℗ 2022 Cold Blue Music
| Released | June 17, 2022 |
| Duration | 52m 49s |
| Record Label | Cold Blue Music |
| Catalogue No. | CB0063 |
| Genre | Classical (Electronic) |
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Houses of the Wind
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1.1
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I. Catabatic Wind
John Luther Adams; John Luther Adams |
10:33 | |||
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1.2
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II. Mountain Wind
John Luther Adams; John Luther Adams |
10:34 | |||
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1.3
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III. Tundra Wind
John Luther Adams; John Luther Adams |
10:32 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Canyon Wind
John Luther Adams; John Luther Adams |
10:35 | |||
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1.5
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V. Anabatic Wind
John Luther Adams; John Luther Adams |
10:35 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Houses of the Wind is a haunting, five-movement electro-acoustic piece that critically acclaimed composer Adams created from his field recording of an aeolian harp (wind harp) played by the Arctic winds 30 years ago. Over the years since he made this field recording, both the concept and the sound of the aeolian harp have inspired many of his celebrated instrumental works—including his six string quartets. In 2021 he went back to his original aeolian harp recording and sculpted each movement (or variation) of “Houses of the Wind” from the sounds on that tape, using voice layering, time stretching, and pitch manipulation as his primary compositional tools.
John Luther Adams’ music has won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy Award and has been performed by such prominent ensembles as the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Seattle Symphony, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and the JACK Quartet. Cold Blue Music has released nine recordings of his work, including Arctic Dreams, Lines Made by Walking, Everything That Rises, and The Wind in High Places. His memoir, “Silences So Deep,” was published in 2020.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Cold Blue Music Studio Masters
Tracks 1-5 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM
Tracks 1-5 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.20 -9.64 to -0.30 | -24.55 -28.08 to -21.56 | -22.24 -25.30 to -19.10 | 11 10 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. Catabatic Wind | -6.65 | -24.47 | -22.4 | 10 |
| 2 | II. Mountain Wind | -3.24 | -21.56 | -19.1 | 11 |
| 3 | III. Tundra Wind | -0.30 | -24.00 | -21.4 | 14 |
| 4 | IV. Canyon Wind | -9.64 | -28.08 | -25.3 | 10 |
| 5 | V. Anabatic Wind | -6.16 | -24.62 | -23.0 | 10 |