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COMPLETE AUDIOPHILE UHQCD & CRYSTAL DISC CD CATALOGUE 2026
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THE SOUND OF TAPE • WORLD COLLECTOR’S UHQ-CD REFERENCE
A–Z • UHQCD • Crystal Disc KD • Audiophile CD
34 catalogue entries • Updated August 2026
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Music On Audio Compact CDs by AudioNautes Recordings - Comprehensive Audiophile Guide
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💿 ACO BOCINA — MEDITERANEAN FEELING
Catalogue No.: AN 2402 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Discs: 1 CD
Artist: Aco Bocina
Genre: World / Mediterranean / Instrumental
Programme: Includes Sonador, Emocion, Balkan Express, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Greek Medley and more
Original Recording Format: Not published by AudioNautes
Source / Provenance: Not specifically published
Mastering: Not published
Edition: Audiophile UHQ editioN
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: An unusual audiophile choice with tremendous instrumental colour, transient detail and spacious presentation.
🥁 THE ALL STAR PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE — THE ALL STAR PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Catalogue No.: AN 2502
Format: Digital audiophile CD edition
Discs: 1
Genre: Classical / Percussion / Audiophile Demonstration
Original Recording Format: Not published by AudioNautes
Source / Provenance: Not published
Mastering: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A natural system-demonstration recording: attack, dynamics, decay, imaging and low-frequency percussion make this a very useful reference disc.
🎷 ARNE DOMNÉRUS — JAZZ AT THE PAWNSHOP
Catalogue No.: AN 2106 UHQ
Format: 2× UHQCD
Edition: Special Limited Edition — 1,111 copies
Mastering: TOP Studio
Genre: Jazz / Live / Audiophile
Original Recording: Analogue live recording
Source Detail: Exact source generation not stated on the current product page
Status: SOLD OUT
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Essential. One of the defining audiophile jazz recordings, presented here as a scarce two-disc AudioNautes limited edition.
🎷 ARNE DOMNÉRUS — JAZZ AT THE PAWNSHOP
Catalogue No.: AN 2503 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Live / Audiophile
Original Recording: Analogue
Recording Venue: Stampen / Pawnshop Jazz Club, Stockholm
Recording Era: 1976
Provenance: AudioNautes audiophile mastering; exact source generation is not fully documented on the current shop page
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A benchmark title for ambience, cymbal texture, saxophone presence, bass definition and the sense of a real club acoustic.
🎷 ARNE DOMNÉRUS — JAZZ AT THE PAWNSHOP
Catalogue No.: AN 2520 KD
Format: Crystal Disc CD
Genre: Jazz / Audiophile
Original Recording: Analogue live master
Physical Digital Medium: Premium Crystal Disc-type edition
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★+
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: The trophy edition. Exceptionally expensive, highly specialised and aimed squarely at the ultimate digital-format collector rather than the casual listener.
🎷 ARNE DOMNÉRUS — JAZZ AT THE PAWNSHOP VOL. 2
Catalogue No.: AN 2307 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Live / Audiophile
Original Recording: Analogue
Source Generation: Not published on current AudioNautes Recordings
Mastering Engineer: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A natural companion to the first Pawnshop programme and another highly desirable Swedish audiophile jazz recording.
🎷⛪ ANTIPHONE BLUES
Catalogue No.: AN 2206 UHQ
Artists: Arne Domnérus / organ accompaniment
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Sacred / Organ / Audiophile
Original Recording: Analogue
Provenance: Exact AudioNautes Recordings source chain not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A spectacular combination of saxophone, church ambience and organ scale. Excellent for assessing depth, reverberation and tonal purity.
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🎻 J. S. BACH — TOCCATAS ET FUGUES / JEAN GUILLOU
Catalogue No.: AN 2105 UHQ
Artist: Jean Guillou
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Classical / Organ
Original Recording Format: Not published by AudioNautes
Mastering: Not published
Availability: Backorder 2026
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Large-scale organ reproduction makes this especially attractive for testing bass extension, hall acoustic and dynamic range.
🎤 HARRY BELAFONTE — BELAFONTE AT CARNEGIE HALL
Catalogue No.: AN 2306 UHQ
Format: 2-disc UHQCD programme
Genre: Vocal / Folk / Calypso / Live
Original Recording: Analogue live recording
Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York
Source / Mastering Chain: Not fully published by AudioNautes Recordings
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: One of recorded music’s great live albums. Huge stage, exceptional voice reproduction and a convincing sense of Carnegie Hall.
🎤 HARRY BELAFONTE — BELAFONTE AT CARNEGIE HALL
Catalogue No.: AN 2308 KD
Format: Crystal Disc CD - Glass CD
Genre: Vocal / Live / Audiophile
Original Recording: Analogue
Edition: Ultra-premium optical-disc edition
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★+
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A genuine collector-object version of an audiophile classic. Extremely expensive, but one of the catalogue’s most exclusive digital editions.
🎹 TSUYOSHI YAMAMOTO TRIO — BLUES FOR K
Catalogue No.: AN 2507
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Piano Trio / Audiophile
Original Recording Format: Not fully specified on the current product page
Mastering: Not publisheD
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Superb choice for piano weight, double-bass articulation and realistic drum transients. Strong collector appeal among Japanese-jazz enthusiasts.
🎷 JOHN COLTRANE — BLUE TRAIN
Catalogue No.: AN 2313 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Hard Bop / Jazz
Original Recording: Analogue
Original Label: Blue Note
AudioNautes Source Generation: Not explicitly published
Mastering Engineer: Not published on current AudioNautes listinG
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A cornerstone jazz recording and an obvious candidate for any serious audiophile digital library.
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🎼 CARL ORFF — CARMINA BURANA
Catalogue No.: AN 2613 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Classical / Choral / Orchestral
Original Performance / Conductor: Not identified on AudioNautes’ current digital catalogue page
Original Recording Format: Not published
Source Provenance: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A potentially spectacular system test thanks to massed chorus, orchestral scale and explosive dynamic contrasts.
💃 CARMEN SUITE
Catalogue No.: AN 1802 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Classical / Orchestral
Original Recording: Not specified by AudioNautes
Source / Provenance: Not published
Mastering: Not published
Edition Status: Till sold out
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Attractive catalogue sleeper for listeners seeking orchestral dynamics and instrumental colour without paying Crystal Disc prices.
⛪ OSCAR’S MOTET CHOIR — CANTATE DOMINO
Catalogue No.: AN 2104 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Choral / Sacred / Organ / Audiophile
Original Recording: Analogue
Recording Year: 1976
Recording Engineer: Bertil Alving
Original Equipment: AudioNautes’ anniversary documentation identifies a ReVox A77 Mk III and Pearl/Milab TC-4V microphone system
Status: Last-copy / sold-out by AudioNautes
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: One of the great Scandinavian audiophile recordings. Exceptional church ambience, choir placement, organ extension and spatial information.
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🎙️ FABRIZIO DE ANDRÉ — THE SINGLES COLLECTION
Catalogue No.: AN 2310 / PH8178
Format: CD
Genre: Italian Singer-Songwriter / Pop / Folk
Original Sources: Not detailed on AudioNautes listing
Mastering: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Less of a conventional audiophile spectacular, but culturally important and attractively priced within this catalogue.
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🎷 STAN GETZ / JOÃO GILBERTO — GETZ/GILBERTO
Catalogue No.: AN 2504 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Bossa Nova
Original Recording: Analogue
Featured Vocals: Astrud Gilberto
Source Generation: Not explicitly published by AudioNautes Recordings
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Essential late-night audiophile listening: intimate vocals, acoustic guitar, saxophone and subtle rhythmic textures.
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🎺 MILES DAVIS — KIND OF BLUE
Catalogue No.: AN 2311 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Modal Jazz
Original Recording: Analogue, three-track recording heritage
AudioNautes Source Detail: See KD edition below for the company’s unusually detailed provenance discussion
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: One of the safest five-star purchases in the catalogue: historically indispensable music combined with premium audiophile presentation.
💎🎺 MILES DAVIS — KIND OF BLUE
Catalogue No.: AN 2405 KD
Format: Crystal Disc / KD
Genre: Modal Jazz
Provenance: AudioNautes states its source is a copy of the 1992 Mark Wilder stereo remaster/downmix
Mastering Chain: Presto three-track tube deck → modified GML mixer → Ampex ATR-102 two-track
Transfer: 15 ips with Dolby SR for the 1992 stereo downmix
AudioNautes Claim: Safety-copy source at correct speed; full-analogue process
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★+
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: One of the technically most interesting AudioNautes digital releases because the label actually publishes meaningful source-lineage information.
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🎤 LIVE IN LUGANO 1983
Catalogue No.: AN 2309 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Live / Audiophile
Artist: Not identified on the current AudioNautes product text
Recording Venue: Lugano
Recording Year: 1983
Original Format / Source: Not published
Mastering: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: An intriguing catalogue obscurity. Collector interest is strong, but AudioNautes currently provides unusually little metadata for this title.
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🎷 CHARLES MINGUS — MINGUS AH UM
Catalogue No.: AN 2312 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Post-Bop
Original Recording: Analogue
Original Recording Era: 1959
Source Generation: Not stated by AudioNautes
Mastering Engineer: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Musically essential and sonically rewarding. A natural companion to Kind of Blue, Time Out and Blue Train in this series.
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🎤 NAT KING COLE — PENTHOUSE SERENADE
Catalogue No.: AN 2604 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Vocal / Piano
Original Recording: Analogue-era recording
Source Generation: Not currently disclosed
Mastering: Not published on catalogue
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A beautiful audiophile programme for assessing piano tone, midrange naturalness and the intimacy of vintage studio recording.
🌱⛪ BENGT BERG / STORKYRKANS KÖR — NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISETH
Catalogue No.: AN 2001 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Edition: Limited Edition
Mastering: TOP Studio
AudioNautes Publication Date: August 2020
Genre: Choral / Sacred / Classical / Audiophile
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A superb Scandinavian acoustic recording with outstanding reverberation, tonal purity and natural space.
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🎹 TSUYOSHI YAMAMOTO TRIO — PLAYS SONGS
Catalogue No.: AN 2704 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Piano Trio
Original Recording: Japanese audiophile recording
Original Source / Transfer Chain: Not fully published on the current AudioNautes Recordings
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A particularly desirable addition for Three Blind Mice / Japanese audiophile jazz collectors and lovers of highly tactile piano-trio sound.
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🎺 MILES DAVIS — SKETCHES OF SPAIN
Catalogue No.: AN 2514 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Orchestral Jazz
Original Recording: Analogue
Source Generation: Not published by AudioNautes
Mastering: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Large-scale, atmospheric and texturally rich—an ideal complement to Kind of Blue for Miles Davis collectors.
🎷 CANNONBALL ADDERLEY — SOMETHIN’ ELSE
Catalogue No.: AN 2515 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Hard Bop / Jazz
Original Recording: Analogue
Featured Musicians: Cannonball Adderley with Miles Davis and ensemble
Source Generation: Not published by AudioNautes
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: AudioNautes specifically highlights instrumental texture, spatiality and the detail of the muted trumpet and saxophone. A first-class system-resolution disc.
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⏱️🎹 THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET — TIME OUT
Catalogue No.: AN 2511 KD
Format: Crystal Disc / Crystal Glass CD
Genre: Cool Jazz / West Coast Jazz
Original Recording: Analogue
Edition: Ultra-premium optical-disc edition
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★+
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: A trophy-grade presentation of one of jazz’s universally recognised audiophile standards.
⏱️🎹 THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET — TIME OUT
Catalogue No.: AN 2513 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
AudioNautes Release: February 2026
Genre: Cool Jazz / West Coast Jazz
Original Recording: Analogue
Source Generation: Not published
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: The rational collector’s version: vastly less expensive than the KD edition while retaining the premium AudioNautes/UHQCD presentation.
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🎻 ANTONIO VIVALDI — THE FOUR SEASONS
Catalogue No.: AN 1201
Format: Audio CD
Genre: Baroque / Classical
Original Recording / Ensemble: Not stated on the current AudioNautes page
Source Provenance: Not published
Status: SOLD OUT
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: An early AudioNautes catalogue number whose discontinued status gives it additional collector interest.
🎻 ANTONIO VIVALDI — 4 STAGIONI
Catalogue No.: AN 2509 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Baroque / Classical
Programme: Le Quattro Stagioni plus three RV286 concerto bonus movements
Original Source: Not fully documented on current AudioNautes Recordings
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Excellent material for judging violin tone, string texture, transient response and acoustic space.
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🎹 BILL EVANS TRIO — WALTZ FOR DEBBY
Catalogue No.: AN 2516 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Jazz / Piano Trio / Live
Original Recording: Analogue live recording
Original Venue: Village Vanguard, New York
Source Generation: Not disclosed on AudioNautes
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: One of the greatest intimate live-jazz recordings and an essential title for piano-trio collectors.
SPECIAL / COMPILATION EDITIONS
🏆 AUDIONAUTES — 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: A SELECTION FROM ORIGINAL MASTERS
Catalogue No.: AN-2501-UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Audiophile Sampler / Various Artists
Source Concept: Selection from original masters
Edition: 15th Anniversary Edition
Status: SOLD OUT
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: Especially desirable as an AudioNautes label sampler and commemorative collector piece.
🏛️ LA SPAGNA — XV–XVI–XVII CENTURIES
Catalogue No.: AN 1603 UHQ
Format: UHQCD
Genre: Early Music / Classical
Original Recording Format: Not published on current listing
Master Source: Not detailed
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★½
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: An unusual early-music audiophile release with strong appeal for listeners interested in timbre, space and period instrumentation.
💎🏛️ LA SPAGNA — XV–XVI–XVII CENTURIES
Catalogue No.: AN 1701 KD
Format: Crystal Disc / Glass CD
Edition: Low serial number option shown by AudioNautes
Availability: Till sold out
Genre: Early Music / Classical
The Sound of Tape Collector Rating: ★★★★★
THE SOUND OF TAPE VERDICT: One of the catalogue’s rarest and most exotic collector editions; far more about exclusivity and ultimate physical-disc manufacture than value-for-money.
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UHQCD — Ultimate High Quality CD
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UHQCD remains compatible with ordinary CD players. Its distinction is in disc manufacture rather than a requirement for a special playback format. Memory-Tech’s process uses a photopolymer replication technique designed to form the microscopic pit structure more accurately than conventional injection-moulded CD production.
CRYSTAL DISC - GLASS CD
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The extreme-end option in the catalogue. Crystal Disc uses a glass-based optical-disc construction and is produced as an ultra-premium physical digital carrier. These are specialist collector products and explain the dramatically higher prices of titles such as Kind of Blue, Time Out, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall and Jazz at the Pawnshop.
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⭐ THE SOUND OF TAPE — 2026 COLLECTOR’S TOP PICKS
🏆 REFERENCE MASTERPIECES — ★★★★★
• Arne Domnérus — Jazz at the Pawnshop
• Miles Davis — Kind of Blue
• Harry Belafonte — Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
• Bill Evans Trio — Waltz for Debby
• Cannonball Adderley — Somethin’ Else
• John Coltrane — Blue Train
• Charles Mingus — Mingus Ah Um
• Dave Brubeck Quartet — Time Out
• Stan Getz / João Gilberto — Getz/Gilberto
• Oscar’s Motet Choir — Cantate Domino
• Arne Domnérus — Antiphone Blues
• Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio — Blues For K
• Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio — Plays Songs
💎 ULTIMATE COLLECTOR / TROPHY EDITIONS
★★★★★+ AN 2405 KD — Kind of Blue
★★★★★+ AN 2308 KD — Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
★★★★★+ AN 2511 KD — Time Out
★★★★★+ AN 2520 KD — Jazz at the Pawnshop
🔎 VERIFICATION KEY
✅ AudioNautes Recordings Verified — explicitly stated by AudioNautes Recordings.
📚 Original recording information — established recording information where identified.
⚠️ Not published / Not verified — AudioNautes Recordings does not currently provide enough information to make a reliable technical claim.
⭐ Collector Rating — independent editorial rating by The Sound of Tape, based on musical importance, recording quality, audiophile reputation, edition desirability, rarity and collector appeal. It is not an AudioNautes rating.
IMPORTANT
AudioNautes currently lists 34 results in its Digital category. Prices and availability can change without notice. Some older editions are sold out, while several 2025–26 UHQCD and KD editions remain available.
No technical detail has been intentionally filled in by guesswork. Where AudioNautes does not publish the original source, mastering chain, engineer or edition specification, it is identified accordingly.
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