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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.
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|  KUNIKO's eagerly awaited second album includes world premiere recordings of the percussionist's new arrangements of popular works by contemporary composers Arvo Part, Steve Reich and Hywel Davies. All three composers have consulted upon, and approved, KUNIKO's arrangements on 'cantus'. |
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Cantus
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Kuniko Kato
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|  Ronald Brautigam has been described as 'an absolutely instinctive Mozartian… with melodic playing of consummate beauty' (International Record Review), supported by the period orchestra Die Kolner Akademie in a partnership which more than one reviewer has termed 'ideal'. |
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Michael Alexander Willens
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Ronald Brautigam
Die Kolner Akademie
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|  This is the 4th concerto album of Arabella Steinbacher on PentaTone. All three previous albums were unanimously reviewed as top of the bill. Gramophone selected the Bartok album as 'Editor's Choice'. |
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Violin Concertos
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Lawrence Foster
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Arabella Steinbacher
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|  Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 are poles apart in their musical style and make a highly interesting pairing for this new release. Symphony No.1 is rooted in the symphonic tradition and has a particular tunefulness reminiscent of Tchaikovsky, whereas Symphony No.4 is highly original and introverted, often being seen as modern and 'cubist' by listeners in the 1890s. |
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Osmo Vanska
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|  In its valedictory release, the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet presents a pair of well loved chamber works offering a glimpse into the private world of two Czech composers. Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana - although they were sometimes regarded as musical opposites in their homeland - together they came to represent the quintessential sound of 19th-century Czech music. |
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String Quartets
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Tokyo String Quartet
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Linn is one of the world's leading audiophile labels specialising in classical, jazz and Celtic music. There is a whole world of Linn music to explore. The high quality sound reproduction that results from their investment of time and effort means that as a listener you can simply hear more, and hear it more clearly. It can sound uncannily like the musicians are in the room with you. As the true qualities of the music are more audible, music that you never thought would move you starts to make sense, and its seductive power can be tremendous.