Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Moving apartment in Hong Kong
My landlord has sold her apartment and i will have to move apartment soon. Need to start to pack and get ready to move...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Moving apartment Singapore
However, my own hifi room is gone as I am seldom in Singapore. As such, many considered the most expensive part of hifi the apartment. For me, its time...
With my recent new appointment looking after South East Asia in addition to Greater China, maybe I can find some time to set up my hifi system in my Singapore home? haha
Moving apartment Singapore
My new apartment in Singapore, The Armadale, shall be ready in 2 August, after some minor renovation. However, my own hifi room is gone as I am seldom in Singapore.
As such, many considered the most expensive part of hifi the apartment. For me, its time...
Living stereo 60 CD collection
I have listened to a couple of the Cds.. Great Cds collection at good affordable price..
Set only sold in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Grab them!
Monday, July 05, 2010
Living Stereo 60 CD collection
RCA －Living Stereo的發燒傳奇
世界上沒有任何一個錄音方式比RCA Victor Living Stereo更能夠代表高傳真錄音的黃金年代。這項傲人的成就由RCA唱片公司的音樂製作人及錄音工程師在1950年中期研究開發完成，使得古典樂的錄音技術由單聲道躍升為身歷聲音響，並成為永久性的音響革命。這項科技結合了當時最偉大的古典音樂大師和小提琴家海飛茲、鋼琴家魯賓斯坦、克萊本，女高音普萊絲及指揮家萊納、費德勒等名家的演繹，不但受到消費市場的歡迎，同時也博得專家一致的肯定。Living Stereo將為錄音技術帶入嶄新的時代，並為立體聲奠定了無法企及的崇高地位。
Living Stereo的故事
一九五四年，RCA Victor主導並首次在波士頓交響廳試驗使用多軌錄音方式收錄了孟許指揮波士頓交響樂團演奏白遼士的「浮士德的天譴」。這是RCA公司第一次用單聲軌及兩軌錄音帶同時作業的錄音，這些試驗尚包括了一九五四年三月延聘了一組專家在芝加哥的管弦樂廳所作的細部修正。這就是立體身歷聲音響技術攻佔消費市場的濫觴。
當RCA Victor著手多軌錄音計劃時，唱片製版技術和消費市場的音響播放系統 還是單聲道，因此RCA的錄音工程師們只好繼續使用二軌及三軌設備錄製海飛茲、萊納等大師級演奏家的錄音，以期待家用音響能趕得上雙聲道的時代。一九五五年，立體聲錄放音機終於進入消費市場，同時RCA唱片公司也發行了第一卷立體聲音樂帶，這種立體聲音響帶將高傳真音響帶入新的境界。一九五八年，西方電子公司（Western Elec-tric Company）推出了劃時代的立體唱片刻版系統之後，第一部立體聲唱機便出現在商店裡，同年的稍後，RCA發行了Living Stereo的LP唱片，成為高傳真黃金時代的最佳典範。
在當時，Living Stereo是一項藝術和科技的革命。從音樂的角度而言，藝人能夠錄製一個完整的演奏，而不是僅僅用單聲道製造出一個類似演奏的聲音。如此一來，指揮家可以體驗出樂團和獨奏者之間的平衡，並將全部精神放在音樂本身，而不必為了遷就科技的不是而削弱音樂性。
重新發行的Living Stereo
在九零年代，為了能將Living Stereo重新製作成CD，執行製作John Pfeiffer和他的組員從RCA的庫房之中尋找Living Stereo的珍品。由於這些多軌錄音母帶經過長時間氧化，不當的使用和材料疲乏，難免造成損壞，因此一但找出之後，都必須經過仔細的修復才能使用，而這些母帶當年都是用真空管擴大機所錄製，所以必須要把這些機器修復後才能播放母帶的聲音。除此之外，他們在再製過程中沒有添加任何外來的處理（如電腦剪輯、雜音消除裝置），因而保留了原錄音中優異的頻率響應和動態頻寬。
後來，SACE技術成熟後，也曾經以Hybrid 的SACD格式發行。現在這套60張CD的Living Stereo更首度將這一系列偉大的錄音收錄在同一套裝裡，以超值優惠價格、原始LP封面作為紙套包裝、精美解說冊更完整收錄每張專輯LP原始的解說文，對於愛樂者可說是最佳的套裝收藏。
DISC 1
1. Various Living Stereo Sampler
2. MUNCH, CHARLES／Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; Debussy: La Mer; Ibert: Escales
3. MUNCH, CHARLES／Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
4. REINER, FRITZ/ Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben
5. REINER, FRITZ／Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra;Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Hungarian Sketches
6. HEIFETZ, JASCHA ／Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
7. CLIBURN, VAN ／Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
8. FIEDLER, ARTHUR／Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris; Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
9. REINER, FRITZ ／Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10. PRICE, LEONTYNE／Leontyne Price: Arias
11. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Ballades & Scherzos
12. MONTEUX, PIERRE／Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
13. GOULD, MORTON／Brass & Percussion
14. HEIFETZ, JASCHA／Sibelius, Prokofiev, Glazunov: Violin Concerto
15. MUNCH, CHARLES／Berlioz: Requiem (2CD)
16. MUNCH, CHARLES／Berlioz: Requiem (2CD)
17. MUNCH, CHARLES／Ravel: Boléro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Debussy: Images for Orchestra
18. PIATIGORSKY, GREGOR／Dvorák; Walton: Cello Concertos
19. REINER, FRITZ／ Dvorák: New World Symphony
20. REINER, FRITZ／Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
21. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR ／Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
22. FIEDLER, ARTHUR／ Offenbach: Gaïté parisienne
23. CLIBURN, VAN／Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
24. FIEDLER, ARTHUR／Hi-Fi Fiedler
25. HEIFETZ, JASCHA／Brahms; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
26. MONTEUX, PIERRE／Franck:Symphony in D Minor;Stravinsky: Petrouchka
27. MUNCH, CHARLES／Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
28. MUNCH, CHARLES／Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Love Scene From Romeo & Juliet
29. REINER, FRITZ／Strauss: Scenes from Elektra & Salome
30. REINER, FRITZ／ Mahler: Symphony No. 4
DISC 2
1. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Piano Concertos
2. STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD／ Rhapsodies
3. GOULD, MORTON／Copland: Billy The Kid & Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
4. MOFFO, ANNA／Arias from Faust; La Bohème; Dinorah; Carmen; Turandot; Semiramide; Lakmé
5. REINER, FRITZ／ Respighi: Pines Of Rome; Fountains Of Rome & Debussy: La Mer
6. REINER, FRITZ／Vienna
7. MUNCH, CHARLES／Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Octet: Scherzo
8. FIEDLER, ARTHUR／Pops Caviar
9. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR／Beethoven: Sonatas (Moonlight; Les Adieux; Pathetique; Appassionata)
10. HEIFETZ, JASCHA／Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Scottish Fantasy & Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto no. 5
11. LANZA, MARIO Mario! Lanza At His Best; Vagabond King Highlights
12. FOX, VIRGIL／ Encores
13. LEINSDORF, ERICH／Puccini: La Bohëme (2CD)
14. LEINSDORF, ERICH／Puccini: La Bohëme (2CD)
15. LEINSDORF, ERICH／Puccini: Madama Butterfly
16. LEINSDORF, ERICH／Puccini: Madama Butterfly
17. MOFFO, ANNA／Verdi: La Traviata (2CD)
18. MOFFO, ANNA／Verdi: La Traviata (2CD)
19. BJORLING, JUSSI／Puccini: Turandot (2CD)
20. BJORLING, JUSSI／Puccini: Turandot (2CD)
21. MUNCH, CHARLES／Schubert: Symphonies "The Great" & "Unfinished"
22. REINER, FRITZ／ Strauss: Don Quixote & Don Juan
23. HEIFETZ, JASCHA ／Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
24. BREAM, JULIAN／Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar
25. PRICE, LEONTYNE／Albeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El amor
26. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR／Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2; Franck: Symphonic Variations; Liszt: piano Concerto No. 1
27. MUNCH, CHARLES／Berlioz: Harold In Italy; The Roman Carnival Overture; Benvenuto Cellini 0verture; Le Corsaire Overture; Beatrice Et Benedict Overture
28. REINER, FRITZ／Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
29. REINER, FRITZ／Strauss: Symphonia Domestica; Suite From Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
30. CLIBURN, VAN／Schumann: Piano Concerto In A minor; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor
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