℗ 2024 ECM Records, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon, Berlin
Released | September 13, 2024 |
Duration | 1h 03m 36s |
Record Label | ECM Records |
Genre | Jazz |
1.1
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Prelude
Florian Weber |
3:34 | |||
1.2
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Opening I
Florian Weber |
3:06 | |||
1.3
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Opening II
Florian Weber |
5:47 | |||
1.4
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Opening III
Florian Weber |
1:57 | |||
1.5
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Word I
Florian Weber |
2:45 | |||
1.6
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Word II
Florian Weber |
3:44 | |||
1.7
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Word III
Florian Weber |
3:30 | |||
1.8
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Word IV
Florian Weber |
4:44 | |||
1.9
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Sacrifice I
Florian Weber |
5:38 | |||
1.10
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Sacrifice II
Florian Weber |
6:02 | |||
1.11
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Sacrifice III
Florian Weber |
3:07 | |||
1.12
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Sacrifice IV
Florian Weber |
5:33 | |||
1.13
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Blessing I
Florian Weber |
1:55 | |||
1.14
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Blessing II
Florian Weber |
3:18 | |||
1.15
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Blessing III
Florian Weber |
3:18 | |||
1.16
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Blessing IV
Florian Weber |
3:30 | |||
1.17
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Epilogue
Florian Weber |
2:08 | |||
Digital Booklet
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Idiosyncratic, large-scale and in its fundamental disposition one of a kind, Florian Weber’s Imaginary Cycle, conceived for the unique instrumentation of brass ensemble and piano, is a hybrid of multiple musical languages that seamlessly blends the harmonious with the oblique. Here Weber presents a cycle in four parts, plus an opening and an epilogue, in which the German pianist is joined by a group of four euphoniums, a trombone quartet as well as flautist Anna-Lena Schnabel and Michel Godard on the seldomly used “serpent” brass instrument, together performing a work that blurs the line where improvisation ends and composition begins. As the ensemble elegantly journeys across Florian’s multiple-idioms-spanning oeuvre, symphonic passages mingle with intricate counterpoint, pastoral notions are contrasted with textures more contemporary and each voice in the ensemble plays an independent part, adding to a whole. A daring and spectacular endeavour, Imaginary Cycle follows Florian’s contributions to the albums by Matthieu Bordenave, Ralph Alessi and his own quartet recording Lucent Waters – though the musical intersections between those albums and this one are few and equivocal. The project, recorded at Sendesaal Bremen in July 2023, was developed in close collaboration with Manfred Eicher, who produced the album.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.41 -8.71 to -1.13 | -24.26 -29.90 to -20.27 | -20.56 -26.60 to -17.10 | 12 10 to 18 | |
1 | Prelude | -2.32 | -20.92 | -18.2 | 11 |
2 | Opening I | -8.71 | -29.90 | -26.6 | 13 |
3 | Opening II | -2.20 | -22.65 | -18.8 | 12 |
4 | Opening III | -8.05 | -27.56 | -24.6 | 11 |
5 | Word I | -4.23 | -27.34 | -21.2 | 12 |
6 | Word II | -2.20 | -24.43 | -20.8 | 13 |
7 | Word III | -2.20 | -21.53 | -17.6 | 12 |
8 | Word IV | -2.20 | -20.27 | -17.1 | 10 |
9 | Sacrifice I | -7.69 | -25.13 | -22.4 | 10 |
10 | Sacrifice II | -1.13 | -22.87 | -19.3 | 13 |
11 | Sacrifice III | -2.05 | -22.94 | -19.5 | 12 |
12 | Sacrifice IV | -2.60 | -25.04 | -21.1 | 13 |
13 | Blessing I | -2.20 | -27.10 | -24.2 | 18 |
14 | Blessing II | -3.14 | -25.14 | -20.1 | 13 |
15 | Blessing III | -2.32 | -23.83 | -19.1 | 12 |
16 | Blessing IV | -2.14 | -21.10 | -18.0 | 12 |
17 | Epilogue | -2.63 | -24.68 | -21.0 | 12 |