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About
Orpheus & Bacchus - downloads coming very soon to Pristine Audio
Direct
"A
music-lover’s dream come true" Michael
White, Daily Telegraph
The
Orpheus & Bacchus Music Festival was launched in 1999 in the Gironde,
France, by Ian Christians, whose past has mixed top executive positions
with a variety of entrepreneurial classical music activities. The same
year an ancient former wine estate, Le Faure, possessing a potentially
superb music salon, was purchased and after a massive restoration project
the first concerts were given there in 2003.
Created
to be the ideal chamber music venue for musicians and guests alike, (with
24 rooms, 3 swimming pools, tennis court etc.) in the peace of beautiful
French countryside, the ambitions have been more than fulfilled and since
then a wonderful stream of concerts has delighted the residential guests.
“Since it was explained to me in 1988 that digital compression
techniques were going to allow an opera on a CD-sized disc, I have believed
that the future of classical music was going to move in the visual direction.”
Ian Christians’ states. “I believe people will want the opportunity
to see the artists perform, and that live performances have a power and
veracity that few, if any studio recordings can attain.”
Thus an
audio recording facility was installed in autumn 2003 and a professional
visual recording system (3 remotely controlled cameras) in 2004. Ian continues
“The audio was straightforward, with a superb Soundfield microphone,
but we had a learning curve on the visual side. It is probably the only
beautiful, acoustically attractive, permanent DVD recording facility anywhere.
Given the high proportion of inspired performances, we now have a remarkable
portfolio of sound and video recordings waiting for release on MP3, CD
and DVD. Pristine Audio Direct, whose studio is close by, has provided
an impetus to release the jewels.”
Artist
who have performed in 2006 include Steven Isserlis, Stephen Hough, Yevgeny
Sudbin, Louis Lortie and David Geringas.
“For
intimacy and immediacy the best musical holiday-making anywhere.”
Robin Young, The Times
“Many
musicians would imagine this only in their dreams!” Freddy Kempff
“An
inspirational experience with music-making of truly exceptional quality.
Chamber music does not get better than this. Le Faure provides the perfect
environment.” David Barker (15 times client)
Our MP3 files are encoded at at a constant rate of 320kbps for all issues since mid-August 2008, and using the LAME encoder at high variable bitrate settings for older issues.
Each recording is presented as a single, long MP3 which can be split using the CUE sheet at the bottom of the page, automatically adding track titles and other tag information.
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There are also media players which use the MP3+CUE system, allowing gapless playback of all long MP3 files - essential for opera and many other classical works
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The
Orpheus & Bacchus Music Festival was launched in 1999 in the Gironde,
France, by Ian Christians, whose past has mixed top executive positions
with a variety of entrepreneurial classical music activities. The same
year an ancient former wine estate, Le Faure, possessing a potentially
superb music salon, was purchased and after a massive restoration project
the first concerts were given there in 2003. 
