℗ 2022 Toccata Classics
Released | February 4, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 09m 22s |
Record Label | Toccata Classics |
Catalogue No. | TOCC0634 |
Genre | Classical (Art Song) |
Howe: Songs & Duets
Courtney Maina, Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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The Horseman
Mary Howe; Walter de la Mare; Courtney Maina; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
1:25 | |||
1.2
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Berceuse cosaque
Mary Howe; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
3:52 | |||
1.3
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Chanson souvenir
Mary Howe; Francis Vielé-Griffin; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
2:41 | |||
1.4
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Reach
Mary Howe; Cecilia Lynch; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
3:02 | |||
4 Gedichte
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1.5
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No. 1, Der Einsame
Mary Howe; Rainer Marie Rilke; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
2:48 | |||
1.6
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No. 2, Liebeslied
Mary Howe; Rainer Marie Rilke; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
3:50 | |||
1.7
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No. 3, Schlaflied
Mary Howe; Rainer Marie Rilke; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
3:10 | |||
1.8
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No. 4, Herbsttag
Mary Howe; Rainer Marie Rilke; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
3:29 | |||
1.9
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The Ragpicker
Mary Howe; Frances Shaw; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
1:18 | |||
1.10
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Chanson des Coulennes
Mary Howe; Courtney Maina; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
6:14 | |||
1.11
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Now Goes the Light
Mary Howe; Cecilia Lee; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
3:39 | |||
2 Goethe Settings
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1.12
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No. 1, Am Flusse
Mary Howe; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
2:47 | |||
1.13
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No. 2, Die Götter
Mary Howe; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
2:56 | |||
1.14
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L'amant des roses
Mary Howe; Jules Ruelle; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
4:27 | |||
2 Mirza Schaffy Settings
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1.15
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No. 1, Nicht mit Engeln
Mary Howe; Friedrich von Bodenstedt; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
4:22 | |||
1.16
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No. 2, Mein Herz
Mary Howe; Friedrich von Bodenstedt; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
3:12 | |||
1.17
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Lullaby for a Forester's Child
Mary Howe; Frances Frost; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
3:46 | |||
1.18
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Rève
Mary Howe; Victor Hugo; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
5:37 | |||
1.19
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Spring Come Not Too Soon
Mary Howe; Charles Norman; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
2:08 | |||
1.20
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Horses
Mary Howe; Rose Fyleman; Courtney Maina; Mary Dibbern |
1:26 | |||
1.21
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Little Fiddler's Green
Mary Howe; Alexander Gordon; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
1:20 | |||
1.22
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Music When Soft Voices Die
Mary Howe; Percy Bysshe Shelly; Courtney Maina; Christopher A. Leach; Mary Dibbern |
1:53 | |||
Digital Booklet
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The name of Mary Howe (1882–1964) seems to have vanished from the history books. But she was an important voice in American music in the first half of the twentieth century, as an activist and organizer and, especially, as a composer. This pioneering album of her songs shows her late-Romantic style open to influences from Debussy, Mahler, Richard Strauss and other contemporaries: she was, she said, ‘alert for new sensations, like a Puritan on a holiday’. Mary Howe was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1882. Her early musical training included studies in Germany with Richard Burmeister, a pupil of Liszt. She studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where she met Anne Hull with whom she formed a duo piano team that toured in recital from 1920-1935. In 1922, Howe became one of the few women at Peabody to have earned a diploma in composition at that time. With her three children, she appeared with the 4 Howes singing madrigals and early music. In 1930 she raised the money to found the Washington-based National Symphony Orchestra. Together with Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, she also founded the Chamber Music Society of Washington. In 1925 or 1926 she worked with Amy Beach to organize the Association of American Women Composers. A short period of coaching with Nadia Boulanger in Paris is 1933 marked the end of her formal training. Her diverse catalogue of compositions comprises more than two hundred titles, including works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, chorus, piano, and art songs for solo voice.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Toccata Classics Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.88 -11.27 to -0.97 | -27.25 -34.93 to -22.03 | -23.05 -30.90 to -17.70 | 13 11 to 15 | |
1 | The Horseman | -5.76 | -26.41 | -22.4 | 13 |
2 | Berceuse cosaque | -8.04 | -28.81 | -25.2 | 12 |
3 | Chanson souvenir | -5.19 | -27.50 | -22.7 | 13 |
4 | Reach | -6.37 | -28.15 | -24.5 | 12 |
5 | No. 1, Der Einsame | -4.88 | -26.94 | -21.8 | 13 |
6 | No. 2, Liebeslied | -3.15 | -27.42 | -22.2 | 14 |
7 | No. 3, Schlaflied | -7.10 | -31.79 | -27.4 | 14 |
8 | No. 4, Herbsttag | -3.98 | -27.12 | -21.5 | 14 |
9 | The Ragpicker | -0.97 | -22.03 | -17.7 | 13 |
10 | Chanson des Coulennes | -4.14 | -28.01 | -24.0 | 15 |
11 | Now Goes the Light | -4.39 | -28.03 | -24.1 | 13 |
12 | No. 1, Am Flusse | -6.00 | -29.29 | -25.7 | 13 |
13 | No. 2, Die Götter | -4.27 | -23.90 | -19.6 | 11 |
14 | L'amant des roses | -3.80 | -26.51 | -22.5 | 14 |
15 | No. 1, Nicht mit Engeln | -1.38 | -25.96 | -21.9 | 15 |
16 | No. 2, Mein Herz | -1.03 | -24.09 | -20.0 | 13 |
17 | Lullaby for a Forester's Child | -11.27 | -34.93 | -30.9 | 12 |
18 | Rève | -4.48 | -27.64 | -23.3 | 14 |
19 | Spring Come Not Too Soon | -2.48 | -24.90 | -21.5 | 12 |
20 | Horses | -7.16 | -27.32 | -23.7 | 11 |
21 | Little Fiddler's Green | -6.11 | -25.69 | -21.3 | 12 |
22 | Music When Soft Voices Die | -5.44 | -27.11 | -23.3 | 12 |