Anne-Sophie Mutters Beethoven Concerto was recorded live at the final subscription concerts of Kurt Masurs long tenure as the New York Philharmonic"s music director. The beautifully played orchestral part is a tribute to his leadership. Mutter plays with a silken tone and astonishing technical command of her instrument--absolute ease in the stratospheric tessitura of the solo part, and an amazing array of microdynamic adjustments that display the infinite variety of pianissimos at her command. She continually varies phrasing, so moments of ethereal beauty are often followed by finicky lapses into mannerisms. For all her instrumental brilliance, the results are curiously unmoving. The depths of the musics emotions remain elusive, her virtuosity veering perilously close to showboating at times. Similar comments apply to the two Romances, whose verdant songfulness needs more lively tempos and straightforward playing. Mutter"s fans will want this disc. Others may turn to Heifetz, Perlman, Suk, or Grumiaux. --Dan Davis 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)