VA - Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 66:38 minutes | 572 MB
Classical | Label: NMC Recordings, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 66:38 minutes | 572 MB
Classical | Label: NMC Recordings, Official Digital Download
The Last Time I Died is the first full-length album from the Irish composer Ailís Ní Ríain. The latest in NMC's Debut Disc series features a group of musically diverse artists performing a rich selection of Ní Ríain's chamber and small-scale works, the "theatre, intimacy, and nuance" of which has occupied the composer over much of the previous 20 years of her career.
Described by the Irish Times as "a significant talent" Ní Ríain's music has been performed across Europe and further afield in Brazil, Japan, and the USA. One of the principle ideas explored in Ní Ríain's work is communication with others, something which she has a unique perspective on as she is deaf/hard of hearing. Whilst this has sometimes placed her in challenging situations regarding verbal communication, her hearing differences have also heightened and enhanced how she relates to sound. The Last Time I Died is a portrait of a composer harnessing this unique experience of the sonic world to explore a huge range of substantial themes including consciousness, relationships, reality, and death.
Focal points on the album include Revelling/Reckoning, a two-movement work for wind quintet and percussion, which aims to reflect the contradictory nature of existence, heard here in a recording by the New London Chamber Ensemble and another musician who has embraced her hearing challenges in her artistry, the iconic percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Contradiction also lies at the heart of Hiding Out ‘Neath the Everything for violin and recorded altered piano, which explores the internal and external aspects of consciousness in this recording featuring violinist Darragh Morgan. Soberado, a toy piano work that reflects on experiences of sobriety, really exemplifies Ní Ríain's distinct approach to instrumentation in this recording by Xenia Pestova Bennett. Featuring Tim Williams on cimbalom and Tom McKinney on guitar, Thank You is a movement from Ní Ríain's 2010 music-theatre work Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom, which combines music, sign language, poetry and animation, aiming to "enable a deaf audience and 'disable' a hearing audience so that they might 'receive' the work equally".
Tracklist:
01. Soberado
02. Hiding Out 'neath the Everything
03. Parambassis
04. Our First Lesson in Forgetting
05. Consent #7
06. Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom: Thank You
07. Revelling/Reckoning: I. Revelling
08. Revelling/Reckoning: II. Reckoning
09. Seahorse [long snouted]
10. Don't!
11. The Last Time I Died
foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-06-04 19:43:25
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Analyzed: Ailís Ní Ríain / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (1)
Darragh Morgan / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (2)
Evelyn Glennie / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (3-4)
Exponential Ensemble / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (5)
Frederik Munk Larsen / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (6)
Paul Roe / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (7)
Psappha / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (8)
Sarah Watts / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (9)
Tim Williams / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (10)
Xenia Pestova Bennett / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (11)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -14.28 dB -28.69 dB 3:42 09-Seahorse [long snouted]
DR12 -8.40 dB -24.98 dB 6:36 02-Hiding Out 'neath the Everything
DR16 -1.02 dB -20.35 dB 6:40 07-Revelling/Reckoning: I. Revelling
DR18 -2.50 dB -26.63 dB 8:17 08-Revelling/Reckoning: II. Reckoning
DR15 -4.82 dB -25.33 dB 4:51 10-Don't!
DR15 -6.19 dB -26.71 dB 7:24 04-Our First Lesson in Forgetting
DR12 -7.91 dB -24.21 dB 8:07 03-Parambassis
DR18 -1.96 dB -26.75 dB 8:05 11-The Last Time I Died
DR14 -5.86 dB -27.45 dB 7:40 05-Consent #7
DR11 -13.32 dB -28.29 dB 2:12 06-Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom: Thank You
DR19 -9.38 dB -32.97 dB 3:02 01-Soberado
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1289 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2023-06-04 19:43:25
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Analyzed: Ailís Ní Ríain / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (1)
Darragh Morgan / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (2)
Evelyn Glennie / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (3-4)
Exponential Ensemble / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (5)
Frederik Munk Larsen / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (6)
Paul Roe / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (7)
Psappha / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (8)
Sarah Watts / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (9)
Tim Williams / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (10)
Xenia Pestova Bennett / Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (11)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -14.28 dB -28.69 dB 3:42 09-Seahorse [long snouted]
DR12 -8.40 dB -24.98 dB 6:36 02-Hiding Out 'neath the Everything
DR16 -1.02 dB -20.35 dB 6:40 07-Revelling/Reckoning: I. Revelling
DR18 -2.50 dB -26.63 dB 8:17 08-Revelling/Reckoning: II. Reckoning
DR15 -4.82 dB -25.33 dB 4:51 10-Don't!
DR15 -6.19 dB -26.71 dB 7:24 04-Our First Lesson in Forgetting
DR12 -7.91 dB -24.21 dB 8:07 03-Parambassis
DR18 -1.96 dB -26.75 dB 8:05 11-The Last Time I Died
DR14 -5.86 dB -27.45 dB 7:40 05-Consent #7
DR11 -13.32 dB -28.29 dB 2:12 06-Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom: Thank You
DR19 -9.38 dB -32.97 dB 3:02 01-Soberado
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1289 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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