℗ 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
| Released | February 7, 2020 |
| Duration | 47m 26s |
| Record Label | Warner Classics |
| Genre | Classical (Classical Crossover) |
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1.1
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Endless Poetry
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
3:03 | |||
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1.2
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Mer de velours
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
3:34 | |||
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1.3
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Larmes glacées
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
3:23 | |||
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1.4
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A Forest Bird Never Wants a Cage
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
2:09 | |||
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1.5
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Progressive Nights
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
3:18 | |||
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1.6
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Silk
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
1:46 | |||
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1.7
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The Old Lady
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
2:37 | |||
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1.8
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Nostalgia, Pt. 1
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
2:44 | |||
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1.9
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Nostalgia, Pt. 2
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
2:42 | |||
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1.10
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Dusty Raven
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
2:09 | |||
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1.11
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Tape
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
2:46 | |||
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1.12
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The Frenchman
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
2:40 | |||
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1.13
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Apollo
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
4:16 | |||
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1.14
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Aurora
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
4:08 | |||
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1.15
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Les Eaux mortes
Maxence Cyrin; Maxence Cyrin |
3:04 | |||
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1.16
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Polynomial-C
Richard David James; Maxence Cyrin |
3:07 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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French composer & pianist Maxence Cyrin releases his new album, Aurora on Warner Classics. The album, dedicated to Maxence Cyrin’s own compositions, brings together a series of 16 pieces performed on the piano (two grand pianos, a Steinway and a Fazioli), which are joined by a string trio as well as various more understated devices, sounds and electronic effects. Four of the pieces, however, are performed using an upright piano, whose tones, created using the mute pedal, take on a deliberately intimate dimension, using cinematic, mysterious colours. Composed over a period of more than two years – a time he describes as “years of solitude” – Aurora, as its title suggests, marks a new departure for Maxence Cyrin.
“I wanted to go beyond the solo piano of my early work and draw once again on minimalism, film music and new wave. So each of the pieces on this album is as short as a pop song. I have a ‘pop brain’ when I compose, even if my inspirations are still Beethoven and Debussy on the classical side and, closer to home, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt and Ryuichi Sakamoto.”
- Maxence Cyrin
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.00 -2.68 to -0.20 | -18.42 -21.56 to -15.69 | -15.89 -18.90 to -13.40 | 11 8 to 13 | |
| 1 | Endless Poetry | -0.31 | -15.69 | -14.4 | 9 |
| 2 | Mer de velours | -1.03 | -19.36 | -16.4 | 12 |
| 3 | Larmes glacées | -0.31 | -17.49 | -14.9 | 11 |
| 4 | A Forest Bird Never Wants a Cage | -1.08 | -20.19 | -17.1 | 12 |
| 5 | Progressive Nights | -0.66 | -16.11 | -13.7 | 10 |
| 6 | Silk | -1.34 | -21.55 | -18.9 | 13 |
| 7 | The Old Lady | -0.53 | -18.68 | -15.3 | 11 |
| 8 | Nostalgia, Pt. 1 | -0.20 | -18.03 | -15.5 | 11 |
| 9 | Nostalgia, Pt. 2 | -0.73 | -18.25 | -14.9 | 10 |
| 10 | Dusty Raven | -2.42 | -20.31 | -17.5 | 12 |
| 11 | Tape | -2.68 | -17.53 | -16.6 | 8 |
| 12 | The Frenchman | -1.65 | -16.21 | -13.4 | 8 |
| 13 | Apollo | -0.21 | -17.46 | -16.2 | 10 |
| 14 | Aurora | -0.38 | -19.12 | -16.2 | 11 |
| 15 | Les Eaux mortes | -1.10 | -21.56 | -18.4 | 13 |
| 16 | Polynomial-C | -1.31 | -17.21 | -14.8 | 10 |