℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited; A Mercury KX Release
| Released | May 5, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 18m 34s |
| Record Label | Mercury Classics |
| Genre | Classical (Classical Crossover) |
Folded Landscapes
Erland Cooper, Scottish Ensemble
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Movement 1 - Pt. 1
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
5:39 | |||
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1.2
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Movement 1 - Pt. 2
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
1:03 | |||
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1.3
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Movement 2
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble; Simon Armitage |
5:03 | |||
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1.4
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Movement 3 - Pt. 1
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
0:19 | |||
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1.5
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Movement 3 - Pt. 2
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble; Josephine Stephenson |
3:33 | |||
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1.6
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Movement 4
Erland Cooper; Jacob Downs; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
7:09 | |||
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1.7
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Movement 5 - Pt. 1
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
1:28 | |||
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1.8
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Movement 5 - Pt. 2
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble; Simon Armitage; Josephine Stephenson |
3:58 | |||
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1.9
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Movement 5 - Pt. 3
Erland Cooper; Dara Mcnaulty; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
1:27 | |||
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1.10
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Movement 6
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble; Simon Armitage; Josephine Stephenson |
3:57 | |||
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1.11
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Movement 7 - Pt. 1
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Leo Abrahams |
4:23 | |||
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1.12
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Movement 7 - Pt. 2
Erland Cooper; Daniel Pioro; Erland Cooper; Daniel Pioro |
4:38 | |||
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2.1
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Movement 1 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
4:59 | |||
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2.2
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Movement 1 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
1:02 | |||
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2.3
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Movement 2 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
5:03 | |||
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2.4
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Movement 3 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
0:19 | |||
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2.5
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Movement 3 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
2:59 | |||
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2.6
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Movement 4 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Jacob Downs; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
7:41 | |||
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2.7
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Movement 5 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
1:28 | |||
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2.8
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Movement 5 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
4:12 | |||
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2.9
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Movement 5 - Pt. 3 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Dara Mcnaulty; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
1:12 | |||
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2.10
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Movement 6 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Simon Armitage; Erland Cooper; Scottish Ensemble |
3:54 | |||
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2.11
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Movement 7 - Instrumental
Erland Cooper; Erland Cooper; Daniel Pioro; Leo Abrahams |
3:08 |
Acclaimed Scottish composer Erland Cooper returns with his fourth studio album, Folded Landscapes, in collaboration with pioneering string group Scottish Ensemble and UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage among other familiar voices.
Hailed for work that celebrates themes of nature, people, place and time, Cooper continues to merge music with evocative storytelling and conceptional art in Folded Landscapes. The album, recorded in sub-zero temperatures that slowly increased across its seven movements and with an audio master sun-burnt in the 40.9C heat of the hottest day in UK history, figuratively and literally thaws over the duration of a pertinent new album.
Scottish Ensemble are a collective of pioneering string musicians with whom he developed the album which also features piano, voice, harpsichord, electronics and field recordings. Though born from observations on climate change, temperature and time the work is ultimately an opportunity to celebrate and cherish the natural world.
On Folded Landscapes, Cooper explains “I hope in this new work, a listener will be rewarded for their patience from a cold, glacial ascent by a slowly thawing, burning hope.”
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Mercury Classics Studio Masters
Disc 1, Tracks 1-12; Disc 2, Tracks 1-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Disc 1, Tracks 1-12; Disc 2, Tracks 1-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.20 -9.21 to -0.20 | -19.46 -28.92 to -13.78 | -16.16 -24.60 to -11.60 | 10 7 to 13 | |
| 1.1 | Movement 1 - Pt. 1 | -2.83 | -23.04 | -18.3 | 12 |
| 1.2 | Movement 1 - Pt. 2 | -2.84 | -19.77 | -16.3 | 10 |
| 1.3 | Movement 2 | -0.47 | -17.30 | -13.5 | 9 |
| 1.4 | Movement 3 - Pt. 1 | -7.64 | -28.18 | -23.7 | 12 |
| 1.5 | Movement 3 - Pt. 2 | -0.20 | -15.04 | -12.1 | 8 |
| 1.6 | Movement 4 | -0.59 | -18.70 | -15.1 | 10 |
| 1.7 | Movement 5 - Pt. 1 | -0.78 | -21.47 | -18.1 | 13 |
| 1.8 | Movement 5 - Pt. 2 | -0.50 | -15.34 | -12.3 | 8 |
| 1.9 | Movement 5 - Pt. 3 | -0.32 | -20.19 | -17.3 | 13 |
| 1.10 | Movement 6 | -0.30 | -14.75 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 1.11 | Movement 7 - Pt. 1 | -0.56 | -13.78 | -13.0 | 7 |
| 1.12 | Movement 7 - Pt. 2 | -3.18 | -22.19 | -19.5 | 12 |
| 2.1 | Movement 1 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental | -2.85 | -22.47 | -18.1 | 12 |
| 2.2 | Movement 1 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental | -2.98 | -19.80 | -16.4 | 10 |
| 2.3 | Movement 2 - Instrumental | -0.68 | -17.34 | -13.6 | 9 |
| 2.4 | Movement 3 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental | -8.57 | -28.92 | -24.6 | 12 |
| 2.5 | Movement 3 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental | -0.55 | -15.29 | -12.6 | 8 |
| 2.6 | Movement 4 - Instrumental | -0.55 | -17.71 | -14.0 | 9 |
| 2.7 | Movement 5 - Pt. 1 - Instrumental | -9.21 | -24.95 | -22.0 | 8 |
| 2.8 | Movement 5 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental | -0.56 | -15.48 | -12.1 | 8 |
| 2.9 | Movement 5 - Pt. 3 - Instrumental | -3.49 | -22.31 | -19.7 | 9 |
| 2.10 | Movement 6 - Instrumental | -0.22 | -15.00 | -12.0 | 8 |
| 2.11 | Movement 7 - Instrumental | -0.79 | -18.49 | -15.7 | 12 |