Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Bizet: Carmen / Grieg: Peer Gynt (Ultra HD CD)

The Telarc label is renowned among audiophile music lovers for its spectacular recordings, and this 1979 recording is no exception. Leonard Slatkin drives the St. Louis Symphony to dynamic extremes and home speakers to the brink of heat death. Heat was also an issue during the recording, as the sun was beating down on Powell Symphony Hall and the air conditioning had to be left on throughout the recording.

So if you have a system with full bass potential, you will hear the rumble of the ventilation ducts in very quiet passages. It would have been technically possible to filter this out today, but it would have distorted the sound. The recording was made on an early 16-bit / 50 KHz Soundstream digital recorder and, thanks to the new 32-bit mastering, still sounds outstanding today.

Ultra-HD 32-Bit-Mastering

This mastering format has been developed by FIM and Five/Four Productions. Five/Four Productions is made up of the former Telarc production team who wanted to be able to master the best possible sound quality regardless of the quality of the equipment. The Five/Four Productions team has won 16 Grammys and countless other awards.

It is re-digitised at 32-bit word length and sampling frequency to match the source material. Wherever possible, 192 KHz is used, but for some material, lower sampling rates can be beneficial to the sound.

Ultra-HD 32-bit productions can be played on any CD player with outstanding sound quality.

We recommend the use of „L’Art du Son” CD/DVD conditioner for even more sonic improvement.

Lista pieselor

Carmen Suite No. 1

1. Prelude to Act I

2. Aragonaise (Prelude to Act IV)

3. Intermezzo (Interlude to Act III)

4. Seguidilla

5. Les Dragons d’Alcala

6. Les Toréadors (Introduction to Act I)

Carmen Suite No. 2

7. La Garde Montante

8. Danse Boheme

Suite from Peer Gynt

9. Ingrid’s Lament

10. Arabian Dance

11. Morning Mood

12. Ase’s Death

13. Anitra’s Dance

14. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Artist	Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Format	Ultra HD CD
Gen muzical	Muzică clasică