℗ 2022 SWR Media Services
| Released | August 11, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 03m 00s |
| Record Label | SWR Classic |
| Catalogue No. | SWR19131CD |
| Genre | Classical (Christmas: Classical) |
Festklänge (Festive Sounds / feat. Elsa Benoit, Sarah Romberger)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Pietari Inkinen, Elsa Benoit, Sarah Romberger
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Overture to Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
7:57 | |||
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Cradle Song, Op. 41 No. 1
Richard Strauss; Richard Dehmel; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Elsa Benoit |
4:38 | |||
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1.3
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The Sleeping Beauty (Orchestral Suite)
Engelbert Humperdinck; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
2:45 | |||
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1.4
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Serenade in E flat major for 13 Winds, Op. 7
Richard Strauss; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
9:14 | |||
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Hansel and Gretel
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1.5
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Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime
Engelbert Humperdinck; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
8:48 | |||
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The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35
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1.6
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The Nutcracker Suite: March of the Toy Soldiers
Pjotr I. Tchaikovsky; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
2:35 | |||
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1.7
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The Virgin’s Slumber Song, Op. 76 No. 52
Max Reger; Martin Boelitz.; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Sarah Romberger |
2:30 | |||
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A Carol Symphony
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1.8
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Allegro energico – Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Victor Hely-Hutchinson; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
4:15 | |||
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1.9
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Scherzo – Allegro molto moderato – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Victor Hely-Hutchinson; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
6:15 | |||
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1.10
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Andante quasi lento e cantabile – The First Nowell
Victor Hely-Hutchinson; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
8:10 | |||
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1.11
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Allegro energico come prima – Here We Come A-Wassailing – Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Victor Hely-Hutchinson; Pietari Inkinen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie |
5:53 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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For many people Christmas time has come when the broadcasting stations start playing the specific music everybody knows and hears each year. However, not always music performed around Christmas has originally been composed for Christmas too. Especially our earliest and therefore most emotional memories are closely related to this festivity. The music we associate with these emotions does not necessarily have to be Christmassy, but should intensify and reflect those feelings.
In December 2022 the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under chief conductor Pietari Inkinen performed a festive concert in the main broadcasting studio of the Saarländischer Rundfunk in Saarbrücken. Entitled "Festklänge" (Festive Sounds), the concerto was a compilation of Christmas music and music associated with Christmas, featuring the soprano Sarah Romberger and the mezzo-soprano Elsa Benoit as soloists. It contains next to Hely Hutchinson's excerpts from Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel as well from Tchaikovskys' The Nutcracker.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SWR Classic Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.65 -5.95 to -0.01 | -20.76 -25.93 to -17.05 | -17.23 -22.50 to -13.80 | 12 10 to 14 | |
| 1 | Overture to Hansel and Gretel | -0.01 | -19.16 | -16.1 | 11 |
| 2 | Cradle Song, Op. 41 No. 1 | -0.17 | -22.19 | -18.3 | 13 |
| 3 | The Sleeping Beauty (Orchestral Suite) | -0.02 | -18.18 | -14.7 | 11 |
| 4 | Serenade in E flat major for 13 Winds, Op. 7 | -0.15 | -23.32 | -19.9 | 13 |
| 5 | Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime | -0.01 | -18.64 | -15.3 | 11 |
| 6 | The Nutcracker Suite: March of the Toy Soldiers | -0.23 | -20.35 | -17.4 | 13 |
| 7 | The Virgin’s Slumber Song, Op. 76 No. 52 | -5.95 | -25.93 | -22.5 | 12 |
| 8 | Allegro energico – Oh Come All Ye Faithful | -0.31 | -18.52 | -15.6 | 11 |
| 9 | Scherzo – Allegro molto moderato – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | -0.15 | -21.12 | -16.7 | 13 |
| 10 | Andante quasi lento e cantabile – The First Nowell | -0.16 | -23.93 | -19.2 | 14 |
| 11 | Allegro energico come prima – Here We Come A-Wassailing – Oh Come All Ye Faithful | -0.01 | -17.05 | -13.8 | 10 |