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Benjamin Grosvenor - Rhapsody in Blue: Saint-Säens, Ravel, Gershwin (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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Date: 31 Dec 2017 11:02:58

Benjamin Grosvenor - Rhapsody in Blue: Saint-Säens, Ravel, Gershwin (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Benjamin Grosvenor - Rhapsody in Blue: Saint-Säens, Ravel, Gershwin (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 65:37 minutes | 1.10 GB
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The three principal works that Benjamin Grosvenor has chosen for his first concerto album complement each other perfectly. The urbane charm and dazzling virtuosity of Saint-Saëns lead naturally on to the brittle brilliance and dry wit of his fellow Frenchman Ravel. Ravel’s distinctly jazzy G major Concerto was written soon after he’d met Gershwin, and just a few years after the great Broadway songsmith had so spectacularly gatecrashed his way into the classical world with his syncopated, note-bending Rhapsody in Blue.

“Rhapsody in Blue needs neither verbal advocacy nor apology from me”, says Benjamin Grosvenor. “It’s simply a work of rapturous inventiveness – a sort of ‘musical kaleidoscope of America’, as Gershwin himself called it.” In his new recording, Benjamin Grosvenor puts aside the large and less wieldy symphonic version in favour of the original jazz-band arrangement that Ferde Grofé made for the work’s 1924 premiere, given by Gershwin himself with the Paul Whiteman Band. “It’s a more intimate version”, says Grosvenor, “very colourful and extremely interesting – it even includes a banjo, which adds a unique sound.”

As for the two French concertos, they’re very much part of a personal crusade: “I’ve often felt that the French piano repertoire is underrated or that it’s judged as no more than opulent mood-music or ‘pictures in sound’, but I’ve adored the Ravel and Saint-Saëns concertos from the first time I heard them.”

Tracklist:
01. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22-1. Andante sostenuto
02. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22-2. Allegro scherzando
03. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22-3. Presto
04. Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals (Grande Fantaisie Zoölogique)-Arr. Godowsky-The Swan
05. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83-1. Allegramente
06. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83-2. Adagio assai
07. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83-3. Presto
08. Ravel: Prélude in A Minor
09. Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue
10. Gershwin: Love Walked In

Personnel:
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
James Judd, conductor

Dynamic Range Report

foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-12-31 13:58:44

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Analyzed: Benjamin Grosvenor / Rhapsody in Blue: Saint-Säens, Ravel, Gershwin
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.18 dB -17.91 dB 10:24 01-Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22-1. Andante sostenuto - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Benjamin Grosvenor & James Judd
DR14 -0.85 dB -21.64 dB 5:37 02-Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22-2. Allegro scherzando - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Benjamin Grosvenor & James Judd
DR12 -0.12 dB -15.69 dB 6:07 03-Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22-3. Presto - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Benjamin Grosvenor & James Judd
DR13 -5.68 dB -26.33 dB 2:31 04-Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals (Grande Fantaisie Zoölogique)-Arr. Godowsky-The Swan - Benjamin Grosvenor
DR13 0.00 dB -18.60 dB 8:26 05-Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83-1. Allegramente - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & James Judd & Benjamin Grosvenor
DR14 -0.35 dB -24.02 dB 8:18 06-Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83-2. Adagio assai - James Judd & Benjamin Grosvenor & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
DR13 -0.22 dB -17.36 dB 4:01 07-Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83-3. Presto - James Judd & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Benjamin Grosvenor
DR12 -10.64 dB -30.70 dB 1:27 08-Ravel: Prélude in A Minor - Benjamin Grosvenor
DR12 -0.11 dB -17.04 dB 14:50 09-Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & James Judd & Benjamin Grosvenor
DR15 -0.74 dB -23.34 dB 4:00 10-Gershwin: Love Walked In - Benjamin Grosvenor
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2213 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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