℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | April 15, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 02m 04s |
| Record Label | ECM New Series |
| Genre | Classical |
Béla Bartók - Alfred Schnittke - Witold Lutosławski
Miranda Cuckson, Blair McMillen
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Sonata No.2 Sz.76
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1.1
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I. Molto moderato
Béla Bartók; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
8:48 | |||
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1.2
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II. Allegretto
Béla Bartók; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
12:57 | |||
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1.3
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Sonata No.2 "Quasi Una Sonata"
Alfred Schnittke; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
22:37 | |||
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Partita For Violin And Piano
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1.4
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I. Allegro giusto
Witold Lutoslawski; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
4:11 | |||
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1.5
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II. Ad libitum
Witold Lutoslawski; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
1:10 | |||
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1.6
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III. Largo
Witold Lutoslawski; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
7:13 | |||
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1.7
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IV. Ad libitum
Witold Lutoslawski; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
0:50 | |||
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1.8
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V. Presto
Witold Lutoslawski; Miranda Cuckson; Blair McMillen |
4:18 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... a brilliant young performer who plays daunting contemporary music with insight, honesty and temperament ..."
- The New York Times
Born in Australia and educated at Juilliard, violinist Miranda Cuckson makes her ECM New Series debut, accompanied by pianist Blair McMillen, with three 20th century milestones from the Hungarian Béla Bartók, the Russian Alfred Schnittke and the Polish Witold Lutosławski.
"Bringing these great Slavic composers together enables us to hear each dealing with the dichotomies of form and spontaneity, playfulness and seriousness, folk expression and abstraction. The colours and traits of Slavic ethnic music are vibrantly in the foreground in Bartók’s music, more subsumed into abstraction and flavour in the Schnittke and Lutosławski. Humour is a tool of provocation and survival in Schnittke and to some extent Lutosławski, a cheeky attitude anchored by deep purpose. In Bartók, the boisterousness and teasing charm of folk dances gives way to moods of profound melancholy."
- Miranda Cuckson
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| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.09 -10.97 to -0.21 | -27.50 -31.52 to -24.67 | -21.98 -25.00 to -19.20 | 15 11 to 18 | |
| 1 | I. Molto moderato | -0.30 | -28.83 | -23.4 | 18 |
| 2 | II. Allegretto | -0.28 | -26.03 | -21.3 | 16 |
| 3 | Sonata No.2 "Quasi Una Sonata" | -0.21 | -25.39 | -19.5 | 16 |
| 4 | I. Allegro giusto | -4.17 | -27.07 | -22.0 | 14 |
| 5 | II. Ad libitum | -6.44 | -29.94 | -24.6 | 12 |
| 6 | III. Largo | -0.88 | -26.55 | -20.8 | 15 |
| 7 | IV. Ad libitum | -10.97 | -31.52 | -25.0 | 11 |
| 8 | V. Presto | -1.47 | -24.67 | -19.2 | 14 |