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Unamas Strings Septet – Touch of Contra Bass (2018)
DSD256 (.dsf) 11,2 MHz/1 Bit | ~ 5.81 Gb | Official Digital Download | Time: 00:36:50
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Classical, Chamber | Label: Unamas | Artwork: PDF Booklet
The keyword “Italy” and “Contrabass” is the eighth album of UNAMAS Label at Ohga Hall by Mr. Mick Sawaguchi (Sawaguchi Masaki). Giovanni Bottechni’s “Violin & Contrabass + Grand Duo Concertante by five string players”, a masterpiece of Italian baroque contrabass, It is a truly ambitious program that Rossini’s string sonata No. 1 major in the formation of two violin, one cello, one contra bass, and the masterpiece of director Spielberg “Schindler’s list main theme” with a contrabass solo.
It is key that all contrabass is common to all. It was recorded on 11th and 12th December 2017. Mr. Sawaguchi states: “Contrabass always has a supporting role even in the played by classical music, but UNAMAS Label puts the concept of unifying the album production focusing on contra bass.
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UNAMAS Strings Septet – Tschaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (2016)
DSD256 (.dsf) 1 bit/11,28 MHz MHz | Time – 00:36:04 minutes | 5,69 GB
or FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:36:04 minutes | 585 MB
Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | Genre: Classical, Chamber Music | © UNAMAS
From the award-winning UNAMAS label, Tchaikovsky’s last masterpiece, String Sextet “Memories of Florence”, was distributed in high-resolution as the fourth in the classic series at Karuizawa Oga Hall.
“P. I Tchaikovsky op-70 Souvenir de Florence”, an album by renowned engineer Mick Sawaguchi, who aims for orchestral sound with a quintet arrangement with contrabass to Tchaikovsky’s original sextet Enjoy.
The String Sextet Souvenir de Florence OP-70 is Piotr Tchaikovsky’s last chamber music.
It was composed and dedicated to the St. Petersburg Chamber Music Association in 1890 in return for being elected an honorary member of the Chamber Music Association.
Because of the strong creative power of his later years, he was particular about his extensive brushstrokes, and a careful and old-minded opposition method, which is rare in Tchaikovsky’s chamber music, was developed, and consists of four traditional movements as follows.
1 Allegro con spirito
2 Adagio cantabile e con moto
3 Allegretto moderato
4 Allegro con brio e vivace
UNAMAS String Septet
In addition to the original organization by violin, viola, and cello 2, UNAMS In order to reinforce the low frequencies that characterize Sound, an ensemble by a special project is constructed in order to express the characteristics of surround even in clearly expressing the opposite method intended by the production Chaikossky with a newly added Cb.
The recording was held from 2016-12-13 to 14 at Karuizawa Oga Hall, which became a fixed point in the UNAMAS Classic Series. This time, in order to make the most of the beautiful sound of Oga Hall, it is produced with 9CH surround incorporating height surround. We have conducted various height CH makings at Oga Hall every time, but this time, for the first time, a height microphone is installed in the 2nd floor seat to create a rich space.
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Barry Manilow – Ultimate Manilow (2002) [Reissue 2015]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 78:41 minutes | Scans included | 3,16 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 3,11 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/44,1 kHz | Full Scans included | 907 MB
Unlike some other MOR pop stars, Barry Manilow never enjoyed the sort of swinging-hipster revival that made him a hot name to drop, ironically or otherwise. Incredibly enough, until the release of Ultimate Manilow in 2002, there was no comprehensive single-disc hits package on the market – a shockingly long wait for one of the most popular hitmakers of the ’70s, hip or not, and clearly the demand was there; Ultimate Manilow entered the charts at number three.
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Barry Manilow – A Christmas Gift Of Love (2002)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 30:32 minutess | Scans included | 2,67 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 822 MB
Barry Manilow’s second seasonal collection, following 1990’s Because It’s Christmas, was released on Columbia Records, but that label berth appears to be a one-off for the singer, who followed his long tenure at Arista by signing to the jazz independent Concord for his last album, 2001’s Here at the Mayflower. Maybe Columbia offered a bigger budget, since Manilow is awash in strings on a set of holiday standards. Those strings are arranged festively, and Manilow is in an appropriately festive mood, really throwing himself into the proceedings; it’s his enthusiasm that makes this Christmas album a winner. There are songs actually written as Christmas carols, such as “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” but Manilow also expands the usual repertoire to take in a number of tunes that have become associated with the holiday season over the years, even if they were not intended to be originally, notably Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music and Joni Mitchell’s melancholy “River” from her Blue album, which is certainly set at Christmas time even if it doesn’t share the usual holiday sentiments. Inevitably, Manilow ends with his own new Christmas original, “A Gift of Love,” which is a good song even if it isn’t likely to join the ranks of the perennial copyrights. This is an enjoyable Christmas album in a traditional pop style likely to please both Manilow fans and others.
Read moreBarry Harris Trio – The Last Time I Saw Paris (2001) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC
Barry Harris Trio – The Last Time I Saw Paris (2001) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 53:07 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,16 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,13 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 659 MB
One of the major bop pianists of the last half of the 20th century, Barry Harris has long had the ability to sound very close to Bud Powell, yet he can also do convincing impressions of Thelonious Monk and has his own style within the bop idiom. He was an important part of the Detroit jazz scene of the 1950s, and has been a jazz educator since that era. Harris recorded his first set as a leader while in 1958, and moved to New York in 1960, where he spent a short period with Cannonball Adderley’s Quintet. He also recorded with Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, and Hank Mobley, and was with Coleman Hawkins off and on throughout the decade (including Hawk’s declining years). In the 1970s, Harris was on two of Sonny Stitt’s finest records (Tune Up and Constellation), and made many recordings in a variety of settings for Xanadu. Barry Harris has mostly worked with his trio since the mid-’70s, and he has recorded as a leader for Argo (1958), Riverside, Prestige, MPS, Xanadu, and Red. This album have been recorded in 2000 for Japanese Venus Records.
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Barney Wilen Quintet – Passione (1995) [Japan 2015]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:01 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,42 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,38 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 702 MB
French saxophonist Barney Wilen is one of the most renowned European jazz musicians. Wilen performed with Miles Davis in 1957 on the Ascenseur pour l’echafaud soundtrack. He has also worked with Kenny Clarke and Thelonious Monk on other film soundtracks. During the last ten or so years of his life, Wilen has a career resurgence thanks in part to his releases on Venus Records. Passione, recorded in June 1995, was Wilen’s last recording as he passed away the following year at age 59. Not showing any indication of his illness, Passione displays Wilen in top form, sounding at ease, inspired, and powerful. One of Italy’s most well-known jazz musicians, trumpeter Enrico Rava, joins Wilen to create a very appealing front line.
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Barney Wilen Quartet – Le Ca: New York Romance (1994) [Japan 2000]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 63:07 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,56 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,3 GB
Barney Wilen had a style that wasn’t like anyone else. On this album he exhibits a cool smokey tone and plays these tunes straight ahead. For example, on Mack the Knife, there is no attitude of fake hipness to get in the way of the melody. It doesn’t sound like cliched versions of a 50’s hipster or someone trying too hard to make something new out of it.
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Barney Wilen – Inside Nitty = Gritty (1993) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 70:34 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,85 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,65 GB
Barney Wilen says he was convinced to become a musician by his mother’s friend, the poet Blaise Cendrars. As a teenager he started a youth jazz club in Nice, where he played often. He moved to Paris in the mid-’50s and worked with such American musicians as Bud Powell, Benny Golson, Miles Davis, and J.J. Johnson at the Club St. Germain. His emerging reputation received a boost in 1957 when he played with Davis on the soundtrack to the Louis Malle film “Lift to the Scaffold.” Two years later, he performed with Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk on the soundtrack to Roger Vadim’s “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” (1960). Wilen began working in a rock-influenced style during the ’60s, recording an album titled Dear Professor Leary in 1968. This release have been recorded in France for Japanese Venus Records.
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Barney Kessel – Supreme Jazz (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 61:46 mins | Scans included | 3,5 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 2,44 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 996 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Label: Membran Music Ltd.
One of the finest guitarists to emerge after the death of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel was a reliable bop soloist throughout his career. He played with a big band fronted by Chico Marx (1943), was fortunate enough to appear in the classic jazz short Jammin’ the Blues (1944), and then worked with the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1944-1945) and Artie Shaw (1945); he also recorded with Shaw’s Gramercy Five. Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles, but was always in demand for jazz records. From the mid-40s until the early 90s he was one of the most in-demand guitarists in jazz.
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Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album (2003)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD/DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:45 minutes | Scans NOT included | 4,26 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 2,04 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 956 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound
Genre: Pop
It’s a given that Barbra Streisand loves being a movie star. But this collection of pop songs culled from 60+ years of Hollywood history displays a love and understanding of movie songcraft whose depth is surprising, even coming from the legendary diva.
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Barb Jungr – Waterloo Sunset (2003) [Reissue 2005]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 54:44 minutes | Scans included | 3,18 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Basic Scans included | 2,16 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Basic Scans included | 624 MB
Featires Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Linn Records # AKD 222
Barb Jungr expresses her passionate artistry with this new collection of classic and original material. With the most original voice since Nina Simone or Edith Piaf, Barb carves a unique path through many genres of popular music. This “world-class female vocalist” (Daily Telegraph) has written three original songs for her new album. ‘Do You Play Guitar’, the album’s elegaic opening track, ‘Written Down In The Dark Again’, a disturbing exploration of sex, and ‘Lipstick Lips Lament’, a wonderful evocation of classic American song-writing.
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Barb Jungr – Walking In The Sun (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 54:41 minutes | Scans included | 3,18 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 0,98 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Linn Records # AKD 283
“Walking in the Sun” heralds a new direction for one of Europe’s finest voices. Drawing on influences from a wide range of musical traditions, including gospel and the blues, the album also includes some exciting new self-penned material. Music lovers will appreciate lyrics by Jimmy Reed, Carole King and Randy Newman as well as a new song by Eric Bibb.
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Barb Jungr – Love Me Tender (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 59:52 minutes | Scans included | 3,37 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,02 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Linn Records # AKD 255
Some of the greatest song writing talents of the fifties, sixties and seventies wrote for the legendary singer Elvis Presley. Barb Jungr, regarded as Britain’s foremost chansonnier and song stylist takes these songs and embarks on a journey through love, loneliness, obsession and finally, faith. ‘Love Me Tender’ is a tribute to Elvis Presley in the real sense of the word. She is not impersonating him. These tracks are real covers – deconstructions and reinterpretations – making the listener forget the original. ‘Love Me Tender’ falls into the dark sound world usually inhabited by Nick Cave and Tom Waits; unforgettable and highly original.
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Barb Jungr – Every Grain Of Sand (2002) [Reissue 2003]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 62:37 minutes | Covers+PDF Booklet | 3,61 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Covers+PDF Booklet | 1,31 GB
Features Stereo & Multichannel Surround Sound | Linn Records # AKD 230 | Genre: Rock, Folk
The cult classic album of song-styled material from the Bob Dylan songbook. Barb Jungr’s first album of Bob Dylan songs has deservedly become known as a cult classic and has won her a dedicated fan base around the world. The album even has celebrity fans, with Jeremy Irons naming it as one of the must-have albums on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.
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Barb Jungr – Chanson: The Space In Between (2000) [Reissue 2001]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:40 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,25 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,01 GB
Genre: Chanson
Barb Jungr’s original take on the songs of Jacques Brel marked her Linn debut. Barb Jungr opted to use specially commissioned translations by Des de Moor and Robb Johnson for her English language renditions; the songs losing nothing in their careful translation whilst allowing Barb to fully explore and explain the emotions within the songs. Chanson: The Space In Between saw Barb turn back to her European roots which had previously been overshadowed in performance by American genres such as blues, gospel and jazz.
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