℗ 2020 Signum Records
| Released | September 18, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 01m 22s |
| Record Label | Signum Records |
| Catalogue No. | SIGCD632 |
| Genre | Classical (20th/21st Century) |
Beowulf
Various Artists, Armonico Consort, AC Academy Warwick, AC Academy Scholars, Christopher Monks
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Beowulf
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1.1
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Prologue
Toby Young; Armonico Consort; AC Academy Warwick; AC Academy Scholars; Christopher Monks; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars |
2:37 | |||
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1.2
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Celebration
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
2:31 | |||
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1.3
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Hwaet! Listen
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
0:46 | |||
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1.4
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Great Hall
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
3:42 | |||
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1.5
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Refrain I
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
0:28 | |||
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1.6
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Interlude - The Fight
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
4:04 | |||
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1.7
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Grendel's Bad Deeds
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
2:36 | |||
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1.8
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Sweet Song
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; Elin Manahan Thomas |
1:19 | |||
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1.9
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Unferth's Row
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
1:48 | |||
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1.10
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Refrain II
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
1:29 | |||
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1.11
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Grendel-Beowulf Battle
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
3:32 | |||
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1.12
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When I Was King
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
4:42 | |||
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1.13
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Interlude - Triumph
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
2:34 | |||
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1.14
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Rousing Song
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
1:46 | |||
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1.15
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Refrain III
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
1:08 | |||
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1.16
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Presentation of Hrunting
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
1:55 | |||
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1.17
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Grendel's Mother
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; Elin Manahan Thomas |
3:05 | |||
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1.18
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Rise Up
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; Elin Manahan Thomas |
3:21 | |||
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1.19
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Hrothgar's Sermon
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; Elin Manahan Thomas |
1:57 | |||
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1.20
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Interlude - Searching
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
5:25 | |||
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1.21
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Chorus of Soldiers
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm |
2:33 | |||
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1.22
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Refrain IV
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; Elin Manahan Thomas |
1:25 | |||
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1.23
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My Lord has Gone
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; Elin Manahan Thomas |
3:14 | |||
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1.24
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Final Chorus
Toby Young; Christopher Monks; Toby Young; AC Academy Warwick & AC Academy Scholars; Armonico Consort; Timothy West; Anne Denholm; Elin Manahan Thomas |
3:25 | |||
The story of Beowulf, although thousands of years old, is still loved by many all over the world. This recording of a new musical telling of the story, composed by Toby Young, blurs traditional sense of the genre of classical music by merging it with folk and popular music. This fusion is what makes Beowulf a fantastic story.
The greatest versions of the story are not the simple good verses bad, but the ones which involve slight ambiguous points; ones which allow the reader/listener to mkae his/her mind up about what is exactly going on. The combination of Toby Young’s score and Jennifer Thorp’s libretto create this ambiguity perfectly.
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 | -5.43 -8.80 to -1.27 | -26.07 -31.03 to -19.73 | -22.44 -27.60 to -16.00 | 12 10 to 16 | |
| 1 | Prologue | -5.05 | -24.79 | -21.3 | 12 |
| 2 | Celebration | -3.11 | -22.01 | -18.1 | 11 |
| 3 | Hwaet! Listen | -7.74 | -29.18 | -24.6 | 13 |
| 4 | Great Hall | -5.41 | -25.90 | -23.1 | 13 |
| 5 | Refrain I | -7.80 | -30.36 | -26.6 | 15 |
| 6 | Interlude - The Fight | -6.42 | -28.01 | -24.8 | 13 |
| 7 | Grendel's Bad Deeds | -1.34 | -23.65 | -19.5 | 14 |
| 8 | Sweet Song | -6.70 | -24.95 | -21.0 | 10 |
| 9 | Unferth's Row | -4.33 | -27.24 | -22.8 | 14 |
| 10 | Refrain II | -2.97 | -27.24 | -23.9 | 16 |
| 11 | Grendel-Beowulf Battle | -4.87 | -24.72 | -20.8 | 12 |
| 12 | When I Was King | -5.36 | -25.20 | -21.6 | 12 |
| 13 | Interlude - Triumph | -8.80 | -27.47 | -24.7 | 12 |
| 14 | Rousing Song | -5.74 | -25.26 | -21.5 | 12 |
| 15 | Refrain III | -5.84 | -28.62 | -25.3 | 13 |
| 16 | Presentation of Hrunting | -7.11 | -31.03 | -27.6 | 13 |
| 17 | Grendel's Mother | -4.63 | -24.45 | -20.7 | 12 |
| 18 | Rise Up | -1.27 | -19.73 | -16.0 | 11 |
| 19 | Hrothgar's Sermon | -4.15 | -22.50 | -18.8 | 11 |
| 20 | Interlude - Searching | -7.18 | -28.56 | -25.3 | 14 |
| 21 | Chorus of Soldiers | -6.54 | -26.78 | -22.6 | 11 |
| 22 | Refrain IV | -6.61 | -29.20 | -25.5 | 12 |
| 23 | My Lord has Gone | -6.63 | -25.78 | -23.1 | 12 |
| 24 | Final Chorus | -4.77 | -23.16 | -19.3 | 11 |