℗ 2015 Azica Records
| Released | October 30, 2015 |
| Duration | 46m 43s |
| Record Label | Azica Records |
| Catalogue No. | Azica71302 |
| Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
Strum: Music for Strings
Jessie Montgomery
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Starburst
Jessie Montgomery; Unknown Artist; Julian Wachner |
3:26 | |||
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1.2
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Source Code
Jessie Montgomery; Catalyst Quartet |
8:44 | |||
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Break Away
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1.3
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I. Lilting
Jessie Montgomery; PUBLIQuartet |
1:16 | |||
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1.4
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II. Songbird
Jessie Montgomery; PUBLIQuartet |
2:21 | |||
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1.5
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III. Smoke
Jessie Montgomery; PUBLIQuartet |
3:33 | |||
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1.6
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IV. Quick Pass
Jessie Montgomery; PUBLIQuartet |
0:41 | |||
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1.7
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V. Break Away
Jessie Montgomery; PUBLIQuartet |
3:16 | |||
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1.8
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Rhapsody No. 1
Jessie Montgomery; Jessie Montgomery |
7:29 | |||
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1.9
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Banner
Jessie Montgomery; Catalyst Quartet; Unknown Artist; Julian Wachner |
9:03 | |||
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1.10
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Strum
Jessie Montgomery; Catalyst Quartet |
6:54 | |||
"Turbulent, wildly colourful and exploding with life ... sounded like a handful of American folk melodies tossed into a strong wind, cascading and tumbling joyfully around one another."
- The Washington Post
As the title indicates, this debut album from New York-based violinist, composer and music educator Jessie Montgomery is devoted to her music for strings, performed here by Montgomery's ensemble the Catalyst Quartet and the PUBLIQuartet, led by Grammy-nominated conductor Julian Wachner. Drawing on American folk idioms and the spirit of dance and movement, Strum has a kind of narrative that begins with fleeting nostalgia and transforms into ecstatic celebration.
"Originally conceived for a quintet of two violins, viola and two cellos, the voicing is often spread over the ensemble, giving the music an expansive sound. Within Strum I utilized ‘texture motives,' layers of rhythmic or harmonic ostinatos to form a bed of sound for melodies to weave in and out. The strumming pizzicato serves as a ‘texture motive' and the primary driving rhythmic underpinning of the piece."
- Jessie Montgomery
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Azica Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.99 -4.65 to -0.47 | -24.46 -28.86 to -20.60 | -20.27 -22.90 to -17.70 | 15 14 to 17 | |
| 1 | Starburst | -0.47 | -20.60 | -17.7 | 14 |
| 2 | Source Code | -1.51 | -24.49 | -20.5 | 14 |
| 3 | I. Lilting | -3.53 | -28.86 | -22.9 | 17 |
| 4 | II. Songbird | -1.22 | -24.49 | -19.9 | 15 |
| 5 | III. Smoke | -3.36 | -25.47 | -21.6 | 14 |
| 6 | IV. Quick Pass | -4.65 | -25.87 | -22.3 | 14 |
| 7 | V. Break Away | -0.47 | -22.93 | -18.5 | 15 |
| 8 | Rhapsody No. 1 | -3.66 | -27.35 | -22.1 | 14 |
| 9 | Banner | -0.47 | -22.08 | -18.5 | 14 |
| 10 | Strum | -0.56 | -22.46 | -18.7 | 14 |