℗ 2022 Nicholas Phan
Released | July 1, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 03m 35s |
Record Label | AVIE Records |
Catalogue No. | AV2517 |
Genre | Classical (Vocal) |
Stranger - Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly
Nicholas Phan, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights, Eric Jacobsen
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Stranger
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1.1
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I. Fragments of the Past
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Brooklyn Rider; Eric Jacobsen |
0:58 | |||
1.2
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II. Ellis Island
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Brooklyn Rider; Eric Jacobsen |
3:14 | |||
1.3
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III. All Men
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Brooklyn Rider; Eric Jacobsen |
3:01 | |||
1.4
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IV. Leviticus 19:34
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Brooklyn Rider; Eric Jacobsen |
1:25 | |||
1.5
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V. Threats & Intimidations
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Brooklyn Rider; Eric Jacobsen |
3:03 | |||
1.6
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VI. Everyone Cries
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Brooklyn Rider; Eric Jacobsen |
2:49 | |||
1.7
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VII. My Love
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Brooklyn Rider; Eric Jacobsen |
4:16 | |||
1.8
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Lorne Ys My Likinge
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Reginald Mobley; Lisa Kaplan; Brooklyn Rider; The Knights; Eric Jacobsen |
15:11 | |||
Impossible Things
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1.9
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Part I: The Hereafter, Near an Open Window
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Colin Jacobsen; The Knights; Eric Jacobsen |
11:47 | |||
1.10
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Part II: September of 1903, January of 1904
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Colin Jacobsen; The Knights; Eric Jacobsen |
7:01 | |||
1.11
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Part III: 27 June 1906, 2pm; Impossible Things
Nico Muhly; Nicholas Phan; Colin Jacobsen; The Knights; Eric Jacobsen |
10:50 |
Grammy Award Nomination, 2023 – Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Stranger - Works For Tenor By Nico Muhly
Nicholas Phan, soloist (Eric Jacobson; Brooklyn Rider & The Knights; Reginald Mobley)
Nico Muhly is one of today’s most sought-after composers. This album comprises world premiere recordings of three of the composer’s major works: "Impossible Things" for tenor, solo violin and orchestra; "Lorne Ys My Likinge" for countertenor, tenor and piano; and "Stranger" for tenor and string quartet.
A song cycle exploring the American immigrant experience, the title work was expressly written for Phan, who gave its acclaimed world premiere performance two years ago with Brooklyn Rider in January 2020 as part of his Emerging Voices project at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. For "Stranger", Muhly juxtaposes settings of accounts of immigration through Ellis Island with those of texts protesting the United States’ Chinese Exclusion policies of the late-19th century. Phan describes his encounters with Muhly’s music as being both “artistically and personally transformative,” and recalls the "Stranger’s" premiere as the first time he felt his identity had been respectfully represented in a work classical music.
In "Impossible Things", Muhly took his text from the work of Greek poet C.P. Cavafy, in a translation by Daniel Mendelsohn. Phan gave its U.S. premiere with Colin and Eric Jacobsen and The Knights at the 2016 NY Philharmonic Biennial. Again drawing inspiration from Britten, this time from the English composer’s Canticle II: “Abraham and Isaac,” Muhly’s "Lorne Ys My Likinge" is a setting of a Chester Mystery play, a cycle of 15th-century biblical dramas. This relates the story of the three Marys – Mary Magdalene, Mary Jacobi and Mary Salome – who arrive at the tomb of Christ, only to be greeted by two angels who tell them of Jesus’s resurrection.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – AVIE Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.45 -5.92 to -0.02 | -20.83 -27.33 to -15.43 | -17.23 -24.20 to -12.20 | 12 9 to 14 | |
1 | I. Fragments of the Past | -4.23 | -23.78 | -20.5 | 13 |
2 | II. Ellis Island | -0.02 | -18.87 | -14.9 | 13 |
3 | III. All Men | -0.02 | -18.05 | -14.3 | 12 |
4 | IV. Leviticus 19:34 | -5.92 | -25.30 | -22.3 | 9 |
5 | V. Threats & Intimidations | -0.02 | -15.43 | -12.2 | 10 |
6 | VI. Everyone Cries | -0.02 | -19.45 | -16.2 | 13 |
7 | VII. My Love | -5.66 | -27.33 | -24.2 | 14 |
8 | Lorne Ys My Likinge | -0.02 | -20.95 | -16.9 | 13 |
9 | Part I: The Hereafter, Near an Open Window | -0.02 | -20.78 | -16.6 | 13 |
10 | Part II: September of 1903, January of 1904 | -0.02 | -19.87 | -15.5 | 12 |
11 | Part III: 27 June 1906, 2pm; Impossible Things | -0.02 | -19.29 | -15.9 | 12 |