℗ 2024 Navona
Released | August 16, 2024 |
Duration | 47m 12s |
Record Label | Navona |
Catalogue No. | NV6651 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Book of Brass
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1.1
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I. Ramp Up
Jennifer Higdon; Lyrebird Brass |
2:29 | |||
1.2
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II. Acrostic
Jennifer Higdon; Lyrebird Brass |
3:26 | |||
1.3
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III. Glide and Fade
Jennifer Higdon; Lyrebird Brass |
5:07 | |||
1.4
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IV. Punch It Up
Jennifer Higdon; Lyrebird Brass |
2:47 | |||
1.5
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As Bronze
Grace-Evangeline Mason; Lyrebird Brass |
3:09 | |||
1.6
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Fanfare
Kate Neal; Lyrebird Brass |
3:31 | |||
Uncertain Meditations
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1.7
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I. Suspended Animation
Alice Humphries; Lyrebird Brass |
2:04 | |||
1.8
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II. Vorticity
Alice Humphries; Lyrebird Brass |
2:39 | |||
1.9
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III. Animated Suspensions
Alice Humphries; Lyrebird Brass |
1:44 | |||
1.10
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IV. Drift (back to you)
Alice Humphries; Lyrebird Brass |
3:39 | |||
Goodchild Canzonas
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1.11
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I. Lyrebird
Alan Holley; Lyrebird Brass |
4:24 | |||
1.12
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II. Dulwich Ayre
Alan Holley; Lyrebird Brass |
4:35 | |||
1.13
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III. Atrium
Alan Holley; Lyrebird Brass |
2:06 | |||
1.14
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IV. Arcadia
Alan Holley; Lyrebird Brass |
5:32 |
Lyrebird Brass presents the world premieres of five contemporary brass quintets in BOOK OF BRASS, an album shaking up the scene with an assortment of boundary-pushing works by highly lauded and awarded composers.
Opening with three time GRAMMY® award winner Jennifer Higdon’s Book of Brass, this titular composition can be played and listened to in any order one pleases. From the intense energy of “Ramp Up” to the puzzling, slowly unfolding maze of “Acrostic,” Higdon certainly knows how to sell a story. Alice Humphries is no stranger to puzzlings in Uncertain Meditations, which considers ideas in isolation, reflecting on their vast possibilities. Reflection is at the core of Grace-Evangeline Mason’s poetic As Bronze, too, and found even in Kate Neal’s Fanfare, which, composed during the 2020 lockdown period, challenges what a fanfare represents.
Alan Holley rounds out the recording with The Goodchild Canzonas, a four movement work exploring atriums, cathedrals, and the heavens above, but perhaps most appropriately: the Lyrebird. BOOK OF BRASS is a winning installment in Lyrebird Brass’s already impressive oeuvre, pulling out all the stops with spirited fanfares and contemplative odes.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Navona Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.21 -8.62 to -1.10 | -25.88 -28.87 to -20.81 | -22.61 -25.80 to -17.50 | 13 10 to 15 | |
1 | I. Ramp Up | -6.16 | -28.21 | -25.5 | 14 |
2 | II. Acrostic | -1.18 | -25.32 | -22.1 | 15 |
3 | III. Glide and Fade | -8.62 | -28.82 | -25.8 | 12 |
4 | IV. Punch It Up | -3.42 | -25.58 | -22.7 | 15 |
5 | As Bronze | -1.24 | -23.70 | -20.7 | 14 |
6 | Fanfare | -1.79 | -24.76 | -21.7 | 15 |
7 | I. Suspended Animation | -2.67 | -28.87 | -24.6 | 14 |
8 | II. Vorticity | -1.16 | -22.70 | -19.7 | 13 |
9 | III. Animated Suspensions | -3.24 | -27.23 | -23.8 | 15 |
10 | IV. Drift (back to you) | -2.13 | -25.03 | -22.1 | 13 |
11 | I. Lyrebird | -6.69 | -28.03 | -23.6 | 13 |
12 | II. Dulwich Ayre | -4.33 | -26.08 | -22.9 | 12 |
13 | III. Atrium | -1.23 | -27.23 | -23.9 | 10 |
14 | IV. Arcadia | -1.10 | -20.81 | -17.5 | 12 |