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℗ 2024 Wyastone Estate Limited
Released | July 5, 2024 |
Duration | 47m 12s |
Record Label | Nimbus Alliance |
Catalogue No. | NI6447 |
Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
Robert Saxton: Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh & The Resurrection of the Soldiers
English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh
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1.1
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I. Prologue
Robert Saxton; English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods |
4:14 | |||
1.2
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II. The Journey to the Forest of Cedar
Robert Saxton; English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods |
6:42 | |||
1.3
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III. From Dawn to Dusk
Robert Saxton; English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods |
4:35 | |||
1.4
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IV. Lament on the Death of Enkidu
Robert Saxton; English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods |
9:16 | |||
1.5
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V. Apotheosis
Robert Saxton; English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods |
7:44 | |||
1.6
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The Resurrection of the Soldiers
Robert Saxton; English String Orchestra; Kenneth Woods |
14:41 |
"The English Symphony Orchestra and Kenneth Woods continue their 21st Symphony Project with this major work from Robert Saxton, here coupled with one of his earlier pieces in what is a welcome and valuable addition to the discographies of composer, conductor and orchestra."
- Richard Whitehouse, On Records
The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest written literary text in Middle Eastern/Western cultural history, predates the Hebrew Bible.The epic relates the story of King Gilgamesh, partly divine, partly human, who may have existed historically circa 2800 BC. From immature youth and a belief in his immortality, he eventually comes to accept the power and reality of Death.
The Resurrection of the Soldiers for string orchestra was commissioned by George Vass, to whom it is dedicated, and the English Symphony Orchestra, for the 2016 Presteigne Festival, with funds generously donated by the John S Cohen Foundation and the Arts Council of England. The title derives from the final panel of Stanley Spencer’s Sandham Chapel visionary series of paintings which were the result of Spencer’s experiences in the British army in World War One and depicts soldiers emerging from their graves on the last day.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nimbus Alliance Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.45 -3.98 to -0.09 | -24.92 -27.08 to -21.73 | -21.35 -23.60 to -17.90 | 14 12 to 15 | |
1 | I. Prologue | -1.61 | -24.98 | -21.7 | 15 |
2 | II. The Journey to the Forest of Cedar | -3.98 | -27.08 | -23.6 | 12 |
3 | III. From Dawn to Dusk | -1.87 | -25.13 | -21.7 | 14 |
4 | IV. Lament on the Death of Enkidu | -0.09 | -25.77 | -22.0 | 15 |
5 | V. Apotheosis | -0.85 | -24.84 | -21.2 | 15 |
6 | The Resurrection of the Soldiers | -0.32 | -21.73 | -17.9 | 13 |