℗ 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Released | November 10, 2023 |
Duration | 57m 01s |
Record Label | Naxos |
Catalogue No. | 8.559923 |
Genre | Classical (Contemporary Era) |
Ballard: Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, The Four Moons & Scenes from Indian Life
Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Devil's Promenade
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
11:06 | |||
1.2
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Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli"
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
13:02 | |||
The Four Moons
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1.3
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I. Overture. Land-Rush, Statehood, Pow-Wow
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
2:23 | |||
1.4
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II. Pas de quatre
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
0:53 | |||
1.5
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III. Dance of the Four Moons
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
2:23 | |||
1.6
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IV. The Shawnee Variation. Moscelyne Larkin
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
3:13 | |||
1.7
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V. The Choctaw Variation. Rosella Hightower
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
3:02 | |||
1.8
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VI. The Osage Variation. Marjorie Tallchief
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
4:06 | |||
1.9
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VII. The Cherokee Variation. Yvonne Chouteau
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
3:25 | |||
1.10
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VIII. Finale: Pas de quatre
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
4:01 | |||
Scenes from Indian Life
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1.11
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I. Two Indians, One Navajo, One Taos
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
1:57 | |||
1.12
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II. Building a Wall, Adobe House. Quarter Note = 110 -
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
1:27 | |||
1.13
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II. Building a Wall, Adobe House: Meno mosso - III. Indian Friends Finish the Wall
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
1:57 | |||
1.14
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IV. Feast Day
Louis W. Ballard; Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter |
4:06 | |||
Digital Booklet
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Louis Wayne Ballard was the first indigenous North American composer of art music and a highly respected authority on his culture’s musical heritage. Conductor John Jeter and the Forth Smith Symphony continue their Naxos journey of rediscovering neglected American composers in a program of world premiere recordings.
"The conductor John Jeter could be categorized as an angelic force for overlooked American music. Here, he and his Fort Smith Symphony are back for an invaluable hour in the company of the Native American composer Louis Wayne Ballard, whose music has yet to receive substantial interest from record labels.
The first three movements from “Scenes From Indian Life,” written in 1963, have an unassuming playfulness. (The fourth movement, appended in 1994, takes on a graver cast.) But the longer pieces are even more impressive. Selections from Ballard’s ballet “The Four Moons” could pair well with Bernstein’s “Fancy Free” suite. The tone-poem writing of Ballard’s Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, “Kokopelli” could lend an American air to an orchestral program featuring music by Strauss.
The singing wind, brass, and string lines threaded throughout his “Devil’s Promenande” are captivating, too. While the playing here is persuasive as per usual, I also came away from this album hoping to hear Ballard’s music taken up by orchestras far and wide."
- New York Times, Seth Colter Walls
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.92 -5.20 to -0.29 | -23.90 -28.28 to -21.48 | -20.49 -24.50 to -17.90 | 13 11 to 15 | |
1 | Devil's Promenade | -0.30 | -22.43 | -19.5 | 14 |
2 | Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli" | -0.30 | -22.82 | -19.2 | 15 |
3 | I. Overture. Land-Rush, Statehood, Pow-Wow | -0.54 | -23.39 | -18.5 | 13 |
4 | II. Pas de quatre | -3.03 | -24.42 | -21.6 | 11 |
5 | III. Dance of the Four Moons | -3.91 | -26.29 | -23.3 | 13 |
6 | IV. The Shawnee Variation. Moscelyne Larkin | -3.52 | -24.62 | -21.5 | 12 |
7 | V. The Choctaw Variation. Rosella Hightower | -2.98 | -22.38 | -19.4 | 12 |
8 | VI. The Osage Variation. Marjorie Tallchief | -0.31 | -23.13 | -19.8 | 15 |
9 | VII. The Cherokee Variation. Yvonne Chouteau | -1.91 | -26.67 | -22.8 | 14 |
10 | VIII. Finale: Pas de quatre | -0.30 | -21.48 | -17.9 | 14 |
11 | I. Two Indians, One Navajo, One Taos | -5.20 | -28.28 | -24.5 | 13 |
12 | II. Building a Wall, Adobe House. Quarter Note = 110 - | -3.80 | -23.38 | -21.0 | 12 |
13 | II. Building a Wall, Adobe House: Meno mosso - III. Indian Friends Finish the Wall | -0.51 | -23.36 | -19.1 | 13 |
14 | IV. Feast Day | -0.29 | -21.91 | -18.7 | 14 |