℗ 2023 Resonus Limited
| Released | April 21, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 17m 11s |
| Record Label | Resonus Classics |
| Catalogue No. | RES10317 |
| Genre | Classical (Vocal) |
Maconchy & Vaughan Williams: Songs, Volume 2
James Geer, Ronald Woodley
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Four Last Songs
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1.1
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I. Procris
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
2:36 | |||
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1.2
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II. Tired
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
2:15 | |||
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1.3
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III. Hands, Eyes, and Heart
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
1:24 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Menelaus
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
4:16 | |||
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1.5
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The Exequy
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
4:28 | |||
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The Garland
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1.6
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I. The Garland
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
1:10 | |||
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1.7
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II. Old and Young
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
0:47 | |||
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1.8
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III. I Would I Were a Mirror
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
1:56 | |||
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1.9
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IV. No End to Love
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
2:09 | |||
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1.10
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Sailor's Song of the Two Balconies
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
3:41 | |||
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1.11
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The Disillusion
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
3:30 | |||
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1.12
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The Swallow
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
1:53 | |||
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1.13
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The Poet-Wooer
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
2:06 | |||
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1.14
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Sleep Brings Me No Joy
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
3:36 | |||
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1.15
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In Fountain Court
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
2:48 | |||
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The House of Life
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1.16
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I. Love-Sight
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
4:25 | |||
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1.17
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II. Silent Noon
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
4:15 | |||
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1.18
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III. Love's Minstrels
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
5:28 | |||
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1.19
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IV. Heart's Haven
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
4:12 | |||
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1.20
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V. Death in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
4:55 | |||
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1.21
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VI. Love's Last Gift
Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
4:25 | |||
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1.22
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How Samson Bore Away the Gates of Gaza
Elizabeth Maconchy; James Geer; Ronald Woodley |
10:56 | |||
This second of two releases to mark the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s birth presents a further two major song collections by the composer, while bringing to light another selection of songs by his student Elizabeth Maconchy. Her works here are almost all unpublished and virtually unknown since their first performances from manuscript, and span several decades of the composer’s career from the time of her studies with Vaughan Williams in the mid-1920s through to her committed espousal of the British modernist aesthetic by the 1960s and 70s.
The songs are performed by tenor James Geer and pianist Ronald Woodley in this continuation of their long-standing partnership.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Resonus Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.90 -8.55 to -0.70 | -26.15 -32.23 to -21.88 | -22.49 -29.00 to -17.80 | 13 10 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Procris | -2.29 | -25.18 | -21.5 | 14 |
| 2 | II. Tired | -3.03 | -27.20 | -23.5 | 13 |
| 3 | III. Hands, Eyes, and Heart | -6.45 | -25.39 | -22.2 | 11 |
| 4 | IV. Menelaus | -2.07 | -22.98 | -19.8 | 13 |
| 5 | The Exequy | -2.30 | -26.42 | -23.2 | 13 |
| 6 | I. The Garland | -3.46 | -25.65 | -21.6 | 10 |
| 7 | II. Old and Young | -4.18 | -22.09 | -18.6 | 11 |
| 8 | III. I Would I Were a Mirror | -6.61 | -28.22 | -24.4 | 12 |
| 9 | IV. No End to Love | -2.68 | -22.72 | -19.4 | 12 |
| 10 | Sailor's Song of the Two Balconies | -6.69 | -28.63 | -25.2 | 13 |
| 11 | The Disillusion | -3.88 | -27.27 | -23.9 | 14 |
| 12 | The Swallow | -2.30 | -23.87 | -20.0 | 13 |
| 13 | The Poet-Wooer | -8.55 | -32.23 | -29.0 | 13 |
| 14 | Sleep Brings Me No Joy | -3.78 | -25.95 | -22.2 | 13 |
| 15 | In Fountain Court | -7.22 | -31.34 | -28.2 | 15 |
| 16 | I. Love-Sight | -4.31 | -26.84 | -22.3 | 13 |
| 17 | II. Silent Noon | -5.09 | -27.88 | -24.4 | 13 |
| 18 | III. Love's Minstrels | -3.18 | -27.82 | -23.0 | 14 |
| 19 | IV. Heart's Haven | -3.36 | -26.60 | -23.1 | 15 |
| 20 | V. Death in Love | -0.94 | -21.88 | -17.8 | 12 |
| 21 | VI. Love's Last Gift | -2.66 | -25.70 | -21.7 | 14 |
| 22 | How Samson Bore Away the Gates of Gaza | -0.70 | -23.42 | -19.8 | 14 |