℗ 2018 Delos
| Released | September 21, 2018 |
| Duration | 55m 02s |
| Record Label | Delos |
| Catalogue No. | DE3554 |
| Genre | Classical (Modern Era) |
American Classics: Barber & Copland
Sean Kennard
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Piano Sonata, Op. 26
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1.1
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I. Allegro energico
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
6:59 | |||
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1.2
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II. Allegro vivace e leggero
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
1:59 | |||
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1.3
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III. Adagio mesto
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
5:28 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Fuga. Allegro con spirito
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
3:58 | |||
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1.5
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Ballade, Op. 46
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
5:12 | |||
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Excursions, Op. 20
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1.6
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I. Un poco allegro
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
3:10 | |||
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1.7
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II. In Slow Blues Tempo
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
3:37 | |||
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1.8
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III. Allegretto
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
2:51 | |||
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1.9
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IV. Allegro molto
Samuel Barber; Sean Kennard |
2:16 | |||
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1.10
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Piano Variations
Aaron Copland; Sean Kennard |
10:53 | |||
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4 Piano Blues
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1.11
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No. 1, Freely Poetic
Aaron Copland; Sean Kennard |
2:28 | |||
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1.12
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No. 2, Soft & Languid
Aaron Copland; Sean Kennard |
2:31 | |||
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1.13
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No. 3, Muted & Sensuous
Aaron Copland; Sean Kennard |
2:34 | |||
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1.14
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No. 4, With Bounce
Aaron Copland; Sean Kennard |
1:06 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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For his debut album on Delos, the brilliant emerging virtuoso Sean Kennard has chosen a captivating program featuring solo piano music by two of America’s most iconic composers: Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland. While neither composer’s body of work includes a great many pieces for solo piano, each has left a legacy of superb piano compositions to memorable effect.
Of the five works on this album, Barber’s finger-twisting Sonata for Piano (premiered by legendary virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz) and Copland’s stunning Piano Variations stand as enduring masterpieces of 20th-century American piano music. Both pieces incorporate broad spectrums of modernist musical language and styles, as well as degrees of difficulty that only the finest and most technically accomplished artists — like Sean Kennard — can master. And most of the shorter pieces offer delightfully evocative treatments of musical Americana.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Delos Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.45 -6.48 to -0.01 | -23.93 -27.45 to -18.73 | -20.02 -23.70 to -15.70 | 13 12 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro energico | -0.54 | -21.67 | -18.1 | 13 |
| 2 | II. Allegro vivace e leggero | -4.30 | -24.99 | -21.6 | 13 |
| 3 | III. Adagio mesto | -2.02 | -26.05 | -21.1 | 14 |
| 4 | IV. Fuga. Allegro con spirito | -0.19 | -18.73 | -15.7 | 12 |
| 5 | Ballade, Op. 46 | -0.01 | -22.55 | -18.0 | 14 |
| 6 | I. Un poco allegro | -1.99 | -22.62 | -19.0 | 13 |
| 7 | II. In Slow Blues Tempo | -3.07 | -26.98 | -23.1 | 14 |
| 8 | III. Allegretto | -1.83 | -23.49 | -20.2 | 13 |
| 9 | IV. Allegro molto | -1.71 | -20.97 | -17.5 | 12 |
| 10 | Piano Variations | 0.00 | -21.39 | -17.1 | 14 |
| 11 | No. 1, Freely Poetic | -2.89 | -27.45 | -22.4 | 14 |
| 12 | No. 2, Soft & Languid | -6.48 | -27.44 | -23.7 | 13 |
| 13 | No. 3, Muted & Sensuous | -3.48 | -27.09 | -23.2 | 15 |
| 14 | No. 4, With Bounce | -3.35 | -23.51 | -19.6 | 12 |