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Ruby Hughes & Huw Watkins - Echo (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 63:12 minutes | 1,85 GB
Classical, Vocal | Label: BIS, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 63:12 minutes | 1,85 GB
Classical, Vocal | Label: BIS, Official Digital Download
Huw Watkins’ song cycle Echo, composed for soprano Ruby Hughes and premiered in 2017 at Carnegie Hall, is at the centre of this artfully crafted recital. Setting texts by five different poets, the cycle is a work centred on melancholy – on transience, remembrance, and in the final song a numbed cry of inconceivable loss. As such it permeates the entire programme, adding a new and unexpected depth to that which precedes as well as follows.
Another strand of the recital is the idea of how composers across the ages have addressed and echoed one another lovingly in their music – often in the most nuanced and unconscious way. Bach’s solo keyboard works capture something of a sense of timelessness, or more accurately, inspire an emotional connection that transcends time. A similar affinity seems to inform Britten’s folksong arrangements and his realisations of Bach’s Geistliche Lieder as well as the Purcell realisations by Thomas Adès and Tippett. A different kind of echo is created by the inclusion of Britten’s version of Dafydd y Garreg Wen(David of the White Rock) – a nod to the performers’ shared Welsh heritage. Closing the disc, three songs by contemporary British composers admired by both Watkins and Hughes also resonate with the previous works, bringing the programme full circle.
Tracklist:
01. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
02. Gedenke doch, mein Geist, BWV 509 (Arr. B. Britten for Voice & Piano)
03. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
04. Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478 (Arr. B. Britten for Voice & Piano)
05. Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
06. Liebster Herr Jesu, wo bleibst du, BWV 484
07. Echo: I. Echo
08. Echo: II. For Each Ecstatic Instant
09. Echo: III. If Grief Could Burn Out
10. Echo: IV. When You Are Old
11. Echo: V. Baby Blue
12. By Beauteous Softness (Arr. T. Adès for Voice & Piano)
13. Music for a While, Z. 583 (Arr. Sir M. Tippett & W. Bergmann for Voice & Piano)
14. I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. B. Britten & J.J. Niles for Voice)
15. Dafydd y Garreg Wen (Arr. B. Britten & C. Matthews for Voice & Piano)
16. Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 4: How Sweet the Answer (The Wren)
17. The World
18. Lament
19. Peace on Earth
foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-11-01 17:36:24
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Analyzed: Ruby Hughes & Huw Watkins / Echo
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -19.15 dB -35.18 dB 3:28 01-Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
DR14 -3.61 dB -26.33 dB 1:33 02-Bach: Gedenke doch, mein Geist, BWV 509 (Arr. B. Britten for Voice & Piano)
DR11 -19.01 dB -34.76 dB 1:49 03-Bach: French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
DR14 -9.83 dB -30.60 dB 3:08 04-Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478 (Arr. B. Britten for Voice & Piano)
DR11 -16.95 dB -31.28 dB 2:44 05-Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
DR14 -4.59 dB -27.45 dB 3:43 06-Bach: Liebster Herr Jesu, wo bleibst du, BWV 484
DR18 -0.30 dB -26.34 dB 4:26 07-Watkins: Echo: I. Echo
DR12 -1.96 dB -23.33 dB 1:46 08-Watkins: Echo: II. For Each Ecstatic Instant
DR13 -11.53 dB -34.05 dB 3:34 09-Watkins: Echo: III. If Grief Could Burn Out
DR15 -0.68 dB -24.78 dB 2:24 10-Watkins: Echo: IV. When You Are Old
DR16 -0.30 dB -22.77 dB 3:20 11-Watkins: Echo: V. Baby Blue
DR13 -11.79 dB -33.37 dB 4:46 12-Purcell: By Beauteous Softness (Arr. T. Adès for Voice & Piano)
DR13 -13.73 dB -32.56 dB 4:18 13-Purcell: Music for a While, Z. 583 (Arr. Sir M. Tippett & W. Bergmann for Voice & Piano)
DR15 -10.12 dB -33.12 dB 4:51 14-Traditional: I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. B. Britten & J.J. Niles for Voice)
DR15 -8.80 dB -30.34 dB 3:43 15-Traditional: Dafydd y Garreg Wen (Arr. B. Britten & C. Matthews for Voice & Piano)
DR12 -9.00 dB -31.82 dB 2:36 16-Traditional: Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 4: How Sweet the Answer (The Wren)
DR14 -0.30 dB -21.79 dB 4:12 17-Pritchard: The World
DR19 -3.70 dB -30.79 dB 3:34 18-Frances-Hoad: Lament
DR14 -19.48 dB -40.09 dB 3:20 19-Wallen: Peace on Earth
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4096 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2022-11-01 17:36:24
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Analyzed: Ruby Hughes & Huw Watkins / Echo
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -19.15 dB -35.18 dB 3:28 01-Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
DR14 -3.61 dB -26.33 dB 1:33 02-Bach: Gedenke doch, mein Geist, BWV 509 (Arr. B. Britten for Voice & Piano)
DR11 -19.01 dB -34.76 dB 1:49 03-Bach: French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
DR14 -9.83 dB -30.60 dB 3:08 04-Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478 (Arr. B. Britten for Voice & Piano)
DR11 -16.95 dB -31.28 dB 2:44 05-Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
DR14 -4.59 dB -27.45 dB 3:43 06-Bach: Liebster Herr Jesu, wo bleibst du, BWV 484
DR18 -0.30 dB -26.34 dB 4:26 07-Watkins: Echo: I. Echo
DR12 -1.96 dB -23.33 dB 1:46 08-Watkins: Echo: II. For Each Ecstatic Instant
DR13 -11.53 dB -34.05 dB 3:34 09-Watkins: Echo: III. If Grief Could Burn Out
DR15 -0.68 dB -24.78 dB 2:24 10-Watkins: Echo: IV. When You Are Old
DR16 -0.30 dB -22.77 dB 3:20 11-Watkins: Echo: V. Baby Blue
DR13 -11.79 dB -33.37 dB 4:46 12-Purcell: By Beauteous Softness (Arr. T. Adès for Voice & Piano)
DR13 -13.73 dB -32.56 dB 4:18 13-Purcell: Music for a While, Z. 583 (Arr. Sir M. Tippett & W. Bergmann for Voice & Piano)
DR15 -10.12 dB -33.12 dB 4:51 14-Traditional: I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. B. Britten & J.J. Niles for Voice)
DR15 -8.80 dB -30.34 dB 3:43 15-Traditional: Dafydd y Garreg Wen (Arr. B. Britten & C. Matthews for Voice & Piano)
DR12 -9.00 dB -31.82 dB 2:36 16-Traditional: Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 4: How Sweet the Answer (The Wren)
DR14 -0.30 dB -21.79 dB 4:12 17-Pritchard: The World
DR19 -3.70 dB -30.79 dB 3:34 18-Frances-Hoad: Lament
DR14 -19.48 dB -40.09 dB 3:20 19-Wallen: Peace on Earth
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4096 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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