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From: "HDtracks Press" To: "jeevacation@gmail.com" leevacation@gmail.com> Subject: HDtracks presents legendary hits in stunning high-res! Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:41:12 +0000 HDtracks is proud to usher in the Holiday season with Diana Krall's Christmas Songs and John Coltrane's classic Ballads, both in stunning 96kHz/24bit. Featured Albums "...a smoky, sophisticated, and slightly melancholy album perfectly suited to accompany egg nog cocktails and romantic afterglow holiday affairs." -Matt Collar, Allmusic.com Christmas Sangs_04EW 96k1-17/24bit) Diana Krall Co-produced by Krall, with Grammy® award winning producer Tommy LiPuma, Christmas Songs finds the velvety-voiced singer backed by the all-star team of arranger/bassist John Clayton (Count Basic, Duke Ellington), guitarist Anthony Wilson (Chris Botti, Michael Buble), drummer Jeff Hamilton (Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole) and bassist Bob Hurst (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Saturday Night Live) for a warming set of seasonal standards. Also included are previously released versions of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "Christmas Time Is Here" with a band that includes legendary guitarist Russell Malone. The perfect stocking stuffcr for the holiday season. A classic album by one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. "Falling in love music." -Murray Honvitz, NPR EFTA00780014 Ballads (NEW 96kHz/24bit) John Coltrane A breathtaking album by the single most influential saxophone player (and perhaps jazz artist) in history. By the time of Ballads' original 1962 release, Coltrane had already helped to redefine jazz several times, pushing the boundaries of the art form and earning a reputation as one of the music's most adventurous voices. Ballads, featuring his stellar quartet of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Jimmy Garrison, finds Coltrane at his most pensive and lyrical. The result is one of the great jazz albums of the 20th Century. Absolutely essential. New Classical and Vocal Releases in 96kHz/24bit harri rgkzaNEW 96kHz/24bitl Sigmund Groven I Iver Kleive 2L Gentlemen of the Chapel Roy NEW 96047/24bift Peter Dijkstra I The Gents Channel Classics "Sigmund Groven...now unquestionably reigns supreme as one of the finest exponents of the harmonica in the world." - Sir George Martin This fantastic and unusual audiophile release pairs harmonica and organ, the world's smallest and the world's largest musical instruments, in stunning baroque pieces and Norwegian folk music. "...A choir to watch." -Gramophone The acclaimed choral group The Gents masterfully explore the sacred and secular music of the Elizabethan era in an absolutely breathtaking album of choral music. 1 Musici - Concerts and Follies in Pergolesi's time Slattar pa tungL(NEW 96kHzJ24bit) for the 300th anniversary (NEW Bait Opheim Versto 96IcHz/24bit) 2L Giulio Cesare Ricci Fone To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the great Italian composer Pergolesi, master producer Giulio Cesare Ricci programs not Pergolesi's music, but rather selections by his contemporaries: Vivaldi, Durante, and Geminiani. The musicians attack the oft-performed masterpieces with staggering new intensity in these remarkable performances. "...you are in for a treat no doubt." - Audiophile Audition On this fantastic vocal album, singer Bcrit Ophcim Versto uses wordless vocals to interpret complex instrumental lines and create a breathtaking sonic world unlike any you've experienced. If you enjoy vocalists like Bobby McFerrin or great scat singering groups like Manhattan Transfer, you're going to absolutely love this. EFTA00780015 The very best of Sam Cooke: Portrait of a Legend 31 timeless classics by one of the greatest songwriters and soul singers of all time, including "What A Wonderful World," "Chain Gang," "You Send Me," "A Change Is Gonna Come," and "Cupid" Over an hour and twenty minutes worth of music! Click here fur specialpricc Portrait of a Legend (NEW 88.2kHz/24bit) Sam Cooke ABKCO "The sound quality is, arguably, as close to what Sam Cooke and his fellow musicians heard when the engineer pressed the 'playback' button for the first time after those original sessions." -Jody Klein, restoration producer for The Sam Cooke Remastetrd Collection. Sam Cooke: Portrait OfA Legend provides a major overview of a career that has left an everlasting mark on American music. A diligent quality assurance program coupled with painstaking research and the most advanced digital-to-analog transfer and mastering technologies were employed in producing this spectacular collection. The result is nothing less than extraordinarily authentic. Jazz from ECM and Reference Record's new FRESH! label Lt. Purcor Trygve Seim I Andreas Utncm The Slow Lane Anton Schwartz On this intensely melodic ECM release, the The second album by San Francisco-based saxophone/piano duo of Seim and Utnem display saxophonist Anton Schwartz is a soothing blend an almost telepathic connection during of soulful ballads, mid-tempo West Coast improvisations on psalms ("Kyrie," "Agnus Dci") grooves, and blues-twinged instrumentals. and quiet original compositions. 88.2kHz/24bit from Chandos EFTA00780016 Gr Hoist. Orchestral Works, Vol I ($8 2kHz/24bift BBC National Orchestra Of Wales I Richard Hickox I Joyful Company Of Singers ThisirskinbarAggiallililig The Planets is a well-known masterpiece, but much of Hoist's orchestral output is unjustly neglected. This fantastic audiophile release with conductor Richard Hickox illuminates the composer's brilliant, but oft-neglected orchestral work, making for a gorgeous and invigorating listen. rad Orff Carmina Burana ($8 2kHzl24bit) Richard Hickox I London Sinfonietta I London Symphony Orchestra I Tiffin Boys' Choir This week ordy 20% off of this titlq Richard Hickox conducts Carl Orff's immensely popular dramatic cantata Carmina Baratta. The scorn's combination of glorious vulgarity interspersed with moments of genuine beauty has assured it an unquestionable position as one of the most popular of all twentieth-century choral works. Rock 2 Angel In The Dark Laura Nyro A heartfelt and beautifully crafted set of songs by one of the great artists of our time, this album features many of New York's best musicians, including saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpet player Randy Brecker. Jazzy, intimate, and impossibly soulful, fans of Nora Jones, Joni Mitchell, and the great singer/songwriters will love this. Hits The Birthday Party "...they roar, howl, and rail like a preacher on fire, relishing the ecstasy in the agony..." — Entertainment Weekly Leader Nick Cave would go on to an award- riddled, wildly influential career, but the psychedelic sounds of The Birthday Party still continue to enjoy an ever-growing, cult-like following. More Holiday favorites EFTA00780017 The Alligstor Records Christsnoi Collection Various Artists Bluesy holiday gems by Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, Lonnie Brooks, Kenny Neal, Charles Brown, and more. Pennine Houscrockins Christmas Various Artists Sixteen slices of holiday blues from Alligator's top artists, guaranteed to give you a blue, blue Christmas! Including Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Marcia Ball, Little Charlie, Lil' Ed and many others. carla's Christmas Carols Carla Bley This ECM release features gorgeous instrumental holiday arrangements of traditional and non- traditional Christmas carols by master composcriananger Carla Bley. MAXJAZZ Holiday Various Artists The MAXJAZZ Holiday Collection features vocalists Carla Cook, LaVeme Butler, Rene Marie, Christine Hitt, Phillip Manuel, Mary Stallings and pianist Bruce Barth performing new arrangements of holiday favorites. Dallas Christmas Gala Ott 7O17/24bit) Dallas Symphony Orchestra I Andrew Litton The beloved carols featured on this orchestral disc offer the listener a perfect seasonal journey from the sacred to the secular. Included on this seasonal celebration arc: "White Christmas, Sleigh Ride, The Holly and the Ivy" and many more. Sweet Songs of' Christmas Canadian Brass Fantastic brass arrangements of timeless Christmas songs by Canadian Brass, who have been bringing the joy of Christmas to their audiences and fans for over thirty years. Hidden Treasures A new section of our newsletter devoted to interesting music off the beaten path from the depths of the HDtracks collection. Immortal Memory Patrick Cassidy I Lisa Gerrard "Huge, awesome, tear-stinging stuff....Epie, exhilarating, extraordinary." — Mojo This epic and dreamlike orchestral album is firmly rooted in the classical mystic soil of Gorecki and Handel, but its combination of Gaelic and Latin lyrics with dark, churning Chinary Ung: Seven Mirrors La Jolla Symphony Orchestra The work of Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung is resplendent with lush romantic harmonies, rhythmic complexities, and lyrical melodic passages that draw on the Impressionism of Debussy. A breathtaking orchestral album. EFTA00780018 textures creates a completely unique and surreal sonic world. HDtracks' #1 Best Seller of the Week The best-selling solo jazz album in history—now in 96kHz/24bit "The album is not so much masterpiece as masterwork: art as a process that forever remains in the present." —Corinna da Fonseca- Wollheim, Wall Street Journal The Koln Concert (NEW 96kHz/24bit) "A work of genius" - Record Collector Keith Jarrett ECM The most successful solo jazz album of all time, The Koln Concert is an awe-inspiring work of improvisation and invention. Consisting of four tracks that together comprise over an hour of music, the performance is an apt demonstration of Jarrett's genius as a piano player and conceptualist. It features one of the greatest series of free improvisations ever caught on tape—endlessly imaginative and absolutely mesmerizing. Released for the first time in breathtaking 96kHz124bit, the performance takes on an entirely new dimension—one that places you immediately before Jarrett's phenomenal keyboard displays of virtuosity and gives additional resonance to every struck note. Best Sellers Genius Loves Company_thIEW Sam Cooke At the Copa_usW.W J)amn The Torpedoes 88.2kHz/24bit) 88.2kHz/24bit) (Deluxe Edition)JNEW Ray Charles Sam Cooke 96kHz/24bit) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers HDtracks' #1 Best Seller of the Month Special Edition / Paul McCartney & Wings' GRAMMY® award winning Band on the Run, in high-resolution 96-kHz124-bit audio. The HDtracks download includes nine bonus tracks, with a total of 35 minutes of music not found on the original album. HDtracks give you two choices: I) The original album mastered in 96/24 2) The newly =mastered Band on the Run in 96/24 with moN( dynamic range compression. 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