![Schumann: Symphony No. 4/Piano Concerto [Argerich/Chailly] Blu-ray Review](http://www.blu-raydefinition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Schumann-thumb.jpg)
Bravo to this all-Schumann night of exhilarating performances, but why is this Blu-ray utilizing 48kHz/16-bit PCM audio?
![Cavalli: Ercole Amante [Concerto Köln/Bolton] Blu-ray Review](http://www.blu-raydefinition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ercole-thumb.jpg)
De Nederlandse Opera and Opus Arte bring this lavish and humorous revival of Francesco Cavalli’s baroque opera to Blu-ray in a superb high definition production.
![Birtwistle: The Minotaur [Langridge/Pappano] Blu-ray Review](http://www.blu-raydefinition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/minotaur-thumb.jpg)
This intense performance of contemporary composer Harrison Birtwistle’s visceral opera about the Greek mythological creature is captured with a superb 1080i image and lossless surround mix from Opus Arte.
![Wagner: Götterdämmerung [Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana/Zubin Mehta] Blu-ray Review](http://www.blu-raydefinition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/gotterdammerung-thumb.jpg)
The conclusion of Wagner’s Ring is done in grand fashion with this visually stunning interpretation from Zubin Mehta and Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, perfectly suited to Blu-ray.
It’s the original Ring to “rule them all” in a dazzlingly modern production that blends science fiction with Cirque du Soleil all captured in splendid 1080i.
Tom Beghin plays the entire Haydn solo keyboard repertoire on period instruments with virtual acoustics sampled in the actual performance spaces where Haydn would have worked and lived for this 4-BD high-resolution, 96kHz/24-bit set from Naxos, utilizing the Pure Audio technology.
Another fantastic sounding Pure Audio Blu-ray recording by the Norwegian label 2L, featuring the music of composer Fred Jonny Berg.
With the help of a mechanical ‘time machine’, the Duo-Art pianola, 2L brings back performances of Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg.
