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The Four Seasons are probably one of the most frequently recorded classical works and this recording from 1992 has also been published several times. First as a CD on the Swiss Divox label, then on LP by Cisco Music in the USA, then on hybrid SACD by First Impression Music, then as a remastered LP with direct metal mastering by Pauler Acoustics in Germany for Silk Road Music in Hong Kong. But anyone who thinks that the album can no longer be developed any further is mistaken.
This variant from AudioNautes in Italy was recorded on two 45 LPs by old master Stan Ricker in California using half-speed mastering without any form of compression. The master tape was used and the cut lacquer matrices were sent to Germany for production on 180g vinyl.
Anyone who thinks this is a bit exaggerated should know that it will get worse. This LP can only be about love for the matter and in fact, it sounds not only more sublime but also more urgent and simply more beautiful than all previous editions. - A warning is still permitted. Only perfectly adjusted record players will be able to play this album well and please pay attention to the anti-skating!
The photo was taken in the church of San Martino in Treviso, Italy. You can hear the musicians of the cheerful Marca (Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca), a baroque ensemble founded in 1983. The first violin comes from Guarneri and is played here by Giuliano Carmignola, who is considered one of the best violinists in Italy.
Album: Antonio Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni
Label: AudioNautes Recordings - AN-1201-UHQ
Series: Gold Ultimate High-Quality CD (UHQCD) By AudioNautes Recordings
Format: CD, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Special Edition, Stereo, UHQCD
Country: Italy
Released: 2024
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque
Archlute – Giancarlo Rado
Cello – Walter Vestidello
Double Bass – Alberto Rasi
Harpsichord – Andrea Marcon
Viola – Enrico Parizzi
Violin – Giorgio Fava, Luigi Mangiocavallo
Violin, Soloist – Giuliano Carmignola
Recorded in Col San Martino, Church of San Vigilio, March 1992
Features:
Numbered, Limited Edition
Made in Japan
Superior Crystal Sound
Ultimate High-Quality CD
XRCD-Like Luxury Digipak
Playable on conventional CD players
All About Ultimate High-Quality CD (UHQCD): Many years have passed since the birth of the Audio Compact Disc (CD) back in 1982. By use of High-Quality materials and a different manufacturing method, the definitive version of audiophile audio CD was born. Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High-Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
The Ultimate High-Quality CD (UHQCD): UHQCD is a radical change to the CD manufacturing process itself. The conventional wisdom about CD manufacturing, which had remained largely unchanged across the world for over 30 years, has been exhaustively questioned. Through this effort, the ultimate in quality was attained - a level of quality that is certainly impossible to achieve with existing CDs.
The Ultimate High-Quality CD was developed through an effort to improve audio quality by simply upgrading the materials used in ordinary CDs to higher quality materials. For the substrate, a high-transparency and high-fluidity polycarbonate (a type of plastic) of the type used for LCD panels was used, while for the reflective layer, low-cost, common aluminium was replaced with a unique and expensive alloy of high reflectivity.
Differences in manufacturing methods: Conventional CDs are produced using the technique of injection moulding to form "pits" of data on polycarbonate material. A metal plate on which "pits" representing audio source data are formed is used as a die. This is called the "stamper." Polycarbonate is melted at high temperatures and poured into the die to duplicate the pit patterns on the stamper.
This method is efficient because it enables high-speed production, but it does not enable accurate or complete duplication of the pits on the stamper. As a melted plastic, polycarbonate is inevitably viscous, so it cannot penetrate completely into every land and groove of the tiny pits of the stamper.
The Ultimate High-Quality CD photopolymer is used instead of polycarbonate to replicate the pits of the stamper. In their normal state, photopolymers are liquids, but one of their characteristic properties is that they harden when exposed to light of certain wavelengths. The advantage of this property, is that perfect replication of very finely detailed pits was achieved. Photopolymers in the liquid state can penetrate into the tiniest corners of pits on the stamper so that the pattern of the pits is reproduced to an extremely high level of accuracy.
The Ultimate High-Quality CD reproduces audio with greater precision and at a level that is impossible to achieve using conventional CD production technology!
No Compromise Music Reissues By AudioNautes Recordings - All UHQCDs are Numbered.
All UHQ-CD album titles come from analogue master reel tapes, not from a digital master. All of them from a copy of the original master tapes. All of them, analogue mastered, full and pure analogue pathway, then converted in a digital 16-44 format. The series has a gold hot stamp on the cover, that's why the code name is simply "Gold Series".
Production in Italy.
Antonio Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni - Made In Japan.
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