℗ 2023 SOMM Recordings
Released | July 21, 2023 |
Duration | 1h 05m 02s |
Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
Catalogue No. | SOMMCD 0672 |
Genre | Classical |
Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams
Penelope Thwaites, Benjamin Frith, Laurence Ungless, Tippett Quartet
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Jan Palach's Theme
Penelope Thwaites; Tippett Quartet |
2:45 | |||
A Lambeth Garland
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1.2
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I. The Lambeth Waltz
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
1:43 | |||
1.3
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II. A Gardener's Song
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
2:13 | |||
1.4
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III. Song of a Scotsman
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
2:22 | |||
1.5
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IV. An English Rose
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
1:42 | |||
1.6
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V. The Wildlife Garden
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
1:14 | |||
1.7
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VI. Reprise: The Lambeth Waltz
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
1:44 | |||
1.8
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Vijay's Fable
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; John Mills; Bozidar Vukotic |
4:16 | |||
Mazurka
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1.9
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Au Tombeau de Chopin
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; John Mills; Bozidar Vukotic |
6:04 | |||
In a Summer Garden
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1.10
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(Arr. for Two Pianos by Penelope Thwaites)
Frederick Delius; Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
11:29 | |||
1.11
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For Irina
Penelope Thwaites; Tippett Quartet |
7:46 | |||
1.12
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To the Hills
Penelope Thwaites; Tippett Quartet; Laurence Ungless |
3:16 | |||
The Selfish Giant
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1.13
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I. Overture
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
1:44 | |||
1.14
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II. Children's Dance and Games
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
2:08 | |||
1.15
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III. The Chase
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
0:41 | |||
1.16
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IV. Giant's Dance
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
2:00 | |||
1.17
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V. Frost, Wind and Snow
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
2:45 | |||
1.18
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VI. Spring and the Little Boy
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
2:50 | |||
1.19
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VII. Celebration Dance
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
1:45 | |||
1.20
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VIII. Evening Dance
Penelope Thwaites; Penelope Thwaites; Benjamin Frith |
4:35 |
SOMM is delighted to announce the release of Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams, eight first recordings of chamber music by composer Penelope Thwaites paying homage to "the heroes, the witty wordsmiths, the dancers, the poets and the visionaries, and two great composers" who have influenced her musical life. Thwaites is joined by fellow pianist Benjamin Frith for the exuberant six-part A Lamberth Garland, the enchanting eight-part retelling of Oscar Wilde's fable The Selfish Giant and Thwaites' arrangement of Delius's In a Summer Garden, the first to be made for two pianos. She is heard with John Mills (viiolin) and Bozidar Vukotic (cello) on Vijay's Fable, drawn from her culture-fusing score for Indian choreographer Vijaylakshmi Subramaniam, and the atmospheric Mazurka: Au Tombeau de Chopin. The Tippett Quartet contribute three memorable performances; Jan Palach's Theme, recalling the self-immolating student protestor against the Soviet Union's 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia; For Irina, a tribute to dissident Russian poet Irina Ratushinskaya who survived imprisonment but died of cancer in 2017; and with double bassist Laurence Ungless for To the Hills, a string quintet version of Thwaites' earlier choral setting of Psalm 121. Since her 1974 London debut at Wigmore Hall, she has performed in more than 30 countries, and is internationally known as an acclaimed pianist and editor of The New Percy Grainger Companion, the standard reference book on performing his music.
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 | -4.39 -9.97 to -0.69 | -26.38 -31.98 to -20.86 | -23.04 -28.50 to -17.50 | 13 10 to 16 | |
1 | Jan Palach's Theme | -6.16 | -26.92 | -23.5 | 12 |
2 | I. The Lambeth Waltz | -1.86 | -23.11 | -20.4 | 14 |
3 | II. A Gardener's Song | -3.05 | -24.47 | -21.4 | 15 |
4 | III. Song of a Scotsman | -3.23 | -23.18 | -20.1 | 12 |
5 | IV. An English Rose | -7.63 | -26.77 | -23.9 | 12 |
6 | V. The Wildlife Garden | -9.06 | -28.04 | -25.1 | 12 |
7 | VI. Reprise: The Lambeth Waltz | -1.03 | -22.25 | -18.4 | 13 |
8 | Vijay's Fable | -9.97 | -31.93 | -28.5 | 14 |
9 | Au Tombeau de Chopin | -6.18 | -29.51 | -25.6 | 14 |
10 | (Arr. for Two Pianos by Penelope Thwaites) | -1.48 | -27.98 | -24.3 | 15 |
11 | For Irina | -8.33 | -31.40 | -27.0 | 14 |
12 | To the Hills | -4.81 | -27.97 | -24.7 | 12 |
13 | I. Overture | -3.78 | -25.17 | -22.5 | 13 |
14 | II. Children's Dance and Games | -1.86 | -24.94 | -21.9 | 13 |
15 | III. The Chase | -1.79 | -20.86 | -17.5 | 10 |
16 | IV. Giant's Dance | -0.69 | -21.03 | -18.1 | 13 |
17 | V. Frost, Wind and Snow | -1.80 | -24.98 | -20.9 | 12 |
18 | VI. Spring and the Little Boy | -3.54 | -28.87 | -25.5 | 16 |
19 | VII. Celebration Dance | -4.12 | -26.23 | -23.1 | 13 |
20 | VIII. Evening Dance | -7.37 | -31.98 | -28.4 | 15 |