Tag: János Starker

Title: János Starker – Bach: Suites for Solo Cello BWV 1007-1012 [2 SACDs] (1963-1965/2016)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO

The joy of audiophiles is to listen to great performances and recordings of masterpieces. Analog master tapes of “historical masterpieces and recordings of eternal value” are stored by record companies around the world. Stereo Sound has started the “Audio Masterpieces Collection,” which unearths high-quality master tapes from among these and uses the latest technology to create the “best sound” possible. 　This product is a digital version of the original analog master tapes with virtually no processing. Therefore, as a rule, no correction processing such as equalization to make the sound easier to hear, noise cut or dropout caused by the master tapes, let alone cutting of ultra-low frequencies, has been performed. This is based on the product plan to deliver the sound of the master tapes to audiophiles as faithfully as possible, which was previously available only to a limited number of people involved in the production. The sound image of the cello, which draws on Bach’s miraculous music in a fresh way, is slightly larger, but maintains a holographic shape in medium perspective. Low-level texture and natural timbre are of a phenomenal standard. The sound of strings hitting the fretboard and breath sounds are delivered with a sense of distance, but even in single-note passages, not to mention heavy notes, the chords created in space by resonance create a grand architecture of sound. It would be too much to say that this is a moving recording that transforms the place into the center of the world. (Excerpt from “The Ultimate Guide to Classical Masterpieces” by Mamoru Shima, published by our company)

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