℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon, Berlin
| Released | December 4, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 02m 42s |
| Record Label | Deutsche Grammophon (DG) |
| Genre | Pop (Classical) |
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1.1
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Litany of Divine Absence
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
5:30 | |||
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1.2
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Litany of The First Encounter
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
4:49 | |||
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1.3
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Litany of Blooming
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
5:43 | |||
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1.4
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Litany of The Sleeping Dream
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
6:26 | |||
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1.5
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Litany of The Yearning
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
5:04 | |||
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1.6
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Litany of Fragmentation
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
6:19 | |||
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1.7
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Litany of The Forsaken
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
3:46 | |||
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1.8
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Litany of Gathering Up
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
4:11 | |||
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1.9
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Litany of Transformation
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
5:23 | |||
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1.10
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Litany of Godly Love
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
4:45 | |||
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1.11
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Litany of The Unnamed
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
5:21 | |||
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1.12
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Litany of Divine Presence
Nicholas Lens; Nick Cave |
5:25 |
DG excitedly releases the album L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, a project featuring the lyrics of Australian polymath Nick Cave matched with the music of Belgian composer Nicholas Lens.
Having collaborated on Shell Shock in 2014, they joined forces again during the lockdown to create this new work. Memories of the magical stillness and of the inner peace that Lens experienced while visiting the Rinzai Zen temples in rural Japan, were the initial inspiration for the minimalistic, at times trance-like music of L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, which features artists such as Denzil Delaere, Claron McFadden and Lens’s artist daughter Clara-Lane on vocals.
The eleven instrumentalists recorded their parts individually in Lens’ home, to respect social distancing guidelines, but there is a clear unity of purpose about the finished opera, a work of gentle beauty.
“The initial idea for L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S was born in the natural silence that rises from the rainy and vivid green forest that surrounds these 13th-century temples. And because my memory works in musical phrases, writing L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S has become my method of remembering the peace I found while visiting Japan as well.”
- Nicholas Lens
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Deutsche Grammophon (DG) Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -0.30 to -0.29 | -15.20 -16.47 to -13.89 | -12.33 -13.40 to -11.00 | 8 7 to 9 | |
| 1 | Litany of Divine Absence | -0.30 | -15.83 | -13.2 | 9 |
| 2 | Litany of The First Encounter | -0.30 | -14.99 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 3 | Litany of Blooming | -0.30 | -14.56 | -11.5 | 8 |
| 4 | Litany of The Sleeping Dream | -0.30 | -16.16 | -12.9 | 9 |
| 5 | Litany of The Yearning | -0.29 | -14.99 | -12.2 | 8 |
| 6 | Litany of Fragmentation | -0.30 | -14.13 | -11.8 | 7 |
| 7 | Litany of The Forsaken | -0.30 | -14.26 | -11.6 | 9 |
| 8 | Litany of Gathering Up | -0.29 | -13.89 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 9 | Litany of Transformation | -0.30 | -15.73 | -13.1 | 8 |
| 10 | Litany of Godly Love | -0.30 | -15.56 | -13.1 | 9 |
| 11 | Litany of The Unnamed | -0.29 | -15.82 | -12.5 | 8 |
| 12 | Litany of Divine Presence | -0.30 | -16.47 | -13.4 | 8 |