Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Joseph Wicks - Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 67:22 minutes | 1.05 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 67:22 minutes | 1.05 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet
Andrew Nethsingha and The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice with a new recording of choral works by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Many of the works were composed in the years immediately following the event, including O clap your hands, Lord, thou hast been our refuge and the Mass in G minor which leads the programme. Vaughan Williams turned his attention to liturgical music following his service as a wagon orderly during the Great War. Ursula Vaughan Williams, his second wife and biographer, wrote that such work ‘gave Ralph vivid awareness of how men died’. It is perhaps unsurprising that in many of the texts to which he turned after the 1918 Armistice, the fragility and weakness of humanity becomes a recurrent theme. Despite being described as a ‘confirmed atheist’ by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, his heightened exploration of Christian texts, symbols, and images after the War might rather be understood both as an attempt to grapple anew with what might lie, as he put it, ‘beyond sense and knowledge’, and to search for consolation in religious and other inherited traditions amid a world irrevocably changed.The fifth release in their series with Signum, the Choir of St John’s have received glowing praise for their previous releases, culminating in the choral prize at the 2017 BBC Music Magazine Awards for their debut release of works by Jonathan Harvey (Deo SIGCD456).
Tracklist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
01. Mass in G Minor: Kyrie
02. Mass in G Minor: Gloria in excelsis
03. Mass in G Minor: Credo
04. Mass in G Minor: Sanctus – Osanna I – Benedictus – Osanna II
05. Mass in G Minor: Agnus Dei
06. Te Deum in G Major
07. O vos omnes
08. 5 Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon
09. 3 Preludes on Welsh Hill Tunes: II. Rhosymedre
10. O Taste and See
11. Prayer to the Father of Heaven
12. O, Clap Your Hands
13. Lord, Thou Hast Been our Refuge
foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-05-19 14:04:09
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Analyzed: Alfred Harrison & The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (1)
Hugh Cutting & The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (2)
Joseph Wicks & The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (3-5)
Joseph Wicks / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (6)
The Choir of St John's College Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (7)
Various artists / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (8-13)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -16.16 dB -34.20 dB 1:46 10-O Taste and See
DR15 -3.13 dB -25.85 dB 5:59 07-O vos omnes
DR15 -0.60 dB -20.52 dB 7:44 06-Te Deum in G Major
DR13 -0.60 dB -19.38 dB 3:15 08-5 Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon
DR12 -1.02 dB -18.77 dB 3:20 12-O, Clap Your Hands
DR10 -12.22 dB -27.41 dB 4:40 09-3 Preludes on Welsh Hill Tunes: II. Rhosymedre
DR14 -0.60 dB -21.11 dB 5:39 11-Prayer to the Father of Heaven
DR17 -3.35 dB -27.73 dB 4:39 01-Mass in G Minor: Kyrie
DR14 -3.02 dB -23.60 dB 4:18 02-Mass in G Minor: Gloria in excelsis
DR13 -3.70 dB -24.17 dB 6:53 03-Mass in G Minor: Credo
DR14 -2.97 dB -24.70 dB 5:21 04-Mass in G Minor: Sanctus – Osanna I – Benedictus – Osanna II
DR14 -6.67 dB -29.60 dB 4:41 05-Mass in G Minor: Agnus Dei
DR14 -0.60 dB -20.73 dB 9:17 13-Lord, Thou Hast Been our Refuge
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2249 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2018-05-19 14:04:09
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Analyzed: Alfred Harrison & The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (1)
Hugh Cutting & The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (2)
Joseph Wicks & The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (3-5)
Joseph Wicks / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (6)
The Choir of St John's College Cambridge / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (7)
Various artists / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (8-13)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -16.16 dB -34.20 dB 1:46 10-O Taste and See
DR15 -3.13 dB -25.85 dB 5:59 07-O vos omnes
DR15 -0.60 dB -20.52 dB 7:44 06-Te Deum in G Major
DR13 -0.60 dB -19.38 dB 3:15 08-5 Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon
DR12 -1.02 dB -18.77 dB 3:20 12-O, Clap Your Hands
DR10 -12.22 dB -27.41 dB 4:40 09-3 Preludes on Welsh Hill Tunes: II. Rhosymedre
DR14 -0.60 dB -21.11 dB 5:39 11-Prayer to the Father of Heaven
DR17 -3.35 dB -27.73 dB 4:39 01-Mass in G Minor: Kyrie
DR14 -3.02 dB -23.60 dB 4:18 02-Mass in G Minor: Gloria in excelsis
DR13 -3.70 dB -24.17 dB 6:53 03-Mass in G Minor: Credo
DR14 -2.97 dB -24.70 dB 5:21 04-Mass in G Minor: Sanctus – Osanna I – Benedictus – Osanna II
DR14 -6.67 dB -29.60 dB 4:41 05-Mass in G Minor: Agnus Dei
DR14 -0.60 dB -20.73 dB 9:17 13-Lord, Thou Hast Been our Refuge
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2249 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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