Burmester Art For The Ear - Vorführungs - CD2 - Test CD
Compilation - Jazz/Vocal/Rock/Instrumental | APE | 337 Mb
Beautiful Audiophile album series ! Rare - out of print - out of reach.
Top pick: track 2 - Paco De Lucia - Live In America.
Track List:
01 - Radka Toneff - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
02 - Paco De Lucia - Live In America
03 - Hans Theessink - Call Me
04 - Dabringhaus & Grimm-Label - Konzertante Barockmusik
05 - Quincy Jones - Back On The Block
06 - Ben Webster - Gentle Ben
07 - Gerhard Oppelt - Lindenkirche Berlin
08 - Vaclav Nelhybel - Dallas Wind Symphony
09 - Ricky Lee Jones - Dat Dere
10 - Inbal & Wiener Symphoniker (Denon One Point) - Schostakovich Symph. Nr. 9
11 - Steve Ray Vaughan - Tin Pan Alley
12 - Handel, Sophie Von Otter, Musica Antiqua Koln - Marienges
13 - Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall I
14 - Pink Floyd - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
15 - Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall II
This is Burmester test CD II; OUT of print and OUT of reach. this disc has this magnetism that is almost sinful to admit. I put it down to good marketing ploy by Burmester, which builds hardware too expensive for most working humans but generates excitement in the audio circuit (free publicity) through such limited edition software.
The very simple and almost undecorated white CD cover conceals this gem. At the flip side of the front cover merely prints the song titles. My first impression of this lack of description or economy of words, conjure a “careless” attitude in the cosmetics of this CD. Perhaps, a demo CD, in the manufacturer’s mind would just end up in some showroom without cover!? But a CD this expensive (in the black market, if you can find a seller) and this good without any production credits and details could be hard to accept. This is a real teaser courtesy of Burmester.
If the first cut is the deepest, then the opening The Moon is a Harsh Mistress would leave you in deep sentiment. I wonder if you have experience songs that must be finished whenever you press the start button. Well, you have one here. Stopping or skipping midway is almost unthinkable because that is not the way to treat a beautiful song. Radka Toneff is the lady behind this enchanting tune. I think it is conveniently located (track #1) to quickly settle down edgy Burmester prospects who come by to their showroom.
Besides sweet vocals, there are light and heavy classicals; latin guitar; electric blues from Steve Ray Vaughan; big wind sax from Ben Webster; deep troublesome double bass from forever young Rickie Lee Jones and a three-in-one track from progressive rock outfit Pink Floyd (from The Wall). If you want to hear how low can you go, take on track #7 Lindenkirche Berlin by Gerhard Oppelt. Yes, anything and everything to show off their equipment can be found here. Regardless of musical taste of a customer, there must be one track (at least) that hits him and it will hit him hard (on his pockets too). However, if you’re playing this at home, the good of this recording could turn out bad when you find your system out of gas in handling some of the dynamics and probably the low energy shaking its head on your furniture (like it did me).
The impeccable, top-notch recording is besides the point (this is Burmester showpiece, remember?) what awe me is the high quality selection of songs.
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