℗ 2018 Delphian Records
| Released | September 21, 2018 |
| Duration | 56m 07s |
| Record Label | Delphian Records |
| Catalogue No. | DCD34213 |
| Genre | Classical (Guitar) |
Softloud: Music for Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Sean Shibe
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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1.1
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Divertimento I (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
James Oswald; Sean Shibe |
3:03 | |||
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Arrangements from Scottish lute manuscripts
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1.2
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Ladie lie near me (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
1:14 | |||
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1.3
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Mervell’s Sarabande (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
0:41 | |||
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1.4
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A Scotts Tune, by Mr. Lesslie (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
1:02 | |||
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1.5
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Holi and Faire (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
0:58 | |||
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1.6
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Swit Sant Nickola (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
1:02 | |||
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1.7
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The Canaries I (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
1:09 | |||
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1.8
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The Canaries II (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
0:43 | |||
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1.9
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A Scots Tune (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Traditional; Trad.; Sean Shibe |
2:52 | |||
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1.10
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From Galloway (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
James MacMillan; Sean Shibe (arranger); Sean Shibe |
2:53 | |||
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Since it was the Day of Preparation…
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1.11
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Motet I (transcr. G. Duthie, arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
James MacMillan; Sean Shibe (arranger); Sean Shibe |
4:17 | |||
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Electric Counterpoint
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1.12
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I. Fast
Steve Reich; Sean Shibe |
6:52 | |||
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1.13
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II. Slow
Steve Reich; Sean Shibe |
3:21 | |||
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1.14
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III. Fast
Steve Reich; Sean Shibe |
4:34 | |||
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LAD
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1.15
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I. (Drones only / arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Julia Wolfe; Sean Shibe |
7:49 | |||
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1.16
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II. The Slow Melody (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Julia Wolfe; Sean Shibe |
5:24 | |||
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1.17
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III. The Fast Melody (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
Julia Wolfe; Sean Shibe |
3:26 | |||
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1.18
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Killer (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar)
David Lang; Sean Shibe |
4:47 | |||
Shortlisted in both ‘Instrumentalist’ and ‘Young Artist’ categories at the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, Sean Shibe makes his second outing on Delphian with a programme of radical contrasts that showcases virtuosity at both extremes. Where his debut album Dreams & Fancies paid homage to the guitar repertoire created by his great predecessor Julian Bream, softLOUD looks ambitiously forward, with a mix of electric and acoustic, early and modern, whose contradictions and challenges speak to our own times.
The gentle beauty of Scottish lute manuscripts and of two short instrumental solos by James MacMillan is confronted by, and holds its own against, music by New York-based composers Julia Wolfe – a work of cathartic grief and anger originally scored for nine bagpipes – and David Lang, whose electric violin work "Killer" is iron-clad in its abrupt fury.
Shibe has arranged all of this music himself, and presents it here alongside a breathtaking recording of Steve Reich’s now classic Electric Counterpoint. ‘Have we today forgotten how to speak with grace,’Shibe asks, ‘or is the real danger that we aren’t screaming loudly enough?’
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Delphian Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.17 -12.46 to -0.40 | -23.76 -36.03 to -12.70 | -20.28 -31.90 to -8.80 | 11 8 to 17 | |
| 1 | Divertimento I (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -9.35 | -29.89 | -26.5 | 12 |
| 2 | Ladie lie near me (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -9.55 | -30.76 | -27.5 | 11 |
| 3 | Mervell’s Sarabande (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -5.83 | -26.54 | -22.3 | 11 |
| 4 | A Scotts Tune, by Mr. Lesslie (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -12.39 | -32.34 | -29.0 | 11 |
| 5 | Holi and Faire (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -11.30 | -31.81 | -28.0 | 12 |
| 6 | Swit Sant Nickola (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -10.91 | -29.83 | -26.5 | 11 |
| 7 | The Canaries I (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -9.37 | -26.38 | -23.9 | 9 |
| 8 | The Canaries II (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -3.96 | -23.64 | -19.1 | 13 |
| 9 | A Scots Tune (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -12.46 | -36.03 | -31.9 | 13 |
| 10 | From Galloway (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -2.36 | -30.09 | -25.7 | 15 |
| 11 | Motet I (transcr. G. Duthie, arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -0.40 | -30.30 | -24.8 | 17 |
| 12 | I. Fast | -0.65 | -15.24 | -13.1 | 9 |
| 13 | II. Slow | -1.01 | -14.65 | -12.4 | 8 |
| 14 | III. Fast | -0.65 | -14.42 | -12.4 | 9 |
| 15 | I. (Drones only / arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -0.70 | -14.40 | -11.1 | 9 |
| 16 | II. The Slow Melody (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -0.70 | -12.70 | -8.8 | 8 |
| 17 | III. The Fast Melody (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -0.70 | -13.44 | -9.0 | 9 |
| 18 | Killer (arr. Sean Shibe for Guitar) | -0.70 | -15.27 | -13.0 | 8 |