℗ 2016 Albion
| Released | September 30, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 04m 23s |
| Record Label | Albion |
| Catalogue No. | ALBCD028 |
| Genre | Classical (Vocal) |
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Discoveries
Jennifer Johnston, Roderick Williams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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3 Nocturnes
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1.1
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Nocturne No. 1. Smile O Voluptuous Cool-Breath'd Earth
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anthony Payne; Roderick Williams; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
3:53 | |||
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1.2
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Nocturne No. 2. Whispers of Heavenly Death
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anthony Payne; Roderick Williams; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
6:03 | |||
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1.3
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Nocturne No. 3. Out of the Rolling Ocean
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anthony Payne; Roderick Williams; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
7:52 | |||
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1.4
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A Road All Paved with Stars (after R. Vaughan Williams' A Poisoned Kiss)
Adrian Williams; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
27:05 | |||
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1.5
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Stricken Peninsula (arr. by P. Lane)
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Philip Lane; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
8:15 | |||
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4 Last Songs (orch. by A. Payne)
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1.6
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No. 1. Procris
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anthony Payne; Jennifer Johnston; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
2:29 | |||
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1.7
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No. 2. Tired
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anthony Payne; Jennifer Johnston; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
2:12 | |||
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1.8
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No. 3. Hands, Eyes and Heart
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anthony Payne; Jennifer Johnston; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
1:29 | |||
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1.9
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No. 4. Menelaus
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anthony Payne; Jennifer Johnston; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins |
5:05 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Grammy Award nomination - Best Classical Compendium, 2016
Discoveries contains world premiere recordings of works by Ralph Vaughan Williams that offer insight into the composer as a visionary, a romantic, a patriot and a lover. The selections performed here by Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra span Williams's entire working career, from the Three Nocturnes of 1908 to the Four Last Songs written some 50 years later. What unites them is that three living composers were involved in realizing them in their present form: Anthony Payne, Adrian Williams and Philip Lane combine an understanding of this music with a deep love of it, so that the additional writing enhances rather than conceals or modifies Williams's originals.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Albion Studio Masters
Track 4 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM
Track 4 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.22 -8.29 to -0.25 | -26.45 -32.00 to -22.05 | -22.19 -27.70 to -17.00 | 14 11 to 17 | |
| 1 | Nocturne No. 1. Smile O Voluptuous Cool-Breath'd Earth | -0.50 | -25.42 | -21.4 | 14 |
| 2 | Nocturne No. 2. Whispers of Heavenly Death | -7.51 | -30.42 | -26.0 | 14 |
| 3 | Nocturne No. 3. Out of the Rolling Ocean | -2.41 | -28.32 | -24.2 | 17 |
| 4 | A Road All Paved with Stars (after R. Vaughan Williams' A Poisoned Kiss) | -0.31 | -23.90 | -19.9 | 15 |
| 5 | Stricken Peninsula (arr. by P. Lane) | -0.25 | -22.05 | -17.0 | 13 |
| 6 | No. 1. Procris | -2.07 | -25.36 | -20.5 | 12 |
| 7 | No. 2. Tired | -8.29 | -32.00 | -27.7 | 13 |
| 8 | No. 3. Hands, Eyes and Heart | -5.18 | -26.34 | -22.7 | 11 |
| 9 | No. 4. Menelaus | -2.47 | -24.27 | -20.3 | 13 |