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| Released | February 6, 2015 |
| Duration | 49m 25s |
| Record Label | ECM Records |
| Genre | Jazz |
The Half-Finished Heaven
Sinikka Langeland
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Hare Rune
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4:09 | |||
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1.2
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The Light Streams In
Sinikka Langeland |
4:29 | |||
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1.3
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The White Burden
Sinikka Langeland |
3:59 | |||
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1.4
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The Half-Finished Heaven
Sinikka Langeland |
6:53 | |||
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1.5
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The Woodcock's Flight
Sinikka Langeland |
5:56 | |||
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1.6
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Caw Of The Crane
Sinikka Langeland |
5:42 | |||
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1.7
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The Tree And The Sky
Sinikka Langeland |
3:56 | |||
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1.8
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The Magical Bird
Sinikka Langeland |
3:47 | |||
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1.9
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Hymn To The Fly
Sinikka Langeland |
3:31 | |||
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1.10
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Animal Miniatures
Sinikka Langeland |
2:12 | |||
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1.11
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The Blue Tit's Spring Song
Sinikka Langeland |
4:31 | |||
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1.12
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Animal Moment
Sinikka Langeland |
0:20 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"An album of touching melancholy, haunting beauty and often completely unexpected flights of improvisational fancy from a quartet of simpatico players ..."
- All About Jazz
"... a session replete with beautiful sounds ... Langeland’s delicately lucid vocal tones ... for music inspired by the life of forests and so rooted in traditional folk forms, Langeland’s themes are often invitingly modern sounding, too."
- The Guardian
The Half-Finished Heaven is an ambitious album from Sinikka Langeland, the kantele player, singer and composer who hails from Finnskogen, southeastern Norway’s “Forest of the Finns.” The music she has written for her ensemble here touches on her “whole scale of expression,” as she puts it. Langeland’s highly original and self-contained oeuvre is informed, in changing degree, by folk traditions of Norway and Finland, as well as classical and contemporary music and improvisation from jazz and other sources. Much of Sinikka’s work addresses the natural world and our place in it; on this recording she develops music expressing “the mystery and joy of everyday encounters with animals in the forest." Each of her gifted bandmates adds his own range of colours to the music.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Records Studio Masters
Recorded January 2013 Rainbow Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Photography: Dag Alveng, Antonio Armentano (p. 13) Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by Manfred Eicher
Recorded January 2013 Rainbow Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Photography: Dag Alveng, Antonio Armentano (p. 13) Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by Manfred Eicher
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.00 -12.04 to 0.00 | -23.60 -32.70 to -19.44 | -20.15 -28.90 to -16.40 | 13 10 to 16 | |
| 1 | Hare Rune | -0.08 | -21.39 | -19.7 | 16 |
| 2 | The Light Streams In | -3.98 | -22.97 | -19.8 | 11 |
| 3 | The White Burden | -0.76 | -19.71 | -16.4 | 11 |
| 4 | The Half-Finished Heaven | 0.00 | -19.68 | -16.4 | 12 |
| 5 | The Woodcock's Flight | -3.31 | -22.84 | -19.1 | 11 |
| 6 | Caw Of The Crane | -3.49 | -22.88 | -20.0 | 11 |
| 7 | The Tree And The Sky | -2.26 | -20.31 | -16.7 | 10 |
| 8 | The Magical Bird | -0.09 | -19.44 | -16.6 | 12 |
| 9 | Hymn To The Fly | -4.00 | -26.31 | -22.4 | 13 |
| 10 | Animal Miniatures | -5.61 | -30.93 | -25.5 | 15 |
| 11 | The Blue Tit's Spring Song | -0.44 | -24.06 | -20.3 | 14 |
| 12 | Animal Moment | -12.04 | -32.70 | -28.9 | 14 |