℗ 2022 Cantaloupe Music
Released | September 23, 2022 |
Duration | 57m 07s |
Record Label | Cantaloupe Music |
Catalogue No. | CA-21177A |
Genre | Classical (Contemporary Era) |
Sila: The Breath of the World
The Crossing, JACK Quartet, University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble, University of Michigan Chamber Musicians, Donald Nally
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Sila
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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John Luther Adams; The Crossing; JACK Quartet; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; University of Michigan Chamber Musicians; Donald Nally |
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Digital Booklet
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Acclaimed by the New York Times as "an alluring, mystical new work" when it premiered outdoors at the city's Lincoln Center in July 2014, John Luther Adams' large-scale "Sila: the Breath of the World" is so carefully orchestrated that the recording itself pushes the limits of how to capture multiple ensembles of musicians in one setting. Thanks to modern technology and the magic of multi-tracking (with producers Doug Perkins and Nathaniel Reichman at the controls), Sila maintains the composer's vision as a grand invitation to the listener "to stop and listen more deeply."
Featuring The Crossing choir, JACK Quartet and musicians and percussionists from the University of Michigan, this recording of Sila took years to coordinate (due in part to pandemic-related lockdowns and travel precautions), but eventually took place over the course of several days in March 2021.
Much like "Inuksuit" (2009), widely known as Adams' large outdoor ensemble piece for percussion, no two performances of Sila are ever really the same, because each musician is allowed the freedom to play or sing a unique part at his or her own pace. On a macro level, Sila can also be described as an intelligent entity all its own — a living, breathing organism that takes on the collective intent of its performers, and its composer, to transcend the forces of nature and become, in a sense, a "breath of the world."
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Cantaloupe Music Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.00 -12.40 to -0.30 | -23.76 -34.15 to -16.32 | -21.30 -29.50 to -15.20 | 12 9 to 15 | |
1 | Cloud 1 - Cloud 2 | -0.30 | -16.32 | -15.2 | 9 |
2 | Cloud 3 - Cloud 4 | -0.30 | -17.61 | -16.2 | 10 |
3 | Cloud 5 - Cloud 6 | -1.21 | -20.78 | -19.1 | 11 |
4 | Cloud 7 - Cloud 8 | -0.30 | -22.63 | -20.3 | 15 |
5 | Cloud 9 - Cloud 10 | -1.20 | -22.25 | -19.8 | 13 |
6 | Cloud 11 - Cloud 12 | -7.01 | -28.41 | -25.4 | 12 |
7 | Cloud 13 - Cloud 14 | -9.28 | -27.94 | -24.9 | 11 |
8 | Cloud 15 - Cloud 16 | -12.40 | -34.15 | -29.5 | 12 |