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℗ 2024 Navona
Released | May 3, 2024 |
Duration | 1h 04m 04s |
Record Label | Navona |
Catalogue No. | NV6623 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Songs for a New Century
Jonathan Miller, Lucia Lin, Randall Hodgkinson, Marc Ryser
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Song without Words, Op. 109
Felix Mendelssohn; Jonathan Miller; Marc Ryser |
4:33 | |||
Songs without Words
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1.2
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No. 13
Felix Mendelssohn; Alfredo Piatti; Jonathan Miller |
2:24 | |||
1.3
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No. 25
Felix Mendelssohn; Alfredo Piatti; Jonathan Miller |
2:36 | |||
1.4
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No. 37
Felix Mendelssohn; Alfredo Piatti; Jonathan Miller |
2:13 | |||
1.5
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No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn; Alfredo Piatti; Jonathan Miller |
3:03 | |||
1.6
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No. 9
Felix Mendelssohn; Alfredo Piatti; Jonathan Miller |
2:16 | |||
Operetta for Violin and Cello
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1.7
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I. Prologue - Semplice, calling
Gabriela Lena Frank; Lucia Lin; Jonathan Miller |
2:08 | |||
1.8
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II. Aria I - Moody
Gabriela Lena Frank; Lucia Lin; Jonathan Miller |
4:28 | |||
1.9
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III. Recitativo
Gabriela Lena Frank; Lucia Lin; Jonathan Miller |
2:58 | |||
1.10
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IV. Aria II
Gabriela Lena Frank; Lucia Lin; Jonathan Miller |
3:16 | |||
1.11
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V. Finale: Hue and Cry: Vivo
Gabriela Lena Frank; Lucia Lin; Jonathan Miller |
3:58 | |||
Three Chorales for Cello and Piano
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1.12
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I. Angels Bending Near the Earth
Judith Weir; Jonathan Miller; Randall Hodgkinson |
4:00 | |||
1.13
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II. In Death’s Dark Vale
Judith Weir; Jonathan Miller; Randall Hodgkinson |
5:26 | |||
1.14
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III. O Sapienta
Judith Weir; Jonathan Miller; Randall Hodgkinson |
6:11 | |||
Cello Sonata #2: Songs Without Words for Cello and Piano
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1.15
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Among the trees
Scott Wheeler; Jonathan Miller; Marc Ryser |
5:27 | |||
1.16
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Forest at night
Scott Wheeler; Jonathan Miller; Marc Ryser |
2:32 | |||
1.17
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Barcarolle
Scott Wheeler; Jonathan Miller; Marc Ryser |
6:35 |
The singing quality of string instruments ties together Songs for a New Century, a program featuring both world premiere recordings of new music commissioned for the artists and world premiere recordings of masterpieces by Mendelssohn.
The program opens with a set of Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words, beginning with the Opus 109 written by the composer for cello and piano. It continues with a set of arrangements for cello and piano, some recorded for the first time, by the 19th century cellist Alfredo Piatti, a personal friend of Mendelssohn’s upon whose cello Jonathan Miller plays. Gabriela Lena Frank’s Operetta for violin and cello, the composer writes, expands upon Mendelssohn’s concept of the “song without words,” creating opera without words that evokes scenes and characters through singing music for the duo of violin (Lucia Lin) and cello. Scott Wheeler’s second cello sonata, Songs Without Words, was inspired by Miller’s singing cello tone. Finally, Judith Weir’s Three Chorales for cello and piano meditate on religious poetry, departing from hymn texts – and in the third Chorale, a melody from Hildegard of Bingen – in a triptych that evokes the human condition.
Operetta, Three Chorales, and Cello Sonata #2: Songs Without Words were commissioned by Jonathan Miller and Diane Fassino for the Boston Artists Ensemble.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Navona Studio Masters
Tracks 12-17 – 88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 12-17 – 88.2 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 | -2.36 -6.49 to -0.72 | -23.31 -28.62 to -19.83 | -19.95 -23.90 to -16.90 | 13 10 to 16 | |
1 | Song without Words, Op. 109 | -1.53 | -19.83 | -16.9 | 11 |
2 | No. 13 | -1.99 | -20.75 | -17.9 | 10 |
3 | No. 25 | -3.04 | -21.87 | -18.9 | 11 |
4 | No. 37 | -2.05 | -21.05 | -18.2 | 11 |
5 | No. 1 | -3.52 | -21.15 | -18.4 | 10 |
6 | No. 9 | -5.26 | -25.52 | -22.0 | 13 |
7 | I. Prologue - Semplice, calling | -6.49 | -28.62 | -23.9 | 12 |
8 | II. Aria I - Moody | -0.72 | -24.27 | -20.5 | 14 |
9 | III. Recitativo | -4.00 | -27.19 | -22.8 | 12 |
10 | IV. Aria II | -0.93 | -23.85 | -20.2 | 13 |
11 | V. Finale: Hue and Cry: Vivo | -0.72 | -21.35 | -17.9 | 14 |
12 | I. Angels Bending Near the Earth | -2.58 | -22.61 | -19.6 | 13 |
13 | II. In Death’s Dark Vale | -1.67 | -20.42 | -17.4 | 12 |
14 | III. O Sapienta | -3.55 | -25.20 | -22.0 | 14 |
15 | Among the trees | -0.72 | -23.28 | -19.7 | 13 |
16 | Forest at night | -0.72 | -24.29 | -21.2 | 16 |
17 | Barcarolle | -0.72 | -24.98 | -21.6 | 15 |