Rudolf Serkin The Lost Tapes: Beethoven Sonata's Waldstein & Appassionata UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
The Beethoven piano sonatas "Waldstein" and "Appassionata" were recorded by pianist Rudolf Serkin in 1986 and 1989, but the publication did not take place until his 120th birthday in 2023. Due to his progressive illness, the artist was unable to release the original tapes at the time, which is why they slumbered in the archive for decades. Now his daughter has given her consent to the publication by Deutsche Grammophon and has also written personal words for the accompanying booklet.
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.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Made in Japan
• Superior Crystal Sound
• Ultimate High Quality CD
• XRCD-Like Luxury Digipak
• Playable on conventional CD players

Musicians:

• Rudolf Serkin, piano

Selections:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major, "Waldstein", Op.53
1. Allegro con brio
2. Introduzione.Adagio molto - attacca
3. Rondo.Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No.23 in F Minor, "Appassionata" Op.57
4. Allegro assai
5. Andante con moto - attacca
6. Allegro,ma non troppo - Presto