5) Booklet notes: Robert Matthew-Walker Cover photograph by turleyt (Fotolia)
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.07 -7.67 to -0.17 | -25.97 -30.86 to -22.25 | -22.16 -28.00 to -18.70 | 15 13 to 15 | |
| 1 | Grand Heroical March | -6.44 | -27.98 | -24.5 | 15 |
| 2 | Ruddigore, Op. 40 | -0.17 | -22.25 | -18.7 | 13 |
| 3 | Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 34, "Fantasy Sonata: Hamlet" | -0.46 | -25.45 | -20.2 | 15 |
| 4 | Come, but Keep Thy Wonted State (arr. by L. Howard) | -7.67 | -30.86 | -28.0 | 15 |
| 5 | Piano Sonata, Op. 21 | -0.64 | -23.30 | -19.4 | 15 |