Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester Bruckner: Symphonies No.0-9 & Wagner: Orchestral Music Box Set (10 UHQCD)

During a visit to Japan in 2023, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and its conductor Andris Nelsons played all of Bruckner's symphonies as well as Wagner's orchestral works. These unique concerts have now been released by Universal Japan in a hybrid SACD box set with an impressive 10 discs and invite you to enjoy them extensively.
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. To protect the softer photopolymer from scratches, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unrivalled precise edge transition between the pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the sound is strongly reminiscent of analogue master tapes.
The discs offered by Universal Japan are additionally encoded MQA (Master Quality Authenticated). If you output the digital signal from the digital output of your CD player or the previously ripped data stream of your music server to a corresponding MQA-DA converter, you can generate a 24-bit signal with up to 352 kHz sampling frequency from the CD data.
While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series used the DSD data from previous SHM-SACD releases, as their popularity grew, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACDs were released. Typically, the master tapes of the Universal Archive are converted to DSD and then post-processed with the appropriate MQA encoder. Thus, the UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not have a SACD player.

Selections:

CD 1
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony 'No.0' in D Minor. WAB 100
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Slower and quieter
4. Final. Moderato - Allegro vivace
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
The Flying Dutchman. WWV 63
5. Overture
Rienzi WWV 49
6. Overture
CD 2
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tristan und Isolde. WWV 90
1. Prelude to Act 1
2. Isolde's Liebestod
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.1 in C Minor. WAB 101
3. Allegro - Slow - Tempo I
4. Adagio - Andante - Tempo I
5. Scherzo. Lively - Trio. Slow
6. Final. Moving, fiery
CD 3
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
The Master Singers of Nuremberg. WWV 96
1. Prelude to Act 1
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.2 in C Minor. WAB 102
2. Moderato
3. Andante. Solemn, something moved
4. Scherzo. Massively fast - trio. Same tempo
5. Final. More fast
CD 4
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.3 in D Minor WAB 103
1. More slow, Misterioso
2. Adagio, moving, quasi Andante
3. Pretty Fast - Trio
4. Allegro
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
5. Tannhäuser. WWV 70
CD 5
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Lohengrin WWV 75
1. Prelude to Act 1
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.4 in E Flat Major 'Romantic'. WAB 104
2. Moves, not too fast
3. Andante quasi Allegretto
4. Scherzo. Moved - Trio. Not too fast. On no account
5. Final. Moves, but not too fast
CD 6
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.5 in B Flat Major. WAB 105
1. Introduction. Adagio - Allegro
2. Adagio. Very slow
3. Scherzo. Molto vivace (Fast) - Trio. At the same pace
4. Final. Adagio - Allegro moderato
CD 7
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
1. Siegfried Idyll. WWV 103
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.6 in A Major. WAB 106
2. Majestoso
3. Adagio. Very solemn
4. Scherzo. Not fast - trio. Slow
5. Final. Moves, but not too fast
CD 8
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Twilight of the Gods. WWV 86D
1. Siegfried's Funeral March. WWV 86D
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.7 in E Major. WAB 107
2. Allegro moderato
3. Adagio. Very solemn and very slow - Moderato - Tempo I
4. Scherzo. Very fast - trio. A little slower
5. Final. Moved, but not fast
CD 9
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.8 in C Minor. WAB 108
1. Allegro moderato
2. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. Slow
3. Adagio. Solemnly slow; but not sluggish
4. Final. Solemn, not fast
CD 10
Parsifal WWV 111
1. Prelude to Act 1
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.9 in D Minor. WAB 109
2. Solemn, Misterioso
3. Scherzo. Moving, lively - Trio.Schnell
4. Adagio. Slowly, solemnly