℗ 2023 Signum Records
| Released | April 28, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 14m 26s |
| Record Label | Signum Records |
| Catalogue No. | SIGCD725 |
| Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Divine Music – An English Songbook
Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Lord, What is Man? (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten)
Henry Purcell; Benjamin Britten; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
5:52 | |||
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Four Songs
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1.2
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No. 1, By Beauteous Softness (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès)
Henry Purcell; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
4:24 | |||
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No. 2, Come Unto These Yellow Sands (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès)
Henry Purcell; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:22 | |||
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1.4
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No. 3, Full Fathom Five (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès)
Henry Purcell; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
5:25 | |||
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1.5
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No. 4, Evening Hymn (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès)
Henry Purcell; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
5:25 | |||
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1.6
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A Hymn on Divine Music (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten)
William Croft; Benjamin Britten; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
4:52 | |||
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1.7
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New-Made Tongue
Nico Muhly; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
4:53 | |||
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A Fool’s Preferment, Z. 571
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1.8
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I’ll Sail Upon the Dog-Star (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten)
Henry Purcell; Benjamin Britten; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:16 | |||
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1.9
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King David
Herbert Howells; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:16 | |||
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1.10
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Old Bones
Nico Muhly; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
4:48 | |||
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The Lover in Winter
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1.11
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No. 1, Iam nocet frigus
Thomas Adès; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:19 | |||
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1.12
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No. 2, Nec Limpha caret
Thomas Adès; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:05 | |||
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1.13
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No. 3, Modo frigescit
Thomas Adès; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:41 | |||
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1.14
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No. 4, Nutritur ignis osculo
Thomas Adès; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:45 | |||
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6 Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’
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1.15
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No. 1, Loveliest of Trees
George Butterworth; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
2:31 | |||
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1.16
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No. 2, When I was One And Twenty
George Butterworth; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:19 | |||
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1.17
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No. 3, Look Not in my Eyes
George Butterworth; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
2:07 | |||
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1.18
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No. 4, Think No More Lad
George Butterworth; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:17 | |||
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1.19
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No. 5, The Lads in their Hundreds
George Butterworth; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
2:20 | |||
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1.20
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No. 6, Is My Team Ploughing?
George Butterworth; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
3:51 | |||
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4 Traditional Songs
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No. 1, A Brisk Young Lad
Nico Muhly; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
1:50 | |||
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1.22
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No. 2, Searching for Lambs
Nico Muhly; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
2:23 | |||
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1.23
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No. 3, The Cruel Mother
Nico Muhly; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
5:49 | |||
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No. 4, The Bitter Withy
Nico Muhly; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
3:14 | |||
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1.25
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Coffee-Spoon Cavatina
Thomas Adès; Iestyn Davies; Joseph Middleton |
2:22 | |||
Divine Music marks Iestyn Davies’ third recital album on Signum Classics. The "Four Songs" (Purcell/ Adès), "Spoons Aria" (Adès), "Four Traditional Songs and Old Bones" (Muhly) are world premiere recordings. Muhly’s "Four Traditional Songs" were also written dedicated to Iestyn Davies.
“Inspirations and imaginings, evolving, changing English usage, landscapes, friendships and passings lie behind this album... Loosely, the songs we’ve selected embrace multiple interpre- tations and nuances of ‘divine’. As well as, I could argue, that sentiment of English song and English speaking composers embodying the [Blake/Parry] ‘Jerusalem-Builded-Here’ trope. The world I came from (singing in choir stalls), along with how countertenors are perceived generally, has been hard to escape. So here perhaps I’m taking on the challenge. As well as an opportunity to include songs written for me that for some while I’ve been needing to put down on disc.”
- Iestyn Davies
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.93 -11.16 to -0.36 | -28.53 -35.59 to -22.81 | -24.27 -31.20 to -18.20 | 14 10 to 18 | |
| 1 | Lord, What is Man? (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten) | -0.36 | -25.06 | -21.1 | 16 |
| 2 | No. 1, By Beauteous Softness (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) | -10.88 | -31.36 | -28.2 | 13 |
| 3 | No. 2, Come Unto These Yellow Sands (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) | -0.42 | -26.18 | -22.7 | 16 |
| 4 | No. 3, Full Fathom Five (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) | -2.51 | -28.11 | -24.3 | 15 |
| 5 | No. 4, Evening Hymn (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) | -2.51 | -28.11 | -24.3 | 15 |
| 6 | A Hymn on Divine Music (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten) | -0.42 | -26.78 | -23.1 | 18 |
| 7 | New-Made Tongue | -0.47 | -26.19 | -20.9 | 16 |
| 8 | I’ll Sail Upon the Dog-Star (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten) | -2.30 | -24.58 | -21.3 | 13 |
| 9 | King David | -2.30 | -24.58 | -21.3 | 13 |
| 10 | Old Bones | -0.65 | -28.75 | -23.6 | 14 |
| 11 | No. 1, Iam nocet frigus | -8.88 | -29.05 | -24.2 | 11 |
| 12 | No. 2, Nec Limpha caret | -3.24 | -24.14 | -18.2 | 10 |
| 13 | No. 3, Modo frigescit | -8.73 | -27.51 | -22.9 | 10 |
| 14 | No. 4, Nutritur ignis osculo | -11.16 | -31.66 | -26.1 | 10 |
| 15 | No. 1, Loveliest of Trees | -3.10 | -28.19 | -22.5 | 15 |
| 16 | No. 2, When I was One And Twenty | -0.38 | -26.37 | -20.7 | 15 |
| 17 | No. 3, Look Not in my Eyes | -5.72 | -31.31 | -27.5 | 11 |
| 18 | No. 4, Think No More Lad | -0.41 | -22.81 | -19.2 | 15 |
| 19 | No. 5, The Lads in their Hundreds | -5.60 | -30.80 | -26.5 | 16 |
| 20 | No. 6, Is My Team Ploughing? | -10.12 | -35.59 | -31.2 | 16 |
| 21 | No. 1, A Brisk Young Lad | -10.44 | -32.49 | -28.4 | 14 |
| 22 | No. 2, Searching for Lambs | -10.21 | -32.84 | -29.2 | 13 |
| 23 | No. 3, The Cruel Mother | -7.01 | -30.73 | -27.2 | 16 |
| 24 | No. 4, The Bitter Withy | -10.95 | -33.13 | -29.1 | 15 |
| 25 | Coffee-Spoon Cavatina | -4.57 | -26.98 | -23.1 | 14 |