Klaus Makela & Orchestre De Paris - Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps / Rite Of Sprint UHQCD

Klaus Mäkelä, born in 1996, is one of the most respected conductors of the time despite his young age: Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic since 2020, Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris since 2021 and Chief Conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 2027/28; to name just a few big names from his CV. On this recording, he and his Paris orchestra are entrusted with two works by Igor Stravinsky, the works of the century "Le sacre du printemps" and the "L'Oiseau de feu", the firebird, in the 1911 version.
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 are cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To protect the softer photopolymer from scratching, 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 pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analogue master tapes.
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While the first UHQCD series of Universal Music Japan used the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now also being released with increasing popularity. 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 an SACD player.

Selections:

Le Sacre du Printemps (Original Version)
1. Introduction
2. Les augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes
3. Jeu du rapt
4. Rondes printanières
5. Jeux des cités
6. Cortège du sage - Le sage
7. Embrasse de la terre
8. Danse de la terre
Le Sacre du Printemps (Original Version: Pt. 2: Le Sacrifice)
9. Introduction
10. Cercles mysteriéux des adolescentes
11. Glorification d'élue
12. Évocation des ancêtres
13. Action rituale des ancêtres
14. Danse sacrale: l'élue
The Firebird
15. Introduction (Ballet)
16. Kashchei's enchanted garden (Ballet)
17. Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich (Ballet)
18. Dance of the Firebird (Ballet)
19. Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird (Ballet)
20. Supplication of the Firebird (Ballet)
21. Appearance of the thirteen enchanted Princesses (Ballet)
22. Game of the Princesses with the golden apples (Ballet)
23. Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich (Ballet)
24. Round dance of the Princesses (Ballet)
25. Daybreak (Ballet)
26. Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei's guardian monsters and capture of Ivan Tsarevich (Ballet)
27. Arrival of Kashchei (Ballet)
28. Intercession of the Princesses (Ballet)
29. Dance of Kashchei's retinue under the spell of the Firebird (Ballet)
30. Infernal dance of all Kashchei's subject's (Ballet)
31. Lullaby of the Firebird (Ballet)
32. Kashchei's awakening (Ballet)
33. Collapse of Kashchei's palace and dissolution of all enchantments - Reanimation of the petrified prisoners - General