℗ 2015 haenssler CLASSIC
Released June 2, 2015
Duration 51m 58s
Record Label haenssler CLASSIC
Catalogue No. CD93.334
Genre Classical (Instrumental)
 

Insomnia: Piano music by Gershwin, Cage, Crumb, Belet & Stark

Kai Schumacher

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1.1
Sleepless Night (Arr. K. Swift for Piano)
George Gershwin; Kay Swift; Kai Schumacher
2:42
1.2
Dream
John Cage; Kai Schumacher
7:50
A Little Midnight Music  
1.3
I. Nocturnal Theme
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
1:58
1.4
II. Charade
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
1:48
1.5
III. Pemonition
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
1:59
1.6
IV. Cobweb and Peaseblossom
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
2:09
1.7
V. Incantation
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
3:06
1.8
VI. Golliwog Revisted
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
2:28
1.9
VII. Blues in the Night
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
3:00
1.10
VIII. Cadenza with Tolling Bells
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
2:14
1.11
IX. Midnight Transformation
George Crumb; Kai Schumacher
3:41
Summer Phantoms  
1.12
Nocturne
Brian Belet; Kai Schumacher; Brian Belet
11:07
1.13
Urban Nocturnes
Bruce Stark; Kai Schumacher
7:56
Digital Booklet
Insomnia from German pianist Kai Schumacher takes listeners on a nocturnal odyssey into a mystical and unpredictable world that remains hidden during the day. The album features works about the night by five American composers, written over a period of nearly 100 years. Alongside music by George Gershwin, John Cage, George Crumb and Brian Belet is Urban Nocturnes, a piece by Bruce Stark composed specifically for this recording.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – haenssler CLASSIC Studio Masters

Aufnahme / Recording: SÜDWESTRUNDFUNK, 06.-09.01.2015, SWR Studio Kaiserslautern Produktionsleitung / Executive Producer: SABINE FALLENSTEIN, SWR2 Landesmusikredaktion Rheinland-Pfalz Tonmeister & Schnitt / Artistic Director & Editing: RALF KOLBINGER, SWR2 Toningenieur / Balance Engineer: RAINER NEUMANN, ANGELA ÖZTANIL, SWR Ausführender Produzent / Executive Producer: DR. SÖREN MEYER-ELLER Piano: soll erwähnt werden, auf welchem Instrument gespielt wurde? Einführungstext / Programme notes: KAI SCHUMACHER Art Director: MARGARETE KOCH Layout & Design: FIRMA FREIMAUER Fotos / Photographs: KOLLEKTIVMASCHINE Übersetzung / Translation: J&M BERRIDGE Endredaktion / Final editing: HÄNSSLER CLASSIC
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-3.30
-9.09 to -0.20
-24.79
-31.77 to -19.08
-20.48
-26.90 to -14.20
13
11 to 16
1
Sleepless Night (Arr. K. Swift for Piano)
-2.37-23.76-20.513
2
Dream
-7.04-25.04-22.211
3
I. Nocturnal Theme
-6.97-31.77-26.916
4
II. Charade
-0.20-20.34-16.313
5
III. Pemonition
-8.80-30.74-26.314
6
IV. Cobweb and Peaseblossom
-0.20-23.24-18.015
7
V. Incantation
-1.23-24.34-19.615
8
VI. Golliwog Revisted
-0.20-21.82-16.414
9
VII. Blues in the Night
-9.09-29.91-26.713
10
VIII. Cadenza with Tolling Bells
-0.20-19.08-14.212
11
IX. Midnight Transformation
-6.24-29.86-25.313
12
Nocturne
-0.20-22.10-19.215
13
Urban Nocturnes
-0.20-20.26-14.611

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