Bruce Liu Waves: Music by Satie UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
After the gigantic success of his first album for Deutsche Grammophon "Waves", the Canadian pianist with Chinese roots, born in 1997, Bruce Liu, focuses on the Parisian composer Erik Satie. Bruce Liu, who won the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition in October 2021 and thus entered the world stage, convinces not only the jury, but also critics and listeners in concert halls around the world with his fresh, spontaneous dynamics and perfect technique. On "Waves: Music By Satie" he dedicates himself to the "Six Gnossiennes", which are supposedly influenced by oriental music and which the innovative Frenchman had heard at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889. The pieces were recorded on two pianos, a grand piano and a piano, creating two fascinating soundscapes ranging from the rich sound of the grand piano to the intimate, calm sound of the piano.
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. UHQCDs, unlike conventional CDs, are not pressed from polycarbonate, but 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 analog master tapes.
While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now being released with increasing popularity. Typically, the master tapes of the Universal Archive are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. 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:

• Bruce Liu, piano

Selections:

1. Gnossiennes: No.1 (Lent)
2. Gnossiennes: No.2 (Avec Étonnement)
3. Gnossiennes: No.3 (Lent)
4. Gnossiennes: No.4 (Lent)
5. Gnossiennes: No.5 (Modéré)
6. Gnossiennes: No.6 (avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse)
7. Gnossiennes: No.1 (Lent – Upright Version)
8. Gnossiennes: No.2 (Avec Étonnement – Upright Version)
9. Gnossiennes: No.3 (Lent – Upright Version)
10. Gnossiennes: No.4 (Lent – Upright Version)
11. Gnossiennes: No.5 (Modéré – Upright Version)
12. Gnossiennes: No.6 (avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse – upright version)