℗ 2022 Toccata Classics
| Released | April 1, 2022 |
| Duration | 1h 17m 32s |
| Record Label | Toccata Classics |
| Catalogue No. | TOCC0579 |
| Genre | Classical (Piano) |
Swain: Piano Works, Vol. 1
Timon Altwegg
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Sonata Saga
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1.1
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I. Misterioso
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
9:38 | |||
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1.2
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II. Lento tranquillo
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
10:34 | |||
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1.3
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III. Con molto energia
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
9:27 | |||
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1.4
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The Croon of the Sea
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
6:21 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 1 "The Skerries"
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1.5
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I. Vigoroso
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
5:46 | |||
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1.6
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II. Non troppo lento
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
4:34 | |||
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1.7
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III. Moderato misterioso
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
3:58 | |||
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1.8
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An English Idyll
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
4:46 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
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1.9
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I. Toccata
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
7:20 | |||
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1.10
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II. Canzona pastorale
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
5:34 | |||
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1.11
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III. Interlude
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
1:09 | |||
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1.12
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IV. Pandean Rondo
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
3:49 | |||
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1.13
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The Red Flower
Freda Swain; Timon Altwegg |
4:36 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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The English composer-pianist Freda Swain (1902–85) left behind a huge legacy of music that was largely unknown even during her own lifetime. Her compositions – hundreds of them, in a series of large boxes – found their way to the Swiss pianist Timon Altwegg, who begins his survey of her piano music with these three mighty sonatas. They are astonishing discoveries: big-boned, virtuosic pieces, full of wild energy, crossing from late Romanticism to a more modern idiom – from Rachmaninov to Bartók, so to speak – and with Bax’s fondness for Celtic seascapes and a hint of Debussyan Impressionism.
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 | -3.25 -7.70 to -0.54 | -26.16 -31.67 to -21.98 | -22.54 -28.00 to -19.00 | 14 12 to 17 | |
| 1 | I. Misterioso | -0.60 | -23.29 | -19.7 | 14 |
| 2 | II. Lento tranquillo | -1.15 | -28.12 | -23.3 | 17 |
| 3 | III. Con molto energia | -1.10 | -21.98 | -19.0 | 14 |
| 4 | The Croon of the Sea | -4.08 | -29.15 | -23.9 | 14 |
| 5 | I. Vigoroso | -1.90 | -23.48 | -20.7 | 13 |
| 6 | II. Non troppo lento | -4.45 | -27.31 | -23.1 | 13 |
| 7 | III. Moderato misterioso | -3.11 | -23.42 | -20.3 | 13 |
| 8 | An English Idyll | -4.57 | -25.84 | -22.9 | 13 |
| 9 | I. Toccata | -0.54 | -23.54 | -20.6 | 14 |
| 10 | II. Canzona pastorale | -5.98 | -31.67 | -28.0 | 15 |
| 11 | III. Interlude | -7.70 | -30.06 | -25.4 | 12 |
| 12 | IV. Pandean Rondo | -5.52 | -26.08 | -23.2 | 12 |
| 13 | The Red Flower | -1.59 | -26.20 | -22.9 | 15 |