℗ 2016 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Released | November 4, 2016 |
Duration | 1h 11m 01s |
Record Label | ABC Classic |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet / Munro: Songs from the Bush / Palmer: It Takes Two
David Rowden, Dimitri Ashkenazy, Omega Ensemble
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581
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1.1
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1. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Basset David Rowden; Omega Ensemble |
9:28 | |||
1.2
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2. Larghetto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Basset David Rowden; Omega Ensemble |
6:34 | |||
1.3
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3. Menuetto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Basset David Rowden; Omega Ensemble |
6:58 | |||
1.4
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4. Allegretto con variazioni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Basset David Rowden; Omega Ensemble |
9:51 | |||
Songs from the Bush – Clarinet Quintet
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1.5
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1. Country Dance
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; David Rowden; Omega Ensemble |
4:14 | |||
1.6
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2. Campfire & Night Sky
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; David Rowden; Omega Ensemble |
7:08 | |||
1.7
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3. Drover's Lament
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; David Rowden; Omega Ensemble |
7:19 | |||
It Takes Two - Concerto for Two Clarinets
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1.8
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1. Adagio – Allegro con spirito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; David Rowden; Dimitri Ashkenazy; Omega Ensemble |
7:35 | |||
1.9
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2. Lento arioso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; David Rowden; Dimitri Ashkenazy; Omega Ensemble |
5:08 | |||
1.10
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3. Molto vivace
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; David Rowden; Dimitri Ashkenazy; Omega Ensemble |
6:46 |
The Omega Ensemble present their debut recording on ABC Classics, surveying music for clarinet from across three centuries. When Mozart composed his iconic Clarinet Quintet in 1789 it was the first time in chamber music that the clarinet had been employed as a solo voice. In this performance, David Rowden performs on the basset clarinet – the instrument Mozart intended.
This popular classic is accompanied by two new Australian pieces. George Palmer’s It Takes Two is a three-movement piece celebrating friendship, love, energy and fun. A rich and varied work that includes moments of jubilation, high octane energy and virtuosity, and also deeply tender and lyrical moments, the piece celebrates the very essence of human bonds and friendship. On this recording, Omega Ensemble and Rowden are joined by clarinetist Dimitri Ashkenazy, who premiered the work with the group in 2008.
Munro’s Songs from the Bush – a concerto for two clarinets – has a very different inspiration. As the composer himself says, ‘I use both [Australian] folk material and Indigenous music in two distinct ways: more or less simply stated, close to its ‘original’ form, and highly developed and re-imagined and re-combined with other tunes and motifs.’ Munro weaves these two musical sources together to create ‘a link and a sympathy between the two cultures in ways that words can struggle to, and history might tend to deny'.
The Omega Ensemble is one of Australia’s most dynamic chamber groups, with a dedication to commissioning new works and reviving lost ones.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ABC Classic Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.56 -4.06 to -0.11 | -21.83 -24.33 to -20.20 | -18.13 -20.20 to -16.70 | 12 10 to 15 | |
1 | 1. Allegro | -0.65 | -20.30 | -17.1 | 12 |
2 | 2. Larghetto | -2.91 | -21.70 | -18.7 | 10 |
3 | 3. Menuetto | -0.11 | -20.36 | -17.2 | 12 |
4 | 4. Allegretto con variazioni | -0.46 | -20.77 | -17.3 | 13 |
5 | 1. Country Dance | -0.26 | -20.20 | -16.7 | 11 |
6 | 2. Campfire & Night Sky | -1.96 | -22.29 | -18.2 | 11 |
7 | 3. Drover's Lament | -4.06 | -24.19 | -20.2 | 11 |
8 | 1. Adagio – Allegro con spirito | 0.00 | -23.16 | -19.5 | 15 |
9 | 2. Lento arioso | -2.10 | -24.33 | -19.1 | 12 |
10 | 3. Molto vivace | 0.00 | -20.97 | -17.3 | 14 |