Lorin Maazel & The Cleveland Orchestra Moussorgsky Pictures At An Exhibition Ultra HD

Ultra High Definition 32-Bit Mastering!
This Ultra HD 32-Bit Mastering CD will play on ALL CD players!
Lorin Maazel leads The Cleveland Orchestra for this recording of Moussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition.
Modest Mussorgsky created a musical monument to the architect Viktor Hartmann with the piano suite 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. A posthumous exhibition of his friend's travel notes, book illustrations and architectural designs inspired the composer to create the cycle of ten musical images, which are structured by a promenade that recurs four times. During Mussorgsky's lifetime, the work played no role whatsoever - it was only after the orchestral arrangement by Maurice Ravel in 1922 that the 'Pictures at an Exhibition' became popular.
The newly released Telarc recording by Winston Ma is further proof of the extraordinary sound quality of the label's productions: a spectacular and at the same time naturally balanced orchestra, and that with the use of comparatively simple microphone technology. The model for the recording was the work of Robert Fine, sound engineer at Mercury Records, who was initially responsible for impressive mono and stereo recordings with only one, later with two or three microphones. Especially in combination with the acoustics of the Masonic Auditorium in Cleveland, it becomes clear why Telarc set new standards with its digital recordings.
This Telarc recording is based on data from Soundstream's first digital recording system and was created at 16-bit, 50 KHz. The recording was actually done puristically without compressor, limiter and equalizer. The current new processing with 32-bit mastering allows an enormous calmness and balance in the sound, but retains the enormous dynamics and splendor of the orchestra.
This recording is also preceded by Mussorgsky's Night on the Bald Mountain in the arrangement by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Ultra High Definition 32-Bit Mastering!
Ultra High Definition 32-Bit Mastering is a proprietary ultra-high-quality mastering system. This leading-edge system has achieved unprecedented sonority and musicality, reproducing as closely as possible the sound of the original master tape! This format employs what is currently the highest attainable resolution bit depth (word length) in the professional audio field, i.e. 32-bit. 32-bit resolution makes possible maximized, undistorted dynamics, and the lowest noise floor, allowing even the quietest musical information to be heard more clearly. This breakthrough results from the development, through years of experience and application of advanced digital technology, of a sophisticated A/D and D/A processing system.
Ultra HD 32-Bit Mastering does not specify a sampling rate; this allows flexibility in meticulously choosing the appropriate bandwidth for a particular recording. The higher the sampling rate -- for example, 192 kHz -- the greater the bandwidth. However, merely employing the greatest bandwidth may not guarantee the ultimate sound. With some recordings, a lower sampling rate -- 96 or 176 kHz -- may offer better musicality and more homogeneous harmonics. This determination requires careful and discerning auditioning and professional judgment. In the end, the human being's hearing and emotions should be the final arbiter, rather than the print-out of testing equipment or technical measurements.
Recognizing these variables, FIM nevertheless tries to use 32-bit depth and 192 kHz bandwidth whenever the original analog master is at hand. Alternatively, if the original recording is on 24/96, the 32/96 may eventually be used to maintain the integrity of the sonority particular to that recording. With this flexibility, First Impression Music believes that preeminent sound is only achievable when the chemistry of the recording, mastering, glass-stamper making, replication, and quality control is right. As always, listening is believing.
This recording has been mastered by the new Ultra High Definition 32-Bit Mastering process, which creates an unbelievable sound surpassing other formats!
The benefits of Ultra HD 32-Bit Mastering:
• Ambience of Analogue Sound
• Higher Resolution
• Undistorted Dynamics
• The Lowest Noise Floor, allowing even the quietest musical information to be heard more clearly!
• Richer Sound Field
• Master-Tape Quality Sound!!!
• Delivers what musicians originally intended!

Features:

• Produced using PureFlection (Pure Reflection) Process
• Ultra HD Mastering
• Beautifully packaged
• Playable on ALL CD Players!
• Re-mastered by Michael Bishop at Five/Four Productions, Ohio, USA
• Produced by Winston Ma

Musicians:

• The Cleveland Orchestra
• Lorin Maazel, conductor
  

Selections:

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) - Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
1. Night On Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) - Ravel (1875-1937)
Pictures At an Exhbition
2. Promenade
3. Gnomus
4. Promenade
5. II Vecchio Castello
6. II Vecchio Promenade
7. Tuileries
8. Bydio
9. Bydio Promenade
10. Ballet des Poussins
11. Samuel Goldenber et Schmuyle
12. Limoges. Le Marche
13. Catacombae. Sepulchrum Romanum
14. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
15. La Cabane sur des Pattes de Poule
16. La Grande Porte de Kiev (The Great Gate of Kiev)