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Beyonce’s I Am… World Tour captures concert footage from numerous shows edited into one extraordinary concert. Weaved into this concert are highlights that give a rare glimpse into the dynamic and personal world of this multi-faceted icon. As a bonus is a behind-the-scenes documentary entitled Mic and a Light. I Am… World Tour Blu-ray captures not only an unforgettable performance from the superstar singer and entertainer, but showcases her astonishing talent as a filmmaker, director and producer.
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Title: Strauss Ravel – Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Chamber Orch of Europe with Hélène Grimaud
Released: 2009
Genre: Classical
Directed by: Louise Narboni
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Artists: Hélène Grimaud, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Released: Idéale Audience / EuroArts Music International
Duration: 1:30:30
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-2
Audio Codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-2 21960 kbps / 1920 * 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16: 9
Audio # 1: German DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4256 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio # 2: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitles: English, German, French
This programme captures the musical encounter between one of the most talented conductors of his generation with arguably the best chamber orchestra musicians. They are joined by worldwide renowned pianist Hélène Grimaud in a programme featuring Strauss and Ravel, a perfect combination of familiar repertoire and works that deserve to be discovered. Vladimir Jurowski surprises the listener by a fresh style and approach. In combination with the charming and incisive Grimaud, he invites us to drift away with this extraordinary performance. Both artists are very thoughtful about the music they make and create a pure enjoyment for ear and eye. The award-winning Hélène Grimaud presents a lively rendition of Ravel’s concerto. Together with the orchestra lyricism and sonorous harmonies are expertly teased out.
Synopsis
“Aufnahme”
Recorded at Cité de la Musique – Paris, 24 January 2009
“Musik”
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Helene Grimaud – Piano
“Werke”
– Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Der Bürger als Edelmann), Op. 60
– Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Das Chamber Orchestra of Europe unter der Leitung von Vladimir Jurowski spielte dieses abwechslungsreiche Programm mit gewohnter Virtuosität, Homogenität und Beweglichkeit. Für eine lebhafte Interpretation von Ravels Klavierkonzert in G-Dur kam die für ihre Sensibilität und Virtuosität bekannte und preisgekrönte Pianistin Helene Grimaud auf die Bühne und entlockte der dem Jazz verpflichteten Komposition seine eigenwillige Lyrik und klangvolle Harmonik. (more…)
VA – Technics Jazzport
Artist: Various Artists | Album: Technics Jazzport | Style: Jazz | Year: 2000 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 192kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 96kHz/24Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 9 surround + 3 stereo + 3 videoclips + 1 stereo bonus track | Size: ~3.87 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Panasonic Marketing Europe GMBH, 2000 | Note: Not Watermarked
Roxy Music – Avalon
Artist: Roxy Music | Album: Avalon | Style: Glam Rock | Year: 2003 [1982 original] | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, PCM 2.0 96kHz/24Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 11 | Size: ~4.00 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: rip and authoring by ksp59 from SACD Virgin Records Ltd. (7243 5 83871 2 4), 2003 | Note: Not Watermarked
Hipper students of 1980s pop might pretend that Joy Division and the Smiths had a monopoly on melancholia, but for the older, more suave brooders, nothing could match the stylized desolation of Roxy Music’s last album. Avalon was recorded in the wake of the band’s hit version of John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy.” Although that song isn’t on Avalon, its tortured shadow looms large over “While My Heart Is Still Beating,” the title track, and the unlikely Balearic anthem “More Than This.” If time has been kind to Bryan Ferry’s crumpled Armani chic, it hasn’t exactly been vicious to his back catalog: Avalon sounds even more sumptuous now that the CD age has caught up with Rhett Davis’s pristine production. –Peter Paphides
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Nena – Nena Feat. Nena (Live)
Artist: Nena | Album: Nena Feat. Nena (Live) | Style: Electronic, Pop, Rock, New Wave | Year: 2003 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 96kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1, Dolby AC3 5.1, Dolby AC3 2.0) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 18 | Size: 6.45 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Warner Music (50-50466-4110-5-1), 2003 | Note: Watermarked
Tracklist:
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01. Old school (feat. Westbam) (04:09)
02. Wunder gescheh’n (feat. Witt) (05:45)
03. 99 Luftballons 2002 (04:01)
04. Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann Opus (08:45)
05. What is love (feat. Howard Jones) (05:44)
06. Anyplace, anywhere, anytime (feat. Kim Wilde) (04:12)
07. Nur geträumt (03:56)
08. Lass mich dein Pirat sein (feat. Hartmut Engler) (03:45)
09. Kleine Taschenlampe brenn (feat. Markus) (05:13)
10. Lichtarbeiter (05:10)
11. Zusammen (03:29)
12. Carpe diem (06:15)
13. Leuchtturm (feat. Rolf, Jürgen & Uwe) (05:24)
14. ? (Fragezeichen) (04:41)
15. Es regnet (04:40)
16. Du kennst die Liebe nicht (feat. Rosenstolz) (06:02)
17. Jetzt bist du weg (feat. Udo Lindenberg) (04:56)
18. 99 Luftballons (05:51) (more…)
Kitaro – Best of Silk Road
Artist: Kitaro | Album: Best of Silk Road | Style: New Age | Year: 2003 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 96kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 48kHz/16Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 11 | Size: ~7.86 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Domo Records, Inc. (7-9401-73014-95), 2003 | Note: Not Watermarked
All songs composed and arranged by Kitaro
Produced by Kitaro
5.1 Surround Mix by Kitaro & Alan Sides
Mastered in 5.1 Surround by David Glasser
The music blends Kitaro’s influences of traditional Japanese music and the romantic Western tradition with serene and seductive arrangements, gentle melodies and combination of lush, majestic textures. The Silk Road music became a phenomenon that identified Kitaro by millions worldwide.
Best of Silk Road features a previously unreleased version of the ‘Theme for Silk Road’ as well as ‘Pray at Xian/Mercury’, which was recorded live in Xian, China during Kitaro’s 2002 Silk Road tour.
This version of Kitaro’s Best of Silk Road is a DVD Audio disc. In addition to exceeding the audio fidelity of a conventional Compact Disc, this DVD-A also features exclusive unreleased extras that include stills of Kitaro’s photography as well as liner notes and biographical information.
This Multi-channel 5.1/Stereo Mix provides the ultimate sound when played on an DVD Audio player and offers normal playability on any existing DVD player. (more…)
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Grateful Dead – Workingman is dead
Artist: Grateful Dead | Album: Workingman is dead | Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock | Year: 2001 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 96kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1 48kHz/16Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 8 | Size: ~3.54 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Rhino Records / Warner Bros. Records (8122-78356-9),2001 | Note: Not Watermarked
Surround Sound Mixing: Mickey Hart
Mastering: Steve Hall
Executive Producer: David McLees
Workingman’s Dead and its successor from later in 1970, American Beauty, are the Dead albums even non-Deadheads embrace. With these two new-decade statements, the group reigned in its demonstrative instrumental side in favor of a pithier presentation of prize tunes. The opener, “Uncle John’s Band,” signaled that this was a relatively streamlined Dead. “Dire Wolf,” “Cumberland Blues,” and “Casey Jones” hammer the point home: The Grateful Dead could set aside the jams for a while and make a great album. –Steven Stolder (more…)
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Emerson Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer | Album: Brain Salad Surgery | Style: Progressive Rock | Year: 2014 [1973 original]| Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 96kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 48kHz/24Bit, LPCM 2.0 48kHz/24Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 8 | Size: ~7.4 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Sony Music / Legacy / Manticore Records (88883772862), 2014 | Note: Not Watermarked
New stereo and 5.1 mixes by Jakko M Jakszyk
Mixed at Silesia Sound, Hertfordshire
Original album remastered by Andy Pearce
DVD-Audio and DVD authoring by Neil Wilkes at Opus Productions
Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Part 2, kicks off the second side of Brain Salad Surgery, the fourth album by progressive rock band, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer. The song begins with one of the most recognizable lyrics in the world, welcome back my friends to the show that never ends… With instantly recognizable cover art by H.R. Giger, Brain Salad Surgery was arguably the band s most successful and well-realized album, reaching #11 on the Billboard Top 200.
Now Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, this classic album has been fully restored and reissued as a Limited Three Disc Edition. The first disc contains a remastered version of the original album, Disc 2 the Alternate Album Mix, and Disc 3, a DVD-A of Super Stereo Mixes with the remastered original and new 2014 stereo mix, both in MLB Lossless 24/96 & LPCMm 24/96. Flac files are also included (more…)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
Artist: Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Album: Trakus | Style: Progressive Rock | Year: 2012 [1971 original] | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 48kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 48kHz/16Bit, LPCM 2.0 48kHz/24Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 18 | Size: ~3.49 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Columbia / Sony Music (88691937962), 2012 | Note: Not Watermarked
Original album produced by Greg Lake
Arranged & Directed by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2012 Remixes by Steven Wilson
Behold Tarkus, the mighty mythical beast! Rarely has such a powerful image come to define both a band and a genre of rock music with such forthright aggression. But Tarkus, the second album released by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, not only consolidated the group’s success but established progressive rock’ an important facet of Seventies’ music. (more…)
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Artist: Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Album: Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Style: Progressive Rock | Year: 2012 [1970 original] | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 48kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 48kHz/16Bit, LPCM 2.0 48kHz/24Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 18 | Size: ~3.26 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Columbia / Sony Music (88691937972), 2012 | Note: Not Watermarked
Original album produced by Greg Lake
Arranged & Directed by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2012 Remixes by Steven Wilson
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Letting Go
Artist: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy | Album: The Letting Go | Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic, Indie Rock | Year: 2006 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1 48kHz/16Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 15 | Size: ~3.28 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Drag City Records (dc420-5.1), 2006 | Note: Not Watermarked
DVD-Audio. The Letting Go is an overwhelming undertaking. As mentioned, there are strings lovely charts that do so much more than just trace chord changes up and down the neck. Arrangements by Ryder McNair and Nico Muhly are threaded throughout the record, augmenting a simple quintet players to provide a sixth sense. The deceptive nature of his band is on display from the top. Filthy Jim White is known far and wide for his resource behind the drum kit and he proves it song after song, with sensitivity that provokes dynamic variety from skins, an acoustic depth to the room. Paul Oldham’s bass is a feeling accompaniment to Bonny’s guitar, played with brotherly clairvoyance and constancy. Young Emmett Kelly’s clean electric guitar lines roam within the web and suddenly shine, are blues and folk and r’n’b in shifting turn, guilelessly tactic and soulfully expressive. And up front with Bonny is the bewitching Dawn McCarthy of Faun Fables. Her vocal flights on those records can hardly prepare one for the intimacy and empathy of her harmonies and other voices on The Letting Go. (more…)
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Title: Ying Quartet: Schumann
Released: 2014
Genre: Classical, Instrumental
Artist: Ayano Ninomiya (Violin), Janet Ying (Violin), Phillip Ying (Viola), David Ying (Cello)
Issued: United States | Sono Luminus
Duration: 1:13:43
Technical Specs
Blu-ray
BD-25 Single-Layer Disc
Video Resolution/Codec
1080i/AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio(s)
TBA
Audio Formats
DTS-HD MA 7.1 (96 kHz / 9207 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS-HD MA 5.1 (192 kHz / 12274 kbps / 24-bit)
LPCM 2.0 (192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles/Captions
None
Supplements
None
The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. Now in its second decade as a quartet, the Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications in its tours across the United States and abroad. Their performances regularly take place in many of the world’s most important concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. At the same time, the Quartet’s belief that concert music can also be a meaningful part of everyday life has also drawn the foursome to perform in settings as diverse as the workplace, schools, juvenile prisons, and the White House. In fact, the Ying Quartet’s constant quest to explore the creative possibilities of the string quartet has led it to an unusually diverse array of musical projects and interests. As quartet-in-residence at the Eastman School of Music, the Ying Quartet maintains full time faculty positions in the String and Chamber Music Departments.
The three string quartets were all written in just a few weeks in the summer of 1842, and his writing for strings is, for better or worse, rather pianistic. It is unfortunate that some would dispatch the significance and beauty of these works so easily. Though there are passages and textures in the quartets that are clearly influenced by keyboard technique, this is glorious music. The imagination and wit, vitality and virtuosity, subtlety and nuance, and heartfelt yearning and emotion that are displayed throughout the quartets are enough to be as satisfying as any of Schumann’s music. Each one of them is a joy to perform.
Since all of the quartets were written in just a few short weeks, it is interesting to take them (Op. 41, Nos. 1, 2 and 3) as a set and consider the similarities and differences between each of the corresponding movements. For example, all three of the first movements are primarily gentle in nature and convey a sense of unfolding, though there are dynamic and energetic moments within. None of them begin with forceful, dramatic intensity to grab an audience; instead, Schumann uses an intimate quality and a sense of drawing the listener in to define the emotional world of these quartets. Two of the three first movements also end in a wonderfully quiet and peaceful way. (more…)
Title: Inscape: American Aggregate
Released: 2014
Genre: Instrumental
Artist: Brandon Almagro (trumpet), Bryce Bunner (viola), Sarah D’Angelo (violin), Cara Fleck (harp), David George (bass), Benjamin Greanya (bassoon), Nicholas Hodges (violin & viola), Douglas Jameson (cello), Susanna Loewy (flute), Timothy McReynolds (piano), Rebecca Racusin (violin), Jessica Sammis (cello), Bethany Slater (oboe), Megan Yanik (viola), Richard Scerbo (Artistic Director), Evan Ross Solomon (Clarinet & Executive Director)
Issued: United States | Sono Luminus
Duration: 1:22:39
Technical Specs
Blu-ray
BD-25 Single-Layer Disc
Video Resolution / Codec
1080i / AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio (s)
TBA
Audio Formats
DTS-HD MA 7.1 (96 kHz / 8844 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS-HD MA 5.1 (192 kHz / 12 268 kbps / 24-bit)
LPCM 2.0 (192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles / Captions
None
American Aggregate, the follow up to Inscape’s GRAMMY® nominated debut album Sprung Rhythm on the Sono Luminus label, explores the rich and varied sounds of American music in the 21st century. From the mechanized world of our cities to the natural beauty of our landscapes, from the sounds of jazz and rock to indigenous folk music, the picture of contemporary classical music is revealing and diverse. The works contained on this album reflect American culture, landscape, and environment as expressed through the distinctly American voices of seven young composers.
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Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II (2007)
FLAC(tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 66:17 minutes | 1,29 GB
DVD-Audio Rip | Sourced Track – LPCM 2.0 Stereo | No Art
Neil Young spent his 2006 hawking Living with War, an album as immediate as a news bulletin, so perhaps it made sense that after its promo push was done he would retreat into the past, planning to finally finish Archives, the long-promised box set of unreleased performances from his vaults. Two individual discs of classic live performances were released in the winter of 2006/2007, acting as a teaser for the proposed fall release of the box, but like with most things involving Neil, things didn’t work precisely as planned, as he once again pushed Archives to the back burner so he could release Chrome Dreams II, a sequel to an album that never came out in the first place. The first Chrome Dreams was slated for a 1977 release, but for some indiscernible reason Young scrapped the album, parsing out some of the songs on subsequent albums, sometimes re-recording the originals, sometimes overdubbing, sometimes just sticking the previously unreleased tracks onto new albums. Among the Chrome Dreams songs that popped later are some of his greatest, including “Like a Hurricane” and an originally acoustic “Powderfinger” and “Pocahontas,” along with other such excellent tunes as “Sedan Delivery,” “Too Far Gone,” and “Look Out for My Love,” a pedigree that would suggest that Chrome Dreams II could include its fair share of major songs. Despite the inclusion of the long-bootlegged (and simply long at a lumbering 18 minutes) “Ordinary People,” that’s not quite true: it’s a modest collection of stray songs and new tunes, pieced together in a fashion similar to 1989’s Freedom, which in fact is where the 1977 “Too Far Gone” was finally unveiled. (more…)
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Title: UFO – Showtime
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Artists: Phil Mogg (v), Pete Way (b), Paul Raymond (g) (k), Jason Bonham (d), Vinnie Moore (g)
Released: SPV / Steamhammer
Duration: 1:36:18
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, AC-3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 9999 kbps / 1920 * 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
# 1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2910 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit / DN -4dB)
Audio # 2: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2606 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps)
# 3 Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB
# 4 Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps / DN -4dB
Size: 22.17 GB
During the world tour for the album ‘You Are Here’ UFO filmed a concert in May 2005 at the Pumpwerk Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Now ‘Showtime’ will be released for the first time on Blu-ray, including a fantastic acoustic session which was recorded at the Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germany. More bonus material, like making of and history interviews, are also included and you can see the last performances with the band of drummer Jason Bonham, the son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, and Pete Way who had to leave the band due to health reasons soon after.
Most UFO fans consider the only real lineup to be when guitarist Michael Schenker decides to grace the band with his presence. And truth be told, this is a valid point — the group’s best work seems to occur whenever the unpredictable guitarist is present, whether it was in the ’70s (1977’s Lights Out, 1979’s exceptional Strangers in the Night) or his mid-’90s re-entry (1995’s Walk on Water). But shortly after the dawn of the 21st century, Schenker decided to jump ship once more for his solo career, and the band was left with the decision of “to be or not to be.” What resulted was probably UFO’s most interesting and strongest non-Schenker lineup ever, consisting of mainstays Phil Mogg (vocals), Pete Way (bass), and Paul Raymond (keyboards, guitar), as well as such renowned “newcomers” as Vinnie Moore (guitar) and Jason Bonham (drums). 2005 saw the release of the zillionth UFO live set, Showtime, which does a fine job of showcasing this latter day lineup. The double-disc CD (which was also issued as a DVD under the same title) focuses primarily on the classics, including such standouts as “This Kids,” “Love to Love,” and “Lights Out” — despite a vocal flub by Mogg on the latter track. But the recent material included from 2004’s You Are Here is surprisingly strong — “When Daylight Goes to Town” (which sounds quite similar to Van Halen’s “Best of Both Worlds”) and “The Wild One.” While it’s not, of course, going to top the aforementioned Strangers in the Night — a near impossible feat — Showtime proves that there may be life after Schenker after all. –Greg Prato