℗ 2021 7 Mountain Records
| Released | March 5, 2021 |
| Duration | 1h 10m 11s |
| Record Label | 7 Mountain Records |
| Catalogue No. | 7MNTN026DIG |
| Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
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New York Counterpoint
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1.1
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I. Fast (Arr. for oboe)
Steve Reich; Arthur Klaassens |
5:10 | |||
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1.2
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II. Slow (Arr. for oboe)
Steve Reich; Arthur Klaassens |
2:47 | |||
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1.3
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III. Fast (Arr. for oboe)
Steve Reich; Arthur Klaassens |
3:45 | |||
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1.4
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Sequenza VII per oboe solo
Luciano Berio; Arthur Klaassens |
7:11 | |||
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Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
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1.5
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I. Allemande (Arr. for oboe)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Arthur Klaassens |
4:50 | |||
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1.6
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II. Corrente (Arr. for oboe)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Arthur Klaassens |
2:48 | |||
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1.7
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III. Sarabande (Arr. for oboe)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Arthur Klaassens |
3:27 | |||
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1.8
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IV. Giga (Arr. for oboe)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Arthur Klaassens |
4:31 | |||
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1.9
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V. Ciaccona (Arr. for oboe)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Arthur Klaassens |
14:42 | |||
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1.10
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afwezige stemmen (Arr. for oboe)
Jesse Broekman; Arthur Klaassens |
12:42 | |||
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1.11
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Spem in alium (Arr. for oboe)
Thomas Tallis; Arthur Klaassens |
8:18 | |||
7 Mountain Records releases Ratio, an album on which oboe player Arthur Klaassens and 7MNTN producer Frerik de Jong have worked for nearly 5 years.
Ratio takes you on a musical oboe journey in a way you’ve possibly never had before: 40 instruments from the oboe family composing a polyphonic Renaissance choir, swaying rhythms with Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint, impeccable instrument control with Berio’s legendary 7th Sequenza, Bach’s 2nd Violin Partita in a clever and freshly made multi-voiced setting. Commissioned specifically for this album, in close kinship with Klaassens, a haunting composition by one of the most proficient Dutch composers of now, Jesse Broekman.
Arthur Klaassens belongs to a new age of highly skilled oboe players in the Netherlands, but there’s a lot more to cover with this astonishing artist. The unusualy long production period was has been taken for compiling and recording own, incredibly refined arrangements never resounds in a technical listening experience, but primarily a coherent and very musical captivating one. Truly a rare and adventurous musical document is being presented with the oboe, and all it’s family members, in a golden spotlight.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – 7 Mountain Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.33 -11.08 to -0.50 | -25.17 -28.91 to -21.70 | -21.07 -25.60 to -18.20 | 13 11 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. Fast (Arr. for oboe) | -0.50 | -21.70 | -18.2 | 14 |
| 2 | II. Slow (Arr. for oboe) | -3.65 | -22.84 | -19.0 | 12 |
| 3 | III. Fast (Arr. for oboe) | -3.82 | -23.42 | -19.7 | 14 |
| 4 | Sequenza VII per oboe solo | -5.63 | -26.42 | -20.5 | 12 |
| 5 | I. Allemande (Arr. for oboe) | -7.07 | -26.04 | -22.7 | 13 |
| 6 | II. Corrente (Arr. for oboe) | -11.08 | -28.91 | -25.6 | 12 |
| 7 | III. Sarabande (Arr. for oboe) | -8.21 | -26.65 | -22.9 | 11 |
| 8 | IV. Giga (Arr. for oboe) | -5.92 | -25.18 | -21.3 | 13 |
| 9 | V. Ciaccona (Arr. for oboe) | -4.01 | -24.45 | -21.0 | 13 |
| 10 | afwezige stemmen (Arr. for oboe) | -6.58 | -27.64 | -21.0 | 12 |
| 11 | Spem in alium (Arr. for oboe) | -2.15 | -23.57 | -19.9 | 12 |