[F_minor] Zenph 55 G'bergs released!

["MJ Watts" <mj.accounts@gmail.com>]

I can't wait to hear what everyone has to say about this recording.
What an interesting project!

-Mary Jo,
listowner, f_minor

SONY BMG MASTERWORKS AND ZENPH(r) STUDIOS RELEASE GLENN GOULD'S BACH
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (1955)


SONY BMG Masterworks and Zenph Studios announce the release of a
breakthrough in the history of recorded music. Zenph's re-performance
of pianist Glenn Gould's renowned 1955 rendition of the Bach Goldberg
Variations lets listeners hear this celebrated work like never before
and provides for a sonic rediscovery of an iconic recording.

The Goldberg Variations by Gould is one of the jewels of the
Masterworks catalogue, continuously in print for over half a century.
Zenph's new technique lets the performance be heard for the first time
in state-of-the-art sound on a new SONY BMG Masterworks hybrid
multichannel SACD/CD disc, which includes versions tailored for
surround sound and headphone listening.

Zenph's innovative re-performance process takes audio recordings and
turns them into nuanced live performances that precisely replicate the
original recording but offer vastly improved sound quality. Listeners
are now able to go back to the moment of creation and experience
Gould's playing as if they were in the room when the original
recording was made.

Re-performances replicate the original musician's touch, timing and
sound – including glitches in the original performance. "We've
preserved every single note, including the mistakes," said John Q.
Walker, president of Zenph Studios. "The improvements are all related
to the sound quality. This is something that needs to be heard to be
fully appreciated."

Zenph captures the musical nuances of the original piano recording's
every note, with details about the pedal actions, volume and
articulations – all with millisecond timings. The digital data is
transcribed into high-resolution MIDI files and played back on a
state-of-the-art Yamaha Disklavier Pro™ concert grand piano. The
process allows for the production of new recordings that transcend the
limitations of the original recording process.

SONY BMG assembled its top producers and engineers for the Gould
project, including Steven Epstein, five-time Grammy(r) Award winner
for "Producer of the Year," and Richard King, senior recording
engineer for Sony Music Studios in New York and a three-time Grammy(r)
winner.

Hailed worldwide, Zenph's work was named one of the Best Ideas of 2006
by The New York Times Magazine. "The re-creations are uncanny," wrote
Paul D. Lehrman in Insider Audio magazine. "The timings and variations
in the keystrokes are so subtle, it's easy to imagine the pianist is
in the room, his fingers pushing the keys down."

Last year, at a live re-performance of the Goldberg Variations held at
the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, members of the Glenn Gould
Foundation stood and applauded after the last note faded
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