℗ 2022 Signum Records
Released | January 21, 2022 |
Duration | 55m 41s |
Record Label | Signum Records |
Catalogue No. | SIGCD703 |
Genre | Classical (Choral) |
Bob Chilcott: Circle Songs
Houston Chamber Choir, The Treble Choir of Houston, Robert Simpson
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Circlesong
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1.1
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Introduction: Beauty Before Me / We Wait In Darkness
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
5:00 | |||
1.2
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Part I, Birth: Song for Bringing a Child into the World
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Richard Brown; Mark Stein; Leonardo Soto; Matt Richards; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
3:24 | |||
1.3
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Part I, Birth: Newborn
Bob Chilcott; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
2:31 | |||
1.4
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Part II, Childhood: Yaqui Song
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Richard Brown; Mark Stein; Leonardo Soto; Matt Richards; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
1:03 | |||
1.5
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Part II, Childhood: A Child's Song
Bob Chilcott; Ella Theurer; Andreea Muţ; Robert Simpson; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston |
0:49 | |||
1.6
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Part II, Childhood: Give Me Strength
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
3:18 | |||
1.7
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Part III, Lover: Chinook Songs
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Richard Brown; Mark Stein; Leonardo Soto; Matt Richards; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
1:20 | |||
1.8
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Part III, Lover: Over the Wave
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
2:35 | |||
1.9
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Part IV, Adulthood: Summer Song
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Richard Brown; Mark Stein; Leonardo Soto; Matt Richards; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
2:30 | |||
1.10
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Part V, Middle Age: O Great Spirit
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Richard Brown; Mark Stein; Leonardo Soto; Matt Richards; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
6:25 | |||
1.11
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Part VI, Old Age: In the House Made of Dawn
Bob Chilcott; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
5:08 | |||
1.12
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Part VII, Death: Farewell, My Brother
Bob Chilcott; Ella Theurer; Andreea Muţ; Robert Simpson; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston |
1:46 | |||
1.13
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Part VII, Death: The Sun’s Beams are Running Out / We Wait in the Darkness
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Jessica Myers; Houston Chamber Choir; Treble Choir of Houston; Robert Simpson |
5:13 | |||
1.14
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Like a Rainbow
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Treble Choir of Houston; Marianna Parnas-Simpson; Houston Chamber Choir; Robert Simpson |
3:50 | |||
1.15
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All Things Pass
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Treble Choir of Houston; Marianna Parnas-Simpson; Houston Chamber Choir; Robert Simpson |
4:19 | |||
1.16
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Circles of Motion
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Treble Choir of Houston; Marianna Parnas-Simpson; Houston Chamber Choir; Robert Simpson |
2:44 | |||
1.17
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Walking the Red Road
Bob Chilcott; Andreea Muţ; Houston Chamber Choir; Robert Simpson; Treble Choir of Houston |
3:46 |
A work filled with ambition, Circlesong is a musical portrayal of the human life cycle as captured in the indigenous poetry of North America. Based on poetry from the Chinook, Comanche, Dakota, Eskimo, Iroquois, Kwakiutl, Navajo, Ojibwa, Pueblo, Seminole, Sioux, and Yaqui traditions, the thirteen movements, in seven parts, mark the different stages of life, from birth and childhood to adulthood, middle age and death. With energetic percussion accompaniment, climactic moments for tutti choir, tender unaccompanied passages and solo song, Circlesong is a work of impressive drama, variety, and depth, performed here by the Grammy® Award winning Houston Chamber Choir under Robert Simpson.
Founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Robert Simpson, the Houston Chamber Choir received the 2019 Grammy® Award for Best Choral Performance for its recording of the complete works of Maurice Duruflé (also available from Signum). Other honours include Chorus America’s Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the American Prize, Professional Choir Division. Dubbed by Jamie Bernstein as“the choral equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters” the Houston Chamber Choir is as comfortable singing jazz with Christian McBride and Dave Brubeck as performing Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel with violist Kim Kashkashian, and Mass Observation by Tarik O’Regan.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.38 -16.26 to -0.20 | -23.82 -35.61 to -17.43 | -20.37 -32.80 to -14.50 | 12 10 to 16 | |
1 | Introduction: Beauty Before Me / We Wait In Darkness | -0.36 | -21.95 | -18.0 | 12 |
2 | Part I, Birth: Song for Bringing a Child into the World | -1.54 | -20.47 | -17.5 | 11 |
3 | Part I, Birth: Newborn | -2.42 | -26.57 | -23.4 | 14 |
4 | Part II, Childhood: Yaqui Song | -5.34 | -23.44 | -20.3 | 11 |
5 | Part II, Childhood: A Child's Song | -16.26 | -35.61 | -32.8 | 10 |
6 | Part II, Childhood: Give Me Strength | -3.41 | -23.21 | -20.2 | 11 |
7 | Part III, Lover: Chinook Songs | -3.14 | -21.10 | -18.4 | 10 |
8 | Part III, Lover: Over the Wave | -3.99 | -24.27 | -21.5 | 12 |
9 | Part IV, Adulthood: Summer Song | -0.20 | -17.43 | -14.5 | 11 |
10 | Part V, Middle Age: O Great Spirit | -0.42 | -21.75 | -16.8 | 12 |
11 | Part VI, Old Age: In the House Made of Dawn | -1.17 | -26.42 | -22.5 | 16 |
12 | Part VII, Death: Farewell, My Brother | -11.90 | -32.46 | -29.3 | 11 |
13 | Part VII, Death: The Sun’s Beams are Running Out / We Wait in the Darkness | -0.20 | -22.54 | -18.2 | 12 |
14 | Like a Rainbow | -0.47 | -21.18 | -17.2 | 12 |
15 | All Things Pass | -1.71 | -22.09 | -18.4 | 12 |
16 | Circles of Motion | -1.39 | -19.23 | -16.2 | 11 |
17 | Walking the Red Road | -3.63 | -25.15 | -21.1 | 11 |