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Cantabile: Cortege & Danse Macabre and Carillon MP3 Download
Free MP3 and lossless audio excerpts from the first performance of the symphonic suite Cantabile's 2nd and 3rd movements on June 10th (2009) in the Copenhagen Concert Hall at the royal gala concert celebrating the 75th birthday of H.R.H. Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark.
First, excerpts from the second symphonic poem (2nd movement) from Cantabile; The »Cortège & Danse Macabre« (Procession and Dance of Death - or in this case perhaps more appropriately "Dance of the Dead". See the text below). Dark music, sometimes ominous, yet also with glimpses of tragic humor. The music depicts a procession of the dead - dancing. But they don't know they are dead, they don't know where, or even who, they are. And yet they are dancing, dancing towards the inevitable, their grave, the eternal. Choose download format - MP3, FLAC, Apple Lossless, or uncompressed WAV (Select MP3 for smaller file size and maximum compatibility or FLAC/Apple Lossless/WAV (Info) for highest sound quality):• Click here to download a large excerpt from »Cortège & Danse Macabre« (MP3) (bar 100-280, 6:36 min., 15.9 MB, 320 kbps MP3 format) Or click either of the following links to download the same excerpt in "lossless" formats (full 44.1KHz/16bit CD quality): •• Cortège & Danse Macabre (WAV, 69.9 MB) •• Cortège & Danse Macabre (FLAC, 34.0 MB) •• Cortège & Danse Macabre (Apple Lossless, 34.4 MB) --- • Click to download 3 smaller additional excerpts from the beginning of »Cortège & Danse Macabre« (MP3) (2:32 min., 3.5 MB, 192 kbps MP3 format) Secondly, an excerpt from the third and final symphonic poem (3rd movement) from the Cantabile suite; The »Carillon«. A "bell-like" theme is heard throughout the movement. «Carillon« begins with conflicting emotions; the luring - sometimes joyous, sometimes sentimental - yet simple hymnic melody of "L'Angelus" is contrasted with the brutality and complexity of reality (read the poem below). The second half, which is heard in the excerpt, is based on the poem "Lacrymae mundi" (Tears of the world). It begins with a flowing choir, building up to full orchestra, and then concludes the whole work, returning to the theme of the first movement "Souffle le vent" at the very end. Choose download format - MP3, FLAC, Apple Lossless, or uncompressed WAV:• Click here to download an excerpt from »Carillon« (MP3) (2:50 min., 6.8 MB, 320 kbps MP3 format) Or select a "lossless" format: •• Carillon (WAV, 30.1 MB) •• Carillon (FLAC, 16.9 MB) •• Carillon (Apple Lossless, 17.0 MB) 40 seconds into the following excerpt a passage begins in which you can hear the basses of the choir descent to the A below the bass-clef, one of the deepest notes ever written in work for choir and orchestra: • Click here to download a small additional excerpt from »Carillon« (MP3) (0:51 min., 2.1 MB, 320 kbps MP3 format) • Click here to download a small additional excerpt from »Carillon« (WAV) (0:51 min., 9 MB, uncompressed WAVE format) The music is performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DR SymfoniOrkestret) and Choir, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. Soloists are: Ina Kringlebotn, soprano (»Carillon«) Erlend Tyrmi, baritone (»Danse Macabre« and »Carillon«) Frederik Magle, piano (»Carillon«) »Souffle le vent«, the first movement of the »Cantabile« suite was given its premiere performance in 2004. MP3 Excerpts of »Souffle le vent« are available for download here. The orchestration/instrumentation of the Cantabile Suite: 3 flutes (3rd: Piccolo),If you would like to hear the work in full, please let me know by private message or email. More still pictures:
The »Cortège & Danse Macabre« and »Carillon« from the symphonic suite »Cantabile« is copyright © Frederik Magle. Please do not hotlink to the audio files without posting a link to this page (or magle.dk) as well. The music has been uploaded to this site for free download with the consent of the copyright holders and in accordance with Danish and international copyright law. ____________ More music: List of Classical Music Downloads by Frederik Magle | "The Hope" for brass band, choir, organ and percussion | Dark Classical Music Downloads Last edited by Frederik Magle; Aug-01-2010 at 12:46. Reason: Uploaded FLAC and Apple Lossless files |
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Here is the text (or lyrics) from the »Cortège & Danse Macabre«:
Cortège Funèbre - Danse Macabre (Funeral Procession - Dance of Death) by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark Quote:
L'Angélus - Carillon by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark Quote:
Lacrymae Mundi - Psaume by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark Quote:
Lacrymae Mundi - Salme by H.R.H. Henrik, The Prince Consort of Denmark (translation by Per Aage Brandt) Quote:
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January 1st, 2010, I spent rectifying something that has bothered me for some time; the lacking power of the pipe organ in the recording of the Cortège & Danse Macabre and Carillon.
It's no secret that the 92-voice organ in the new Copenhagen Concert Hall (DR Koncerthuset) has been criticized for not being powerful enough, as if there is some kind of "veil" in front of the organ - either because of the acoustics of the hall, the architecture with a front of decorative aluminum tubes, or the instrument itself. Over the summer and fall some major changes has been made that may have fixed the problem, but at the concert in June it was definitely not as powerful as it should have been. I wanted the full organ to significantly increase the power - or rather the "intensity" and richness - of the orchestra when applied at some crucial moments of madness. But, alas, it could not fully match the orchestra like a concert organ of its size is supposed to (though when heard live at the concert it did come through slightly better than on the original recording - at least the pedal (deep bass) lines). I spent the whole day, yesterday, enhancing the sound of organ in the recording to the level I had originally intended, and now you can hear it as intended (or as close as I could get, which is quite close). Those of you who downloaded the "old" versions can do a comparison with the new excerpts of the second and third movements if you like. Here are the new versions (click on the links to download and listen), which I've uploaded in an even better MP3 quality (256 kbps vs. 192 kbps). EDIT: New further improved versions (320 kbps MP3, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and uncompressed WAV) uploaded July 28th-July30th, 2010: The original post has been updated with the new audio files (scroll to the top of this page). Enjoy! Regards, Frederik Last edited by Frederik Magle; Jul-30-2010 at 18:09. Reason: improved audio files |
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Indeed, there was an absolutely fantastic atmosphere at the concert and the audience really seemed to like it
I'm glad you like the new improved sound files.Btw, I forgot to mention this when I posted the MP3 files back in June, but there are other "unusual" things in the scoring besides the use of the giraffe bone: Approximately 45 seconds into the excerpt of the »Carillon« you can hear the basses of the choir go down to the low A (A1) - the A below the bass clef - a fifth below what is usually considered the range of a bass singer! You may have to turn the volume up a little to hear it, but they do sing this extremely deep note, one of the lowest notes ever written in a work for choir and orchestra. |
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Update: I have just added a new excerpt from the Carillon. And this time in both 320 kbps MP3 and FLAC, Apple Lossless, or uncompressed WAV for the audiophiles!
I was still not 100% satisfied with the grand pipe organ entry in final part of the Carillon, but I have enhanced it further, this time using the sound of a real pipe organ instead of a digital organ, and that made all the difference. It now sounds as intended; Powerful and exciting (The enhanced part begins 1:43 into the new excerpt from the Carillon). Yes, I know I'm a hopeless perfectionist. Just can't let it go until it's perfect... at least the organ entry is good now ![]() 320 kbps MP3 format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...on-excerpt.mp3 Uncompressed WAV format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...on-excerpt.wav FLAC format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...n-excerpt.flac Apple Lossless format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...on-excerpt.m4a |
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Uploaded a new excerpt of the Cortège & Danse Macabre as well - in both 320 kbps MP3 (the highest MP3 quality) and uncompressed WAV (true CD quality, for audiophile listening). Like the "Carillon" clip I've improved the sound of the pipe organ even further, but only in one place (at 2:35). The rest was already as it should be.
320 kbps MP3 format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...re-excerpt.mp3 Uncompressed WAV format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...re-excerpt.wav FLAC format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...e-excerpt.flac Apple Lossless format: http://www.magle.dk/audio/cantabile/...re-excerpt.m4a |
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