Camerata Pacifica - John Harbison: String Trio / Four Songs Of Solitude / Songs America Loves To Sing (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 70:13 minutes | 1,34 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet
Three facets of John Harbison. One of the most celebrated and wide-ranging American composers of our time, John Harbison (b. 1938) has an abiding interest in American jazz, folksong, and hymns, which can be heard in his collection of solos and canons Songs America Loves to Sing (2004), presented here alongside Four Songs of Solitude (1985) for solo violin, and the world premiere recording of the String Trio (2013), commissioned and performed by members of Camerata Pacifica.
John Harbison has an abiding interest in American music of all kinds, including jazz, the Great American Songbook, and hymns. The songs he has rewritten as “Songs America Loves To Sing” are some of the most familiar in American music, including “Amazing Grace” and a song made famous by the great blues singer, Bessie Smith, “St. Louis Blues.”
John Harbison remarks on his String Trio. "When I was fifteen years old I began a string trio. I wrote about three pages before deciding it was too difficult for me at that time. All subsequent attempts over the last forty years yielded the same result. In the meantime I have performed string trios by Beethoven and Mozart, and studied others. I have no reason to believe the medium has gotten easier, but my music has become somewhat simpler and has fewer notes, which I imagine to be an advantage. The piece begins very loud, or perhaps very soft, or better with an intriguing neutrality of mood which takes on a kind of menace. The impression is formidable but at the same time winning, even droll. Let the critic not be fooled however by this veneer of friendliness. I have a knife for his ribs later on, at the moment of greatest security. By the end even the violist has lost all sense of normalcy, or decency."
The “Four Songs of Solitude” were written for Harbison’s wife, the violinist Rose Mary Harbison, to whom he has dedicated numerous works. The four movements are distinct in character, the more plaintive Song 1 followed by Song 2 which opens lyrically, but quickly becomes more chordal and rhythmically propulsive. Song 3 is relatively spare, using silence to evoke the titular solitude, and Song 4, after a virtuosic eruption in the middle, returns to the melancholic feel of the piece’s beginning.
Tracklist:
01 - String Trio: - I. Allegro moderato
02 - String Trio: - II. Adagio, appassionato
03 - String Trio: - III. Intermezzo: Allegretto
04 - String Trio: - IV. Variations: Molto moderato
05 - String Trio: - V. Intermezzo: Allegro arieggiato
06 - String Trio: - VI. Finale: Allegro moderato
07 - Four Songs of Solitude: - I.
08 - Four Songs of Solitude: - II.
09 - Four Songs of Solitude: - III.
10 - Four Songs of Solitude: - IV.
11 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - I. Amazing Grace
12 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - II. Careless Love
13 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - III. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
14 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - IV. Aura Lee
15 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - V. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
16 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - VI. St. Louis Blues
17 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - VII. Poor Butterfly
18 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - VIII. We Shall Overcome
19 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - IX. Ain't Goin' to Study War No Mo'
20 - Songs America Loves to Sing: - X. Anniversary Song
Producer, Recording and Editing engineer: Adam Abeshouse.
Recorded January and May 2014 at the Recital Hall, SUNY Purchase in New York.
Musicians:
Paul Huang - violin
Amy Schwartz Moretti - violin
Richard O'Neill - viola
Ani Aznavoorian - cello
Adrian Spence - flute
Jose Franch-Ballester - clarinet
Warren Jones - piano
Analyzed: Camerata Pacifica, Paul Huang / John Harbison: String Trio - Four Songs of Solitude - Songs America Loves to Sing
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.30 dB -19.40 dB 6:28 1/20-(String Trio) - I. Allegro moderato
DR12 -0.30 dB -18.33 dB 5:03 2/20-(String Trio) - II. Adagio, appassionato
DR14 -0.30 dB -19.97 dB 3:39 3/20-(String Trio) - III. Intermezzo: Allegretto
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.86 dB 6:02 4/20-(String Trio) - IV. Variations: Molto moderato
DR14 -0.71 dB -20.80 dB 4:36 5/20-(String Trio) - V. Intermezzo: Allegro arieggiato
DR11 -0.30 dB -15.31 dB 4:38 6/20-(String Trio) - VI. Finale: Allegro moderato
DR14 -0.79 dB -19.73 dB 3:28 7/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - I.
DR13 -0.30 dB -18.29 dB 2:50 8/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - II.
DR14 -0.30 dB -18.94 dB 4:20 9/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - III.
DR13 -0.30 dB -19.72 dB 4:24 10/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - IV.
DR9 -0.30 dB -14.12 dB 2:09 11/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - I. Amazing Grace
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.84 dB 2:19 12/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - II. Careless Love
DR9 -0.30 dB -11.43 dB 1:25 13/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - III. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
DR13 -0.30 dB -17.25 dB 1:31 14/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - IV. Aura Lee
DR9 -0.30 dB -13.27 dB 3:21 15/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - V. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
DR7 -0.30 dB -10.93 dB 2:04 16/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - VI. St. Louis Blues
DR10 -5.74 dB -20.19 dB 4:45 17/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - VII. Poor Butterfly
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.75 dB 2:01 18/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - VIII. We Shall Overcome
DR10 -0.30 dB -13.44 dB 2:40 19/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - IX. Ain't Goin' to Study War No Mo'
DR10 -0.30 dB -15.11 dB 2:29 20/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - X. Anniversary Song
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Number of tracks: 20
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2647 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.30 dB -19.40 dB 6:28 1/20-(String Trio) - I. Allegro moderato
DR12 -0.30 dB -18.33 dB 5:03 2/20-(String Trio) - II. Adagio, appassionato
DR14 -0.30 dB -19.97 dB 3:39 3/20-(String Trio) - III. Intermezzo: Allegretto
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.86 dB 6:02 4/20-(String Trio) - IV. Variations: Molto moderato
DR14 -0.71 dB -20.80 dB 4:36 5/20-(String Trio) - V. Intermezzo: Allegro arieggiato
DR11 -0.30 dB -15.31 dB 4:38 6/20-(String Trio) - VI. Finale: Allegro moderato
DR14 -0.79 dB -19.73 dB 3:28 7/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - I.
DR13 -0.30 dB -18.29 dB 2:50 8/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - II.
DR14 -0.30 dB -18.94 dB 4:20 9/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - III.
DR13 -0.30 dB -19.72 dB 4:24 10/20-(Four Songs of Solitude) - IV.
DR9 -0.30 dB -14.12 dB 2:09 11/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - I. Amazing Grace
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.84 dB 2:19 12/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - II. Careless Love
DR9 -0.30 dB -11.43 dB 1:25 13/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - III. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
DR13 -0.30 dB -17.25 dB 1:31 14/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - IV. Aura Lee
DR9 -0.30 dB -13.27 dB 3:21 15/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - V. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
DR7 -0.30 dB -10.93 dB 2:04 16/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - VI. St. Louis Blues
DR10 -5.74 dB -20.19 dB 4:45 17/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - VII. Poor Butterfly
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.75 dB 2:01 18/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - VIII. We Shall Overcome
DR10 -0.30 dB -13.44 dB 2:40 19/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - IX. Ain't Goin' to Study War No Mo'
DR10 -0.30 dB -15.11 dB 2:29 20/20-(Songs America Loves to Sing) - X. Anniversary Song
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Number of tracks: 20
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2647 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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