℗ 2020 Delos
Released | May 1, 2020 |
Duration | 1h 08m 05s |
Record Label | Delos |
Catalogue No. | DE3570 |
Genre | Classical (Contemporary Era) |
The Cave of Wondrous Voice
Various Artists
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Intuition's Dance
Mark Abel; David Shifrin; Carol Rosenberger |
9:51 | |||
Four Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva
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1.2
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No. 1, The Sibyl
Mark Abel; Hila Plitmann; Sarah Beck; Carol Rosenberger |
6:38 | |||
1.3
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No. 2, Two Trees
Mark Abel; Hila Plitmann; Sarah Beck; Carol Rosenberger |
2:58 | |||
1.4
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No. 3, O Sorrow Floods My Eyes!
Mark Abel; Hila Plitmann; Sarah Beck; Carol Rosenberger |
3:13 | |||
1.5
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No. 4, God Bent Under
Mark Abel; Hila Plitmann; Sarah Beck; Carol Rosenberger |
1:22 | |||
The Elastic Hours
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1.6
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I. What Friday Brought
Mark Abel; Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker; Dominic Cheli |
10:55 | |||
1.7
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II. Saturday's Circumference
Mark Abel; Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker; Dominic Cheli |
9:44 | |||
Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano
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1.8
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I. The Unfolding
Mark Abel; David Shifrin; Fred Sherry; Carol Rosenberger |
10:19 | |||
1.9
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II. Taking Flight
Mark Abel; David Shifrin; Fred Sherry; Carol Rosenberger |
5:58 | |||
1.10
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III. In Good Time
Mark Abel; David Shifrin; Fred Sherry; Carol Rosenberger |
7:07 | |||
Digital Booklet
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The music in this album sings and dances, in Abel’s “colorful blend of styles that serve the emotional nature of each work to bracing and poignant effect” (Gramophone). It further clarifies why Abel is “one of the most interesting figures in American contemporary music” (Pizzicato).
Composer Mark Abel has been based in California for the past three decades. Abel’s idiom eludes easy pigeon-holing. It includes chamber music and vocal works, whose contours extend from art song to larger forms with orchestra to a 103-minute chamber opera, "Home Is a Harbor". This is Mark’s fifth release on Delos.
The incomparable David Shifrin begins the program with "Intuition’s Dance", a combination of frolic and dreamy ruminations in which he is joined by pianist Carol Rosenberger. (This is the first time Shifrin and Rosenberger have recorded together since their memorable albums in 1984!) Next comes the remarkable Hila Plitmann singing the powerfully moving "Four Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva" — the first-ever setting of Tsvetaeva’s poetry in English translation. She is joined by Rosenberger and English hornist Sarah Beck.
Colorful and haunting, "The Elastic Hours" are brought to life with virtuosity by Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Dominic Cheli. This is Sabrina’s first Delos recording since her success with the Brahms Hungarian Dances in 2018 (DE 3558). In the richly lyrical Clarinet Trio, Shifrin and Rosenberger are joined by Fred Sherry for a musical journey beginning with “The Unfolding,” moving to “Taking Flight,” and finally ending with a peaceful and tender “In Good Time.”
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Delos Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.54 -4.92 to -0.10 | -22.93 -25.60 to -20.69 | -19.29 -21.90 to -17.20 | 12 10 to 14 | |
1 | Intuition's Dance | -4.92 | -25.28 | -21.9 | 13 |
2 | No. 1, The Sibyl | -3.25 | -23.12 | -19.1 | 12 |
3 | No. 2, Two Trees | -2.78 | -21.96 | -18.3 | 12 |
4 | No. 3, O Sorrow Floods My Eyes! | -2.28 | -21.07 | -17.2 | 11 |
5 | No. 4, God Bent Under | -4.26 | -22.88 | -19.2 | 10 |
6 | I. What Friday Brought | -3.51 | -25.60 | -21.4 | 14 |
7 | II. Saturday's Circumference | -2.68 | -25.11 | -20.8 | 14 |
8 | I. The Unfolding | -1.45 | -21.63 | -18.6 | 13 |
9 | II. Taking Flight | -0.18 | -20.69 | -17.6 | 12 |
10 | III. In Good Time | -0.10 | -21.99 | -18.8 | 13 |