This surprising program is a joy through and through. It begins with a 1985 work by John Corigliano (Fantasia on an Ostinato) that uses the slow-movement theme from Beethovens Seventh Symphony and then later flies off into wonderfully emotion-filled directions. Next come Beethovens Tempest sonata, played with just the right drama, and his fabulous Choral Fantasy, op. 80, which is part sonata, part study for the 9th symphony. Pianist Grimaud plays the Fantasy with alternating delicacy and power, and the CD ends with Arvo Parts Credo, scored for piano solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra. This last piece is rich and complex, and in some ways encompasses the previous works emotions and textures; those who think of Part as the quiet, holy minimalist, are in for a treat, and perhaps shock. Grimaud is simply magnificent regardless of the century or style; the beauty of her tone is surpassed only by its expressiveness. Esa Pekka Salonen leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir handsomely. This is a very special disc, a must for your collection. --Robert Levine 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)