℗ 2022 PENTATONE
Released | June 24, 2022 |
Duration | 53m 37s |
Record Label | PENTATONE |
Catalogue No. | PTC5186411 |
Genre | Classical (Contemporary Era) |
Primavera III: The Vessel
Matt Haimovitz
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Praeter rerum seriem, NJE 24.11 (Arr. M. Haimovitz for Cello)
Matt Haimovitz; Josquin Des Prez; Matt Haimovitz |
5:20 | |||
1.2
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Samsara
Philip Glass; Matt Haimovitz |
5:42 | |||
1.3
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Your Shadow and Inflorescence
Annabelle Chvostek; Matt Haimovitz |
4:09 | |||
1.4
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Before Bloom
Layale Chaker; Matt Haimovitz |
7:17 | |||
1.5
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One for Two
Lewis Spratlan; Matt Haimovitz |
9:27 | |||
1.6
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Philip's Song
Philip Glass; Matt Haimovitz |
6:29 | |||
1.7
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Millefleur
Marcos Balter; Matt Haimovitz |
3:04 | |||
1.8
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Little Bear Awakens
Tamar-kali; Matt Haimovitz |
3:49 | |||
1.9
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Diaphanous Diaphony
Osnat Netzer; Matt Haimovitz |
4:36 | |||
1.10
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The Drowning Meadow
Donia Jarrar; Matt Haimovitz |
3:44 |
PRIMAVERA III the vessel is the third of six albums in a momentous series encompassing 81 world premieres for solo cello. This digital album presents 9 new commissions by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT for groundbreaking, multi-GRAMMY nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz. Composers from diverse backgrounds respond to Sandro Botticelli’s enigmatic painting, Primavera, and the prophetic large-scale triptych, Primavera 2020, by world- renowned contemporary artist Charline von Heyl.
Referencing the time of Botticelli, PRIMAVERA III the vessel begins with Josquin des Prez’s Praeter Rerum Seriem, arranged for cello choir by Haimovitz and offering 500 years of perspective on the newly commissioned works. Stripped of the Latin text, Josquin’s
repeating motives and ubiquitous canons are illuminated by the six celli (all recorded by Haimovitz at von Heyl’s artist studio in Marfa, Texas) in this contrapuntal tour-de-force.
The album includes two new works by legendary composer Philip Glass: the lyrical Philip’s Song, as well as Haimovitz’s haunting rendition of Glass’ Samsara which begins with the simplest of musical elements, winding its way as the cello metamorphoses into a tambura – the instrumental drone of raga. The themes of death and rebirth, darkness and light, possession and liberation permeate through the new works. Layale Chaker’s heartfelt lament Before Bloom takes the form of a Middle Eastern taqsim, evoking the flowers and leaves bearing witness to suffering, yet blooming defiantly each Spring. Annabelle Chvostek’s (formerly of the Wailin’ Jennys) Your Shadow and Inflorescence invites the cello into a bluegrass realm as she grapples with internalizing the darkness of Zephyrus’ assault and regaining her own breath. Tamar-kali sparingly uses col legno, pizzicato, and arco timbres in Little Bear Awakens to capture a dance of Spring. Lewis Spratlan’s One for Two leads us on a tour of the two paintings, the symbols, and figures. Marcos Balter’s ironically operatic Millefleur celebrates and demolishes the beauty of Botticelli’s elaborate garden. The sprightly overtones and microtones of Osnat Netzer’s Diaphanous Diaphony depicts the buoyancy and transparency of the three dancing Graces. Finally, Phonodelica transforms Botticelli’s cathedral forest into the drowning meadow of von Heyl’s Primavera 2020.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – PENTATONE Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.41 -1.28 to -0.30 | -20.92 -23.50 to -18.59 | -17.42 -18.70 to -15.90 | 14 12 to 15 | |
1 | Praeter rerum seriem, NJE 24.11 (Arr. M. Haimovitz for Cello) | -1.28 | -19.91 | -16.9 | 12 |
2 | Samsara | -0.46 | -19.97 | -17.1 | 12 |
3 | Your Shadow and Inflorescence | -0.30 | -20.05 | -16.9 | 13 |
4 | Before Bloom | -0.30 | -21.30 | -17.5 | 13 |
5 | One for Two | -0.30 | -21.99 | -18.3 | 15 |
6 | Philip's Song | -0.30 | -22.08 | -18.4 | 15 |
7 | Millefleur | -0.30 | -18.59 | -15.9 | 13 |
8 | Little Bear Awakens | -0.30 | -23.50 | -18.7 | 15 |
9 | Diaphanous Diaphony | -0.30 | -21.03 | -17.3 | 14 |
10 | The Drowning Meadow | -0.30 | -20.83 | -17.2 | 13 |