℗ 2023 SOMM Recordings
Released | February 10, 2023 |
Duration | 1h 14m 53s |
Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
Catalogue No. | SOMMCD0662 |
Genre | Classical (Piano) |
A Bad Night in Los Angeles
Mark Bebbington, Rebeca Omordia
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Nocturne & Aubade, Op. 154
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1.1
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No. 1, Reflection at Midnight
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
4:21 | |||
1.2
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No. 2, Toccata on Three Notes
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
1:14 | |||
Three American Pictures, Op. 157
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1.3
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I. Break Dancing at Washington Square
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
2:42 | |||
1.4
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II. At Gershwin's Grave
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
3:32 | |||
1.5
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III. A Bad Night in Los Angeles
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
5:30 | |||
1.6
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The Evening of Memory, Op. 200
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
9:55 | |||
5 Children's Pieces, Op. 95 "Battledore"
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1.7
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No. 1, March
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
0:30 | |||
1.8
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No. 2, Swings
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
0:48 | |||
1.9
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No. 3, Running About
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
0:26 | |||
1.10
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No. 4, Boats Across the Lake
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
0:55 | |||
1.11
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No. 5, Follow-My-Leader
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
0:31 | |||
1.12
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Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 34 "Fantasy-Sonata, Hamlet"
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
16:09 | |||
1.13
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Divertimento on a Theme of Mozart for Piano Duet, Op. 57
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington; Rebeca Omordia |
8:21 | |||
1.14
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Fantasy on a Theme from Malcolm Arnold, Op. 208
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
6:56 | |||
1.15
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The Fields Are White Already, Op. 153 (In Memoriam John McCabe)
Robert Matthew-Walker; Mark Bebbington |
13:03 |
SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce A Bad Night in Los Angeles, a disc of music for solo piano and piano duet by Robert Matthew-Walker, with Mark Bebbington partnered by Rebeca Omordia. Matthew-Walker has been an influential part of the classical recording industry for more than 50 years, running marketing and publicity departments for leading labels CBS and RCA, and as editor of Musical Opinion magazine since 2009. A Bad Night in Los Angeles features first recordings of eight works composed between 1980 and 2021, including the title track – disco dance music for the piano – one of Three American Pictures offering vibrant impressions of the City of Angels and New York. The earliest, substantial work, Fantasy-Sonata: Hamlet, Matthew-Walker’s Third Piano Sonata, is 'neither programmatic nor a character portrait', says the composer who describes it as 'a metaphysical work'. The Evening of Memory is a contemplative piece inspired by a comment by the American General Douglas MacArthur, Nocturne and Aubade two contrasting miniatures for left-hand, Battledore, a five-part suite for children. Completing the disc are tributes to other composers: The Fields are White Already 'a contemplation for solo piano in memoriam John McCabe'; Fantasy on a Theme from Malcolm Arnold built around the older composer’s name; and Divertimento on a Theme of Mozart 'an aphoristic patchwork' for piano duet suggested by the F major Sonata (K.533).
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -9.83 -25.17 to -0.87 | -31.92 -44.04 to -23.93 | -27.71 -40.00 to -20.40 | 13 10 to 17 | |
1 | No. 1, Reflection at Midnight | -17.39 | -42.14 | -36.6 | 15 |
2 | No. 2, Toccata on Three Notes | -8.32 | -30.01 | -25.7 | 13 |
3 | I. Break Dancing at Washington Square | -4.38 | -25.31 | -21.9 | 13 |
4 | II. At Gershwin's Grave | -16.50 | -38.44 | -35.1 | 14 |
5 | III. A Bad Night in Los Angeles | -0.87 | -23.93 | -20.4 | 15 |
6 | The Evening of Memory, Op. 200 | -6.58 | -31.41 | -26.6 | 15 |
7 | No. 1, March | -14.05 | -32.90 | -29.5 | 12 |
8 | No. 2, Swings | -18.92 | -37.52 | -33.8 | 11 |
9 | No. 3, Running About | -10.37 | -28.81 | -25.3 | 11 |
10 | No. 4, Boats Across the Lake | -25.17 | -44.04 | -40.0 | 11 |
11 | No. 5, Follow-My-Leader | -11.19 | -30.02 | -26.0 | 10 |
12 | Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 34 "Fantasy-Sonata, Hamlet" | -2.62 | -25.83 | -21.0 | 15 |
13 | Divertimento on a Theme of Mozart for Piano Duet, Op. 57 | -2.43 | -28.50 | -23.3 | 17 |
14 | Fantasy on a Theme from Malcolm Arnold, Op. 208 | -2.23 | -29.36 | -24.7 | 15 |
15 | The Fields Are White Already, Op. 153 (In Memoriam John McCabe) | -6.37 | -30.58 | -25.7 | 14 |