15th Anniversary Edition: A Selection From The Original Masters (UHQCD)

AudioNautes has become a fixture far beyond the audiophile community. Founded by Fabio Camorani, the company stands for more than just first-class high-end equipment: with AudioNautes Recordings, Camorani enriches discerning music lovers with exceptional recordings that are among the “best versions of some selected, unknown, or largely forgotten albums from the classical, jazz, and pop genres”. Releases such as “Jazz At The Pawnshop”, Sara K’s cult albums “Play On Words” and “Good Friends” and many other artistically valuable recordings of classical works from the Baroque period prove that this is not just empty rhetoric. Bach and Vivaldi are just as much a part of the AudioNautes repertoire as specialties of late medieval European choral music. “15th Anniversary Edition: A Selection From The Original Masters” is a carefully curated compilation of absolute highlights from the AudioNautes catalog. The stylistically diverse sampler includes many of the legendary studio and live recordings that have made the label so famous and offers the perfect opportunity to get to know the sound cosmos of AudioNautes.

The UHQCD from AudioNautes Recordings begins with two special features: The first track, “Welcome”, is an intro recorded with three different microphones, giving the listener the opportunity to hear the differences in vocal balance depending on the microphone used. The second track, “Channel Setting”, consists of two mono tracks and allows the listener to check the balance of the two channels on their hi-fi system. This is followed by almost 80 minutes of top-class music from the classical, jazz, and pop genres – with an outstandingly homogeneous sound and spectacular dynamic range!

UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. Musically, the result is a sound image strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

Lista pieselor

1. Welcome 
2. Channel Setting
3. Gubben Och Källingen (Jazz At The Pawnshop Vol. 2) 
4. Laudate Dominum (Laudate II)
5. Carmen Suite – Tanz (Carmen Suite)
6. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor (Dorian), BWV 538 (Toccata Et Fugues)
7. Furioso Alla Spagnola (La Spagna)
8. Fröja Dig. Du Kristi Brud (Cantate Domino)
9. Vivo Sonhando (Getz/Gilberto)
10. Saeta (Sketches Of Spain)
11. Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen (Antiphone Blues)
12. There’s A Wideness In God’s Mercy (Now The Green Blade Riseth)
13. Trotto (Ultreia!)
14. Emociòn (Mediterranean Feeling)
15. Dancin In The Dark (Somethin’ Else)
16. L’estate: Presto (Vivaldi 4 Stagioni)
17. Vivaldi – Allegro (Solflöjt)
18. Pase El Agoa (Early Music At Wik)
19. Three To Get Ready (Time Out)
20. Merci Bon Dieu (Belafonte At Carnegie Hall)
21. Libertango (Live In Lugano 1983)