Kaufmanns 5th solo album on Decca - specially recorded for the Wagner anniversary year by the worlds leading Wagner tenor. Kaufmann and Wagner is a classic combination: For any Wagnerians whove been slumbering, Fafner-like, in their caves during the last few years, heres your wake-up call: Jonas Kaufmann is the tenor we"ve been waiting for(Washington Post). A selection of the great Heldentenor scenes and arias coupled with the complete (and rarely recorded by the tenor voice) Wesendonck Lieder. Also includes scenes from Die Walkure, Siegfried , Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhauser and Lohengrin (extended Grail Scene Gralserzahlung - with its original second verse). Joined by one of the most formidable combinations in the opera world today the chorus and orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, under director Donald Runnicles this recording is also a sonic spectacular, made in Deccas time-honoured tradition. Among Kaufmanns other contributions to Wagner Year will be Lohengrin at La Scala and Parsifal at The Met in February and March 2013. THE SOUND SOLUTION OF HIGH FIDELITY PURE AUDIO A Physical high Quality Pure Audio format, using existing Blu-ray technology No video content just pure high quality audio Content navigated using the remote control of your Blu-ray player Product behaves just like a normal CD. Audio offered in full DTS, PCM and Dolby Surround where available WHY SETTLE FOR ANYTHING ELSE? Here are some consumer reviews following the initial launch of pop titles in December 2012 Record companies listen up: THIS is the future of physical music. More please! The sound is better than the SACD s that were released about a decade ago. The clarity is phenomenal. Hope more albums come out in this format, because this is the way to go. It s awesome....never sounded so good! Fantastic, it s about time that there were some quality audio Blu-ray discs THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS DURATION CAPACITY 7 hours + (CD Audio is 80 minutes) CAPACITY 50 Gigabytes (CD Audio is 0.65 Gigabytes) FORMATS HD Formats 2.1/5.1 PCM Non-Compressed DTS HD Master Audio Doby True HD (CD Audio is PCM limited to 44.1khx 2.0) SAMPLING FREQUENCY 96Khz to 192khz 96.000 mini information per second (CD Audio is 16 bits = 65,546 possible values) DYNAMIC 144 Decibels (CD Audio is 96 Decibels) BITRATE 21.5 Megabits/sec (CD Audio is 1.5 Megabits/sec)