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foobar2000 1.6.14 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-12-25 17:41:28
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Analyzed: Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Favourite Carols from King's
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.01 dB -20.65 dB 4:38 01-01 Hymn - Once in royal David's city
DR13 -5.14 dB -23.78 dB 2:07 02-02 Ding! Dong! merrily on high
DR14 -7.35 dB -27.90 dB 2:43 03-03 Herefordshire Carol
DR12 -3.36 dB -22.61 dB 1:08 04-04 Adam lay ybounden
DR12 -4.34 dB -21.91 dB 2:00 05-05 Sussex Carol
DR15 -5.88 dB -27.43 dB 3:28 06-06 In dulci jubilo
DR13 -7.62 dB -25.60 dB 3:00 07-07 Joy to the world
DR12 -10.42 dB -27.32 dB 2:40 08-08 Gabriel's message
DR14 -7.74 dB -29.04 dB 2:48 09-09 The holly and the ivy
DR14 -3.91 dB -22.58 dB 3:33 10-10 Hymn - O little town of Bethlehem
DR16 -7.46 dB -29.00 dB 3:17 11-11 A spotless Rose
DR14 -3.35 dB -25.79 dB 3:09 12-12 The shepherd's Carol
DR14 -4.85 dB -24.67 dB 3:43 13-13 Angels from the realms of glory
DR13 -8.33 dB -31.03 dB 3:40 14-14 Silent night
DR13 -1.75 dB -19.67 dB 3:24 15-15 Hymn - It came upon the midnight clear
DR17 -4.16 dB -27.64 dB 4:32 16-16 In the bleak midwinter
DR14 -2.27 dB -25.23 dB 2:06 17-17 I saw three ships
DR12 -0.01 dB -18.78 dB 2:44 18-18 Hymn - While shepherds watched their flocks
DR11 -6.98 dB -28.31 dB 2:17 19-19 The three kings
DR13 -15.01 dB -33.23 dB 2:50 20-20 Coventry Carol
DR12 -4.73 dB -21.77 dB 3:41 21-21 Hymn - God rest you merry, gentlemen
DR11 -12.92 dB -32.65 dB 2:29 22-22 Away in a manger
DR15 -4.32 dB -25.36 dB 4:34 23-23 All bells in paradise
DR13 -0.01 dB -17.63 dB 3:11 24-24 Hymn - Hark! the herald angels sing
DR13 -0.01 dB -18.06 dB 4:29 25-25 Hymn - O come, all ye faithful
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Number of tracks: 25
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2469 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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What is it like for the Choir?
A few minutes before 3 o’clock on Christmas Eve, the
members of King’s College Choir process through a
darkened Chapel to the west end of the building, where
they form themselves into two curved lines. Every eye is on
the BBC’s flashing red light, while the organ scholar, some
distance away in the organ loft, with an identical light in
his sights, and a camera focused on Stephen Cleobury, the
conductor, prepares to end his improvisation with the first
three notes of Once in royal. As the Radio 4 news bulletin
comes to a close, a young chorister, on Stephen Cleobury’s
signal (he is listening to the news on headphones), steps
forward: the light shines a steady glow, the chorister begins
to sing, and millions of people across the world listen to the
famous opening solo of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
For those in the Chapel the service feels surprisingly intimate.
In the vestry beforehand, it is sometimes hard to be aware
that there is so great a number of listeners in so many
different places waiting to hear the service. The BBC’s
recording equipment is remarkably unobtrusive and, as
the service progresses, it is possible to imagine that this is
rather like one of the services that take place in the Chapel
on a daily basis during the University’s term time. The
congregation is made up of the people who have joined a queue (often in the early hours of the morning or even
several days before) as well as senior members of the College
and families of the members of the Choir, who, sitting in the
choir area, well away from the opening solo, can only guess
at which of the choristers was chosen to sing Once in royal.
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