News from 2L .:. March 2010News from 2L Mach 2010 OLE BULL Violin Concertos Annar Follesø Norwegian Radio Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud Sæterjentens Søndag (The Herdgirl's Sunday) Concerto in A major * Concerto Fantastico * I Ensomme Stunde (La Melancolie) La Verbena de San Juan * Et Sæterbesøg (A Mountain Vision) * WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS Buy disc-set or MP3 Buy real HD audio filesMedia Service MUSICONLINEFLAC stereo and surround artwork
Hybrid SACD + Pure Audio Blu-ray two-disc-box at the price of one ordinary Blu-ray Recorded in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition 352.8kHz/24bit) Real HD 7.1 surround, 5.1 surround and STEREO Release Europe and Asia: March 15, 2010 (EAN 7041888514824) Release USA and Canada: April 27, 2010 (UPC 845829000677) Ole Bull (1810-1880) was an adventurer, violin virtuoso, composer and international star who brought the name of Norway to worldwide attention. Within music and drama he was a pioneer in the development of a national identity, and on the concert stage his fabulous playing skills and intense charisma won him the sobriquet "the Scandinavian Paganini". Some of Ole Bull's most attractive tunes, as well as the rural potpourri Et Sæterbesøg have remained part of Norway's cultural heritage; on this recording they can be heard alongside his two virtuosic violin concertos and the fiery Spanish fantasia La Verbena de San Juan. The concertos and the fantasia were rediscovered only a few years ago, and this is the first recording ever made of these attractive works. The A major Concerto was written in Italy in 1834 and boasts everything one could ever dream of when it comes to attractive tunes and giddy virtuosity. No. 2, Concerto Fantastico, lives indisputably up to its name and confirms what Franz Liszt wrote in 1840: "He is a sort of savage's genius, possessing an abundance of original, enchanting ideas. In brief, he has moved me; it is a long time since that has happened to me." mShuttle - an audiophile WORLD PREMIERE This Pure Audio Blu-ray is equipped with mShuttle technology, the key to enjoying your music even when away from your Blu-ray player. Connecting your BD player to your home network will enable you to access portable copies of the songs residing on the disc: you may burn your own copy in CD quality or transfer MP3s of your favourite tracks to your mobile player. mShuttle provides a versatile listening experience of Pure Audio Blu-ray in studio quality FLAC on your home entertainment system, in CD quality in car & kitchen, or as MP3 wherever you are. Make sure that your BD player is connected to your computer network. Put the Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc into your BD player. Open the Internet browser of your computer and type in the IP address of your BD player. You will find this address in the setup menu of your Blu-ray Disc player. Select booklet and audio files to download from the Blu-ray to your computer. On behalf of the creative community at Positive Feedback Online, and in recognition of signficant contributions to the audio arts in 2009, this award is hereby presented to 2L for its exceptional series of recordings on Blu-ray and SACD in order to encourage further excellence in fine audio, to the greater good of all who love it. David W. Robinson, Editor-in-Chief / Dave Clark, Editor www.positive-feedback.com 2L - The Nordic Sound awarded Hi-Fi Album of the year 2009 in China The ceremony was held at Xinghai Concert Hall on 9th January, 2010 2L distributed in Hong Kong and China by NAXOS Far East 10 out of 10 points from David Vernier in Classics Today: This beautifully played and expertly engineered program, recorded at Norway's Bergen Cathedral, just may be the one organ disc that nearly everyone can enjoy and will even return to often ... Highly recommended! GoodSound: This amazing album is like no other I've heard. Rather than categorizing it as movie music, let's call it music from a movie ... It may sound hokey on paper, but the way Kleive plays "Bridge over Troubled Water", the tune becomes an intense spiritual experience, creating almost unbearable tension and a cathartic release into stillness. The rest of the album runs the gamut from classical to jazz and blues, with music that's conciliatory, majestic, and reverential ... The performances were all recorded at Bergen Cathedral, and the sound, which is rich, spacious, and detailed, is some Musical Performance Sound Quality Overall Enjoyment of the best of an organ you'll ever hear. Iver Kleive - deUSYNLIGE (Troubled Waters) Buy disc-set or MP3 Buy real HD audio filesMedia Service MUSIKKONLINEFLAC 24 BIT / 96 kHz artwork We welcome Beatrice Johannessen to our production team Beatrice will work with our venue recording unit. Her exploring mentality, quiet intensity and golden ear for details will contribute to further progress in our work with surround sound music. Beatrice Johannessen recording engineerMorten Lindberg engineer / producerJørn Simenstad producer / engineerWolfgang Plagge producerBeatrice Lindberg accounting 2L produced by Lindberg Lyd AS | Box 56 Bogerud | NO-0621 OSLO | NORWAY | +47 4815 2222 | [email protected]
