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Artist: Nosound
Title: Scintilla
Genre: Rock, Art Rock, Prog Rock
Label: © Kscope
Release Date: 2016
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:49:21 + 00:29:08
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 12163 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: LPCM 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Nosound’s new studio album, their fifth, entitled Scintilla marks a major departure and includes guest appearances from Anathema’s Vincent Cavanagh and acclaimed Italian singer Andrea Chimenti.
After a decade of crafting a very particular type of widescreen melancholia and wistful imagery, Nosound’s fifth studio album Scintilla introduces a wholly new musical and visual approach for Giancarlo Erra’s ever-evolving band.
Genre: Classical
Year of publication: 2014
Duration: 1:21:10
Quality: Blu-ray Disc
Container: BDMV
Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: LPCM | DTS-HD Master Audio | Dolby TrueHD
Tracklist:
Symphony No.2 in C minor – “Resurrection”
[01] Allegro maestoso. Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck
[02] Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich
[03] Scherzo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung “Urlicht”
[04] “O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!” (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht) Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: “Urlicht”
[05] 5a. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend
[06] 5b. Maestoso. Sehr zurückhaltend – Wieder zurückhaltend
[07] 5c. Sehr langsam und gedehnt
[08] 5d. “Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du” (Langsam. Misterioso) – Text after F.G. Klopstock: “Auferstehung”
[09] 5e. “O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube” (Etwas bewegter) Text after F.G. Klopstock: “Auferstehung” (more…)
Artist: Chicago
Title: Quadio
Genre: Rock, Soft Rock, Jazz Rock, AM Pop
Label: © Rhino Entertainment
Release Date: 2016
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:17:00 + 01:07:21 + 01:11:36 + 00:45:09 + 00:38:24 + 01:13:40 + 00:39:40 + 00:45:56 + 00:38:22
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 2528 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 4.0 / 192 kHz / ~11000 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 4.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 192 kHz / ~6000 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size; 71.37 GB
8 Chicago albums plus their Greatest Hits in High Resolution Stereo and original Quadraphonic mixes: Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago, Chicago III, Chicago V, Chicago VI, Chicago VII, Chicago VIII, Greatest Hits, Chicago X. This lavish celebration of the Windy City’s favorite band is housed in a rigid two-piece box, with every album presented in a replica sleeve promised to “replicate the original release down to the last detail, including mini-posters, and the iron-on that came with Chicago VIII.
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Tears For Fears – The Hurting (1983/2014)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Synth Pop
Released Country: UK
Year of Publication: 2014
Publisher (label): Universal Music Group
Catalog number: 0600753479438
Country: UK
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4
Audio Codec: LPCM, DTS-HD MA, AC3
Duration: 41:46
Size: 5.93 GB
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 5989 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio # 2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3701 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
# 3 Audio: English / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3103 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
The Hurting would have been a daring debut for a pop-oriented band in any era, but it was an unexpected success in England in 1983, mostly by virtue of its makers’ ability to package an unpleasant subject — the psychologically wretched family histories of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith — in an attractive and sellable musical format. Not that there weren’t a few predecessors, most obviously John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band album — which was also, not coincidentally, inspired by the work of primal scream pioneer Arthur Janov. (But Lennon had the advantage of being an ex-Beatle when that meant the equivalent to having a box next to God’s in the great arena of life, where Tears for Fears were just starting out.) Decades later, “Pale Shelter,” “Ideas as Opiates,” “Memories Fade,” “Suffer the Children,” “Watch Me Bleed,” “Change,” and “Start of the Breakdown” are powerful pieces of music, beautifully executed in an almost minimalist style. “Memories Fade” offers emotional resonances reminiscent of “Working Class Hero,” while “Pale Shelter” functions on a wholly different level, an exquisite sonic painting sweeping the listener up in layers of pulsing synthesizers, acoustic guitar arpeggios, and sheets of electronic sound (and anticipating the sonic texture, if not the precise sound of their international breakthrough pop hit “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”). The work is sometimes uncomfortably personal, but musically compelling enough to bring it back across the decades. (more…)
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Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks (1977/2014) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc] | 15.24 GB
#1 LPCM Audio , 4608 kbps , 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
@2 DTS-HD Master Audio , 3542 kbps , 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3542 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
#3 Dolby TrueHD Audio , 2959 kbps , 2.0 / 96 kHz / 2959 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
High Fidelity Pure Audio edition of the classic Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bollocks. High Fidelity Pure Audio is a range of physical HD audio products from Universal Music Group which uses Blu-ray technology to deliver the ultimate listening experience to the user. High Fidelity Pure Audio discs are playable through all Blu-ray devices. (more…)
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Artist: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Title: The Social Network (soundtrack)
Genre: Dark Ambient, Trip-hop, Experimental Ambient, Electronica, Stage & Screen, Soundtracks
Label: © The Null Corporation
Release Date: 2010
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:06:28
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 9294 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English LPCM 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 13.68 GB
The Social Network is a dark ambient soundtrack by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for David Fincher’s film of the same name. It was released on September 28, 2010. On September 17, a five-track sampler was also made available for free. The film’s score bears a similar sound to the previous Reznor/Ross 2008 collaboration, Ghosts I-IV, and even features two slightly reworked tracks from Ghosts : the track “Magnetic” (reworked from “14 Ghosts II”) and “A Familiar Taste” (a remixed version of “35 Ghosts IV”).
Critical reception of the soundtrack has been generally favorable, with high praise and widespread acclaim across the film industry being bestowed upon it. The score won nine major awards, including the 2010 Golden Globe award for Best Original Score – Motion Picture, and the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 83rd Academy Awards.
Name: Claudio Abbado’s Last Concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Released: 2016
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Сomposer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Artist: Deborah York (soprano), Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano), Damen des Chors des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Berliner Philharmoniker
Label: © Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Recorded: Philharmonie Berlin 18, 19, 21 May 2013
Quality: Blu-ray Audio/Video
Duration: 01:36:07 +
Video#1: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Video#2: MPEG-4 AVC 20999 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: German DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3709 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitle: Japanese
Size: 45.46 GB
This marks the second anniversary of Claudio Abbado’s death on 20 January 2014 aged eighty. The set – on CD and Blu-ray (audio and video) – captures Abbado’s final concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker in May 2013. It was the end of a treasured partnership that bore plentiful and remarkable fruit.
Abbado first conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1966, the start of a unique relationship that was to last nearly half a century. Succeeding Herbert von Karajan into the biggest job in the world of classical music Abbado was elected by the members of the orchestra as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker serving from 1990 to 2002. He became only the fifth chief conductor in the orchestra’s history. Following his resignation from that post Abbado would return to the orchestra as a guest. The relationship between orchestra and Abbado remained cordial and these appearances as guest were clearly events to savour.
In May 2013 there was a series of three concerts at the Philharmonie which turned out to be Abbado’s last with the Berliner Philharmoniker. They were described as a “triumph” by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Abbado’s programme comprised two key works from composers both close contemporaries: Felix Mendelssohn’s enchanting A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hector Berlioz’s progressive Symphonie fantastique.
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Karol Szymanowski – Symphony No. 3 “Song Of The Night” & Symphony No. 4 “Symphonie Concertante”
LPCM 2.0 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0 | 24bit / 96kHz | Time – 00:54:02 minutes | 6,84 GB | @ Naxos
Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Song of the Night’ creates a potent atmosphere of Persian mysticism in its rich blend of voices and exotic orchestration. His Symphony No. 4 is largely extrovert in character and has a prominent rôle for piano. Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 can be found on NBD0021. The CD release of Symphony No. 3 was Gramophone Editor’s Choice and given 5 STARS by ClassicFM (8.570721), and Symphony No. 4 an ‘unbeatable’ 10/10 from ClassicsToday.com (8.570722); the complete cycle acclaimed as ‘revelatory’. (more…)
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Karol Szymanowski – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (2008)
LPCM 2.0 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0 | 24bit / 96kHz | Time – 00:53:12 minutes | 6,27 GB | @ Naxos
Although Szymanowski later dubbed his Symphony No. 1 a “contrapuntal-harmonic-orchestral monster” and disavowed the influence of Wagner, Reger and Richard Strauss, it is an astonishingly powerful work by a composer only in his mid-20s and still enthralls listeners a century after its première. The unusually structured Symphony No. 2 is a work of great impact and invention, with many passionate and varied contrasts in its use of solo instruments, in particular the violin. On their CD release, these thrilling interpretations of Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 1 (8.570722) earned 5 STARS from BBC Music Magazine, while the Symphony No. 2 (8.570721) gained Gramophone Editor’s Choice and 5 STARS for these “deliriously sensual scores” from Classic FM.
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Сomposer: Ståle Kleiberg (b.1958)
Album title: MEZZOTINTS – chamber music by Ståle Kleiberg
Performer: Marianne Thorsen, violin; Øyvind Gimse, cello; Bård Monsen, violin; Ole Wuttudal, viola; Jørgen Larsen, piano
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Sofienberg Church, Norway
Release date: October 2015
Recording date: February 2015
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 1:10:18
Vidieo: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 10957 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: Auro-3D 9.1 / 96 kHz / 6664 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#3: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Since the early twentieth century there has been a radical renewal of pedigreed chamber genres. We need only think of the late sonatas of Debussy, or of the string quartets of Bartók; or, to enter a high modernist space later in the century, of the duos and quartets of Elliott Carter; or, to move into a less prescriptive space that some like to label postmodern, of Ståle Kleiberg in our own time. In the solo and chamber works recorded here, Kleiberg recaptures something of the ethos of the private sphere. The solo works have an inward character, occluding display, while the chamber works restore the thematic sharing and instrumental characterization of the classical era, but in both cases of an informal kind, shy of system, wary of rhetoric.
Ståle Kleiberg is a major Norwegian composer with a considerable international reputation. The works on this album represent a lesser-known, but valuable, part of his output. His innovatory approach, formal command and technical mastery are especially apparent in his chamber music oeuvre, and it is gratifying to be able to present the following selection here: String Quartet No. 2, Ruf und Nachklang, Ashes, Piano Trio No. 2, Sonata for Violin and Cello and Sonanza e cadenza.
Recording sessions: Facebook Photo Album
Immersive Sound is a completely new conception of the musical experience. Recorded music is no longer a matter of a fixed one-dimensional setting, but rather of a three-dimensional enveloping situation. Stereo can be described as a flat canvas and Surround Sound as a field, but Immersive Sound is a sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions. The 9.1 Auro-3D on this Pure Audio Blu-ray features sound reproduction that is more realistic than anything you’ve heard before. It delivers a new standard in immersion, fully enveloping the listener in a cocoon of life-like audio. (more…)
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Сomposer: Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), Franz Danzi (1763-1826), Nikolaus von Krufft (1779-1818)
Album title: Early Romantic Horn Sonatas
Performer: Steinar Granmo Nilsen, natural horn; Kristin Fossheim, fortepiano
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Jar Church, Norway
Release date: August 2015
Recording date: June 2014
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 1:07:40
Vidieo: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 10703 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
In the early romantic period, struggling with the aftermath of absolutism’s collapse, people had to find new solutions in all realms of communal life. Because old certainties vanished, another vision of society emerged, shaped by artists: poets, painters and musicians. They viewed a higher world order in nature, to be felt by the individual, and expressed in a synthesis of all arts. Especially in music, these ideas were embodied with a new freedom of stylistic decisions. The sonatas for natural horn and fortepiano by Franz Danzi, Ferdinand Ries und Nikolaus von Krufft are virtuosic compositions with stunning dialogues between the horn and piano parts. They explore the full range of timbres, flamboyantly surpassing classical structures in search of new modes of expression. The verve and profusion of colors in the performance of Steinar Granmo Nilsen and Kristin Fossheim incorporate the early romantic idea that music was the most royal of all arts.
Recording sessions: Facebook Photo Album
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) Grande Sonate F-Dur, op. 34, 1811
Franz Danzi (1763-1826) Sonate Es-Dur op. 28, 1804
Nikolaus von Krufft (1779-1818) Sonata E-Dur, 1812 (more…)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella And Louis / Ella And Louis Again (1956/2013) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc] | 15.58 GB
#1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
#2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3313 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
#3: Dolby TrueHD Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 2446 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Two of the most influential and popular voices in modern music, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong form a jazz dream team on Ella and Louis. A once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece, their distinctive vocals meld seamlessly together along with Armstrong’s exceptional trumpet playing and the first-rate accompaniment of pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Buddy Rich. This recording has become the touchstone and template for jazz vocal duets.
“There isn’t much one can say about an album whose title is Ella And Louis Again. The “again” obviously means they’ve already done one album together and beyond that, what can you say about two people like Ella and Louis? I doubt that there’s anyone today who loves music, who doesn’t know Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. About all that can be pointed out, I suppose, is that we’ve again selected some of the best product of some of the best songwriters of our age. The backing, with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Louis Bellson substituting for Buddy Rich, remains, as in the first album, quiet, discreet, swinging.” – Norman Granz from the original liner notes (more…)
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Сomposer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Artist: Janine Jansen, Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Julian Rachlin, Maarten Jansen, Stacey Watton, Liz Kenny, Jan Jansen
Title: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Genre: Classical
Label: © Decca is a Universal Music Company
Release Date: 2005/2014
Recorded: Yakult Hall, Amsterdam, 05/20/2004 – 05/23/2004
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 00:39:00
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 10632 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3467 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 / 96 kHz / 2795 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Janine Jansen follows her first Decca recording of violin favorites with this highly-energetic set of Vivaldi’s four violin concertos, known as “The Four Seasons.” The violinist leads an acclaimed group of soloists through a refreshing reading of this beloved masterpiece. This recording is riveting with Janine’s usage of one player per part. Absolutely essential.
“This is a delight with a seriousness of purpose that rather belies the star-centred packaging. Jansen and friends offer this ever-popular work in a cut-down, chamber version that grows on you with each listening. The playing is full of vigour and imagination, and the sound merely adds to the appeal… you’re unlikely to resist Jansen’s charms for long.” –Gramophone
With well over 100 recordings to choose from, such are the musical possibilities thrown up by Vivaldi’s vibrant pictograms that no two versions sound remotely alike. Of the old-school versions, Henryk Szeryng directing the English Chamber Orchestra on Philips (now sadly deleted) still holds sway, although finest of recent accounts on modern instruments is Anne-Sophie Mutter’s second DG outing with the Trondheim Soloists, an exhilarating musical rollercoaster ride that surprises at every dive and swerve, without resorting to the grating eccentricity and puerile shock tactics of several period-instrument versions.
If Mutter turns Romantic semantic sensibilities on their head, Janine Jensen might be said to marry traditional expressive values with the textural vitality and bracing inventiveness of authenticity. Jansen possesses the ideal combination of intonational purity and tonal allure, and is beguilingly responsive to the music’s shifting moods, creating the uncanny impression of a series of vividly drawn characters passing before our eyes as we listen. The all-star ensemble responds to her every whim and caprice with a ravishing sequence of captivating sonorities that grow naturally out of the music rather than merely being superimposed on it. The recording possesses a seductive autumnal glow that bathes the listener in a stream of golden sound. Forget the meagre playing time: with this exemplary release, the benchmark has been raised just that bit higher. 5 out of 5 stars for performance, 5 out of 5 stars for sound. –Julian Haylock, BBC Music Magazine (more…)
Year of Publishing: 2014
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: UK
Publisher (label): Panegyric, Discipline Global Mobile
Duration: 11:48:59
Limited to a single pressing run, Starless offers an in-depth overview of King Crimson’s celebrated mid-1970’s live line-up at its most exploratory.
Few bands have offered as much variety in material from night to night, and King Crimson’s propensity for improvisation and fondness for playing its newest material – often unreleased on record at the time of performance – is legendary.
* Blu-Ray Disc 1 features full lossless audio 24/192 transfers of material from the Glasgow and Zurich shows, freshly assembled & mastered from the original Great Deceiver mixes by David Singleton at DGM Soundworld in 2014 in LPCM stereo.
* Blu-Ray Disc 1 also features the Amsterdam show The Nightwatch, mixed by Steven Wilson and the George Chkiantz preparatory mix stereo in 24/96 High-resolution stereo & a 24/96 transfer of the original David Singleton/Robert Fripp mix of The Nightwatch.
* Blu-Ray Disc 2 features Starless & Bible Black in 5.1 Surround (DTS-HD MAS & LPCM 24/96) alongside new and original stereo masters of the album, a needledrop of an original vinyl pressing plus audio extras.
* Blu-Ray Disc 2 also features the Quad mixes of material from the Mainz, Amsterdam & Pittsburgh concerts.
* Blu-Ray Disc 2 also features the ORTF Paris TV footage in a new hi-res transfer from the original source files. (more…)
Year of Publishing: 2013
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: UK
Publisher (label): Panegyric, Discipline Global Mobile
Catalog number: KCCBX7
Duration: 13:44:00
Now the Road to Red offers a comprehensive overview of this final tour and at last does justice to a group who were operating at the very height of their powers. Every soundboard quality recording known to exist is presented with audio fully restored, all released on CD for the first time. There are also five complete concerts, drawn from multi-track recordings, alongside the restored audio bootleg of the band’s final show from New York and a new stereo mix of Red by Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson undertaken in 2012. a total of 16 concerts are featured across 20 discs, with the studio Red as the 21st CD. The set also features: A DVD containing a high resolution stereo presentation of USA (in all mixes) and the new stereo mix of Red 2 Blu-ray discs containing the five full length multi-track concert recordings (newly transferred at the highest resolution available from the original analogue Dolby SR source mix-down tapes & presented in 24/192 DTS-HD master sound), new & original stereo versions of Red and the existing 5.1 multi-channel mixes of the album presented in 24/96 DTS-HD also feature on Blu-ray.
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