Alice Sara Ott – Echoes of Life [Deluxe Edition] (UHQCD dublu)

In addition to Frédéric Chopin’s ’24 Préludes’, ‘Echoes of Life’ features seven compositions from the 20th and 21st centuries, including a piece written especially for the album by Francesco Tristano and an original composition by Alice Sara Ott based on Mozart’s ‘Lacrimosa’. „Echoes Of Life” is Ott’s tenth release for Deutsche Grammophon and a reflection on her personal development as a person and an artist.

This „deluxe edition” contains eleven additional tracks and Ott documents the autobiographical aspects of the work in the accompanying booklet.

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While Universal Music Japan’s first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, with increasing popularity, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now appearing. Typically, the Universal Archive master tapes are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not own an SACD player.

Lista pieselor

Disc 1

1 In The Beginning Was

2. Preludes, op. 28 – Agitato

3. Preludes, op. 28 – Lento

4. Preludes, op. 28 – Vivace

5. Preludes, op. 28 – Largo

6. Musica Ricercata I – Sostenuto – Misurato – Prestissimo

7. Preludes, op. 28 – Allegro molto

8. Preludes, op. 28 – Lento assai

9 Preludes, op. 28 – Andantino

10. Preludes, op. 28 – Molto agitato

11. Preludes, op. 28 – Largo

12. Valzel

13. Preludes, op. 28 – Agitato – Allegro molto

14. Preludes, op. 28 – Vivace

15. Preludes, op. 28 – Presto

16. Preludes, op. 28 – Lento

17. Preludes, op. 28 – Allegro

18. Preludes, op. 28 – Sostenuto

19. Prelude in C Sharp Major

20. Preludes, op. 28 – Presto con fuoco

21. Preludes, op. 28 – Allegretto

22. Preludes, op. 28 – Allegro molto

23. Litany – Adagio

24. Preludes, op. 28 – Vivace

25. Preludes, op. 28 – Largo

26. Für Alina

27. Preludes, op. 28 – Cantabile

28. Preludes, op. 28 – Molto agitato

29. Preludes, op. 28 – Moderato

30. Preludes, op. 28 – Allegro appassionato

31. Lullaby To Eternity

Disc 2

1. Prelude in C Major BWV 846 From The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

2. Prelude in C Minor

3. Largo in C Minor

4. Prelude in A Flat Major KK IVB/7

5. Prelude in C Sharp Minor op. 45

6. Contretemps

7. Prelude No. 6 From Naïve Music

8. Prelude No. 3 From Distant Music

9. Prelude in C Minor

10. Largo in C Minor

11. Prelude in C Major BWV 846 From The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Artist	Alice Sara Ott
Format	UHQCD dublu
Gen muzical	Muzică clasică