Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Manze - Butterworth · Holst (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Manze - Butterworth · Holst (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 68:16 minutes | 1,14 GB
Classical | Label: Onyx Classics, Official Digital Download

George Butterworth, one of the pre 1914 generation lost in the Great War, left a small but enduring body of work. He was introduced to folk music by Vaughan Williams, but he was also a dancer and collector of folk songs and dances – especially those from Sussex. It is however his A.E Houseman inspired orchestral Rhapsody ‘A Shropshire Lad’ that has become his most famous composition and seems to conjure up a powerful sense of the countryside of that county, and melancholy at the waste and futility of war.

Holst, like Butterworth was a friend of RVW, and together the two of them collected folk songs from around England. Holst also taught at the school for girls in Hammersmith, London and the St Paul Suite is a personal thankyou to the school. Folk songs imbue the two Songs without Words. Holst became friendly with Thomas Hardy, and it was on a night walk (at the urging of Hardy) that the inspiration for Egdon Heath came to Holst.

This recording continues the artistic partnership between Andrew Manze and the RLPO, following on from the award-winning series of music from Ralph Vaughan Williams."

Tracklist:
1. A Shropshire Lad "Rhapsody for Full Orchestra" (10:14)
2. The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll" (6:03)
3. Two English Idylls : No. 1, Allegro scherzando (5:05)
4. Two English Idylls : No. 2, Adagio non troppo (4:40)
5. Egdon Heath, Op. 47 "A Homage to Thomas Hardy" (13:25)
6. Two Songs without Words, Op. 22: No. 1, Country Song (4:37)
7. Two Songs without Words, Op. 22: No. 2, Marching Song (3:54)
8. A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2: I. Moderato (1:56)
9. A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2: II. Adagio (2:55)
10. A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2: III. Allegro (3:03)
11. St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: I. Jig: Vivace (3:05)
12. St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: II. Ostinato (1:54)
13. St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: III. Intermezzo (4:07)
14. St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: IV. Finale (The Dargason), Allegro (3:17)

foobar2000 v2.24.1 / DR Meter v0.7
log date: 2025-09-25 18:55:04

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Analyzed: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Manze / Butterworth · Holst
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.70 dBFS -16.31 dBFS 10:14 01-A Shropshire Lad "Rhapsody for Full Orchestra"
DR13 -0.70 dBFS -20.45 dBFS 6:03 02-The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll"
DR12 -0.70 dBFS -18.44 dBFS 5:05 03-Two English Idylls : No. 1, Allegro scherzando
DR13 -0.70 dBFS -19.60 dBFS 4:40 04-Two English Idylls : No. 2, Adagio non troppo
DR14 -0.70 dBFS -21.34 dBFS 13:25 05-Egdon Heath, Op. 47 "A Homage to Thomas Hardy"
DR13 -0.70 dBFS -19.30 dBFS 4:37 06-Two Songs without Words, Op. 22: No. 1, Country Song
DR9 -0.70 dBFS -14.31 dBFS 3:54 07-Two Songs without Words, Op. 22: No. 2, Marching Song
DR13 -2.77 dBFS -22.93 dBFS 1:56 08-A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2: I. Moderato
DR12 -10.76 dBFS -27.54 dBFS 2:55 09-A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2: II. Adagio
DR14 -3.36 dBFS -22.85 dBFS 3:03 10-A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2: III. Allegro
DR12 -0.70 dBFS -16.08 dBFS 3:05 11-St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: I. Jig: Vivace
DR13 -4.90 dBFS -24.73 dBFS 1:54 12-St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: II. Ostinato
DR13 -0.80 dBFS -21.00 dBFS 4:07 13-St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: III. Intermezzo
DR12 -1.16 dBFS -17.45 dBFS 3:17 14-St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: IV. Finale (The Dargason), Allegro
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2376 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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