℗ 2016 Naxos
| Released | May 6, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 11m 41s |
| Record Label | Naxos |
| Catalogue No. | 8.570618 |
| Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
Xia Guan: Symphony No. 2 "Hope" - Gazing at the Stars - Sorrowful Dawn
Nuremberger Symphony Orchestra, En Shao
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
|
Symphony No. 2 "Hope"
|
|||||
|
1.1
|
I. Expectation and Quest. Largo - Allegro - Largo
Xia Guan; Nuremberger symphony Orchestra; En Shao |
20:39 | |||
|
1.2
|
II. Warmth. Adagio
Xia Guan; Nuremberger symphony Orchestra; En Shao |
11:31 | |||
|
1.3
|
III. The Light. Allegro
Xia Guan; Nuremberger symphony Orchestra; En Shao |
11:44 | |||
|
Earth Requiem
|
|||||
|
1.4
|
I. Gazing at the Stars: Meditation (Orchestral version)
Xia Guan; Nuremberger symphony Orchestra; En Shao |
9:36 | |||
|
Sorrowful Dawn
|
|||||
|
1.5
|
Symphonic Ballade
Xia Guan; Nuremberger symphony Orchestra; En Shao |
18:11 | |||
|
Digital Booklet
|
|||||
The music of renowned Chinese composer Xia Guan has been received with widespread acclaim around the world. On this album of world premieres, recorded in August 2014, the Nuremberger Symphony Orchestra and En Shao present three of Guan's works, notably the solemn first movement of Earth Requiem, a commemoration of the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Here it is heard here in an orchestral version that depicts "the suffering people who gaze upwards." Guan's epic Symphony No. 2 "Hope" is a reflection upon the coexistence of good and evil in mankind, agony and hope, in music of considerable breadth and increasing warmth. Heroic drama animates the vividly scored Symphonic Ballade, which draws on the music of Guan’s opera Sorrowful Dawn, the story of China’s War of Liberation following the end of World War Two.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
Tracks 3 & 5 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM Recorded at the Musiksaal, Kongresshalle, Nuremberg, Germany, on 1st and 2nd August, 2014 Executive producer: Lucius A. Hemmer Engineer and editor: Jakob Haendel Publisher: Composer’s editions Booklet notes: Xia Guan Cover image by Freebreath / Fotolia
Tracks 3 & 5 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM Recorded at the Musiksaal, Kongresshalle, Nuremberg, Germany, on 1st and 2nd August, 2014 Executive producer: Lucius A. Hemmer Engineer and editor: Jakob Haendel Publisher: Composer’s editions Booklet notes: Xia Guan Cover image by Freebreath / Fotolia
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.90 -2.64 to -0.20 | -23.56 -28.27 to -19.50 | -19.34 -24.90 to -16.20 | 14 11 to 16 | |
| 1 | I. Expectation and Quest. Largo - Allegro - Largo | -0.20 | -23.12 | -17.6 | 14 |
| 2 | II. Warmth. Adagio | -2.64 | -28.27 | -24.9 | 15 |
| 3 | III. The Light. Allegro | -0.75 | -19.50 | -16.2 | 11 |
| 4 | I. Gazing at the Stars: Meditation (Orchestral version) | -0.20 | -26.30 | -21.2 | 16 |
| 5 | Symphonic Ballade | -0.70 | -20.62 | -16.8 | 12 |