Audio-DVD 01

AUDIO-DVD
"In pursuit of audio excellence"
These recordings are presented in 48kHz/24-bit audio
mastered from first or second generation sources.
They are not copies of CDs which provide audio at 44.1kHz/16-bits
The recordings are encoded in two channel linear PCM sound.
Presentation is similar to Celestial Audio CD releases.
There is an on-screen Menu and track access points.
These discs are available in both PAL (PA) and NTSC (NT) formats.

Please note that this is NOT the DVD-AUDIO format
which is incompatible with many DVD players.
If your player can play recordable DVD discs it should be capable of playing these discs.

Single disc recordings are priced at $30.
Double disc sets are $40
Be aware that these recordings are not videos .... they are AUDIO only.

When ordering, please note PA or NT with the catalogue number.
If you are aware that your player has a preference for DVD+R or DVD-R
please indicate.

AUDIO NOTE: If your DVD player is connected to an AV amplifier via the optical/coaxial line then the higher sampling rate is often down-converted to the 16 bitrate.
Many players only output a 24 bitrate from the analogue connections.
Therefore, if using a digital connection, it may be useful to also make an analogue connection to a spare input of your amplifier to achieve the full resolution of AUDIO-DVD.
Ensure that you have selected the PCM audio stream from your DVD player.

VERDI
MESSA DA REQUIEM

Katia Ricciarelli Brigitte Fassbaender
Veriano Luchetti Ferrucio Furlanetto

Berlin
1984

plus: Katia Ricciarelli
in Recital (Vienna 1983)

CV001 PAL/NTSC

VERDI
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

Luciano Pavarotti Piero Cappuccilli
Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Danielle Borst Mignon Dunn

Geneva
1984

Bonus: I VESPRI SICILIANI Act 1 - 2
Nelly Miricioiu .. Amsterdam

CV002 PAL/NTSC

GOUNOD
FAUST

Roberto Alagna Soile Isokoski
Rene Pape Dimitri Hvorostovsky

2005

CV003 PAL/NTSC

MOZART
COSI FAN TUTTE

Carol Vaness                   Nathan Gunn
Susan Graham                Richard Croft
Marie McLaughlin      William Shimell

1997

CV005 PAL/NTSC

WAGNER
DAS RHEINGOLD

Sir Georg Solti
1983

plus: DIE WALKURE Act 1
Jessye Norman Jon Vickers Gwynne Howell
Seij Ozawa
1982

CV006 PAL/NTSC

ROSSINI
LA CENERENTOLA

Lucia Valentin-Terrani Luigi Alva
Paolo Montarsolo Enzo Dara

Claudio Abbado
London
1976

plus: L'Ajo nell'imbarazzo
Rome, 1963

CV011 PAL/NTSC

MOZART
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Dale Duesing Joan Rodgers
William Shimell Gunnel Bohman

Sir Simon Rattle
London
1989

CV012 PAL/NTSC

BELLINI
I PURITANI

Ruth Ann Swenson Stuart Neill
Thomas Hampson Alastair Miles

1997

CV013 PAL/NTSC

G. F. HANDEL
S E M E L E

Rosemary Joshua
Timothy Robinson Kathleen Kuhlmann
Michael Chance Willard White

William Christie
London
1996

CV014 PAL/NTSC

ROSSINI
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

Dwayne Croft
Viveca Genaux
Bruce Ford

1997

CV015 PAL/NTSC

WAGNER
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

Peter Hofmann
Jeanine Altmeyer
Matti Salminen

Daniel Barenboim
1986

CV016 PAL/NTSC

TANNHAUSER: Overture & Venusberg
London 1954: Sir Thomas Beecham

LOHENGRIN: Act 2 - Siegfried Jerusalem,
Rosalind Plowright, Eva Randova, Harmut Welaker, Robert Lloyd
Edinburgh 1984: Claudio Abbado

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Act 3
Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Thomas Stewart,
Gottlob Frick, Marie Collier
London 1963: Georg Solti

TRISTAN: Prelude & Liebestod
Birgit Nilsson

CV017 PAL/NTSC