20th January 2008
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  |  Live recording of Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Hello guys
I've been following this forum for a couple of years and rarely post. Having enjoyed beautiful acoustic music from all around the world here, I just felt like posting this wonderful piece of music for your enjoyment: B Britten's Hymn to Saint Cecilia. I'm quite pleased with the recording and performance.
The choir is Tyresö Youth Choir from Sweden, ages 16-24, of which I'm a part of. This piece comes from a concert in november last year and my recording was merely a documentation.
Recording was done with: Royer SF-24 -> Soundcraft B100 mixer -> Lake People ADC F44 and Fireface 800. Solo mic was a Milab DC-96B through the mixer into the Fireface soundcard.
Eq was done with the board direct to hard drive (Reaper) and reverb came from a Behringer REV2496. I've cleaned the audio somewhat with Izotope RX.
Enjoy! http://www.livingsound.se/10_hymn_to_st_cecilia.mp3 | 
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20th January 2008
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#2 | | Gear addict
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Mats,
I am listening as I type. Lovely piece; I have never heard Britten's Hymn to St. Celilia.
Great-sounding recording too; good space and good detail. The choir also sounds very accomplished for being so young.
(The "St. Cecilia" I know is Gounod's mass, which is one of my favorite classical works, especially in this recording: Amazon.com: Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass: Music: Franz Crass,Charles Gounod,Jean-Claude Hartemann,Monte Carlo Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra,Henriette Puig-Roget,Pilar Lorengar,Heinz Hoppe
the disc is hard to come by affordably, but it is stunning.)
Thanks for sharing such fine work,
Claus.
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20th January 2008
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter |
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Originally Posted by Cosmic Closet  Mats,
I am listening as I type. Lovely piece; I have never heard Britten's Hymn to St. Celilia.
Great-sounding recording too; good space and good detail. The choir also sounds very accomplished for being so young.
(The "St. Cecilia" I know is Gounod's mass, which is one of my favorite classical works, especially in this recording: Amazon.com: Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass: Music: Franz Crass,Charles Gounod,Jean-Claude Hartemann,Monte Carlo Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra,Henriette Puig-Roget,Pilar Lorengar,Heinz Hoppe
the disc is hard to come by affordably, but it is stunning.)
Thanks for sharing such fine work,
Claus. |
Thank you for your fine remarks  It's a beautiful and very demanding piece, one of my absolute favourites. I'm a 2nd bass and this piece requires two octaves and a third of one's full voice. Same with the other voices.
Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and she's celebrated by many composes. I look forward to hearing the CD you recommended.
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20th January 2008
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#4 | | Lives for gear
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Very nice Mats. Thanks!
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21st January 2008
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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Sounds nice... As it were, I've recorded this piece, too... 
Where did you record this, how much of the reverb is "St. Behringer's Cathedral"...?
Mind that uploading this in full may be considered problematic as far as copyright is concerned... Britten passed away in 1976...
Daniel
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21st January 2008
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by d_fu Sounds nice... As it were, I've recorded this piece, too...
Where did you record this, how much of the reverb is "St. Behringer's Cathedral"...?
Mind that uploading this in full may be considered problematic as far as copyright is concerned... Britten passed away in 1976...
Daniel | Hi
This was recorded at Tyresö Church in Tyresö, just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Main mics have no added reverb, just some analogue low shelf and high shelf eq boost. Spot mic has some added reverb, as it wouldn't have fit with the other mics otherwise. There are two piano mics as well, but not present in this piece.
Actually Behringer Rev2496 blends very well with many of the churches I regularly record in. I've used it with symphony orchestra recordings with great results. I really like it and it was only 1000 SEK, which is about $150.
I'm aware of the copyright issues, and I will remove it if I recieve complaints, or within a couple of weeks time. Didn't think there would be that much of an issue.
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21st January 2008
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#7 | | Gear Head
Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by Mats H This was recorded at Tyresö Church in Tyresö, just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Main mics have no added reverb, just some analogue low shelf and high shelf eq boost. Spot mic has some added reverb, as it wouldn't have fit with the other mics otherwise. There are two piano mics as well, but not present in this piece. LIVING SOUND | Does the stand in the picture show where the mains were placed? I'm surprised by the distance from the singers.
L
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21st January 2008
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by larsfarm Does the stand in the picture show where the mains were placed? I'm surprised by the distance from the singers.
L | No, these are old pics, I didn't bring a camera to the concert. The stereo mic was standing about 3-4 metres away from the choir, just where the church benches start. I wanted to record the choir, organ, possibly the piano and the soloist with the same mic in blumlein.
The best recordings I've done in this particular church have been made with DPA 4003s or Royer SF24. First reflections are a problem here, and the large vaulted cielings. The church also turns a lot less "live" sounding when the audience arrives, so cardioid mics rarely sound good without the aid of artificial reverbation.
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