℗ 2024 Rafael Karlen licensed exclusively to Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| Released | May 31, 2024 |
| Duration | 1h 00m 53s |
| Record Label | ABC Classic |
| Catalogue No. | ABCL0087D |
| Genre | Classical (20th/21st Century) |
Rafael Karlen: Sinking Cities
Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Sinking Cities
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1.1
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No. 1, Rising Slowly
Rafael Karlen; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra |
1:26 | |||
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1.2
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No. 2, The Moment EXPLICIT
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
7:29 | |||
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1.3
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No. 3, Twelve Thousand Years
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
5:02 | |||
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1.4
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No. 4, Swim through Windows
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar; Rafael Karlen |
3:23 | |||
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1.5
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No. 5, The River Above
Rafael Karlen; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
5:56 | |||
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1.6
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No. 6, After Another
Rafael Karlen; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra |
4:39 | |||
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1.7
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No. 7, Done/Undone
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
5:01 | |||
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1.8
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No. 8, Strange Parade
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
3:29 | |||
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1.9
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No. 9, Brick Walls
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
4:34 | |||
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No. 10, Everything Changes
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
2:49 | |||
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No. 11, Sax Interlude
Rafael Karlen; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra |
2:45 | |||
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1.12
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No. 12, Footsteps End
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; Christina Nichols |
4:40 | |||
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No. 13, Build/Rebuild
Rafael Karlen; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra |
4:40 | |||
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No. 14, Future for Some
Rafael Karlen; Pearly Black; Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Voices; John Rotar |
5:00 | |||
This album takes us to the Turkish town of Hasankeyf: once one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, home of empires and civilisations, now deep underwater as part of a project to dam the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. How do you articulate the heartbreak of erasing 12,000 years of history and the drowning the homes of tens of thousands of people?
Composer Rafael Karlen and lyricist Pearly Black chose to focus on questioning what is gained, what is lost and how we choose what to preserve and remember. This thought-provoking and profoundly moving work is performed by two of Australia’s finest contemporary music ensembles: the instrumentalists of Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra and the brilliant singers of The Australian Voices, with the plaintive saxophone of Rafael Karlen weaving its spell in and around the orchestra and choir.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ABC Classic Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.37 -23.56 to -0.01 | -22.22 -39.36 to -16.02 | -18.09 -36.20 to -11.90 | 12 9 to 14 | |
| 1 | No. 1, Rising Slowly | -23.56 | -39.36 | -36.2 | 10 |
| 2 | No. 2, The Moment | -0.01 | -22.09 | -18.4 | 14 |
| 3 | No. 3, Twelve Thousand Years | -0.01 | -18.20 | -13.8 | 10 |
| 4 | No. 4, Swim through Windows | -0.77 | -21.83 | -17.6 | 12 |
| 5 | No. 5, The River Above | -0.01 | -18.75 | -15.2 | 12 |
| 6 | No. 6, After Another | -0.01 | -21.50 | -17.1 | 13 |
| 7 | No. 7, Done/Undone | -2.41 | -24.65 | -20.7 | 13 |
| 8 | No. 8, Strange Parade | -0.01 | -19.98 | -16.4 | 13 |
| 9 | No. 9, Brick Walls | -0.01 | -16.02 | -11.9 | 9 |
| 10 | No. 10, Everything Changes | -2.47 | -23.00 | -18.1 | 11 |
| 11 | No. 11, Sax Interlude | -3.96 | -24.29 | -19.7 | 11 |
| 12 | No. 12, Footsteps End | -0.01 | -22.36 | -18.2 | 13 |
| 13 | No. 13, Build/Rebuild | -0.01 | -19.66 | -15.7 | 12 |
| 14 | No. 14, Future for Some | -0.01 | -19.42 | -14.3 | 10 |