℗ 2020 Toccata Classics
| Released | September 4, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 09m 20s |
| Record Label | Toccata Classics |
| Catalogue No. | TOCC0545 |
| Genre | Classical (Sacred) |
Rosner: Requiem, Op. 59
Feargal Mostyn-Williams, Thomas Elwin, Gareth Brynmor John, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Palmer, Kelley Hollis, David Temple
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Requiem, Op. 59
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1.1
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I. Overture (The Seventh Seal)
Arnold Rosner; Feargal Mostyn-Williams; Thomas Elwin; Gareth Brynmor John; Crouch End Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
11:17 | |||
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1.2
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II. Recitative (Ein Wort, ein Satz)
Arnold Rosner; Thomas Elwin; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
3:28 | |||
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1.3
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III. Toccata (Musica satanica)
Arnold Rosner; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
5:08 | |||
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IV. Ballade (Les neiges d'antan)
Arnold Rosner; Kelley Hollis; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
6:15 | |||
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1.5
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V. Sutra (Enmei jukku kannon gyo)
Arnold Rosner; Gareth Brynmor John; Crouch End Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
9:48 | |||
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VI. Madrigal (To All, to Each)
Arnold Rosner; Crouch End Festival Chorus; David Temple |
6:28 | |||
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1.7
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VII. Organum (Lasciate ogni speranze)
Arnold Rosner; Feargal Mostyn-Williams; Thomas Elwin; Gareth Brynmor John; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
5:56 | |||
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1.8
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VIII. Prayer (Kaddish)
Arnold Rosner; Kelley Hollis; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
6:43 | |||
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IX. Passacaglia (Libera me)
Arnold Rosner; Crouch End Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
8:55 | |||
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X. Und wieder Dunkel, ungeheuer
Arnold Rosner; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer |
5:22 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Far from being a treatment of the usual Latin, the Requiem of the New York-based Arnold Rosner (1945–2013) sets spiritual and secular texts on death from a number of the world’s cultures, including Whitman, Villon, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a sutra from Zen Buddhism and the Jewish Kaddish. The work of a young man (Rosner was 28 when he wrote it), this Requiem is both monumental and wildly energetic – but it also encompasses passages of transcendent beauty. His musical language clothes the modal harmony and rhythm of pre-Baroque polyphony in rich Romantic colours, producing a style that is instantly recognisable and immediately appealing. Some of the music was first written for an aborted operatic treatment of Ingmar Bergman’s film The Seventh Seal, where the main character plays chess with Death; in like spirit, Rosner’s Requiem is a major statement of human defiance in the face of mortality, even if its gentle closing pages bring uneasy acceptance.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Toccata Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.64 -11.87 to -0.50 | -26.24 -44.09 to -17.07 | -22.20 -42.60 to -12.90 | 13 9 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Overture (The Seventh Seal) | -0.50 | -22.08 | -16.8 | 13 |
| 2 | II. Recitative (Ein Wort, ein Satz) | -1.85 | -28.62 | -22.1 | 15 |
| 3 | III. Toccata (Musica satanica) | -0.50 | -18.08 | -15.3 | 11 |
| 4 | IV. Ballade (Les neiges d'antan) | -7.50 | -33.31 | -29.9 | 15 |
| 5 | V. Sutra (Enmei jukku kannon gyo) | -0.50 | -17.07 | -12.9 | 9 |
| 6 | VI. Madrigal (To All, to Each) | -1.00 | -26.61 | -22.4 | 15 |
| 7 | VII. Organum (Lasciate ogni speranze) | -11.35 | -31.79 | -28.5 | 13 |
| 8 | VIII. Prayer (Kaddish) | -0.82 | -23.48 | -17.8 | 13 |
| 9 | IX. Passacaglia (Libera me) | -0.50 | -17.28 | -13.7 | 10 |
| 10 | X. Und wieder Dunkel, ungeheuer | -11.87 | -44.09 | -42.6 | 15 |