℗ 2023 Signum Records
| Released | July 7, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 02m 23s |
| Record Label | Signum Records |
| Catalogue No. | SIGCD753 |
| Genre | Classical (Choral) |
The Traveller • Earth and Sky
Ex Cathedra, Britten Sinfonia, Jeffrey Skidmore
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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The Traveller
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1.1
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I. Unborn
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; Mark Padmore; Philippe Honoré; Vayu Naidu; Jeffrey Skidmore |
5:36 | |||
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1.2
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II. Child
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; Mark Padmore; Philippe Honoré; Vayu Naidu; Jeffrey Skidmore |
8:07 | |||
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1.3
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III. Youth
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; Mark Padmore; Philippe Honoré; Vayu Naidu; Jeffrey Skidmore |
8:30 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Adult
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; Mark Padmore; Philippe Honoré; Vayu Naidu; Jeffrey Skidmore |
8:10 | |||
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1.5
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V. Old
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; Mark Padmore; Philippe Honoré; Vayu Naidu; Jeffrey Skidmore |
8:53 | |||
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1.6
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VI. Dead
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; Mark Padmore; Philippe Honoré; Vayu Naidu; Jeffrey Skidmore |
10:01 | |||
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1.7
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VII. Epilogue
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; Mark Padmore; Philippe Honoré; Vayu Naidu; Jeffrey Skidmore |
3:10 | |||
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1.8
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Earth and Sky
Alec Roth; Ex Cathedra; Britten Sinfonia; James Keefe; Jeffrey Skidmore |
9:56 | |||
"The Traveller" was the third in a series of four major works with words by Vikram Seth and music by Alec Roth, commissioned jointly over four years by the Salisbury, Chelsea and Lichfield Festivals (2006-09). Each work featured the violinist Philippe Honoré as soloist, and each took a different geographical/cultural area as its starting point.
"Earth and Sky" was commissioned by the BBC for the Proms 2000 season. In keeping with the millennial theme, a work presenting a vision of the future was requested. Trying to be helpful, the BBC provided composer Alec Roth with a video containing the predictions of various experts, but their ideas seemed dizzyingly contradictory.
Ex Cathedra has performed Alec’s music in over 200 concerts since 2007. There have been large-scale commissions and recordings and many short ‘gems’. It is of consistently high quality with moments of absolute genius. The relationship continues to flourish.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.96 -7.49 to -0.10 | -27.94 -34.06 to -22.58 | -23.23 -28.60 to -17.30 | 16 14 to 18 | |
| 1 | I. Unborn | -0.76 | -28.54 | -24.0 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Child | -1.62 | -29.22 | -24.3 | 17 |
| 3 | III. Youth | -0.10 | -23.65 | -19.3 | 15 |
| 4 | IV. Adult | -1.05 | -28.22 | -23.5 | 18 |
| 5 | V. Old | -0.10 | -27.99 | -23.8 | 18 |
| 6 | VI. Dead | -4.17 | -29.28 | -25.0 | 16 |
| 7 | VII. Epilogue | -7.49 | -34.06 | -28.6 | 16 |
| 8 | Earth and Sky | -0.34 | -22.58 | -17.3 | 14 |