Super Audio CD or SACD is the next generation of audio disc, offering full-range, uncompressed multi-channel surround sound based on a new type of digital recording technology called Direct Stream Digital (DSD), as well as superior-to-CD stereo. As with the step up from mono to stereo, uncompressed surround sound represents a quantum leap in your musical listening experience.

A Super Audio CD looks like a normal CD and almost all of the SACD titles we supply contain a CD layer. These are called 'hybrid' discs. This allows you to play the disc on any existing CD player (hi-fi, walkman, in-car system, etc.), whilst being able to enjoy the superior SACD quality via a SACD player.

Described as 'post-minimalist', Graham Fitkin's music has been inspired by a range of styles from Stravinsky to Miles Davis, Webern, Steve Reich, Frank Sinatra and Pet Shop Boys. A talented pianist, he has written a number of works centred on the piano and his output includes pieces up to as many as six pianos.

Catharism was the name given to the Christian religious sect that appeared in the Languedoc region of Southern France and flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries. This album explores the 'classical' period of the troubadour school around the turn of the 13th century, but also provides us with a comprehensive historical and artistic background of this Golden Age.

Matthew Halls is one of the brightest sparks of the UK early music scene. His debut solo recording presents JS Bach's most significant variation sets for harpsichord. The Goldberg Variations is a work that that continues to fascinate and astound performers and listeners alike.

The three works for violin and orchestra gathered here testify both to the versatility of Vadim Gluzman as a performer and to the richness and variety of the influences at play in American music during the 20th century.

LSO Live is thrilled to welcome Bernard Haitink back for his first recording with the LSO since his internationally acclaimed Beethoven cycle in 2006. Eine Alpensinfonie was recorded in June 2008 during Haitink’s Strauss/Mozart series with the LSO.