Title: Born – At The End Of The Day (2005)
Genre: Pop Rock
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC
Born Stuyven is a Dutch singer/songwriter, rock & roll style who made a name with his previous bands Thunderin’ Hearts & Enos. “At The End Of The Day” is his debut solo album. This sentimental rock & roll album contains a couple very strong songs.
Title: Gustav Leonhardt – Bach: Goldberg Variatione (1965/2024)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO
![Friedrich Gulda - Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier [4 SACDs] (1972-1973/2020)](https://imghd.xyz/images/2025/02/27/ddeb56d3e0ba8460e6b40b89a4c7e08b.jpg "Friedrich Gulda - Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier [4 SACDs] (1972-1973/2020)")
Title: Friedrich Gulda – Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier [4 SACDs] (1972-1973/2020)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO
90th anniversary of Gurda’s birth and 20th anniversary of his death, one of Gurda’s greatest masterpieces recorded on MPS from 1972 to the following year. The latest reissue reproduces a variety of touches and textures better than ever before! Mastered only in the analog domain and converted directly to DSD! New reissue from the original MPS analog tape in Japan. Excellent recording. World’s first SACD release! This is a masterpiece among masterpieces, session-recorded by MPS, a former West German jazz label, from 1972 to the following year. The brilliant technique and rare inspiration of Goulda, who was in his early 40s at the time of recording, have long reigned as the top historical recording of the “law of averages” played on the piano. They have been reissued many times since the LP era, but their sudden revival on the MPS label in 2015 on CD brought back their fresh, crisp tone and made a huge impact on fans and non-fans alike. This latest reissue is not only the first SACD, but it is also a permanent reissue with the original jacket design. The MPS label was sold to Polygram in 1983, and in the CD era was reissued on the PHILIPS label, but in 2014 it was transferred to the Edel Group, which owns Berlin Classics and other labels. Later, in June 2015, the aforementioned CD, reissued from the original analog master tapes stored at MPS, was released, and as you know it was quite controversial at the time. The CD is no longer available, but for this reissue, the original MPS analog master tapes were used, and the mastering was done by the famous engineer Christoph Stickel, just as we have done for the previous Berlin Classics releases. The mastering was done with the utmost care to preserve the best possible sound quality in the package, so you can enjoy Gulda’s performance with more precision and density than ever before. The piano tone has a heavy weight to it, and the sound is more natural and easier to listen to than ever before. The more you listen to this superb masterpiece, the more deeply you will appreciate it, and it has been beautifully revived in high sound quality.
For this reissue, the master tapes were flown from the label to Vienna-based mastering engineer Christoph Stickel’s studio, mastered in the analog domain, and then digitized using separate systems for DSD for the SACD layer and PCM for the CD layer. The project was then digitized into a product. This project realized the ideal method of mastering as far as currently conceivable. The effect is remarkable: it is possible to reproduce the quality of the master tapes with extreme fidelity, and the mastering in the analog domain only and direct DSD conversion have further enhanced the sound quality. The manual also includes a photograph of the outer box of the original analog master tape used in this project. ＜Mastering engineer (including DSD conversion): Mr. Christoph Stickel – in Vienna. He was in charge of mastering the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra’s self-produced recordings as well as the ECM SACD project (2017~) for Tower’s Jazz project. SACD layer: Directly converted to DSD after mastering in the analog domain from a new analog master tape in the home country CD layer: Similarly mastered in the analog domain. CD layer: Similarly mastered in analog domain, digitized at 96kHz/24bit in high quality, then converted to 44.1kHz/16bit Each digital data is not transmitted, but flown in on an optical disc
![Anner Bylsma - Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV1007-1012 [2 SACDs] (1992/2019)](https://imghd.xyz/images/2025/03/22/8a9ad54b21e73c8c717c762a203cbeb7.jpg "Anner Bylsma - Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV1007-1012 [2 SACDs] (1992/2019)")
Title: Anner Bylsma – Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV1007-1012 [2 SACDs] (1992/2019)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO
Anner Bylsma, a cellist with a long history of baroque cello activity, passed away on July 25. He was 85 years old. Bilsma was born in February 1934 in The Hague, the Netherlands, and was one of the leaders of the Dutch antique music movement, along with Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) and France Brugghen (flute and recorder). In honor of Mr. Bilsma’s achievements, we are releasing his representative masterpiece of Bach on SACD hybrid. This is Bilsma’s second recording of Bach’s “Suite for Unaccompanied Cello” in its entirety. In 1979, Birsma recorded the complete works on baroque cello (SEON label), which was highly acclaimed worldwide, and in this new recording made in 1992, he uses a Stradivari called “Servais” made in 1701, the so-called “modern cello,” to present a new approach to this infinite This new recording, made in 1992, uses a Stradivari cello called the “Servais” (1701), or “modern cello,” to shed new light on this “cello bible” with its infinite possibilities. This is a bold challenge by Bylsma, who is always in pursuit of new possibilities.
Title: Staatskapelle Dresden, Kurt Sanderling – Borodin: Symphony No. 2, In the Steppes of Central Asia – Franck: Symphony in D minor (1960-1964/2021)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO
A project for the 10th anniversary of Sanderling’s death. The “superb performance” recorded in 1960 has been revived in the present age. Including the famous Franck. The performance is reproduced in high sound quality. New reissue from the original ETERNA analog tape. World’s first SACD release! Mastered only in the analog domain and directly converted to DSD! The 11th SACD hybridization of the latest reissue project of ETERNA’s original analog tapes in Japan. It is also known as an excellent early stereo recording by ETERA. The thick sound from the beginning gives a dignified atmosphere similar to Kleiber’s, and this is one of the best recordings of this piece as well as the aforementioned Kleiber and the old PHILIPS Kondrashin & RCO live recording. Furthermore, the Sanderling recording is a session recording and was made by C. Streuben at the time, so there is no doubt that it is an exceptional recording that fulfills both performance and recording requirements. The recording also reminds me of the DECCA Martinon & LSO recording of the same period. The original analog master tape, which has been carefully preserved, is still in its original condition, and the freshness of the sound is astonishing. The sound image is solid, and the energetic sound that seems to respond to the tune of the piece comes right before your eyes, giving you a truly authentic performance. It is amazing to hear the Russian sound, which has been lost in modern times. You will now realize the Russian toughness and explosiveness, and the low center of gravity and high level of the German orchestra. (1/2) Tower Records (2021/02/19)
This coupling includes the two original Borodin pieces, plus Franck, also recorded in 1964 with SKD, and. In the past, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (recorded on 0301779, released at the same time), which was recorded at the same time, would have been standard in the CD era, but since the Franck floats, we have recombined them for this release, considering the time coupling of the CD layers. This Franck is another performance that beautifully reflects the SKD’s beautiful tone, and it is a masterful performance that highlights the fluidity of Sanderling’s playing, which is not blatantly obvious in the verses. Although not a showy performance, the high sound quality of this reissue allows the listener to appreciate the orchestra’s sound of the time even more. For this reissue, the master tapes were flown from the label to the studio of Christoph Stickel, a mastering engineer living in Vienna, where they were mastered in the analog domain, and then digitized by separate DSD for the SACD layer and PCM for the CD layer. The project was then digitized into a product. This project realized the ideal method of mastering as far as currently conceivable. The effect is remarkable: it is now possible to reproduce the quality left on the master tapes with extreme fidelity, and the mastering and direct DSD conversion in the analog domain only has even greater sonic benefits. The result is a performance that is so clear and resolved compared to its predecessor that further appreciation of the performance can be expected. The commentary also includes the original analog master tapes used in this project, as well as the following information
Album title: The Nordic Sound – 2L Audiophile Reference Recordings
Performer: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Norway
Release date: February 2009
Recording date: 2004-2008
Original source: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:20:34
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 15000 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 10904 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#3: LPCM 5.1 / 192 kHz / 27648 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#4: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
From combined musical and audiophile criteria we have compiled a collection of the most excellent and impressive recordings 2L (Lindberg Lyd) have to offer. Most tracks originate from DXD (352.8kHz/24bit), presented now in 192kHz on the Blu-ray and DSD on the SACD. This two-disc set contains both a Pure Audio Blu-ray and a hybrid SACD featuring the exact same music.
Two of the albums presented in this compilation is nominated for the GRAMMY Award “Best Surround Sound Album”. Discover what the unique Nordic Sound is all about!
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Sofienberg Church, Norway
Release date: December 2016
Recording date: August 2016
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:57:03
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio
Music: LPCM 2.0 (192kHz, 24-bit)
Music: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (192kHz, 24-bit)
Music: Auro-3D
Music: Dolby Atmos
Note: Auro-3D 9.1 (96kHz/24bit), Dolby Atmos 9.1 (48kHz/24bit)
Size: 19.95 GB
“Music for me, as pianist and composer, is a quest for depth and a quest to find a bridge between my emotions and the piano. When I begin I am uncertain about where the journey will take me and how it will end. It is important that compositions and improvisations constitute a natural whole. And classic songs like “God Only Knows” are stories and they must be told in a personal manner. Putting it all together in an album is exciting and rewarding.” – Jan Gunnar Hoff
STORIES is Jan Gunnar Hoff’s third solo piano album on the 2L label and is a sequel to his critically acclaimed album LIVING from 2013. On the new release Hoff stretches his creative abilities, presenting contrasting compositions and improvisations, in a distinctly personal mixture. Some of the pieces are meditative and expressive, while others have a strong rhythmic vibe. Stories also displays Hoff as an arranger, presenting versions of classics like “God Only Knows” and the traditional Swedish folk song “Värmlandsvisan”.
Immersive Audio is a sonic sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions. Dolby Atmos and the Auro-3D on this Pure Audio Blu-ray delivers a new standard in immersion, fully enveloping the audience in a cocoon of life-like audio. Recorded in discrete 11.1 at DXD resolution.
“For meg som pianist og komponist er musikk en søken etter dybde og å finne en bro mellom følelser og instrument. Jeg prøver å fange et øyeblikk eller synke inn i en stemning og deretter bruke de virkemidlene jeg har for å formidle historien. Jeg velger å følge et personlig spor istedenfor å tilpasse meg et stilisert format eller låse meg i en klart definert genre. Dermed vet jeg ikke alltid hvor ferden går eller hvor vi ender til slutt. Det er noe av det som gjør det spennende å jobbe med musikk og med en utgivelse som Stories.” – Jan Gunnar Hoff
STORIES er Jan Gunnar Hoffs tredje solo pianoalbum for 2L og en oppfølger til den kritikerroste LIVING fra 2013. Stories er i likhet med tidligere album influert av klassisk, jazz og populærmusikk og tar konseptet videre i en friere og mere innholdsrik musikalsk palette. Stories viser Hoff som pianolyriker og låtskriver men platen inneholder også kontrasterende rytmiske stykker og versjoner av klassikere som “Värmlandsvisan” og “God Only Knows”.
Сomposer: Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Trygve Madsen, Kjell Flem
Album title: Organism
Performer: Terje Winge, organ
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Ålesund Church, Norway
Release date: May 2016
Recording date: April 2015
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 01:09:22
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 11270 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#3: Dolby Atmos (TrueHD) 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4999 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Audio#4: Auro-3D 9.1 / 96 kHz / 6755 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 22.04 GB
Сomposer: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Album title: Reflections
Performer: TrondheimSolistene; Øyvind Gimse, artistic director; Geir Inge Lotsberg, guest leader
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Selbu Church, Norway
Release date: May 2016
Recording date: June and August 2015
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 01:10:18 + 00:25:36
Vidieo: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 11444 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#3: Dolby Atmos (TrueHD) 7.1 / 48 kHz / 5703 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Audio#3: Auro-3D 9.1 / 96 kHz / 7055 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 33.63 GB
Composers reflect their contemporary world, and today’s performers mirror ourtime. The three works on this album all have a high degree of intensity and a strong personal character, as tributes, visions, fantasies, interpretations. As musical reflections they have these qualities in common, but at the same time they are very different works composed by three distinct musical personalities. Passion. Perfection. Raw intensity. With these fundamentals, the chamber orchestra TrondheimSolistene is carving out its own musical images in immersive audio.
Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Igor Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète
Immersive Audio is a sonic sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions. Dolby Atmos and the Auro-3D on this Pure Audio Blu-ray delivers a new standard in immersion, fully enveloping the audience in a cocoon of life-like audio. Recorded in discrete 12.1 at DXD resolution.
Сomposer: Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Trygve Madsen, Kjell Flem
Album title: Organism
Performer: Terje Winge, organ
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Ålesund Church, Norway
Release date: May 2016
Recording date: April 2015
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 01:09:22
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 11270 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#3: Dolby Atmos (TrueHD) 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4999 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Audio#4: Auro-3D 9.1 / 96 kHz / 6755 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 22.04 GB
The organ music on this album is written by three composers with different musical backgrounds and development who nevertheless have something of the same close feeling for the instrument, almost an organic oneness with it. Trygve Madsen studied with organist-composer Egil Hovland, one of the 20th century’s most significant pioneers in the field of church music. Kjell Mørk Karlsen grew up in a rich church music milieu, inspired by his father, Rolf Karlsen, who was Oslo cathedral organist for over fifteen years. Kjell Flem studied piano and organ, gaining a close knowledge of the organ’s technical and musical possibilities. While Karlsen’s music builds on the long German-Lutheran tradition, the more playful style of Madsen is closer to that of the French organ symphony. Kjell Flem’s main inspiration has been the music of Olivier Messiaen, evident both in his compositional technique and in his interest in using musical impulses from more exotic parts of the world. However, for all the differences in their approaches and backgrounds, none of these composers have repudiated tonality as their musical foundation. While German organ music continued to adhere to the Lutheran chorale tradition, organ music in France began to see the organ as much more than a liturgical instrument. It is true that French organist-composers felt their roots lay in the melodious plainsong of the Gregorian chant, but, exploiting huge advances in organ-building, they managed during the 19th century to free themselves from the liturgical context and to demonstrate that the organ could match a symphony orchestra in its range of colours and fullness of sound.
Terje Winge (born 1950) is Professor of Organ at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he has taught since the early 1980s. He received his own organ education from the Norwegian organists Ludvig Nielsen and Arild Sandvold, before studying with Jiri Reinberger in Prague and Gaston Litaize in Paris.
Immersive Audio is a sonic sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions. Dolby Atmos and the Auro-3D on this Pure Audio Blu-ray delivers a new standard in immersion, fully enveloping the audience in a cocoon of life-like audio.
Composer: Flint Juventino Beppe (b.1973)
Album title: Remote Galaxy by Flint Juventino Beppe
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Emily Beynon, flute; Mark van de Wiel, clarinet; Ralph Rousseau, viola da gamba
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Watford Colosseum, UK
Release date: October 2013
Recording date: May 2012
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:10:47
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: Auro-3D 9.1 / 96 kHz / 24-bit
Audio#2: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 12110 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#3: DTS-HD MA 7.1 / 96 kHz / 8295 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#4: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6626 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#5: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 19.6 GB
Can the dualism of life, nature and art be expressed in pure music? This is the question the multi-talented composer Flint Juventino Beppe – formerly known as Fred Jonny Berg – has set out to answer. The album Remote Galaxy is a journey in time and space, a journey given meaning by the album’s music and philosophy. The music is uncompromisingly honest, with a genuine power of its own. Using well-known acoustic technology, the composer takes us to some unusual and, for most of us, unknown places.
Remote Galaxy continues the journey of 2L’s Grammy nominated album Flute Mystery, and again the Philharmonia Orchestra is conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy to interpret these adventurous scores. The composer’s deep spiritual interest in nature, philosophy and space is as central in the universe of Remote Galaxy as it was in Flute Mystery. Beppe’s music leaves a unique fingerprint in the artistic world: there is quite simply nothing like it.
The individual and inventive nature of his orchestral works demands a rich palette of instruments and an extended use of woodwinds, brass and organ. As solo instruments, the intense but delicate sound of the clarinet, the scope of the flute’s range of expression and the special characteristics of the rarely used viola da gamba make for an inimitable atmosphere captured in 2L’s innovative surround sound technology. With the introduction of height channels, acoustic reflections create a natural sound presence originating from both around and above the listener. The Auro-3D format on this Pure Audio Blu-ray features sound reproduction that is more realistic than anything you’ve heard before. It delivers a new standard in immersion, fully enveloping the audience in a cocoon of life-like audio.
5.1 + 7.1 + 9.1 SURROUND + STEREO produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition 352kHz/24bit) by Lindberg Lyd AS.
The whole spectrum of Beppe’s musical philosophy is mirrored in his works: “It’s really as simple as it is complicated – I breathe in what life has to offer, and breathe out what I have to offer life. I have given up trying to grasp what actually happens in the process from impression to expression.” Beppe is diagnosed with Tourette’s and Asperger’s syndromes, and his approach to life is self-reflective and as uncompromising as his music: “When I take a look at the mountains or the sky, I realize I cannot spend my time on anything but grandness. It’s that or nothing.”