TAS Recommended! Rated a 'Best Audiophile Label Recording' in the November 2009 issue of The Absolute Sound!
Blu-Ray Disc plays on Blu-Ray Players ONLY! This Blu-Ray is All Regions: Region A, B & C!
TAS Rated 4/5 Music, 5/5 Sonics in the October 2008 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
Gramophone's November 2008 Editor's Choice!
Classic FM's May 2008 Orchestral Disc of the Month!
Following on from the award winning recording of Mozart's violin concertos with Marianne Thorsen, Trondheim Solistene team up once again with the recording company 2L for their new production. This album features a selection of some of the finest and most technically challenging repertoire for string orchestra, and includes repertoire by Benjamin Britten, the Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz, the Norwegian composer Terje Bjørklund as well as Bela Bartok's seminal work for string orchestra the Divertimento. "Divertimenti" is the first music-only recording to be made available commercially in the ground breaking format of Blu-ray. A true world premiere!
The divertimento as a musical genre dates back to the nineteenth century. Divertimenti were composed for various social occasions and were intended to be light, uncomplicated and cheerful. Such pieces were often scored for small string ensemble. Over the years this effortless, elegant form has appeared in many different musical styles and, to a large extent, set the standard for the virtuosic chamber music we know today. A number of the most prominent composers of our age have engaged with this most fascinating musical style and have contributed to its further refinement as a chamber-symphonic showpiece.
"It [Divertimenti] was recorded in DXD as 24-bit data at 352.8kHz per channel: four times the data content of DSD on SACD, which leaves more headroom for editing and balancing. While the performances are delightful and recorded in very immersive surround sound, the formats of the release make it fine fare for the obsessive audiophile. First, as an introductory offer, 2L includes in a single jewelcase a hybrid SACD and a Blu-ray disc, both for the price of a single CD. The SACD includes 16-bit/44.1kHz "Red Book" and DSD two-channel tracks, and a 5.1-channel DSD track, the two DSD tracs at the standard SACD resolution of 2.8224Mbit/s/ for each channel. The Blu-ray is even more fully packed: a 24/192 LPCM two-channel track, and four 5.1-channel tracks: 48kHz-sampled Dolby Digital, 24/192 Dolby TruHD, 24/192 DTS-HDMA, and 24/192 LPCM. Leaving out all the video except for some simple menus leaves a lot of elbow room for the sound!" - Kalman Rubinson, Stereophile Magazine, September 2008, Vol. 31, No. 9
"...a record to die for" - Stereophile
"All said, a mandatory acquisition for any high-res multichannel pioneer." - Andrew Quint, The Absolute Sound, October 2008, Issue 185
"...mellifluous performances, topped off by perfect cadenzas" - "5 stars" - Classic FM
"The sound is spectacular in whatever format you choose but the jump to Blu-ray is, as in vision, a leap forward. None of which would matter were the performances not also uniformly excellent: This is a superbly alive performance of the Britten Simple Symphony, making it sound a much more ambitious work than usual. A demonstration recording!" - Gramophone
Blu-Ray: The HD images on the Blu-ray relates neither to NTSC nor PAL; all HD-ready or Full-HD TV-screens will by HDMI accept the on-screen menu. There are no regional restrictions on this Blu-ray disc.
Features:
• 5.1 Surround + Stereo produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) 24-bit data at 352.8kHz per channel
• 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo SACD
• This Hybrid SACD is playable on ALL CD Players!
• Made In Norway
Blu-Ray Features:
• All Regions: Region A, B & C
• Audio Blu-Ray Disc
Musicians:
Trondheim Solistene
Selections:
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Simple Symphony
1. Boisterous Bourree
2. Playful Pizzicato
3. Sentimental Saraband
4. Frolicsome Finale
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Concerto for String Orchestra
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Vivo
Terje Bjørklund (*1945)
8. Carmina
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Divertimento for Strings
9. Allegro non troppo
10. Molto adagio
11. Allegro assai
Blu-Ray Disc plays on Blu-Ray Players ONLY! This Blu-Ray is All Regions: Region A, B & C!
TAS Rated 4/5 Music, 5/5 Sonics in the October 2008 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
Gramophone's November 2008 Editor's Choice!
Classic FM's May 2008 Orchestral Disc of the Month!
Following on from the award winning recording of Mozart's violin concertos with Marianne Thorsen, Trondheim Solistene team up once again with the recording company 2L for their new production. This album features a selection of some of the finest and most technically challenging repertoire for string orchestra, and includes repertoire by Benjamin Britten, the Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz, the Norwegian composer Terje Bjørklund as well as Bela Bartok's seminal work for string orchestra the Divertimento. "Divertimenti" is the first music-only recording to be made available commercially in the ground breaking format of Blu-ray. A true world premiere!
The divertimento as a musical genre dates back to the nineteenth century. Divertimenti were composed for various social occasions and were intended to be light, uncomplicated and cheerful. Such pieces were often scored for small string ensemble. Over the years this effortless, elegant form has appeared in many different musical styles and, to a large extent, set the standard for the virtuosic chamber music we know today. A number of the most prominent composers of our age have engaged with this most fascinating musical style and have contributed to its further refinement as a chamber-symphonic showpiece.
"It [Divertimenti] was recorded in DXD as 24-bit data at 352.8kHz per channel: four times the data content of DSD on SACD, which leaves more headroom for editing and balancing. While the performances are delightful and recorded in very immersive surround sound, the formats of the release make it fine fare for the obsessive audiophile. First, as an introductory offer, 2L includes in a single jewelcase a hybrid SACD and a Blu-ray disc, both for the price of a single CD. The SACD includes 16-bit/44.1kHz "Red Book" and DSD two-channel tracks, and a 5.1-channel DSD track, the two DSD tracs at the standard SACD resolution of 2.8224Mbit/s/ for each channel. The Blu-ray is even more fully packed: a 24/192 LPCM two-channel track, and four 5.1-channel tracks: 48kHz-sampled Dolby Digital, 24/192 Dolby TruHD, 24/192 DTS-HDMA, and 24/192 LPCM. Leaving out all the video except for some simple menus leaves a lot of elbow room for the sound!" - Kalman Rubinson, Stereophile Magazine, September 2008, Vol. 31, No. 9
"...a record to die for" - Stereophile
"All said, a mandatory acquisition for any high-res multichannel pioneer." - Andrew Quint, The Absolute Sound, October 2008, Issue 185
"...mellifluous performances, topped off by perfect cadenzas" - "5 stars" - Classic FM
"The sound is spectacular in whatever format you choose but the jump to Blu-ray is, as in vision, a leap forward. None of which would matter were the performances not also uniformly excellent: This is a superbly alive performance of the Britten Simple Symphony, making it sound a much more ambitious work than usual. A demonstration recording!" - Gramophone
Blu-Ray: The HD images on the Blu-ray relates neither to NTSC nor PAL; all HD-ready or Full-HD TV-screens will by HDMI accept the on-screen menu. There are no regional restrictions on this Blu-ray disc.
Features:
• 5.1 Surround + Stereo produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) 24-bit data at 352.8kHz per channel
• 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo SACD
• This Hybrid SACD is playable on ALL CD Players!
• Made In Norway
Blu-Ray Features:
• All Regions: Region A, B & C
• Audio Blu-Ray Disc
Musicians:
Trondheim Solistene
Selections:
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Simple Symphony
1. Boisterous Bourree
2. Playful Pizzicato
3. Sentimental Saraband
4. Frolicsome Finale
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Concerto for String Orchestra
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Vivo
Terje Bjørklund (*1945)
8. Carmina
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Divertimento for Strings
9. Allegro non troppo
10. Molto adagio
11. Allegro assai
