{"product_id":"75th-anniversary-collection-album-uhqcd","title":"75th Anniversary Collection Album [UHQCD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability: Preorder - Expected shipping: October 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Released: October 2026 - TBC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew names in recorded sound carry quite the history of Nagra. For its 75th anniversary, the Swiss audio manufacturer has joined Fidelio 2xHD for a double LP that celebrates the performances its equipment was built to capture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe programme opens with Bill Evans’s “These Foolish Things”, Sonny Rollins’s “Blue Room” and Emilie-Claire Barlow’s “La belle dame sans regrets”. It then moves through selections by Miles Davis and Quincy Jones at Montreux, film music performed by Orchestre FILMharmonique, and more intimate works for smaller ensembles. That variety gives the collection a purpose beyond commemoration: each recording offers a different way to listen for presence, scale, texture and the atmosphere of a performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe announced production credits are equally central to the release. Mastering took place at 2xHD using Nagra equipment; the records were cut all analogue at Bernie Grundman Mastering, plated by Mastercraft and pressed at Le Vinylist in Quebec. 2xHD’s analogue tape-transfer approach uses carefully adapted Nagra playback equipment to preserve the musical detail held in the source recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbum: \u003cstrong\u003e75th Anniversary Collection Album\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: 2xHD Fusion - Not Yet Published\u003cbr\u003eFormat: UHQ-CD, Stereo, Compilation, Limited Edition, Import\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Canada\u003cbr\u003eReleased: October 2026 - TBC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. BILL EVANS — These Foolish Things (2xHD) — 4:15\u003cbr\u003e2. SONNY ROLLINS — Blue Room (2xHD) — 4:49\u003cbr\u003e3. EMILIE-CLAIRE BARLOW — La belle dame sans regrets — 4:03\u003cbr\u003e4. MILES DAVIS \u0026amp; QUINCY JONES — Introduction by Claude Nobs and Quicy Jones — 1:21\u003cbr\u003e5. MILES DAVIS \u0026amp; QUINCY JONES — Boplicity — 3:36\u003cbr\u003e6. MILES DAVIS \u0026amp; QUINCY JONES — The Maids of Cadiz — 3:37\u003cbr\u003e7. STADE — Château de Chillon — 3:39\u003cbr\u003e8. JAZZ ENSEMBLE — The Pink Panther (2xHD) — 4:04\u003cbr\u003e9. ORCHESTRE FILMharmonique, FRANCIS CHOINIÈRE — Raiders March – From “Indiana Jones” — 5:37\u003cbr\u003e10. ORCHESTRE FILMharmonique, FRANCIS CHOINIÈRE — Hedwig’s Theme – From “Harry Potter” — timing cut off\u003cbr\u003e11. MATHIEU DÉSY — Bend (2xHD) — timing cut off\u003cbr\u003e12. MONIQUE PAGÉ, SOPRANO, \u0026amp; CHŒUR RADIO VILLE-MARIE — Les sept paroles du Christ – Introduction – Théodore Dubois — timing cut off\u003cbr\u003e13. STÉPHANE TÉTREAULT, NOÉMIE RAYMOND \u0026amp; VALÉRIE MILOT — The Swan, Camille St-Saëns — timing cut off\u003cbr\u003e14. 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The Ultimate High Quality CD reproduces audio with greater precision and at a level that is impossible to achieve using conventional CD production technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Numbered Edition - Japanese import UHQ-CD - Made in Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUHQ-CD Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Original Master Tape\u003cbr\u003eSuperior Crystal Sound\u003cbr\u003eNumbered Limited Edition\u003cbr\u003eMade in Japan\u003cbr\u003eUltimate High-Quality CD\u003cbr\u003eXRCD-Like Luxury Digipak\u003cbr\u003ePlayable On Conventional CD players\u003cbr\u003eProduced in Italy (Import)\u003cbr\u003eMQA-CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll About Ultimate High-Quality CD (UHQ-CD):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUHQCD stands for Ultimate High-Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. 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