℗ 2014 The Metropolitan Opera, under license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
| Released | September 30, 2014 |
| Duration | 1h 56m 18s |
| Record Label | Nonesuch |
| Genre | Classical |
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Prologue & Scene 1 (Alley/Police Station)
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1.1
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Help! Help! My friend has been stabbed!
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
4:05 | |||
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Scene 2 (Hospital)
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1.2
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You understand your son had no pulse...
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
3:18 | |||
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Scene 3 (Police Station)
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1.3
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Brian? I'm detective Sargeant Strawson
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
2:13 | |||
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Scene 4 (Brian's Bedroom)
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1.4
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Chorus: U there? / Who is this?
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
5:41 | |||
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Scene 5 (Police Station)
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1.5
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I'm not! / Brian. There are witnesses
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
0:56 | |||
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Scene 6 (Brian's Bedroom)
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1.6
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Brian?... Church in ten minutes... Chorus: How are u?
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
9:14 | |||
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Scene 7 (Church)
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1.7
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Amen... O Lord, open thou our lips
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
3:42 | |||
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Scene 8 (Brian's House)
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1.8
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Has Brian been in trouble before?
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
4:05 | |||
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Scene 9 (Police Station)
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1.9
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Copy of the security tape from the shopping centre
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
0:58 | |||
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Scene 10 (Anne's Flat)
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1.10
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You should see this boy they've stuck me with
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
6:53 | |||
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Scene 11 (Police Station)
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1.11
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No one else goes in or out... You stabbed him
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
3:41 | |||
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Scene 12 (Brian's Bedroom)
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1.12
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Brian...You don't know me... Chorus: Can't stop talking
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
8:11 | |||
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Scene 13 (Hallway)
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1.13
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"That's for damn sure"
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
4:13 | |||
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Scene 14 (Interview Room/Brian's Room)
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1.14
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You searched for Rebecca...
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
3:24 | |||
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Scene 15 (Hospital)
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1.15
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Mrs. Wilson? / I know he hears us
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:35 | |||
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Scene 16 (Police Station)
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1.16
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The transcripts from the server
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
2:45 | |||
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Scene 1 (Police Station)
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2.1
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Even senseless crimes make sense
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
4:26 | |||
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Scene 2 (Police Station)
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2.2
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Told you. You think I'm smart enough... Chorus: (Grocery items)
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:58 | |||
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Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom)
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2.3
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It had to be done... I'm sure you understand
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
4:59 | |||
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2.4
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I have to see you! / Ur in danger
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
2:05 | |||
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2.5
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Trick or treat!
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
3:06 | |||
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2.6
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Hey... I knew you wouldn't believe
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
2:53 | |||
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2.7
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Chorus: I saw u in algebra...
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
3:44 | |||
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Scene 4 (Police Station)
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2.8
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Did you have sex?
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:25 | |||
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Scene 5 (Brian's Bedroom)
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2.9
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Brian... I have a proposition
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:35 | |||
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Scene 6 (Police Station)
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2.10
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You refused / He was my friend!
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
0:53 | |||
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Scene 7 (Anne's Flat) & Scene 8 (Police Station)
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2.11
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Mother!... Are you all right?
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
4:13 | |||
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Scene 9 (Brian's Bedroom)
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2.12
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What's up? / U updated your photo
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:32 | |||
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Scene 10 (Police Station)
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2.13
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You taking the piss? / Maybe not
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:29 | |||
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Scene 11 (Brian's Bedroom)
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2.14
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If I'm not at the doctor
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
4:49 | |||
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Scene 12 (Alley)
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2.15
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Do what I say / Okay
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
2:32 | |||
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Scene 13 (Police Station)
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2.16
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Thank you, Brian. Do you understand what's happened to you?
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:15 | |||
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Scene 14 (Hospital)
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2.17
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Detective, this is my daughter, Rebecca... Chorus: Kill urself
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
1:37 | |||
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Scene 14 cont'd (Police Station)
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2.18
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And there they are-Rebecca. Fiona. Peter...
Craig Lucas; Nico Muhly; Nico Muhly |
6:53 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Nonesuch releases Nico Muhly’s opera Two Boys—recorded live during the Metropolitan Opera’s 2013 production with conductor David Robertson and director Bartlett Sher—on September 30, 2014. The two-act opera, which features a libretto by award-winning playwright Craig Lucas, is loosely based on true events and follows a lonely detective whose investigation of a seemingly simple crime draws her into a complex web of online intrigue.
Alice Coote sings the role of Detective Inspector Anne Strawson and Paul Appleby sings Brian, the 16-year-old boy at the center of her investigations. The cast also features Jennifer Zetlan as Rebecca, Caitlin Lynch as Cynthia, Sandra Piques Eddy as Fiona, Judith Forst as Anne’s Mum, Christopher Bolduc as Jake, and Keith Miller as Peter.
“The choral music in Two Boys references the ecstatic vocal music of Meredith Monk and Steve Reich—the sense of overlapping vocal patterns creating a larger architecture of meaning. It’s almost as if you’re hearing the entire aggregate of all the things that people are saying on the Internet at once.”
- Nico Muhly
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.93 -9.32 to -1.25 | -26.48 -32.18 to -20.39 | -22.45 -27.70 to -16.80 | 13 10 to 16 | |
| 1.1 | Help! Help! My friend has been stabbed! | -4.30 | -28.23 | -24.3 | 15 |
| 1.2 | You understand your son had no pulse... | -6.11 | -26.46 | -22.9 | 12 |
| 1.3 | Brian? I'm detective Sargeant Strawson | -6.22 | -28.55 | -25.0 | 15 |
| 1.4 | Chorus: U there? / Who is this? | -4.03 | -24.42 | -21.2 | 12 |
| 1.5 | I'm not! / Brian. There are witnesses | -3.93 | -24.44 | -21.1 | 14 |
| 1.6 | Brian?... Church in ten minutes... Chorus: How are u? | -4.70 | -25.76 | -22.0 | 14 |
| 1.7 | Amen... O Lord, open thou our lips | -5.59 | -25.58 | -21.8 | 12 |
| 1.8 | Has Brian been in trouble before? | -7.98 | -31.52 | -27.7 | 14 |
| 1.9 | Copy of the security tape from the shopping centre | -6.18 | -28.52 | -24.1 | 13 |
| 1.10 | You should see this boy they've stuck me with | -6.85 | -29.97 | -25.5 | 14 |
| 1.11 | No one else goes in or out... You stabbed him | -5.74 | -28.46 | -23.7 | 13 |
| 1.12 | Brian...You don't know me... Chorus: Can't stop talking | -1.91 | -21.17 | -17.1 | 12 |
| 1.13 | "That's for damn sure" | -6.31 | -30.10 | -25.8 | 13 |
| 1.14 | You searched for Rebecca... | -3.11 | -28.11 | -24.0 | 16 |
| 1.15 | Mrs. Wilson? / I know he hears us | -6.14 | -27.69 | -23.1 | 10 |
| 1.16 | The transcripts from the server | -5.63 | -25.74 | -21.8 | 12 |
| 2.1 | Even senseless crimes make sense | -4.39 | -28.99 | -25.4 | 15 |
| 2.2 | Told you. You think I'm smart enough... Chorus: (Grocery items) | -6.01 | -28.09 | -24.8 | 13 |
| 2.3 | It had to be done... I'm sure you understand | -5.04 | -24.97 | -21.6 | 11 |
| 2.4 | I have to see you! / Ur in danger | -6.68 | -28.20 | -25.4 | 13 |
| 2.5 | Trick or treat! | -3.08 | -20.77 | -16.9 | 11 |
| 2.6 | Hey... I knew you wouldn't believe | -3.39 | -24.19 | -20.2 | 12 |
| 2.7 | Chorus: I saw u in algebra... | -3.66 | -24.53 | -21.3 | 12 |
| 2.8 | Did you have sex? | -5.08 | -26.40 | -21.3 | 12 |
| 2.9 | Brian... I have a proposition | -2.48 | -20.39 | -16.8 | 11 |
| 2.10 | You refused / He was my friend! | -5.89 | -27.78 | -22.2 | 11 |
| 2.11 | Mother!... Are you all right? | -4.35 | -26.48 | -22.0 | 14 |
| 2.12 | What's up? / U updated your photo | -7.16 | -26.61 | -22.7 | 10 |
| 2.13 | You taking the piss? / Maybe not | -3.25 | -23.43 | -19.5 | 12 |
| 2.14 | If I'm not at the doctor | -1.25 | -24.46 | -20.5 | 12 |
| 2.15 | Do what I say / Okay | -2.57 | -26.56 | -21.5 | 15 |
| 2.16 | Thank you, Brian. Do you understand what's happened to you? | -4.03 | -26.13 | -21.2 | 14 |
| 2.17 | Detective, this is my daughter, Rebecca... Chorus: Kill urself | -9.32 | -32.18 | -27.5 | 12 |
| 2.18 | And there they are-Rebecca. Fiona. Peter... | -5.34 | -25.45 | -21.3 | 11 |