Stile Antico - The Phoenix Rising (2013)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 74:32 min | Front/Rear Cover + Digital Booklet | 3,79 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Cover + Digital Booklet | 1,78 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Cover + Digital Booklet | 1,51 GB
DSD Recording | Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Harmonia Mundi # HMU 807572
Stile Antico’s eighth disc celebrates the pioneering Tudor Church Music edition, which made available for the first time in the modern era much of the most important English Renaissance sacred music. Alongside Byrd’s evergreen Mass for five voices, Stile Antico’s varied programme includes masterpieces by Tallis, Taverner, White, Gibbons and Morley, all taken from the TCM volumes. This recording was supported by the Carnegie UK Trust, under whose aegis this remarkable edition appeared, in honour of its centenary in 2013, and received accolades including the Diapason d’Or and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
The rising "phoenix" in the title of this release by the leaderless, 12-voice British choir Stile Antico carries several meanings. The album presents selections from the ten-volume 1920s publication Tudor Church Music, which had a great deal to do with the prevalence of English Renaissance choral music in the general choral scene of today. That book essentially revived the reputation of English music, but it has itself become shrouded in historical mists; the album marks both the original funding of Tudor Church Music by the Carnegie UK Trust and the centenary of that organization in 2013. The Tudor dynasty lasted for nearly 120 years in Britain (from 1485 to 1603), during which a great deal happened, both politically and musically. What you get here is not a greatest-hits selection from that period, but a mix that aims to convey the musical ambitions of the period more broadly. There are several well-known pieces that are part of the arsenal of many standing choirs: Gibbons' O clap your hands and Byrd's Mass for five voices (properly broken up the shorter pieces) and Ave verum corpus. But there are also larger works, in Latin, that let the choir really show its considerable ability to draw fine distinctions of texture. Consider Nolo mortem peccatoris by Thomas Morley, better known for stereotypical madrigals like Now is the month of maying. Nolo mortem peccatoris, a Latin anthem, is touched by Morley's madrigal language. Even more expressive is the harmonically experimental In ieunio et fletu of Tallis seemingly trying to atone for the simplicity of his Anglican church music. This is, in a nutshell, a fine selection of Renaissance choral music, sung by an unusual and extremely virtuosic choir, and well recorded in hybrid multichannel SACD sound (in, unfortunately, a completely unidentified location). Bravo.
Tracklist:
01. William Byrd: Ave verum corpus
02. Thomas Tallis: Salvator mundi
03. William Byrd: Mass for five voices (Kyrie eleison)
04. William Byrd: Mass for five voices (Gloria)
05. Thomas Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
06. Orlando Gibbons: O clap your hands
07. William Byrd: Mass for five voices (Credo)
08. Robert White: Portio mea
09. Robert White: Christe qui lux es et dies (IV)
10. Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and everlasting God
11. William Byrd: Mass for five voices (Sanctus & Benedictus)
12. Thomas Tallis: In ieiunio et fletu
13. William Byrd: Mass for five voices (Agnus Dei)
14. John Taverner: O splendor gloriae
Stile Antico
Sopranos: Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey
Altos: Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Katie Schofeld
Tenors: Jim Clements, Andrew Griffths, Benedict Hymas
Basses: Will Dawes, Timothy Murphy, Matthew O’Donovan
with
Benjamin Clark - tenor on 3-4, 7, 9, 11-14
Graham Bier - bass on 9, 12
Produced by Robina G. Young. Recording Engineer & Editor by Brad Michel.
Recorded in November 2012 at St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, UK.
Recorded, Edited & Mastered in DSD.
foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Stile Antico / The Phoenix Rising
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -10.22 dB -30.09 dB 4:08 01-Ave verum corpus
DR13 -10.12 dB -29.45 dB 3:20 02-Salvator mundi
DR12 -9.55 dB -28.66 dB 1:35 03-Mass for five voices (Kyrie eleison)
DR14 -6.13 dB -27.26 dB 5:29 04-Mass for five voices (Gloria)
DR13 -11.15 dB -29.80 dB 3:13 05-Nolo mortem peccatoris
DR13 -7.14 dB -27.44 dB 5:33 06-O clap your hands
DR14 -6.54 dB -28.28 dB 9:55 07-Mass for five voices (Credo)
DR13 -5.74 dB -27.07 dB 6:53 08-Portio mea
DR13 -9.21 dB -30.20 dB 6:23 09-Christe qui lux es et dies (IV)
DR13 -9.67 dB -29.63 dB 2:17 10-Almighty and everlasting God
DR14 -8.91 dB -28.75 dB 4:29 11-Mass for five voices (Sanctus & Benedictus)
DR13 -9.86 dB -29.09 dB 4:38 12-In ieiunio et fletu
DR14 -7.48 dB -28.79 dB 3:46 13-Mass for five voices (Agnus Dei)
DR14 -6.55 dB -27.35 dB 12:53 14-O splendor gloriae
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Stile Antico / The Phoenix Rising
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -10.31 dB -28.05 dB 4:08 01-Ave verum corpus
DR13 -10.51 dB -27.28 dB 3:20 02-Salvator mundi
DR12 -9.50 dB -26.35 dB 1:35 03-Mass for five voices (Kyrie eleison)
DR14 -5.85 dB -24.75 dB 5:29 04-Mass for five voices (Gloria)
DR13 -11.51 dB -27.71 dB 3:13 05-Nolo mortem peccatoris
DR13 -7.16 dB -24.97 dB 5:33 06-O clap your hands
DR14 -6.18 dB -25.92 dB 9:55 07-Mass for five voices (Credo)
DR13 -5.59 dB -24.61 dB 6:53 08-Portio mea
DR13 -9.40 dB -28.23 dB 6:23 09-Christe qui lux es et dies (IV)
DR13 -9.80 dB -27.47 dB 2:17 10-Almighty and everlasting God
DR14 -8.43 dB -26.47 dB 4:29 11-Mass for five voices (Sanctus & Benedictus)
DR13 -9.84 dB -26.85 dB 4:38 12-In ieiunio et fletu
DR14 -7.49 dB -26.50 dB 3:46 13-Mass for five voices (Agnus Dei)
DR14 -6.64 dB -24.91 dB 12:53 14-O splendor gloriae
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Stile Antico / The Phoenix Rising
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -10.22 dB -30.09 dB 4:08 01-Ave verum corpus
DR13 -10.12 dB -29.45 dB 3:20 02-Salvator mundi
DR12 -9.55 dB -28.66 dB 1:35 03-Mass for five voices (Kyrie eleison)
DR14 -6.13 dB -27.26 dB 5:29 04-Mass for five voices (Gloria)
DR13 -11.15 dB -29.80 dB 3:13 05-Nolo mortem peccatoris
DR13 -7.14 dB -27.44 dB 5:33 06-O clap your hands
DR14 -6.54 dB -28.28 dB 9:55 07-Mass for five voices (Credo)
DR13 -5.74 dB -27.07 dB 6:53 08-Portio mea
DR13 -9.21 dB -30.20 dB 6:23 09-Christe qui lux es et dies (IV)
DR13 -9.67 dB -29.63 dB 2:17 10-Almighty and everlasting God
DR14 -8.91 dB -28.75 dB 4:29 11-Mass for five voices (Sanctus & Benedictus)
DR13 -9.86 dB -29.09 dB 4:38 12-In ieiunio et fletu
DR14 -7.48 dB -28.79 dB 3:46 13-Mass for five voices (Agnus Dei)
DR14 -6.55 dB -27.35 dB 12:53 14-O splendor gloriae
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Stile Antico / The Phoenix Rising
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -10.31 dB -28.05 dB 4:08 01-Ave verum corpus
DR13 -10.51 dB -27.28 dB 3:20 02-Salvator mundi
DR12 -9.50 dB -26.35 dB 1:35 03-Mass for five voices (Kyrie eleison)
DR14 -5.85 dB -24.75 dB 5:29 04-Mass for five voices (Gloria)
DR13 -11.51 dB -27.71 dB 3:13 05-Nolo mortem peccatoris
DR13 -7.16 dB -24.97 dB 5:33 06-O clap your hands
DR14 -6.18 dB -25.92 dB 9:55 07-Mass for five voices (Credo)
DR13 -5.59 dB -24.61 dB 6:53 08-Portio mea
DR13 -9.40 dB -28.23 dB 6:23 09-Christe qui lux es et dies (IV)
DR13 -9.80 dB -27.47 dB 2:17 10-Almighty and everlasting God
DR14 -8.43 dB -26.47 dB 4:29 11-Mass for five voices (Sanctus & Benedictus)
DR13 -9.84 dB -26.85 dB 4:38 12-In ieiunio et fletu
DR14 -7.49 dB -26.50 dB 3:46 13-Mass for five voices (Agnus Dei)
DR14 -6.64 dB -24.91 dB 12:53 14-O splendor gloriae
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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