This recording is in the DVD Audio format and will only play on hardware specifically compatible with the DVD Audio format. Standard CD players will not play this CD.

On this disc, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra perform a selection of pieces by Marcello, Handel, and Vivaldi, three of the most popular composers of the Baroque era. These pieces were recorded in August 2001 in Bucharest, Romania. The sound has been produced especially for high- resolution, multi-channel DVD-Audio.

Hear a world-class orchestra in performances of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 6" and Respighi's "Pines of Rome," recorded using 24 high resolution audio channels, complete with multiple camera angles video. The first symphonic DVD product where the listener can choose to sit in the midst of the sound or in the best seat in the house. The power of the DVD-Audio/Video format to go beyond recreating the concert hall is firmly established in this unique recording. A comprehensive use of DVD technology, AIX Records' "Tribrid" DVD-Video/Audio/ROM discs feature DVD-Video with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-Channel Surround soundtracks on Side One, and a 96kHz/24bit DVD-Audio 5.1-Channel Surround track on Side Two.

"This double-sided DVD is an interesting hybrid (Aix calls it a “tribrid”): the video program appears on one side, a DVD-Audio version on the other. The DVD-Video side offers a 5.1 channel mix in both DTS and Dolby Digital. The 5.1 channel and PCM stereo mixes on the other side can only be accessed on a player equipped to decode DVD-Audio...Respighi’s brilliant orchestration is given full expression, and the tone painting is full of color and contrast (the recorded birds of the “Janiculum” section are effectively airborne).

My preference for sound is the DTS 5.1, which has a bloom and fullness that I don’t hear in the Dolby. The former is the so-called “Stage” mix, and the Dolby is designated the “Audience” mix. Since the recording was made in an empty hall, perhaps the closer miking of the DTS mix simply sounds more full-bodied and detailed. The sound on the DVD-Audio side can’t compete with either of the multichannel mixes on the video side in terms of atmosphere or instrumental detail (one more reason for its ultimate demise as a format, perhaps).

The video production is standard concert video fare with no gimmicky camerawork or split-screens; a multiangle feature is included, but I’ve never found that particularly useful unless you find the conductor fascinating to watch..."

FANFARE: Christopher Abbot

This recording is in the DVD Audio format and will only play on hardware specifically compatible with the DVD Audio format. Standard CD players will not play this CD.

This is a DVD-Audio disc. The DVD-Audio content can only be read by a DVD-Audio player. The Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS audio tracks provided on this disc will play on a standard DVD player.
In the early 1970s, the Manhattan Transfer made their mark on the American music scene by mixing an encyclopedic knowledge of pop styles from nearly all eras with jazz. With AMONG FRIENDS, one of the quartet, vocalist Cheryl Bentyne, steps into the solo spotlight for a looser, slightly less formal recital (accompanied by a jazz quartet, including the fine guitarist Grant Geissman) with this high-quality DVD-Audio release.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
24 Bit/96 Khz PCM Stereo - English
24 Bit/48 Khz Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

This recording is in the DVD Audio format and will only play on hardware specifically compatible with the DVD Audio format. Standard CD players will not play this CD.

Mars in 3D contains a 32-minute 3D film produced by the late Elliott Levinthal of Stanford University. He wrote and produced a film that features actual footage beamed back from the Viking missions to Mars back in the late 1970s. He collaborated with NASA on the filmed portion of the project and asked his Stanford colleague John Chowning to assist with the sound track for the film, which features computer music composed by a couple of his star students Michael McNabb and William Schottstaedt.

AIX Records releases an entirely new way to experience music! This is a Blu-ray 3D disc that features tunes by Rita Coolildge, Mark Chesnutt and Free Flight performing a "private concert" just for you. Nine tracks recorded in HD-Audio are presented with three different audio mixes. Also included is a 20-minute 3D journey around Los Angeles accompanied by music of J.S. Bach in HD surround and a comprehensive set of audio calibration tones to assist in optimizing your audio system.