Chamber Music Palisades

Chamber Music Palisades chamber music concert:

1. Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet Op. 57

2. Claude Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola, & Harp

3. Jane Brockman's Feast for Five

Shot in the studio of AIX Reconds, this was the first ever HDVD of chamber music from any label. Stars Delores Stevens, Susan Greenberg, JoAnn Turavsky, Roger Wilkie, Rene Mandel, Paul Coletti, and Peter Stumpf, all top Los Angeles musicians. This disc was recorded and processed entirely in 96 kHz/24-bit  audio. Released  2010, output is in 5.1 Dolby TrueHD and 5.1 Dolby Digital. No subtitles; printed material in English only. The DVD apparently had extra features, but the Blu-ray version does not. Plays in all regions. This title is sold only by AIX Records. Grade: X-APH-A+

AIX makes super audiophile discs,  usually with excellent artists who are still striving for fame and don't yet charge big fees. AIX insists on using 96 kHz/24-bit sound technology whenever possible. They are also interested in HD and 3D video. Right now only AIX and the Japanese are making fine-arts HDVDs with 96 kHz/24-bit sound.

This title is a top-notch recording of excellent musicians at a reasonable price for the quality of the product. But with only about an hour of music, it still falls in the audiophile category. With that background, we grade it "A+." Please help us by writing a comment that we can place here as a mini-review of this title.

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Update on Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 7:36PM by Henry McFadyen Jr.

AIX has for more than a year been working on a 3D HDVD chamber music title. We took if off the Alphalist because of the delay. But it appears AIX has a breakthrough now with this project and we may well get the release  in 2012.