The single Wicked, by composer Michiel Mensingh, performed by the BLOCK4 Recorder Quartet for their album Beneath a Pale Moon.
Mensingh: Wicked
BLOCK4 Recorder Quartet
About the album
Tracklist
Michiel Mensingh
Wicked6:21
Total playing time6:21
Composers
“The excellent playing of these four musicians [...], the well-crafted arrangements, the extraordinary instrumentation (details are given in the booklet) and the beautiful recording.”
“The music and the story support each other beautifully, and the combination of the two stimulates the imagination.”
“[...] It’s a great skill to be able to present this music with such clarity, yet without losing the ambience of the resonant Lutheran Church in Haarlem where it was recorded. This is one of the best-captured recorder quartet discs this listener has heard in a long time. Fans of recorder consort music will find much to enjoy on this varied and well-programmed disc, but moreover, those who like their music to take them on a journey – in this case one of magic and enchantment – are in for a real treat.”
Credits
| Producer, recording & mastering engineer | Brendon Heinst |
| Editor | Hans Erblich |
| Genre | Contemporary |
| Instrumentation | Chamber |
| Recording format | DSD 11.2 MHz 1 bit |
| Mastering format | PCM 352.8 kHz 64 bit |
| Release date | February 9, 2024 |
| Download |
Technical specifications
| Microphones | Josephson Engineering C617 w/ Microtech Gefell MK221 capsulesJosephson Engineering C42 |
| Microphone preamplifiers | Grace Design m801mk2 |
| AD/DA conversion | Merging Technologies Hapi MkIIMerging Technologies AnubisGrimm Audio CC2 master clock |
| Loudspeakers | Grimm Audio LS1beGrimm Audio SB1Genelec 8030CW |
| Headphones | Audeze LCD-X |
| Cabling | Purecable Optimus microphone cablesPurecable Optimus power cablesGrimm Audio TPR microphone cablesGrimm Audio TPR8 breakout cables |
| Misc. | Pura Power Supplies the DodoPura Power Supplies the SauropodaPura Power Supplies the NautilusComputer Audio Design GC3 |