Surround Spectacular: The Music / The Tests
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Label: Delos
Cat No: DE3179
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
About
Contents:
CD 1 - THE MUSIC
1. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Seattle Symphony
2. Respighi: Roman Festivals, Ottobrata (excerpt)
James DePreist, conductor; Oregon Symphony
3. York: Bantu
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4. Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris
Dennis Keene, conductor; Voices of Ascension
5. Handel: Water Music, Alla Hornpipe
Gerard Schwarz; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
6. Bach: Toccata in D Minor
Robert Noehren, organ
7. Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony
8. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, On the Trail (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz; Seattle Symphony
9. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Gerard Schwarz; Seattle Symphony
10. Durufle: Requiem, Sanctus
Dennis Keene; Voices of Ascension
11. Satie: Gymnopedie No.1
Wendy Kerner Lucas, harp
12. Debussy: Arabesque No.1
Carol Rosenberger, piano
13. Dvorak: Serenade for Winds, Minuet (excerpt)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
14. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Autumn, Movement III
Gerard Schwarz, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
15. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Medley (excerpt)
Eugene Rousseau, saxophone; Frederick Fennell, conductor; Indiana Wind Ensemble
16. Falla: The Three Cornered Hat (excerpt)
Della Jones,soprano; Gerard Schwarz; London Symphony Orchestra
17. Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Movement V (excerpt)
Zdenek Macal, conductor; Westminster Choir; New Jersey Symphony
18. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Todd Wilson, organ
19. Piccolo: O hear us, Lord
Donald Pearson, conductor; St. John's Cathedral Choir
20. Hanson: Dies Natalis (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz; Seattle Symphony
21. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (excerpt)
James DePreist; Oregon Symphony
Total Playing Time: 66:31
CD 2 - THE TESTS
SOUND EFFECTS
* Jet flyover (USMC MkLk, Bangalors, and FA-18s)
* Fire Department Code 3
* Canadian Pacific Railroad
* Hawaiian surf
* Light rain with thunder
* WWII Aircraft (Reno Air Races)
* Steam Locomotive 4501 passes in a thunderstorm
STEREO SETUP AND IMAGING
* Stereo channel identification
* Stereo phase
* Stereo balance
* Left-Right frequency balance
* Stereo center imaging
* Stereo half-left & half-right imaging
* Continuous wideband stereo pan
* Stepped wideband stereo pan
* Continuous narrowband stereo pan
* Stepped narrowband stereo pan
* Speaker comparison level-matching
SUBWOOFER EVALUATION AND SETUP
* Low-frequency sweep with voiceover
* Low-frequency sine wave sweep with harmonic
* Subwoofer level (with meter)
* Subwoofer phase: 200Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 160Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 125Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 100Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 80Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 62Hz
* Subwoofer blend (slow)
* Subwoofer blend (fast)
SURROUND SOUND SETUP AND IMAGING
* Surround-Sound channel identification
* Surround-Sound speaker balance
* Surround-Sound speaker balance with subwoofer
* Surround-Sound center speaker phase
* Surround half-left & half-right imaging
* Ambience/Reverberation clicks
* Continuous wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan
* Stepped wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan
* Continuous narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan
* Stepped narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan
REFERENCE TONES
* Band-limited pink noise
* Stereo pink noise
* Left-channel pink noise
* Center-channel pink noise
* Right-channel pink noise
* Surround-channel pink noise
* Left-channel match tone
* Center-channel level-match tone
* Right-channel level-match tone
* Surround-channel level-match tone
Total Playing Time: 58:47
CD 1 - THE MUSIC
1. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Seattle Symphony
2. Respighi: Roman Festivals, Ottobrata (excerpt)
James DePreist, conductor; Oregon Symphony
3. York: Bantu
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4. Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris
Dennis Keene, conductor; Voices of Ascension
5. Handel: Water Music, Alla Hornpipe
Gerard Schwarz; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
6. Bach: Toccata in D Minor
Robert Noehren, organ
7. Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony
8. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, On the Trail (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz; Seattle Symphony
9. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Gerard Schwarz; Seattle Symphony
10. Durufle: Requiem, Sanctus
Dennis Keene; Voices of Ascension
11. Satie: Gymnopedie No.1
Wendy Kerner Lucas, harp
12. Debussy: Arabesque No.1
Carol Rosenberger, piano
13. Dvorak: Serenade for Winds, Minuet (excerpt)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
14. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Autumn, Movement III
Gerard Schwarz, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
15. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Medley (excerpt)
Eugene Rousseau, saxophone; Frederick Fennell, conductor; Indiana Wind Ensemble
16. Falla: The Three Cornered Hat (excerpt)
Della Jones,soprano; Gerard Schwarz; London Symphony Orchestra
17. Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Movement V (excerpt)
Zdenek Macal, conductor; Westminster Choir; New Jersey Symphony
18. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Todd Wilson, organ
19. Piccolo: O hear us, Lord
Donald Pearson, conductor; St. John's Cathedral Choir
20. Hanson: Dies Natalis (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz; Seattle Symphony
21. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (excerpt)
James DePreist; Oregon Symphony
Total Playing Time: 66:31
CD 2 - THE TESTS
SOUND EFFECTS
* Jet flyover (USMC MkLk, Bangalors, and FA-18s)
* Fire Department Code 3
* Canadian Pacific Railroad
* Hawaiian surf
* Light rain with thunder
* WWII Aircraft (Reno Air Races)
* Steam Locomotive 4501 passes in a thunderstorm
STEREO SETUP AND IMAGING
* Stereo channel identification
* Stereo phase
* Stereo balance
* Left-Right frequency balance
* Stereo center imaging
* Stereo half-left & half-right imaging
* Continuous wideband stereo pan
* Stepped wideband stereo pan
* Continuous narrowband stereo pan
* Stepped narrowband stereo pan
* Speaker comparison level-matching
SUBWOOFER EVALUATION AND SETUP
* Low-frequency sweep with voiceover
* Low-frequency sine wave sweep with harmonic
* Subwoofer level (with meter)
* Subwoofer phase: 200Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 160Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 125Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 100Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 80Hz
* Subwoofer phase: 62Hz
* Subwoofer blend (slow)
* Subwoofer blend (fast)
SURROUND SOUND SETUP AND IMAGING
* Surround-Sound channel identification
* Surround-Sound speaker balance
* Surround-Sound speaker balance with subwoofer
* Surround-Sound center speaker phase
* Surround half-left & half-right imaging
* Ambience/Reverberation clicks
* Continuous wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan
* Stepped wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan
* Continuous narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan
* Stepped narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan
REFERENCE TONES
* Band-limited pink noise
* Stereo pink noise
* Left-channel pink noise
* Center-channel pink noise
* Right-channel pink noise
* Surround-channel pink noise
* Left-channel match tone
* Center-channel level-match tone
* Right-channel level-match tone
* Surround-channel level-match tone
Total Playing Time: 58:47
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