℗ 2020 Signum Records
Released | April 24, 2020 |
Duration | 1h 18m 30s |
Record Label | Signum Records |
Catalogue No. | SIGCD617 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Love Lives Beyond the Tomb
Various Artists
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Six Songs for Tenor, Soprano or Baritone and Piano, Op. 33
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1.1
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I. The Way Through
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Graham J Lloyd |
3:13 | |||
Songs for Soprano and Piano, Op. 37
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1.2
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III. Aurelia
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Graham J Lloyd |
3:19 | |||
Songs for Baritone or Mezzo Soprano and Piano, Op. 41
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1.3
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VI. Chamber Music No. 3
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Graham J Lloyd |
4:49 | |||
Songs for Soprano and Piano, Op. 37
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1.4
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I. Love Lives Beyond the Tomb
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Graham J Lloyd |
4:20 | |||
Six Songs for Tenor, Soprano or Baritone and Piano, Op. 33
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1.5
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II. It Rains
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Graham J Lloyd |
5:43 | |||
1.6
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I Caught the Changes of the Year, Op. 45
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Graham J Lloyd |
3:53 | |||
Remember This, Op. 40
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1.7
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I. Think of the Failing Body
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd; Allan Clayton |
3:35 | |||
1.8
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In the Swirl of Its Pool
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd |
2:39 | |||
1.9
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III. Think of the Flower-Lit Coffin
Ian Venables; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd; Allan Clayton |
4:34 | |||
1.10
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IV. In the Grip of Their Season
Ian Venables; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd; Allan Clayton |
3:32 | |||
1.11
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V. Think of the Standard and Its Blaze
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd |
4:27 | |||
1.12
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VI. On the Crest of Their Downs
Ian Venables; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd; Allan Clayton |
2:42 | |||
1.13
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VII. Think of the Buried Body Laid
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd |
4:58 | |||
1.14
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VIII. In the Eyes of Our Minds
Ian Venables; Mary Bevan; Carducci String Quartet; Graham J Lloyd; Allan Clayton |
4:20 | |||
Through These Pale Cold Days, Op. 46
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1.15
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I. The Send-Off
Ian Venables; Allan Clayton; Graham J Lloyd; Eoin Schmidt-Martin |
5:32 | |||
1.16
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II. Procrastination
Ian Venables; Allan Clayton; Graham J Lloyd; Eoin Schmidt-Martin |
4:26 | |||
1.17
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III. Through These Pale Cold Days
Ian Venables; Allan Clayton; Graham J Lloyd; Eoin Schmidt-Martin |
5:22 | |||
1.18
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IV. Suicide in the Trenches
Ian Venables; Allan Clayton; Graham J Lloyd; Eoin Schmidt-Martin |
2:38 | |||
1.19
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V. If You Forget
Ian Venables; Allan Clayton; Graham J Lloyd; Eoin Schmidt-Martin |
4:28 |
Ian Venables studied composition with Richard Arnell at Trinity College of Music, London and later with John Joubert, Andrew Downes and John Mayer at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. His works encompass many genres and he has added significantly to the canon of English art song. Described as ‘Britain’s greatest living composer of art song’ (Musical Opinion) and ‘a song composer as fine as Finzi and Gurney’ (BBC Music Magazine), Ian Venables has written over 80 works in this genre, including nine song-cycles.
As the title suggests, the works on this disc are predominantly reflective in mood although this does not preclude the use of faster-moving music whenever the poetry requires it. Its subject matter celebrates the timelessness of love through the poetry of James Joyce, John Drinkwater, Edward Thomas, John Clare, Robert Nichols and the modern poet Jennifer Andrews; the celebration and commemoration of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, in Sir Andrew Motion’s remarkable narrative poem Remember This and the collective remembrance of those who died in the First World War: the poetry of Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon, Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy and the less well-known Francis St. Vincent Morris providing the impetus for one of Ian Venables’ most dramatic and profoundly moving cycles.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.72 -12.32 to -0.32 | -29.09 -36.14 to -20.81 | -24.43 -32.50 to -15.80 | 14 11 to 16 | |
1 | I. The Way Through | -2.53 | -26.89 | -22.8 | 14 |
2 | III. Aurelia | -7.43 | -30.79 | -26.4 | 14 |
3 | VI. Chamber Music No. 3 | -5.01 | -29.78 | -25.9 | 15 |
4 | I. Love Lives Beyond the Tomb | -3.97 | -27.96 | -23.5 | 15 |
5 | II. It Rains | -1.30 | -25.78 | -21.1 | 15 |
6 | I Caught the Changes of the Year, Op. 45 | -6.45 | -30.62 | -25.9 | 13 |
7 | I. Think of the Failing Body | -0.32 | -26.40 | -19.7 | 14 |
8 | In the Swirl of Its Pool | -3.19 | -27.89 | -24.4 | 15 |
9 | III. Think of the Flower-Lit Coffin | -5.35 | -32.87 | -28.4 | 16 |
10 | IV. In the Grip of Their Season | -12.32 | -35.08 | -31.5 | 13 |
11 | V. Think of the Standard and Its Blaze | -4.37 | -30.00 | -24.5 | 14 |
12 | VI. On the Crest of Their Downs | -2.85 | -24.07 | -20.2 | 13 |
13 | VII. Think of the Buried Body Laid | -8.47 | -32.87 | -29.2 | 15 |
14 | VIII. In the Eyes of Our Minds | -1.50 | -25.90 | -20.5 | 13 |
15 | I. The Send-Off | -3.02 | -28.36 | -22.6 | 15 |
16 | II. Procrastination | -8.17 | -32.41 | -28.3 | 14 |
17 | III. Through These Pale Cold Days | -1.83 | -27.99 | -21.0 | 15 |
18 | IV. Suicide in the Trenches | -0.64 | -20.81 | -15.8 | 11 |
19 | V. If You Forget | -11.00 | -36.14 | -32.5 | 13 |