℗ 2022 Metier
Released | September 9, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 09m 30s |
Record Label | Metier |
Catalogue No. | MSV28624 |
Genre | Classical (Contemporary Era) |
Robert Saxton: Portrait
James Turnbull, St Paul's Sinfonia, Andrew Morley, Fidelio Trio, Roderick Williams, Andrew West, Madeleine Mitchell, Clare Hammond
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
A Hymn to the Thames
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1.1
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I. —
Robert Saxton; James Turnbull; St Paul's Sinfonia; Andrew Morley |
3:31 | |||
1.2
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II. —
Robert Saxton; James Turnbull; St Paul's Sinfonia; Andrew Morley |
3:29 | |||
1.3
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III. —
Robert Saxton; James Turnbull; St Paul's Sinfonia; Andrew Morley |
4:58 | |||
1.4
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IV. —
Robert Saxton; James Turnbull; St Paul's Sinfonia; Andrew Morley |
5:49 | |||
Fantasy Pieces
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1.5
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I. —
Robert Saxton; Fidelio Trio |
1:39 | |||
1.6
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II. —
Robert Saxton; Fidelio Trio |
3:37 | |||
1.7
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III. —
Robert Saxton; Fidelio Trio |
3:31 | |||
1.8
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IV. —
Robert Saxton; Fidelio Trio |
1:33 | |||
1.9
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V. —
Robert Saxton; Fidelio Trio |
4:25 | |||
1.10
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VI. —
Robert Saxton; Fidelio Trio |
4:59 | |||
Time and the Seasons
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1.11
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I. Winter, Still Winter
Robert Saxton; Roderick Williams; Andrew West |
2:42 | |||
1.12
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II. Spring
Robert Saxton; Roderick Williams; Andrew West |
1:37 | |||
1.13
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III. Time's Ellipse
Robert Saxton; Roderick Williams; Andrew West |
2:34 | |||
1.14
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IV. Summer Seascape
Robert Saxton; Roderick Williams; Andrew West |
1:44 | |||
1.15
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V. Summer Psalm
Robert Saxton; Roderick Williams; Andrew West |
2:05 | |||
1.16
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VI. Autumn
Robert Saxton; Roderick Williams; Andrew West |
1:16 | |||
1.17
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VII. The Beach in Winter. Scratby
Robert Saxton; Roderick Williams; Andrew West |
2:27 | |||
Suite for Violin & Piano (2019)
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1.18
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I. Awakening
Robert Saxton; Madeleine Mitchell; Clare Hammond |
3:27 | |||
1.19
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II. Horizon
Robert Saxton; Madeleine Mitchell; Clare Hammond |
3:18 | |||
1.20
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III. Jacob and the Angel
Robert Saxton; Madeleine Mitchell; Clare Hammond |
3:16 | |||
1.21
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IV. Bells of Memory
Robert Saxton; Madeleine Mitchell; Clare Hammond |
3:28 | |||
1.22
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V. Quest
Robert Saxton; Madeleine Mitchell; Clare Hammond |
4:05 | |||
Digital Booklet
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These works by Robert Saxton were written between 2013 and 2019 and represent his continuing journey of exploration in modal and harmonic structures; complex in structure but creating no jarring modernist difficulty for the listener. A mix of orchestral, chamber and vocal works, it features top performers including world-renowned baritone Roderick Williams and equally famous (and now film star) Clare Hammond. Robert Saxton received early guidance from Benjamin Britten and studied with Elisabeth Lutyens, Robin Holloway and Luciano Berio among others. He has received commissions from the BBC (TV, radio and Proms) and many prominent ensembles. Until retiring in 2021 Robert was Professor of Composition at Oxford University and is a Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. Time and the Seasons, for baritone and piano, commissioned by the Oxford Lieder Festival for Roderick Williams and Andrew West, is a song cycle to Saxton’s own texts and is both cyclic and progressive. Suite for violin and piano, first performed at the 2019 Three Choirs Festival by Madeleine Mitchell and Clare Hammond, the performers here, charts a voyage across its five movements leading to a tentatively positive conclusion. Fantasy Pieces, commissioned by the Fidelio Trio, is inspired by Schumann’s Op. 88 as character pieces, regarding both genre and variety of manner. A Hymn to the Thames for solo oboe and chamber orchestra was commissioned by James Turnbull, the St Paul’s Sinfonia and its Music Director Andrew Morley and, during the course of its four linked movements, sets the soloist as both wanderer and river spirit in conjunction with the ‘river’ of the orchestra from source to sea.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Metier Studio Masters
Tracks 11-17 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
Tracks 11-17 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.72 -15.31 to -0.71 | -26.87 -38.45 to -19.92 | -23.25 -34.20 to -16.60 | 13 11 to 17 | |
1 | I. — | -0.71 | -20.30 | -16.7 | 12 |
2 | II. — | -0.71 | -19.92 | -16.6 | 12 |
3 | III. — | -6.88 | -24.30 | -20.3 | 11 |
4 | IV. — | -0.71 | -20.90 | -17.3 | 13 |
5 | I. — | -2.87 | -21.54 | -18.5 | 11 |
6 | II. — | -5.75 | -29.51 | -25.9 | 13 |
7 | III. — | -1.14 | -21.42 | -18.4 | 12 |
8 | IV. — | -0.72 | -24.55 | -22.0 | 12 |
9 | V. — | -0.72 | -31.54 | -27.9 | 17 |
10 | VI. — | -0.83 | -21.90 | -18.7 | 13 |
11 | I. Winter, Still Winter | -15.31 | -38.45 | -34.2 | 13 |
12 | II. Spring | -8.28 | -27.57 | -23.9 | 12 |
13 | III. Time's Ellipse | -8.52 | -29.70 | -26.1 | 13 |
14 | IV. Summer Seascape | -6.44 | -31.04 | -26.7 | 15 |
15 | V. Summer Psalm | -6.63 | -27.68 | -24.4 | 12 |
16 | VI. Autumn | -14.52 | -37.59 | -32.6 | 14 |
17 | VII. The Beach in Winter. Scratby | -6.00 | -28.59 | -24.0 | 12 |
18 | I. Awakening | -1.28 | -24.64 | -21.9 | 14 |
19 | II. Horizon | -9.68 | -30.18 | -26.0 | 12 |
20 | III. Jacob and the Angel | -2.04 | -23.23 | -20.6 | 12 |
21 | IV. Bells of Memory | -1.60 | -31.55 | -26.6 | 17 |
22 | V. Quest | -2.56 | -24.95 | -22.2 | 14 |