Orchestra of the Swan – Earthcycle (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Orchestra of the Swan – Earthcycle (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:21:39 minutes | 868 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records

Following their acclaimed mix-tape series on Signum Classics, Earthcycle is the fifth album from Orchestra of the Swan and David Le Page. Earthcycle is an innovative and timely project which finds a compelling way to engage with humanity’s most urgent threat. Through three initial performances, a recording and a film, Earthcycle contemplates our impact on Earth’s environment and the disruption of its natural rhythms. To celebrate the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons they have commissioned a new version from our Associate Artist, baroque/jazz musician and composer David Gordon which is interspersed with traditional folk songs related to the theme of the seasons and performed by singer Jackie Oates. Earthcycle highlights the 21st century’s greatest concern whilst celebrating nature and our place within it. Following their acclaimed mix-tape series on Signum Classics, Earthcycle is the fifth album from Orchestra of the Swan and David Le Page. Earthcycle is an innovative and timely project which finds a compelling way to engage with humanity’s most urgent threat. Through three initial performances, a recording and a film, Earthcycle contemplates our impact on Earth’s environment and the disruption of its natural rhythms. To celebrate the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons they have commissioned a new version from our Associate Artist, baroque/jazz musician and composer David Gordon which is interspersed with traditional folk songs related to the theme of the seasons and performed by singer Jackie Oates. Earthcycle highlights the 21st century’s greatest concern whilst celebrating nature and our place within it.

“The entire album is replete with musical birdsong, rain showers, shafts of light, gusty autumn winds, swirling leaves, and many other delights, which create a compelling, engaging and intriguing whole. Earthcycle provides an important reflection on climate change while offering listeners chamber music of the highest order, imaginatively presented and beautifully performed.” (ArtMuseLondon)

Tracklist:
01. Orchestra of the Swan – Traditional: The Birds in the Spring (03:49)
02. Orchestra of the Swan – Gordon: Windigo (or Gradually then Suddenly) (05:12)
03. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “La primavera” (Spring): I. Allegro (03:22)
04. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “La primavera” (Spring): II. Largo e pianissimo sempre (02:49)
05. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “La primavera” (Spring): III. Danza pastorale: Allegro (03:58)
06. Orchestra of the Swan – Traditional: The Lark in the Morning (02:36)
07. Orchestra of the Swan – Gordon: The Elephant and the Moth (07:40)
08. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer): I. Allegro non moto (04:56)
09. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer): II. Adagio – Presto (01:59)
10. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer): III. Presto (02:39)
11. Orchestra of the Swan – Traditional: Bright Phoebus (03:08)
12. Orchestra of the Swan – Gordon: Feeling the Chill (06:18)
13. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “L’autumno” (Autumn): I. Allegro (05:04)
14. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “L’autumno” (Autumn): II. Adagio molto (02:53)
15. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “L’autumno” (Autumn): III. Allegro (03:23)
16. Orchestra of the Swan – Traditional: The Robin’s Petition (04:19)
17. Orchestra of the Swan – Gordon: The Water’s Tears (08:21)
18. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter): I. Allegro non molto (03:31)
19. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter): II. Largo (02:04)
20. Orchestra of the Swan – Vivaldi: Concerto no. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter): III. Allegro (03:28)

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