℗ 2016 NMC Recordings
| Released | March 4, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 01m 03s |
| Record Label | NMC Recordings |
| Catalogue No. | NMCD223 |
| Genre | Classical (Choral - Secular) |
James Wood: Cloud-Polyphonies - Tongues of Fire
MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Ear Massage Percussion Quartet, Yale Percussion Group, Robert van Slice, James Wood
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Tongues of Fire
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Tongues of Fire
James Wood; Kim Jae-Hyong; Felix Plock; Kerstin Klein-Koyuncu; MDR Leipzig Radio Choir; Ear Massage Percussion Quartet; James Wood |
24:30 | |||
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Cloud-Polyphonies
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I. Starlings
James Wood; Yale Percussion Group; Robert van Slice |
7:27 | |||
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II. Clouds
James Wood; Yale Percussion Group; Robert van Slice |
15:53 | |||
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III. Buffalo
James Wood; Yale Percussion Group; Robert van Slice |
13:13 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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The MDR Leipzig Radio Choir is joined by the Ear Massage Percussion Quartet and the Yale Percussion Group on this programme devoted to the multifaceted James Wood, a composer, conductor, musicologist, instrument designer and percussionist. Tongues of Fire is a work for symphonic chorus and percussion quartet, written for the 140th anniversary of the Yale Glee Club. A quartet of oil drums, plus cowbells, gongs, guiros and metal rods provide percussive timbral richness and power. These combine with a variety of vocal styles, including chanting, singing, hissing and whistling to give the work a tribal feel. The percussion sextet Cloud-Polyphonies explores the movements of large formations of organisms, whether animals, insects, birds, fish, water, steam or crowds of human beings and calls for six marimbas, woodblocks, metal instruments and prepared piano.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – NMC Recordings Studio Masters
Tongues of Fire was recorded at Peterskirche, Leipzig, Germany on 5-7 November, 2014 Recording Producer : Michael Silberhorn Recording Engineer: Mathias Metzner Recording Technicians: Oliver Hilbich, Johannes Phillipp Editing: James Wood Cloud-Polyphonies was recorded at Sprague Memorial Hall, New Haven, CT, USA on 3-5 June, 2013 Recording Engineer : Eugene Kimball Recording Producer & editing: James Wood Executive Producer for NMC: Colin Matthews Cover image and graphic design: Francois Hall All photographs pages 9 - 19 © MDR/Stephan Witschas Publisher: James Wood Edition
Tongues of Fire was recorded at Peterskirche, Leipzig, Germany on 5-7 November, 2014 Recording Producer : Michael Silberhorn Recording Engineer: Mathias Metzner Recording Technicians: Oliver Hilbich, Johannes Phillipp Editing: James Wood Cloud-Polyphonies was recorded at Sprague Memorial Hall, New Haven, CT, USA on 3-5 June, 2013 Recording Engineer : Eugene Kimball Recording Producer & editing: James Wood Executive Producer for NMC: Colin Matthews Cover image and graphic design: Francois Hall All photographs pages 9 - 19 © MDR/Stephan Witschas Publisher: James Wood Edition
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | 0.00 0.00 to 0.00 | -22.37 -24.60 to -16.37 | -16.78 -19.20 to -12.20 | 14 10 to 16 | |
| 1 | Tongues of Fire | 0.00 | -24.60 | -19.2 | 16 |
| 2 | I. Starlings | 0.00 | -23.95 | -18.5 | 16 |
| 3 | II. Clouds | 0.00 | -24.54 | -17.2 | 15 |
| 4 | III. Buffalo | 0.00 | -16.37 | -12.2 | 10 |