℗ 2024 Metropolitan Opera under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited; A Warner Classics/Erato release
| Released | April 26, 2024 |
| Duration | 2h 22m 48s |
| Record Label | Warner Classics |
| Genre | Classical |
Puts: The Hours (Live)
Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available in MQA and 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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The Hours, Act 1
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1.1
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Prologue. "Flowers... Flowers" (Chorus / Live / feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
2:21 | |||
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1.2
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"Platters! - What’s That, Babe?" (Clarissa, Sally, Chorus / Live / feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Denyce Graves; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Renée Fleming; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
3:47 | |||
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1.3
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"She Pauses at Its Threshold…" (Chorus, Clarissa, Man Under the Arch, Walter, Virginia / Live / feat. John Holiday, Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Tony Stevenson)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; John Holiday; Joyce DiDonato; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Renée Fleming; Tony Stevenson; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
5:32 | |||
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1.4
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"Go Slowly. Ignore Your Novel" (Virginia, Clarissa, Chorus, Leonard / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Renée Fleming; Sean Panikkar; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
2:07 | |||
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1.5
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"There's the Scowl" (Virginia, Leonard, Chorus / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Sean Panikkar)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Sean Panikkar; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
5:18 | |||
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1.6
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"Clarissa! - Barbara!" (Barbara, Clarissa, Chorus, Virginia, Leonard / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kathleen Kim, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato; Kathleen Kim; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Renée Fleming; Sean Panikkar; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
4:42 | |||
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1.7
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"Richmond… She Opens the Curtains" (Virginia, Chorus, Man Under the Arch / Live / feat. John Holiday, Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; John Holiday; Joyce DiDonato; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
6:34 | |||
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1.8
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"Missus Dalloway Said She Would Buy the Flowers Herself" (Laura, Virginia, Chorus, Dan, Richie / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Brandon Cedel; Joyce DiDonato; Kai Edgar; Kelli O'Hara; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
5:51 | |||
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1.9
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"Oh Dan. Roses? On Your Birthday?" (Laura, Dan, Richie, Chorus / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Brandon Cedel; Kai Edgar; Kelli O'Hara; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
5:40 | |||
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1.10
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"You Know What We’re Going to Do?" (Laura, Virginia, Richie, Clarissa / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato; Kai Edgar; Kelli O'Hara; Renée Fleming; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
4:57 | |||
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1.11
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"Here on This Corner" (Clarissa / Live)
Kevin Puts; Renée Fleming; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
5:01 | |||
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1.12
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"Good Morning, My Love!" (Clarissa, Richard, Angelica, Quentin, Julian / Live / feat. Atticus Ware, Kyle Ketelsen, Lena Josephine Marano, Patrick Scott McDermott, Renée Fleming)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Atticus Ware; Kyle Ketelsen; Lena Josephine Marano; Patrick Scott McDermott; Renée Fleming; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
10:43 | |||
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1.13
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"We Need Four Cups" (Laura, Richie, Chorus, Nelly, Virginia / Live / feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Eve Gigliotti; Joyce DiDonato; Kai Edgar; Kelli O'Hara; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
7:18 | |||
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1.14
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"Oh! A Reminder, Ma’am, Your Sister's Coming at Two" (Nelly, Virginia, Richie, Laura, Kitty, Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Man Under the Arch / Live / feat. Atticus Ware, Eve Gigliotti, John Holiday, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Jose
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Atticus Ware; Eve Gigliotti; John Holiday; Joyce DiDonato; Kai Edgar; Kelli O'Hara; Lena Josephine Marano; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Patrick Scott McDermott; Sylvia D'Eramo; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
7:38 | |||
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1.15
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"...’Cause I’m Going to Die" (Chorus, Clarissa, Sally / Live / feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Denyce Graves; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Renée Fleming; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
4:51 | |||
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The Hours, Act 2
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1.16
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"Heaven? Somebody Else’s Heaven?" (Chorus, Laura, Hotel Clerk / Live / feat. John Holiday, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; John Holiday; Kelli O'Hara; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
6:40 | |||
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1.17
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"Did It Matter Then, She Asked Herself" (Laura, Virginia / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kelli O'Hara)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato; Kelli O'Hara; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
6:36 | |||
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1.18
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"It's Happened - I Thought I’d Be Overjoyed, Richard!" (Leonard, Clarissa, Chorus / Live / feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Renée Fleming; Sean Panikkar; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
1:55 | |||
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1.19
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"Louis? - Clarissa. Caught Me Smoking" (Clarissa, Louis, Chorus / Live / feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, William Burden)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Renée Fleming; William Burden; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
7:32 | |||
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1.20
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"Ent(ha)da oikeîs en te ge" (Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Virginia, Vanessa, Laura / Live / feat. Atticus Ware, Joyce DiDonato, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Josephine Marano, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Patrick Scott McDermott, Sylvia D'Eramo)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Atticus Ware; Joyce DiDonato; Kelli O'Hara; Lena Josephine Marano; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Patrick Scott McDermott; Sylvia D'Eramo; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
6:53 | |||
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1.21
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"Richard! Get Down from There" (Clarissa, Richard / Live / feat. Kyle Ketelsen, Renée Fleming)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Kyle Ketelsen; Renée Fleming; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
7:36 | |||
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1.22
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"For Alone You Are Holy…" (Chorus, Man Under the Arch / Live / feat. John Holiday, Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; John Holiday; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
2:14 | |||
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1.23
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"Mm... ’Stead of Jousting You’d Rather…" (Mrs. Latch, Richie, Laura, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Nelly / Live / feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kathleen Kim, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Eve Gigliotti; Joyce DiDonato; Kai Edgar; Kathleen Kim; Kelli O'Hara; Renée Fleming; Sean Panikkar; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
6:25 | |||
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1.24
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"Happy My Birthday!" (Dan, Richie, Walter, Sally, Louis, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Laura / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar, Tony Stevenson, William Burden)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Brandon Cedel; Denyce Graves; Joyce DiDonato; Kai Edgar; Kelli O'Hara; Renée Fleming; Sean Panikkar; Tony Stevenson; William Burden; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
5:49 | |||
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1.25
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"This Is My Partner, Sally" (Clarissa, Sally, Laura, Dan, Leonard / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Brandon Cedel; Denyce Graves; Kelli O'Hara; Renée Fleming; Sean Panikkar; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
2:50 | |||
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1.26
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"All Along?" (Clarissa, Laura, Virginia / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming)
Kevin Puts; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato; Kelli O'Hara; Renée Fleming; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
5:58 | |||
Premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 2022 with Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O’Hara as its stars, Kevin Puts’s The Hours was praised by The New York Times as “sincere and persuasive … fervent … and soaringly lyrical”. The opera returns to the Met’s schedule in May 2024.
Based on both the award-winning 2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry and the original novel by Michael Cunningham, The Hours interweaves characters and events from three different periods of the 20th century. Joyce DiDonato, who takes the pivotal role of writer Virginia Woolf, says that: “Even though it deals with death head-on, the piece is life-affirming and tells a timeless story. The characters’ struggles are shared universally, and by highlighting them through the different personalities and periods, hopefully everybody can find a part of themselves in the story.”
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.88 -9.34 to -1.13 | -26.35 -32.34 to -18.09 | -22.38 -27.50 to -14.90 | 13 10 to 16 | |
| 1 | Prologue. "Flowers... Flowers" (Chorus / Live / feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus) | -2.76 | -25.00 | -22.3 | 11 |
| 2 | "Platters! - What’s That, Babe?" (Clarissa, Sally, Chorus / Live / feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming) | -5.17 | -25.37 | -21.8 | 12 |
| 3 | "She Pauses at Its Threshold…" (Chorus, Clarissa, Man Under the Arch, Walter, Virginia / Live / feat. John Holiday, Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Tony Stevenson) | -1.59 | -23.45 | -19.9 | 12 |
| 4 | "Go Slowly. Ignore Your Novel" (Virginia, Clarissa, Chorus, Leonard / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar) | -7.96 | -28.70 | -24.5 | 13 |
| 5 | "There's the Scowl" (Virginia, Leonard, Chorus / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Sean Panikkar) | -7.31 | -29.97 | -25.9 | 13 |
| 6 | "Clarissa! - Barbara!" (Barbara, Clarissa, Chorus, Virginia, Leonard / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kathleen Kim, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar) | -1.14 | -25.83 | -21.8 | 13 |
| 7 | "Richmond… She Opens the Curtains" (Virginia, Chorus, Man Under the Arch / Live / feat. John Holiday, Joyce DiDonato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus) | -2.54 | -26.47 | -22.3 | 14 |
| 8 | "Missus Dalloway Said She Would Buy the Flowers Herself" (Laura, Virginia, Chorus, Dan, Richie / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus) | -4.28 | -25.38 | -21.0 | 12 |
| 9 | "Oh Dan. Roses? On Your Birthday?" (Laura, Dan, Richie, Chorus / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus) | -1.14 | -24.63 | -19.2 | 13 |
| 10 | "You Know What We’re Going to Do?" (Laura, Virginia, Richie, Clarissa / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming) | -1.14 | -23.44 | -20.0 | 14 |
| 11 | "Here on This Corner" (Clarissa / Live) | -6.55 | -27.23 | -22.8 | 12 |
| 12 | "Good Morning, My Love!" (Clarissa, Richard, Angelica, Quentin, Julian / Live / feat. Atticus Ware, Kyle Ketelsen, Lena Josephine Marano, Patrick Scott McDermott, Renée Fleming) | -4.20 | -30.72 | -26.6 | 16 |
| 13 | "We Need Four Cups" (Laura, Richie, Chorus, Nelly, Virginia / Live / feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus) | -2.47 | -27.85 | -23.7 | 15 |
| 14 | "Oh! A Reminder, Ma’am, Your Sister's Coming at Two" (Nelly, Virginia, Richie, Laura, Kitty, Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Man Under the Arch / Live / feat. Atticus Ware, Eve Gigliotti, John Holiday, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Jose | -1.13 | -25.79 | -21.6 | 16 |
| 15 | "...’Cause I’m Going to Die" (Chorus, Clarissa, Sally / Live / feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming) | -1.14 | -21.59 | -18.0 | 13 |
| 16 | "Heaven? Somebody Else’s Heaven?" (Chorus, Laura, Hotel Clerk / Live / feat. John Holiday, Kelli O'Hara, Metropolitan Opera Chorus) | -3.67 | -26.79 | -23.2 | 13 |
| 17 | "Did It Matter Then, She Asked Herself" (Laura, Virginia / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kelli O'Hara) | -4.08 | -25.67 | -21.6 | 12 |
| 18 | "It's Happened - I Thought I’d Be Overjoyed, Richard!" (Leonard, Clarissa, Chorus / Live / feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar) | -4.11 | -26.50 | -22.7 | 11 |
| 19 | "Louis? - Clarissa. Caught Me Smoking" (Clarissa, Louis, Chorus / Live / feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming, William Burden) | -1.79 | -24.53 | -20.6 | 14 |
| 20 | "Ent(ha)da oikeîs en te ge" (Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Virginia, Vanessa, Laura / Live / feat. Atticus Ware, Joyce DiDonato, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Josephine Marano, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Patrick Scott McDermott, Sylvia D'Eramo) | -4.06 | -26.17 | -22.4 | 14 |
| 21 | "Richard! Get Down from There" (Clarissa, Richard / Live / feat. Kyle Ketelsen, Renée Fleming) | -7.59 | -30.64 | -26.5 | 14 |
| 22 | "For Alone You Are Holy…" (Chorus, Man Under the Arch / Live / feat. John Holiday, Metropolitan Opera Chorus) | -1.14 | -18.09 | -14.9 | 10 |
| 23 | "Mm... ’Stead of Jousting You’d Rather…" (Mrs. Latch, Richie, Laura, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Nelly / Live / feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kathleen Kim, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar) | -6.49 | -30.02 | -25.9 | 14 |
| 24 | "Happy My Birthday!" (Dan, Richie, Walter, Sally, Louis, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Laura / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Joyce DiDonato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar, Tony Stevenson, William Burden) | -3.82 | -26.12 | -22.7 | 13 |
| 25 | "This Is My Partner, Sally" (Clarissa, Sally, Laura, Dan, Leonard / Live / feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar) | -9.34 | -32.34 | -27.5 | 13 |
| 26 | "All Along?" (Clarissa, Laura, Virginia / Live / feat. Joyce DiDonato, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming) | -4.35 | -26.86 | -22.5 | 13 |