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If you're into vocal recordings, or want a sampler of Chesky's material, or if you just want something that sounds great so that you can impress friends with your stereo, get this disc. I play it a lot -- for all of the above reasons. I listen to many tracks on this disc, but I'm always drawn back to Livingston Taylor singing Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely." Through the OMD-28s, the richness and vibrancy of Taylor's voice were startlingly realistic, with no chestiness or overhang. Furthermore, his voice was tight and focused.

- Doug Schneider Soundstage AV

Audio CD (September 26, 2006)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
Label: Chesky Records
ASIN: B000HIVOFU

4.0 out of 5 starspure crystal
By Andrew G. Randall on November 25, 2008
Format: Audio CD Verified Purchase
When I bought this sacd by Chesky recording it really opened my ears.This disc is in two channel only.Not multichannel.But the stereo sound is so real in the room when you hear the vocals from these artists. Very moving and touching when listening. How pure can a stereo sacd can be?I would say that Chesky records did a great job making this two channel format. I would truly recomend this. Theres a true variety of music on this. good jazz vocal,some vocals have good sounding strings in the backround.If any of you audiophile listeners are thinking of listening to different brands of speakers if your at your friends place or buying new ones this is a good disc to tag along with ,to hear all the different vocals it gives You. You love good range of vocal acoustics ?than I highly recomend this music.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST AUDIOPHILE VOCAL RECORDINGS (SACD323)

Artist: Various Artists Compilations
Genre: Folk, Jazz

Worlds Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings on Super Audio CD

October 14, in DVD-Audio News
 
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A collection of performances titled the World’s Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings has been released by Chesky Records as one of their latest Surround Sound Super Audio CD releases. The new Super Audio CD joins two more from the label’s New York Sessions SACD series – New York Time by Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb and Cedar Walton and Traffic by Larry Coryell, Lenny White and Victor Bailey – in music stores and web sites that carry Jazz and Vocal music titles. As with their last round of Surround Sound Super Audio CDs, these three releases are Single Inventory Hybrid Surround Sound SACDs where the SACD serves as both the CD and SACD edition of the album.
Chesky also has planned additional Super Audio CD releases at the end of October and the end of November. Here’s more on the latest Super Audio CD titles from the Chesky Records label.
World’s Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings
Rebecca Pidgeon, Livingston Taylor, Valerie Joyce, Christy Baron, Rosa Passos & Ron Carter, Kenny Rankin, Sara K., Marta Gomez, Laverne Butler, Xiomara, Carlos Franzetti and Ana Caram
SACD Surround Sound/SACD Stereo/CD Audio
(Chesky SACD 323)
For the new Surround Sound Super Audio CD titled World’s Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings, Chesky Records has dipped into their vaults to bring listeners a sampling of some of their most talented vocalists. What is different about this SACD Sampler compared to others you have seen is that the label is combining 5 standout performances that have appeared on Super Audio CD disc with 7 that have not. So there are more performances new to SACD here than what we’ve heard to date. A nice plus, I’d say.
Chesky says that “Chesky Records celebrates its 20th anniversary with The World’s Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings, selections culled from the label’s back catalog. Artists include the established Rebecca Pidgeon, Sara K. and Livingston Taylor as well as up-and-comers including Japanese-born chanteuse Valerie Joyce, Cuban sensation Xiomara and Colombian singstress Marta Gomez.”
The album was produced by David Chesky from material engineered by Barry Wolifson, Bob Katz and Nicholas Prout. The SACD was compiled, edited and mastered by Nicholas Prout with Project Coordination by Lisa Marks and Project Assistance by Lisa Herschfield and Nicholas Oddy. The Hybrid SACD disc was made by Sony DADC in Terre Haute, Indiana on their Hybrid SACD production line.
The new Super Audio CD combines some of the label’s most notable tracks from their work with the format to date with a sampling of other tracks – both old and new from Chesky’s 20 years of recording. The Surround Sound mix focuses attention to the front channels with the label’s usual very ambient approach to Surround Sound. I leave to listeners whether the songs on this SACD are truly the “World’s Greatest” but I will say that Rebecca Pidgeon’s vocals on Spanish Harlem (track 1), the guitar work on Livingston Taylor’s Isn’t She Lovely (track 2) and the vocals and musical detail on What’s A Little More Rain by Sara K. (track 7) are certainly highlights and worthy of a listen here. A very nice collection indeed.
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