℗ 2023 Chandos Records
| Released | May 5, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 17m 17s |
| Record Label | Chandos |
| Catalogue No. | CHAN20265W |
| Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Shadow Dances
Adam Walker, Huw Watkins
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Miniature Suite
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1.1
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I. Humoresque
York Bowen; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
4:27 | |||
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1.2
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II. Romance
York Bowen; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
7:08 | |||
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1.3
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III. Scherzo
York Bowen; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
4:59 | |||
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Suite de ballet
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1.4
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I. Improvisation
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:56 | |||
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1.5
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II. Humoresque
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:11 | |||
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1.6
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III. Gavotte
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:11 | |||
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1.7
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IV. Passepied
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:52 | |||
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Flute Sonatina, Op. 13
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1.8
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I. Moderato
Lennox Berkeley; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
4:20 | |||
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1.9
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II. Adagio
Lennox Berkeley; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
3:29 | |||
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1.10
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III. Allegro moderato
Lennox Berkeley; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
2:16 | |||
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Flute Sonata
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1.11
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I. Slow
William Alwyn; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
3:27 | |||
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1.12
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II. Adagio tranquillo
William Alwyn; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:28 | |||
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1.13
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III. Allegro ritmico e feroce
William Alwyn; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
2:53 | |||
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4 Pieces
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1.14
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No. 1, Shadow Dance
Arnold Bax; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
3:26 | |||
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1.15
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No. 2, The Princess Dances
Arnold Bax; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:40 | |||
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1.16
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No. 3, Naiad
Arnold Bax; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
4:58 | |||
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1.17
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No. 4, Grotesque
Arnold Bax; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
2:20 | |||
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3 Sketches
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1.18
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No. 1, Proco allegro
Howard Ferguson; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:19 | |||
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1.19
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No. 2, Andante
Howard Ferguson; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
2:33 | |||
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1.20
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No. 3, Con moto
Howard Ferguson; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
1:10 | |||
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Flute Sonata, Op. 120
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1.21
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I. Allegro
York Bowen; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
9:05 | |||
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1.22
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II. Andante piacevole
York Bowen; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
5:19 | |||
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1.23
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III. Allegro con fuoco
York Bowen; Adam Walker; Huw Watkins |
4:50 | |||
For his second album for Chandos, the flute virtuoso Adam Walker explores the music of British composers with pianist Huw Watkins. Vaughan Williams’s Suite de ballet was commissioned by the French flute virtuoso Louis Fleury (who had given the première of Debussy’s Syrinx). The work uses eighteenth-century French dance forms, a common practice in ‘neo-classical’ composition. Bax’s Four Pieces rescue music from an abandoned ballet originally conceived for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Sir Lennox Berkeley’s Sonatina was originally written for treble recorder; James Galway’s championship of the piece made it a staple of the flute repertoire. Howard Fergusson’s Three Sketches were composed intermittently over a period of twenty years. The theme of the third piece is a Hindu melody, ‘Koyalinya bole ambuvan’ (Cuckoos sing in the mango tree). Sonatas by York Bowen and William Alwyn complete this varied and engaging programme.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Chandos Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -6.14 -13.55 to -0.90 | -28.60 -34.43 to -22.09 | -24.43 -30.90 to -18.10 | 13 9 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Humoresque | -1.08 | -25.22 | -20.2 | 14 |
| 2 | II. Romance | -4.67 | -27.03 | -22.1 | 13 |
| 3 | III. Scherzo | -4.75 | -24.92 | -20.4 | 13 |
| 4 | I. Improvisation | -12.44 | -33.55 | -29.7 | 11 |
| 5 | II. Humoresque | -6.74 | -29.06 | -25.4 | 12 |
| 6 | III. Gavotte | -10.72 | -30.73 | -27.3 | 12 |
| 7 | IV. Passepied | -1.26 | -27.18 | -23.5 | 14 |
| 8 | I. Moderato | -5.84 | -28.23 | -24.7 | 14 |
| 9 | II. Adagio | -13.55 | -33.53 | -29.7 | 11 |
| 10 | III. Allegro moderato | -4.78 | -26.65 | -23.0 | 12 |
| 11 | I. Slow | -3.37 | -27.92 | -22.8 | 12 |
| 12 | II. Adagio tranquillo | -8.36 | -32.10 | -26.6 | 10 |
| 13 | III. Allegro ritmico e feroce | -2.49 | -24.10 | -20.2 | 13 |
| 14 | No. 1, Shadow Dance | -7.12 | -30.35 | -26.9 | 14 |
| 15 | No. 2, The Princess Dances | -7.70 | -30.95 | -27.1 | 13 |
| 16 | No. 3, Naiad | -5.98 | -29.85 | -25.5 | 14 |
| 17 | No. 4, Grotesque | -2.72 | -27.46 | -23.7 | 15 |
| 18 | No. 1, Proco allegro | -10.58 | -29.40 | -24.2 | 9 |
| 19 | No. 2, Andante | -12.63 | -34.43 | -30.9 | 12 |
| 20 | No. 3, Con moto | -8.65 | -29.45 | -25.6 | 12 |
| 21 | I. Allegro | -0.90 | -24.60 | -19.7 | 15 |
| 22 | II. Andante piacevole | -3.84 | -28.95 | -24.7 | 15 |
| 23 | III. Allegro con fuoco | -0.99 | -22.09 | -18.1 | 14 |