Telarc Releases Turina/Debussy Recording In SACD Format

Super Audio Compact Disc Brings A New Dimension Of Sound To The Cincinnati Symphony And Spanish Maestro JÈsus LÛpez-Cobos

18-Jan-02

Telarc International, an industry leader in digital recording for more than two decades, announces the release of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestraís 2001 recording, Music of Turina and Debussy (conducted by JÈsus LÛpez-Cobos), on Super Audio Compact Disc.The new SACD format, created by Sony and Philips, provides unprecedented sound quality in stereo and discrete multi-channel surround. To achieve its sonic performance, SACD employs a radically new digital encoding technology called Direct Stream Digital. DSD samples the musical signal at a phenomenal 2.8 million times a second - 64 times greater than traditional CD recordings. The result is an extremely smooth digital waveform with unparalleled frequency response and dynamic range. Telarc is now recording all of its projects using the DSD process.The potential benefits of SACD do not stop with its performance. The SACD format supports several disc configurations, including a Hybrid SACD designed to be completely compatible with the millions of CD players in the market today. Hybrid SACDs actually contain two complete layers of music information. One is the conventional CD layer, which can play on any standard CD player. The other, high-density layer contains both the original DSD two-channel recording as well as a DSD six-channel recording that can be played in the new generation of stereo and surround SACD players. Each of the six channels can be recorded separately with full 100 kHz frequency response and 120dB dynamic range across the audio band. Both the six-channel and the two-channel sound images have unparalleled resolution and transparency.Combine this innovative layer of recording technology with the brilliance of LÛpez-Cobos and the Cincinnati Symphony, and the result is an unprecedented experience in classical music. In this final recording as music director for the CSO, maestro LÛpez-Cobos returns to the music of sunny Spain, leading evocative performances of Danzas Fant·sticas, Op. 22, Sinfonia Sevillana, Op. 23, and La ProcesiÛn del Rocio, Op. 9 by Joaquin Turina. Also on the recording is the exotic IbÈria from ìImages for Orchestraî by Claude Debussy.In May 2001, Maestro LÛpez-Cobos was awarded the highest honors in the fields of arts and letters by the governments of Spain and France. In Spain, the maestro received the Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes (Gold Medal of the Fine Arts) from King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia. In France, the Ministry of Culture named the conductor an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. The distinction honors ìillustrious people who, by their artistic or literary creations, have brought brilliance to French culture and that of the world.îUnder his direction, the CSO has released 26 recordings for Telarc, beginning with a 1987 album of music by another Spanish composer, Falla. The recording became legendary for its idiomatic interpretation and was named a ìRecord of the Yearî by Stereo Review. Other highly acclaimed recordings have included works by Respighi, Bruckner, Dukas, Franck, Albeniz, Bizet, and Ravel. A recording of the Mahler Symphony No. 3 earned a Grammy nomination in 1998.Telarc currently has twelve titles in various genres - classical, jazz, contemporary jazz and blues - available in multi-channel (Hybrid) SACD. Approximately 36 titles will be available in the six-channel SACD format by June 2002. Visit the Telarc website, www.telarc.com for the most updated information on our new SACD recordings.

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