Various Artists - Nagra

Nagra 75th Year Anniversary Collection Album

Mastered at 2xHD on Nagra Equipment

Cut All Analog at Bernie Grundman Mastering

AAA Audiophile 200-gram 45 RPM Double LP

Plated by Mastercraft

Pressed at Le Vinylist, Quebec

Featuring Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty Alexander, Buddy Tate and more!

For its 75th anniversary, legendary Swiss high-end audio manufacturer Nagra has joined forces with acclaimed audiophile label 2xHD for a commemorative 45 RPM double LP featuring exceptional audiophile works captured using the legendary Nagra IV-S tape recorder.

The set is pure analog from analog master tapes. The LPs feature tracks from Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty Alexander, and Buddy Tate, along with some amazing audiophile tracks recorded on the Nagra IV-S tape recorder.

Nagra audio products are designed and manufactured by Audio Technology Switzerland in the Lake Geneva region, continuing a heritage that has made the Nagra name legendary in both professional recording and high-end home audio.

For analogue tape transfers, 2xHD is renowned for using carefully optimized Nagra equipment, including a modified Nagra-T tape machine with custom high-end playback electronics. The objective is simple: preserve the musical information, dynamics, warmth, depth and atmosphere contained within the original recordings. The result is an uncompromising celebration of analog sound.

 

LP 1 Side A

1. BILL EVANS

Album: Some Other Time, Track: These Foolish Things (2xHD)

2. SONNY ROLLINS

Album: Rollins in Holland, Track: Blue Room (2xHD)

3. EMILIE-CLAIRE BARLOW

Album: Tribute, Track: La belle dame sans regrets (2xHD)

LP 1 Side B

1. MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES

Album: Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux, Track: Introduction

2. MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES

Album: Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux, Track: Boplicity

3. MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES

Album: Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux, Track: The Maids of Cadiz

4. STADE

Album: Tribute to Compared to What Live at Montreux, Track: Château de Chillon

LP 2 Side A

1. JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Album: Analog Collection Vol. 1, Track: The Pink Panther (2xHD)

2. ORCHESTRE FILMharmonique, FRANCIS CHOINIÈRE

Album: A Tribute to John Williams, Atma Classique (2xHD), Track: Raiders March - From “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”

3. ORCHESTRE FILMharmonique, FRANCIS CHOINIÈRE

Album: A Tribute to John Williams, Atma Classique (2xHD),Track: Hedwig’s Theme - From “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”

LP 2 Side B

1. MATHIEU DÉSY

Album: Crossroads, Track: Bend (2xHD)

2. MONIQUE PAGÉ, SOPRANO, & CHŒUR RADIO VILLE-MARIE

Album: Les sept paroles du Christ, Théodore Dubois - composer, Track: Introduction Fidelio (2xHD)

3. STÉPHANE TÉTREAULT, NOÉMIE RAYMOND & VALÉRIE MILOT

The Swan, Camille St-Saëns - composer, Fidelio (2xHD)

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