℗ 2024 Toccata Classics, London
| Released | May 3, 2024 |
| Duration | 1h 41m 24s |
| Record Label | Toccata Classics |
| Catalogue No. | TOCC 0094 |
| Genre | Classical (Opera) |
Havergal Brian: The Cenci - Opera in Eight Scenes (Live)
Helen Field, David Wilson-Johnson, Justin Lavender, Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir, Stuart Kale, Jeffrey Carl, Nicholas Buxton, Serena Kay, Millenium Sinfonia, James Kelleher
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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The Cenci
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1.1
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Overture (Preludio Tragico / Live)
Havergal Brian; Millenium Sinfonia; James Kelleher |
13:57 | |||
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1.2
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Scene 1: An apartment in palace, Rome (Live)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; James Kelleher; Millenium Sinfonia; Helen Field; David Wilson-Johnson; Stuart Kale |
8:48 | |||
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1.3
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Scene 2: A garden of palace, Rome (Live)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Millenium Sinfonia; James Kelleher; Helen Field; Justin Lavender |
7:44 | |||
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1.4
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Scene 3: A magnificent hall in palace, Rome: A banquet (Live / feat. Stuart Kale, Nicholas Buxton, Devon Harrison, Serena Kay)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Millenium Sinfonia; James Kelleher; Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir; Helen Field; David Wilson-Johnson; Stuart Kale; Nicholas Buxton; Devon Harrison; Serena Kay |
10:25 | |||
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1.5
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Scene 4: An apartment in the Castle of Petrella (among the Apulian Appenines / Live)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Millenium Sinfonia; James Kelleher; David Wilson-Johnson; Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir |
13:17 | |||
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2.1
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Scene 5: Before the Castle of Petrella (Live)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Millenium Sinfonia; James Kelleher; Helen Field; Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir; Stuart Kale; Justin Lavender; Jeffrey Carl; Nicholas Buxton; Devon Harrison |
15:59 | |||
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2.2
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Scene 6: An apartment in Orsino's palace, Rome (Live)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Millenium Sinfonia; James Kelleher; Justin Lavender; Jeffrey Carl |
6:15 | |||
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2.3
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Scene 7: The Hall of Justice, Rome (Live)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Millenium Sinfonia; James Kelleher; Helen Field; Jeffrey Carl; Stuart Kale; Nicholas Buxton |
9:55 | |||
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2.4
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Scene 8: A hall of the prison (Live)
Havergal Brian; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Helen Field; James Kelleher; Millenium Sinfonia; Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir; Stuart Kale; Justin Lavender; Jeffrey Carl |
15:04 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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The Cenci (1951–1952) is Havergal Brian’s operatic realisation of Shelley’s gruesome tale of incest and parricide in Renaissance Italy. The score calls it simply ‘Opera in Eight Scenes’, but it rarely goes in for grand tunes; instead, its dark colours reflect Shelley’s fascination with the struggle between good and evil. Stylistically, it is an unusual but highly effective hybrid: a music-drama focused on the intense delivery of Shelley’s text, with the declamatory style of the vocal lines echoing such recent oratorios as Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, and the freewheeling orchestral writing producing something of a vocal symphony.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Toccata Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.70 -0.71 to -0.70 | -20.96 -23.30 to -18.77 | -17.19 -19.80 to -15.30 | 12 10 to 15 | |
| 1.1 | Overture (Preludio Tragico / Live) | -0.70 | -20.19 | -16.2 | 11 |
| 1.2 | Scene 1: An apartment in palace, Rome (Live) | -0.70 | -22.54 | -18.9 | 14 |
| 1.3 | Scene 2: A garden of palace, Rome (Live) | -0.70 | -22.75 | -18.7 | 14 |
| 1.4 | Scene 3: A magnificent hall in palace, Rome: A banquet (Live / feat. Stuart Kale, Nicholas Buxton, Devon Harrison, Serena Kay) | -0.70 | -18.77 | -15.3 | 11 |
| 1.5 | Scene 4: An apartment in the Castle of Petrella (among the Apulian Appenines / Live) | -0.71 | -23.30 | -19.8 | 15 |
| 2.1 | Scene 5: Before the Castle of Petrella (Live) | -0.70 | -21.11 | -17.5 | 12 |
| 2.2 | Scene 6: An apartment in Orsino's palace, Rome (Live) | -0.70 | -19.76 | -16.1 | 11 |
| 2.3 | Scene 7: The Hall of Justice, Rome (Live) | -0.70 | -19.39 | -15.6 | 10 |
| 2.4 | Scene 8: A hall of the prison (Live) | -0.70 | -20.77 | -16.6 | 12 |