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Ambisonic UHJ
Discography
1-3-2002 VERSION 3.7
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This is a list of recordings, otherwise known as a Discography,
available at one time using the Ambisonic UHJ matrix surround format.
This was created out of the need to help owners with Ambisonic
UHJ surround sound decoders find material made for UHJ playback,
and is not a list of recordings for sale.
This list is available to help you find these recordings at new and
used record shops, thrift stores and the like.
These recordings will also benefit owners of other matrix
surround sound decoders (Circle Surround, Quadraphonic, Dolby)
by providing 4 or 5 channel sound with a more even
sound stage (although you will not hear exactly what the
engineer intended, the experience is still quite pleasing).
This is not a complete list. Information about videos,
radio broadcasts, and any media using ambisonic surround
sound is greatly appreciated and encouraged.
Information about other surround sound formats
(Circle Sound, Quadraphonic, matrix H & HJ) in any format
is also welcome to be included in the other appropriate discography's.
If you happen to know of a recording done in ambisonic
UHJ format, Matrix H or HJ that is not listed here, please
pass it on. Or if you are an engineer or producer who has used
the ambisonic recording process in a production,please forward
any information to be listed.
Country of origin has been listed to help in the search of a
recording. Catalog numbers apply only to the country of
origin. However, it should not be assumed the recording was
only available in that country.
Ambisonic UHJ is a matrixed surround format, for more information,
consult the Ambisonic FAQ at
http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/Ambisonic/faq_latest.html
For additions to this list, include:
1. Artist
2. Title of album
3. Record label (Nimbus, Ondine, etc.)
4. Catalog number
5. Format (CD, LP, cassette, etc.) since catalog numbers
change w/format
6. Country of origin (U.S., U.K., Finland, etc.) since catalog
numbers change with country of origin
7. Year of release
8. Any comments that might be helpful like who distributes the
recording and address and phone number if known.
Please send any additions or corrections to this list to :
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This list can be accessed from :
http://members.cox.net/surround/
1. List compiled by : Eero Aro (email-arox@saunalahti.fi)
and Mark Anderson
2. All listings are Ambisonic UHJ encoded unless noted
otherwise.
3. All listings are compact disc format unless noted
otherwise.
4. Updates, corrections or changes from previous version are
indicated by an asterisk (*) instead of a dash (-).
5. Abbreviations :
CD - Compact Disc
MC - Music Cassette
LP - Vinyl Phonograph Record
Various Record Labels
* Cultures Electroniques Collection Vol. 14: Lauréats du Concours
2000 (LDC 278 072/073)
Only the track "Expanse Hotel" by Ambrose Field is Ambisonic UHJ
encoded on this disc.
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~aef3/homesite/ambisonics-versions.html
- Kyrkslatts Spelman - Kirkkonummen Pelimannit: Dansa Kajsa
KSCD-1 (Finland) '94
- The Sibelius Academy Chamber Orchestra: Kokkonen; ...durch einen
Spiegel, Linjama; Elegy for strings, Bela Bartok; Divertimento.
Sibelius Academy SACD-2 (Finland) '92. (Vinyl)
This is a private production by The Sibelius Academy (SA-CD),
recorded in January 1991.
- Paganini Ensemble at Berrington Hall. Paganini - Trio Concert-
ante for viola, guitar and cello, Paganini - Quartet no. 11,
Boccherini - Quintet in D major ("Fandango"). National Trust
NT CD002 (U.K.)
- Anthea Gifford at Coughton Court. National Trust NT CD001 (U.K.)
The two titles above are from a special record label that was
established in collaberation with the National Trust (a public body in
England that holds old houses and important pieces of land for the
nation), the idea was to record music of the correct period in the old
houses. The first two C.D.s are the only UHJ encoded discs on the label.
In theory they are only available at National Trust properties and
shops, and I saw them at one house earlier this year, but they are
distributed by Droffig Recordings, PO Box 1919, London N6 4PE.
- NAD/Unicorn Digital Demonstration Record: Sounds of Musical
Instruments, Unicorn UNS 269D (U.K.) ('81)
A joint venture product of NAD and Unicorn "to provide musical
enjoyment" and "to provide an accurate sound source for critical
evaluation of sound-reproducing equipment". Contains Unicorn
recording samples made between 1979-81. All but one track (Widor
Toccata from 5th) is UHJ-encoded.
- Instructions For Angels. Virgin records V 2090, Matrix H
(U.K.) ('77)
- Tony Coe - Tournee Du Chat. Nato Records (U.K.) ('82)
- Alan Hacker and the Music Party - Gran Partita, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Nato Records (U.K.) ('87)
- The York Waits - The Punk's Delight. Huntsup Records (U.K.)
('92)
- The York Waits - The City Musicke. Brewhouse Music, (U.K.) ('94)
- Choir of St. Albans Cathedral - English Cathedral Music of the
20th Century. Hyperion A66018 (U.K.) ('80)
- Treatment - Cipher Caput, Delerium records, Delec 026
(U.K.) LP & CD ('93)
- Michael Stearns - Chronos, original soundtrack recording
for the film "Chronos" shown in I-MAX theaters.
Sonic Atmospheres 312 (U.S.)('85)
- BBC H-Matrix Demo Disk. This LP was printed around
1977. The cover says "BBC Radio presents A
Demonstration record of broadcast standard quadraphonic
programme material recorded with the BBC matrix H
system." The recordings were made in several European
broadcasting companies, BBC, SFB (Germany), DR
(Denmark), NOS (Netherlands), SR (Sweden), RF
(France). Part of these were four channel tapes encoded by
the BBC
- The Choir of Tiirismaa Music Classes - Christmas Carols
Karita Mattila soprano, Kalevi Kiviniemi organ, Markku
Krohn perc: Lahti Organ Festival LOFCD-101 (Finland)
('91)
- Adrian Legg - Lost For Words, Making Waves, SPIN 127
(Vinyl only?), (England)('86) Making Waves went bust
some years ago, but if anyone else does the album, it's UHJ.
Same engineer as "Till We Have Faces", i.e. John Acock.
- Sound Pressure- Pressure Points, Soundprints SP93011993
This is a compilation album. Only track 8, "Tableaux Vivants"
by Jim Tenney recorded at Dacary Hall in Toronto in 1990
is UHJ encoded.
- World Record, WWCD002 (Mfg. in Japan, U.K. Distribution)('84)
This is an album of world music, with performers from
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cuba.
The album features all live recordings, some done with the
Soundfield mic and rendered in UHJ, and some done with
Zuccarelli's binaural system.
Eero says, "on the basis of my subjective listening
experience, tracks 1-4, 8-9 and 13 are most likely
ambisonics and tracks 5-7 and 10-12 are holophonics".
- The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy, Track 5-"In the
real world" is not UHJ encoded. Arista 259 050(England)
ARCD-8384 (U.S.) AL9-8384 (U.S. vinyl) ('85)
- Steve Hackett - Till we have faces, Start Records SCD 11,
also -Chrysalis VK 41 571, DIDX 2958 (England), All
tracks except "Doll made in japan" are UHJ encoded.
Herald HER 010-2 (U.S.)('94) This U.S. issue has two
bonus tracks, from '86 & '87 that are not UHJ encoded.
- Holly Cole - Girl Talk, Alert/EMI 81016 (Canada)('90)
also Toshiba/EMI TOCP-7479 (Japan)('92)
* A Room With a View, (original movie soundtrack). DRG
Records CDSBL 12588 DRG (CD), SBL 12588 DRG (Vinyl),
SBLC 12588 (Cassette) ('83)
- Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session, BMG 8568-2-R
(Canada) ('88)
- The Easy Club - Skirlie Beat, REL Records RELS 483
- King Sunny Ade and His African Beats - Live, Live Juju,
Rykodisc RCD 10047 ('88)
- Runrig - Once in a lifetime (live), Chrysalis CCD 1695
('88)
- Runrig - The Cutter & The Clan, Chrysalis CDP 32 16692
CHR 1669 (vinyl) ('88)
- TAGC - Digitaria, Sweatbox records SACD 012 (England)
* Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, cond. Carl Davis, Kiri
Te Kanawa, Burgess, Hadley, White; McCartney/ Davis ,
EMI CDS 7 54371 2, 4D2Q 54731 (cassette) (England)('91)
The BBC in affiliation with PBS produced a video of this
recording. The video is not Ambisonic and appears to be
recorded on another night.
- Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio - The World You're
Coming Into. Kiri Te Kanawa, Sally Burgess, Jerry Hadley,
Willard White, Tres Conejos, KIRICD 1 (EMI 20 4512 2)
(cd-single) (England)('91)
- The Albion Ensemble - A recital music for Wind, SNH 501
(England)
- Jessye Norman, BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony orchestra, -
The last night of the proms, cond. Sir Colin Davis. Live
recordings from the Royal Albert Hall, Philips 420 085-2
(Germany) H-matrix. Tracks 1-3 & 8-13 were recorded in
1969, tracks 4-7 were recorded in 1972
- The Last Night of the Proms. Philips 6502-001 (Vinyl), Matrix H
(England), This was the original release of the 1969 Proms
concert.
- Colin Davis - at the Last Night of the Proms. Philips 6588-011
(Vinyl) This was the original release of the 1972 Proms concert.
The CD with the same title appears to contain only a portion of
the selections from the original lp [some of selections
duplicate the 1969 recording but were performed again in 1972].
- BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, -
Highlights from the Last Night of the Proms, cond. Sir Charles
Groves, James Loughran. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, BBC
Records CD 58OX (England), H-matrix. Tracks 1-2 recorded in
Sept. 1977,Tracks 3-7 recorded 1982.
The recordings on this CD conducted by Charles Groves were
originally released on vinyl as "Highlights from the Last
Night of the Proms" issued as BBC Records REH290.
- Electric Phoenix - Trevor Wishart - Vox, Virgin Classics
VC 7 91108-2 ('90)
- Electric Phoenix; Not a soul but ourselves, Madrigals,
Tales and songs from the bible of hell. WERGO
WER 60094 (vinyl) ('83)
- Electric Phoenix: Luciano Berio, John Cage, William
Billings, EMI EL 27 04521 ('86)
- Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Ulf Söderblom,
soloists Saarinen, Angervo, Lehtinen, Grönroos - Kalevi
Aho, Pergamon, Universitas Helsingiensis 350, UHCD 350
(Finland)
- Ensemble XXI Moscow, cond. Lygia O'Riordan - Mozart
- Adagio and fugue c-minor, Divertimentos D-major, B-
major and F-major, Dvorak - Serenade for strings E-major.
Ensemblegram CDM01 ('91)
- Chamber Choir Camena, - Five o'clock in summer, cond.
Olli Vehkavaara, CM 9102 (Finland)('91)
- Youth Choir of Kuusankoski Church - In Christmas
Concert, KKNK-7 (Finland)('93)
- Lappböle hornkapell - Jubileumsvindar, Juhlatuulella,
LHKCD-1 (Finland)('93)
- Reine Rimon & Eiusque Papae Fervidissimi - Variationes
Horatianae Iazzicae, HOT-01 (Finland)('93)
- DDT Jazzband - live at Storyville, DDTCD-1 (Finland)
('93)
- Izumi Tateno, piano - Stubbier; Sonatas for piano, sonatas
18, 19, 20 and 21. double CD, Pony Canyon PCCL-00114
(Japan)('91)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte Fur Elektronische
Klange, Klavier, und Schlagzeug, MUSIC & ARTS CD
604 ('90) - This piece was originally recorded in
quadraphonic before remastering for ambisonic UHJ.
- Hi Fi News & Record Review - Test Record. Contains Ambisonic
test track. HFS81 (Vinyl) ('81)
- Hi Fi News & Record Review - Test CD 2, There is an
Ambisonic UHJ "Walk around" test as well as 4 nimbus
tracks that are UHJ. HFN 015 ('89)
- Advanced Music Systems released a demonstration disc to
promote the ST 250 soundfield microphone In 1991. The
CD contains a track from York Ambisonics which is
UHJ encoded. AMS ST250 demo CD, AMS 001
- Boots Audio/Aiwa Ambisonic System Demonstration. Available only
as a demo at the 1981 London Hi Fi Exhibition.
- Frank Perry - Zodiac, Celestial Harmonies 13025-2
(Germany) Previously available on KPM records as
"Temple of the stars"
NonServiam
NonServiam is Latin for "I shall not serve" and all artists involved
in NonServiam ventures retain equal control over the material.
NonServiam is just a coordination point, an axis, for collabarative
works that blur the distinction between art and science
- All Noise Construction by KYMATIK - Button_Man_for_the_City. Ltd
edition of 100 w/different cover for each copy. Non Serviam
Records 002 (CD Single) 17 Mins. (U.K.) (5/98).
This recording was originally made in 4 discrete channels and
then encoded for UHJ and is a prelude to the full length CD to
be released in the fall entitled "Dar-AS-Sulh". A second CD
single will be released on June 21st titled "Pair Bonding".
These discs can be ordered thru Non Serviam at 22 Lisson Grove,
Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7DN, U.K. or call Paradigm Discs
at:- fax +44 0171 609 1754.
* Lorenz Attractor UHJ Version. 23 minutes (No Number).
Private request only release. This was originally manufactured
using Audio Dimensions Soundfield Software.
* The Caithness Two Body Problem. 7 Tracks: cat No. Never001
Only track 7 - Crickets in the Wind, is UHJ encoded
* Runswick Baywatch/Shunt E.W.S.2455. cat No NonServiam003
Only track 2 is a Kymatik track, a live installation
recording in B-format, processed into UHJ.
* Dar-As-Sulh Vol I. "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor"
7 Tracks: cat No. Paradigm 15
Tracks 1,2 & 5 are stereo, tracks 3,4, 6 & 7 are UHJ encoded.
Reviews and comments on this release can be found at the Paradigm
website:http://www.stalk.net/paradigm
IMF Electronics
Live jazz & folk music, B-format, 30ips master tapes, UHJ encoded disc's
- The New Reformation Dixieland Band - Beginnings, IMF Electronics
AMB 5201 (England) ('80)
- Chris Bickley & the Reef Petroleum Big Band - Gonna Fly Now.
IMF Electronics AMB 5202 (England) ('81)
- Loose Caboose - Stay All Night (Blue Grass Country), IMF
Electronics AMB 5203 (England) ('81)
Mountain Bell Music
- Frank Perry - Infinite Peace, BEL 002 (England)
Cassette only ('88)
- Frank Perry - Peace Eternal, BEL 003 (England)
Cassette only ('88)
- Frank Perry - Crystal Peace, BEL 004 (England)
(England) Cassette only ('88)
- Frank Perry - Star Peace, BEL 005 (England)
Cassette only ('88)
This is the alternate take of the recording on the
Zodiac CD from the celestial Harmonies label. Here it
is performed continuously as originally conceived
as opposed to the individual tracks on Zodiac.
York Ambisonics
Compact disc's and
Cassettes
CD in catalog number refers to Compact
Disc,
MC and HAC in catalog number refers to Cassette.
- John Scott Whiteley - Great Romantic Organ Music,
YORK CD (or MC)101 (England)('87)
- Philip Moore, John Scott Whiteley - Sounds of York
Minster, YORK CD (or MC) 103 (England)('88)
- David Flood, Michael Harris, Choir of Canterbury
Cathedral : Sounds of Canterbury, YORK CD (or MC) 107
(England)('89)
- David Flood - The Organ of Canterbury Cathedral, YORK
CD (or MC) 108 (England)('90)
- David Flood, Michael Harris, Choir of Canterbury
Cathedral : Canterbury Carols, YORK CD (or MC) 109
(England) ('90)
- Margaret Phillips - Saint-Saens: Music for Organ, YORK
CD (or MC) 110 (England)('90)
- Margaret Phillips: Wesley; Music for Organ, The 1793
James Davis Organ of Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk,
YORK CD (or MC) 111 (England)
Music for Organ was first released in 1992 on cassette
only and then in 1995 on CD
- Michael Harris - The Widor tradition, French organ music
from Canterbury Cathedral, YORK CD112 (England)('91)
- John Scott Whiteley, The Organ of York Minster: The Romantic
Organ - Krieger, Brahms, Manari, Reubke, Franck, Widor,
Kodaly, Dupre, YORK CD114 (England)
Released in 1995
- The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral - The Canterbury
Tradition, YORK CD116 (England)('92)
- Margaret Phillips: Saint-Saens Plus Two, The "Father"
Willis Organ at St Michael & All Angels, Gt.Torrington:
Saint-Saens, Lefebure-Wely, Dubois, YORK CD117 (England)
released in 1995
* Evensong at York Minster-Philip Moore, John Scott Whiteley,
Choir of York Minster. YORK CD 119. England 1997
- The Choristers of Canterbury Cathedral: Purcell, Vaughan
Williams, Stanford, Burgon, Campbell, Hurford, Handel,
Britten, Knight, Schubert, Piccolo, Faure, Rutter, YORK
CD120 (England)
released in 1994
- The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Organist and Master of
the Choristers; David Flood, organ: Michael Harris;Three
Masses from Canterbury Cathedral, YORK CD127 ('95) (England)
- A Canterbury Christmas, The Choir and Organ of Canterbury
Cathedral Directed by David Flood. Timothy Noon, organ YORK
CD 136 (England)
Released in 1998
* Sounds of St Giles' - Michael Harris, John Harris, Choir of
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. YORK CD 141. England 1998.
* Christmas at St Giles' - Michael Harris, John Harris, Choir of
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. YORK CD 152. England 1999.
* The Lay Clerks of Canterbury Cathedral - David Flood.
YORK CD 158. England 2000.
* Easter at Canterbury - David Flood, Timothy Noon, Choir of
Canterbury Cathedral. YORK CD 162. England 2000.
* Masters of the Music - Philip Moore, John Scott Whiteley,
Choir of York Minster. YORK CD 164. England 2000.
* Hymns at St Giles' - Michael Harris, Peter Backhouse, Choir of
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. YORK CD 167. England 2001.
- The Choir of York Minster, Philip Moore, John Scott
Whiteley, Organ: Christmas at York Minster; Mulat,
Commette, Vierne, YORK CD (and HAC) 846 (England)
originally released in 1984,extra tracks-the organ pieces-were
recorded later to make the programme long enough for CD release
in 1991.
York AmbisonicsCompact cassettes
and Vinyl Records
HAC & MC in catalog number refers to
Cassette.
HAR in catalog number refers to Vinyl Phonograph Record
- Ronald Perrin - Organ Favourites from Ripon Cathedral,
YORK MC 102 (England)('87)
- York Minster Chapter House Choir - Nocturne, A sequence
of music for the night, YORK MC 104 (England)('87)
- Lincoln Cathedral Choir, directed by David Flood - Music
for all seasons, YORK MC 105 (England)('88)
- Francis Jackson and John Scott Whiteley - The Organ at
York Minster 1, HAC (and HAR) 791 (England)
- York Minster Chapter House Choir - Carols by candlelight,
HAC (and HAR) 792 (England)('79) (HJ Encoded)
- Ampleforth Schola Canthorum etc. Sounds of Ampleforth,
HAC (and HAR) 801 (England) (HJ Encoded)
- Ronald Perrin and Marcus Huxley - Ripon Cathedral
Choir, HAC 802 (England)('80)
- The Whispering Wind Band conducted by Alan Hacker,
HAC 811 (England)
- York Minster Chapter House Choir - Teddy Bears' Picnic,
HAC (and HAR) 812 (England)('81)
- The Choir of York Minster, Conducted by Francis Jackson,
John Scott Whiteley, org. HAC (and HAR) 821 (England)
('95)
- John Scott Whiteley - The Organ at York Minster 2, HAC
831 (England)
- Durham Cathedral Choir, conducted by Richard Lloyd,
HAC (and HAR) 832 (England)('83)
- Francis Jackson - The Organ at York Minster 3, HAC 833
(England)
- Ripon Cathedral Choir and Organ 2, HAC 834 (England)
('83)
- Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, directed by Anthony Froggatt
- Advent and Christmas at Portsmouth Cathedral, HAC
835 (England)('83)
- The Choir and Organ of Beverly Minster - Sounds of
Beverly Minster, HAC (and HAR) 842 (England) ('84)
- Durham Cathedral Choir, conducted by Richard Lloyd -
Nearer, My God, to Thee and other hymns, HAC 852
(England)('85)
Unicorn-Kanchana
Read a Warning about corroding CD's pressed by PDO for Unicorn-Kanchana
- Sir Micheal Tippett - Shires Suite. Leicestershire Chorale and
Schools Symphony Orchestra. Peter Fletvher and Douglas Young -
Conductors. Virages Rohan de Saram - Cello. UNS 267 (England)
- The Royal Choral Society & Band of the Grenadier Gaurds -
In Concert. DKM 6001 (Vinyl) (England) ('80)
- Johnson, Royal Tour suite/Three paintings by Lautrec
Suite/Battle of Waterloo, London Brass Chorale etc., DKM
6002 (Vinyl & CD) DMC 6002 (Cassette)
- The Fires of London, cond. Peter Davies - Ave Maris
Stella - Tenebrae Super Gesualdo, KP 8002 (England)
(Vinyl)
- Maxwell Davies - Reneissance and baroque realisations -
Bach, Dunstable, KP 8005 (England) (Vinyl)
- London Studio Symphony Orchestra, - Alfred Hitchcock's
North by Northwest, cond. Laurie Johnson DKP 9000
(England) (Vinyl)
The U.S. Album was issued first, after complaints of mistracking,
the volumn on the disc was lowered when making the U.K. version
causing a reduction in mistracking but higher background noise.
- London Studio Symphony Orchestra - First men in the
moon, cond. Laurie Johnson, DKP 9001 (England) (Vinyl)
- The John McCarthy Singers with The London Symphony
orchestra - The western film world of Dimitri Tiomkin,
cond. Laurie Johnson UKCD 2011 (vinyl DKP 9002)
(England)
- Wieniawski Virtuosso Violin Showpieces, Ruggiero Ricci -
Violin, Joanna Gruenberg - Piano. DKP 9003 (England)
- Jennifer Bate & Olivier Messiaen, The complete organ
music. Les corps Glorieux, Diptyque DKP(CD) 9004
(England) ('80)
- Jennifer Bate & Oliver Messiaen, The complete organ
music. La Nativite du seigneur le banquet celeste
DKP(CD) 9005 (England) ('80)
- The Fenby Legacy, Music of Delius DKP 9008/9
(England) (tracks 1-5 on disc 1 and track 8 on disc 2 are
not UHJ encoded)('87). Real Time Cassette RT 9008/9B
- J.S. Bach - The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
Ruggiero Ricci - Violin. 3 records in a box with booklet
DKP 9010/9011/9012 (England)
- Jennifer Bate - The great organ works of Cesar
Franck,Volume I, DKP (CD) 9013 (England)
- Jennifer Bate - The great organ works of Cesar Franck,
Volume II, DKP (CD) 9014 (England)
- Messiaen Organ Works Vol. 3 - Jennifer Bate. DKP 9015 (England)
- Panufnik - Concerto festivo/Landscape/Katyn
Epitaph/Concertino, Goedicke, Frye, DKP 9016 (England)
(Vinyl)
- Jennifer Bate & Olivier Messiaen - Meditations sur le
mystere de la Sainte Trinite, L'Ascension, Messe de la
Pentecote 9024/25 (England)
- London Sinfonietta cond. Oliver Knussen, The Nash
Ensemble, Elaine Barry, Linda Hirst - Knussen -
Symphony No:2, Trumpets, Coursing, Cantata, DKP 9027
(England) (Vinyl)
- Jennifer Bate, Olivier Messiaen, Livre d'Orgue, Apparition
de l'Eglise eternelle, Verset pour la Fete de la Dedicace
DKP (CD) 9028 (England)('82)
- Jennifer Bate & Cesar Franck - Choral No.3, Pastorale,
Priere, Final DKP(CD) 9030 (England)('84)
- NAD / Unicorn Digital Demonstration Record : Sounds of Musical
Instruments Unicorn UNS 269D 1981 (Vinyl). A joint venture
product of NAD and Unicorn "to provide musical enjoyment" and
"to provide an accurate sound source for critical evaluation of
sound-reproducing equipment". Contains Unicorn recording samples
made between 1979-81. All but one track (Widor Toccata from 5th)
is UHJ-encoded.
Collins Classics
Read a Warning about corroding CD's pressed by PDO for Collins
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Vaughan Williams,
Symphonies 5 & 6, cond. Sir Neville Marriner COLLINS
12022 (England)('90)
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner:
Elgar; Symphony No 1, In the South (Alassio), COLLINS 12692
(U.K.) ('91)
- London Symphony Brass, dir. Eric Crees : Bernstein,
Copland, Ives, Barber, Cowell. COLLINS 12882 (U.K.)
('91)
- BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Ojai festival
overture, Caroline Mathilde; Concert Suite from Act I of the
Ballet, etc. COLLINS 13082 (U.K.) ('91)
- London Symphony Brass - Cathedrial Brass, dir. Eric Crees
: Bach, Gabrieli, Clark. COLLINS 13332 (U.K.) ('92)
- Frederick Delius, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth,
COLLINS 13362 (U.K.) 20 Bit Recording
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - A
child of our time, cond. Sir Michael Tippett, soloists
Tippett, COLLINS 13392 (England)('92)
- Robert Saxton - Caritas, Eirian Davies, Jonathan Best,
Christopher Ventris, Linda Hibberd, English Northern
Philharmonia, Diego Masson, COLLINS 13502 (U.K.)Live 20 Bit
Recording
- Peter Maxwell Davies - Caroline Mathilde : Concert Suite from
Act 1 of the Ballet, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
COLLINS 20022 (U.K.) CD Single
- John Tavner - The Repentant Thief, Andrew Marriner - Clarinet,
London Symphony Orchestra, Michel Tilson Thomas, COLLINS 20052
(U.K.) CD Single
- London Symphony Orchestra, dir. Yuri Simonov, Organ -
Rod Elms : Pyotri L'yich Tchaikovsky - Manfred
Symphony, op. 58. COLLINS 30012 (U.K.) ('89)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos: Ludvig van
Beethoven; Syphony No 5, Wellington's Victory, Op 91, COLLINS
30022 (U.K.) ('92)
- London Symphony Orchestra, dir. Jacek Kaspszyck, & John
Geordgiadis, violin - Roy Carter, oboe - Richard
Strauss also Sparch Zacrathustra, Don Juan op. 20 Till
Eulenspiegel. COLLINS 30042 (U.K.) ('89)
- Dennis O'Neill, Richard Armstrong, Welsh national Opera: The
World's great tenor arias, COLLINS 30142, (U.K.) ('90)
Ondine
- Raimo Sirkia, tenor, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, cond.
Ari Rasilainen: Amado Mio, OCTO 403-2 (Finland)
- Society of Finnish Composers 50th Anniversary 1995. (3 cd)
ODE 601-2 (Finland)
- Finnish National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Fuat
Manchurov, Hynninen, Heinikari, Putkonen, Saarinen,
Rautavaara - Einojuhani Rautavaara - Vincent, opera in
three acts, ODE 750-2 (2CD) (Finland)
- Estonian Symphony Orchestra, cond. Peter Lilje - Einar
Englund -Symphonies 1 & 2, ODE 751-2 (Finland)
- Timo Korhonen, guitar - Tarrega, Torroba, Albeniz, ODE
752-2 (Finland)
- Ralf Gothoni, piano - Mussorgsky, Janacek, Stravinsky,
ODE 753-2 (Finland)
- Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Eri
Klas - Sibelius - Cantatas, ODE 754-2 (Finland)
- Jorma Hynninen, baritone, Ralf Gothoni, piano; Johannes Brahms:
Die schöne Magelone, ODE 755-2 (Finland)
- Yoshiko Arai, violin, Eero Heinonen, piano - Sibelius -
Complete works for violin and piano vol 2/2, ODE 756-2
(Finland)
- Eeva Koskinen, violin, Juhani Lagerspatz, piano - Karol
Szymanowski - Complete works for violin and piano, ODE
759-2 (Finland)
- Kriikku, Hirvikangas, Rousi, Satukangas - Alexander von
Zemlinsky- Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in d minor,
Op.3, Max Bruch - Eight pieces for clarinet, viola and
piano, ODE 760-2 (Finland)
- Matti Raekallio, piano - Sergei Prokofiev - Piano sonatas
4, 5 (original version) & 6, ODE 761-2 (Finland)
- Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leonid Grin -
Prokofiev -Symphony No:2 in d-minor Op.40, Summer
Night Op.123, Autumnal sketch Op-8, ODE 762-2
(Finland)
- Gothoni, Laine, Munchner Streichtrio: Frantz Schubert: Adagio
and rondo concertante for piano quartet in F major, D487, Piano
quintet in A major, op.114 D. 667, "Die Forelle", ODE 763-2
(Finland)
- Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, cond. Juha Kangas -
Nordgren, Grieg, Lutoslawski, Eller, Tsintadze, ODE 766-
2 (Finland)
- Folk Into Classic - Works for string, orch. by Nordren,
Grieg, Lutoslawski, Eller, & Tsintsadze - Ostrobothnian
Ch. Orch./Juha Kangas, ODE 766-2 (Finland)
- Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sergiu Comissiona
- Hommage & Sibelius, ODE 767-2 (Finland)
- Dilber, The Estonia Opera Orchestra, cond. Eri Klas -
Coloratura arias, ODE 768-2 (Finland)
- Timo Korhonen, guitar: Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional theme
varie et finale, Sonata III, Variations sur "Folia de Espana" et
fugue, ODE 770-2 (Finland)
- Jorma Hynninen, baritone, Ralf Gothoni, piano: Yrjo Kilpinen:
Spielmannslieder, Lieder um den Tod, Lakeus, Hans Fritz van
Zwehl songs, 0DE 772-2 (Finland)
- Faringer, Voipio, Puumalainen, Tuomela, Fredriksson, Almiviva
Ensemble, cond. Ulf Soderblom: Bergman: Concertino da Camera,
Triumf att finnas till, Lament and incantation, Silence and
eruptions, ODE 774-2 (Finland)
- Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. James DePreist -
Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony No.8 in c minor, op.65,
ODE 775-2 (Finland)
- Ian Partridge tenor, Jukka Savijoki, guitar - Britten,
Berkeley, ODE 779-2 (Finland)
- Finnish National Opera and Chorus cond. Ulf Söderblom,
soloists; Hynninen, Saarinen, Salminen, Silvasti; Aulis
Sallinen - Kullervo, ODE 780-3T (Finland)
- Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Jukka Savijoki, guitar - Astor
Piazzolla -Histoire du tango, Cinco pieza, Six studes
tanguistiques, ODE 781-2 (Finland)
- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Avanti! Chamber
Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste - Magnus Lindberg
Kinetics, Marea, Joy, ODE 784-2 (Finland)
- Tapiola Sinfonietta Choir cond. Erkki Pohjola, Jorma
Panula - Finland in song (Sibelius, Merikanto, etc.),
ODE 785-2, ODE 785-4 (Finland)
- Tapiola Choir; Tapiola Sinfonietta - Dreams - Sallinen,
Rautavaara, Bergman, Johansson, Kortekangas, ODE
786-2 (Finland)
- Kuhmo Chamber Soloists, Bogino, Vernikov, Arai,
Mendelssohn, Kimanen, Murto - Cesar Franck - Piano
Quintet in f minor, Solo de piano for piano and string
quintet, ODE 788-2 (Finland)
- Peter Csaba, violin, Arto Satukangas, piano - George
Enescu - Sonatas for violin and piano 2 & 3, ODE 789-2
(Finland)
- Karita Mattila, soprano, Lahti Chamber Ensemble, cond.
Osmo Vänskä - Kaipainen, Meriläinen, Klami,
Nielsen, Strauss, ODE 792-2 (Finland)
- Hannula, Hallekant, Salomaa, Tiilikainen, Dominante Choir,
Finnish Chamber Choir, Finnish National Opera Orchestra, cond.
Ulf Soderblom: Erik Bergman: The Singing Tree, ODE 794-2D
(Finland)
- Mark Lubotsky, violin, Ralf Gothoni, piano - Alfred
Schnittke - Sonatas for violin and piano 1 & 2, Suite in the
old style, ODE 800-2 (Finland)
- Finnish Chamber Orchestra, cond. Paavo Berglund: Joseph Haydn:
Symphonies 92 "Oxford" & 99, ODE 801-2 (Finland)
- Petri Alanko, flute, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste -
Nielsen, Ibert, Jolivet - Flute Concertos, Jolivet - Suite en
Concert for flute and percussion, ODE 802-2 (Finland)
- Jorma Hynninen baritone, Heikki Sarmanto, piano -
Evergreen love songs, ODE 8O3-2, ODE 803-4MC (Cassette)
(Finland)
- Jubilate Choir, cond. Astrid Riska, Monica Groop,
mezzosoprano, Juha Kotilainen, baritone - Jean Sibelius -
Complete works for Fixed chorus a cappella, ODE 805-2
- Matti Raekallio, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano - Timithy
Ferchen, percussion - Bela Bartok, Bergman, Stravinsky
ODE 806-2 (Finland)
- Ilya Grubert, violin, Matti Raekallio, piano - Sergei
Prokofiev - Sonatas for violin and piano I & 2, Sonata for
solo violin, Five melodies for violin and piano, ODE 807-2
(Finland)
- Cluster Ensemble, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Tuula-Marja Tuomela:
Maros, Kaipainen, Sveinsson, Meriläinen, Bergman, Saariaho,
ODE 808-2 (Finland)
- Peter Csaba, violin & conductor, Ralf Gothoni, piano,
Virtuosi di Kuhmo - Mendelssohn, Haydn, ODE 810-2
(Finland)
- The Polytech Choir, cond. Tapani Lansio: Frantz Schubert: Works
for male choir a cappella, ODE 811-2 (Finland)
- Dilber soprano, Timo Korhonen, guitar: Folk songs from Spain,
Finland and China, ODE 812-2 (Finland)
- Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. James DePreist -
Dimitri Scostakovich - Symphony No.5 Chamber
Symphony, ODE 817-2 (Finland)
- Matti Raekallio, piano, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra,
cond. Leonid Grin:.Arthur Rubinstein - Piano concerto
no.4 in d minor, op.70, Moritz Moszkowski - Piano
concerto in E major, op.59, ODE 818-2 (Finland)
- Marko Ylönen, cello, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, cond.Max
Pommer: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No.6 'Vincentiana',
Cello concerto, ODE 819-2 (Finland)
- Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra - Erkki Melartin -
Symphonies 2 & 4, cond. Leonid Grin, ODE 822-2
(Finland)
- Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leif Segerstam,
baritone Jorma Hynninen - Jean Sibelius - Songs, ODE
823-2 (Finland)
- Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leif Segerstam:
Scandinavian Rhapsody; Sibelius, Grieg, Sinding, Lumbye,
Nielsen, Merikanto, Melartin, Jarnefelt, Bull, etc., ODE 824-2
(Finland)
- Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Okko Kamu, Ralf
Gothoni, piano - Benjamin Britten - Piano Concerto
Soirees musicales, Matinees musicales, ODE 825-2
(Finland)
- Kovacic, Lagerspetz, Soderblom, Angervo, Gustafsson, Quarta,
Miori, Rousi, Novikov: Jean Sibelius: Early chamber music
vol. 1, Sonata for violin and piano F major, String trios g
minor and A major, Piano quartet c minor, ODE 826-2 (Finland)
- Jan Erik Gustafsson, cello, Heini Karkkainen, piano: Karol
Szymanowski, Zoltan Kodaly, Alfred Schittke: Sonatas for cello
and piano, ODE 827-2 (Finland)
- Tapiola Choir, Jorma Hynninen, Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra, condo. Erkki Pohjola, Jorma Panula -
Traditional Christmas carols, ODE 828-2 (Finland)
- Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Peter Scaba, conductor, violin - Jean
Sibelius -Works for string orchestra - Romance op. 42,
Impromptu, Rakastava, Suite champetre op. 98b,
Humoresques 3 & 4, Andante festivo, Canzonetta, op. 62a,
Suite caracteristique op 100, ODE 830-2 (Finland)
- Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Guitar Vol 2, Korhonen
ODE 838-2 (Finland)
- Ralf Gothoni, Mark Lubotsky, Matti Hirvikangas, Martti
Rousi - Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler/Alfred Schnittke -
Piano quartets, ODE 840- 2 (Finland)
- Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leonid Grin -
Erkki Melartin - Symphonies 1 & 3, ODE 841-2 (Finland)
- Aulis Sallinen/Songs of Life and Death etc., Jorma
Hynninen. ODE 844-2 (Finland)
- Shostakovich: Symphony 14 etc. ODE 845-2 (Finland)
- Shostakovich : Symphonies 9 & 12 - Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra, James De Preist - Conductor, ODE 846-2
- Karita Mattila - soprano, Tapiola Sinfonietta - cond.
Pekka Savijoki - Wonderful, ODE 848-2 (Finland)
- Kovacic, Lagerspetz, Soderblom, Angervo, Gustafsson, Quarta,
Miori, Rousi, Novikov: Jean Sibelius: Early chamber music
vol. 2, ODE 850-2 (Finland)
- Sibelius/Songs, Karita Mattila. ODE 856-2 (Finland)
- Usko Merilainen : String Quartet no. 3, Mikko Heinio : Piano
Quintet, Erkki Jokinen : String Quartet no. 4, Joonas Kokkonen :
Piano Quartet, Avanti Quartet : Jaana Karkkainen - Piano.
ODE 865-2 (Finland) Disc 1
- Veli-Matti Puumala : Tuuta Via, Olli Kortekangas : Konzerstuck,
Jukka Koskinen : Ululation, Tapio Tuomela : L'echelle de
L'evasion, Hannu Pohjannoro : Eilsen Linnut, Olli Koskelin : ..
Like a Planet Silently Breathing, Magnus Lindberg : Away.
Avanti Chamber Orchestra - Lief Segerstam, ODE 866-2 (Finland)
Disc 2
Only disc 1 & 2, of this 3 CD set are UHJ encoded.
- Memoria Sancti Henrici : Medieval Chant for the Patron Saint of
Finland - Cetus noster, Koyhat ritarit, ODE 874-2 (Finland)
Finlandia records
- Finnish National Opera Orchestra and Jubilate Choir, cond. Ulf
Soderblom, soloists; Tornquist, Lindroos, Gronroos, Krause;
Fredrik Pacius: The Hunt of King Charles, Finlandia FACD 107
(Finland)
- Matti Rantanen - Jeux D'anches, Finnish works for
accordeon, Finlandia FACD 404 (Finland)('91)
Only tracks 1-4 are UHJ encoded.
- Tuija Hakkila - Ravel - Miroirs, Finlandia FACD 406
(Finland)('91)
- Jouko Laivuori, piano: Paavo Heininen; Poesia Squillante ed
Incandescente Op.32a etc., Finlandia FACD 407 (Finland)
- Heikki Sarmanto: The Traveler, Finlandia, FACD 933 (Finland)
('90)
- Yrjo Kilpinen - Songs to the poems by Christian
Morgenstern. Eeva-Liisa Saarinen - mezzo, Juha
Kotilainen baritone, Gustav Djupsjobacka - piano.
Finlandia FACD 533892 (Finland)('92)
KPM Music
- KPM Music (part of EMI Music Publishing) offers production
music library albums on the KPM and Themes International labels.
These CDs are designed for use in A/V, broadcast, commercials and
movie applications and are not available to the general public.
Unlike royalty free or buy out production music
libraries, which may be used on payment of a single blanket license fee,
KPM and Themes material is licensed on a per-use basis. KPM albums are
available to qualifying advertising agencies, studios and production
companies only. To receive albums, you must become an agent and sign an
appropriate contract. A small number of the KPM recordings are UHJ encoded.
The first Ambisonically mixed (from a mixing board) UHJ encoded
vinyl disc ever was Contact KPM 1304 !
The first Ambisonicly mixed CD was Suprise, Suprise
on the KPM label.
- M. Cang, E. Chin - Surprise, Surprise, KPM/Nimbus
KN101.
- Keith Mansfield, Richard Elen - Contact, KPM 1304
(Vinyl)
- M. Cang, E. Chin - Another Surprise, KPM 1309 (Vinyl)
- Keith Mansfield, Richard Elen - The Video Connection,
KPM 1321 (Vinyl), also available on KPM 1321 CD
- Gordon Giltrap, R. Palmer - In at the Deep End,
KPM 1330 (Vinyl)
- Keith Mansfield, Richard Elen - Circles, KPM 1344
(Vinyl)
- Frank Perry - Temple of the Stars, KPM 1356 (Vinyl)
- M. Storey - 24 Hours, KPM 1359 (Vinyl)
- Keith Mansfield, Richard Elen - Future Positive, KPM
1364, (Vinyl), also available on KPM 1364 CD
Nimbus Records
- It has been reported that all Nimbus recordings are ambisonic
UHJ encoded.This has turned out to be incorrect. In the mid to
late '70's during the height of the Quadraphonic era, Nimbus
released LP's in the Sansui QS matrix format (see the Classical
Quadraphonic Discography).
The current catalog lists over 450 recordings (Including Prima
Voice label and other historical recordings.) for a listing of current
titles, see the web site athttp://www.nimbus.ltd.uk/nrl/index.html
Recently a few classical titles showed up in the store with no
mention of Ambisonic UHJ encoding, this worried some folks that
Nimbus might have abandoned the format. This prompted me to
inquire with Nimbus the status of UHJ and their recordings. This
is the response I received.
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With a couple of exceptions, all of our recordings are UHJ encoded
Ambisonics. We have been using essentially the same recording technique
for almost thirty years now - a single microphone going to a home made
gain control box which outputs B-format. Until we started recording
digitally the direct output from the microphone was recorded onto 4
track analogue tape, usually 1/2" or 1". From when we switched to
digital, some time around 1980, we recorded the UHJ only. Now we are
starting to record B-format again.
We have used several different microphones over the years. We have used
a pair of Neumann SM69s, then a Neumann QM69 (limited edition quad
version of the SM69), then our own B-format mic. combining two Shoeps
figure-of-eights and a B&K omni, which we still use today.
Our recordings are made without any compression, limiting or
equalisation - the trick is to find the right musicians, the right hall
and the right place to put the microphone.
The exceptions to all of this are any recordings we have have licensed
over the years (there was a Rakhmaninov Vespers we put out a couple of
years ago which we did not record ourselves), and perhaps one or two of
the World music recordings. Our World Music producer frequently used a
Calrec Soundfield Microphone for his location recordings. Nimbus does
not own any battery-powered Ambisonic encoders, so location recordings,
often made way out in the countryside without access to an electricity
supply, had to made in this way. This includes some of the recordings
made in Brazil. Most of the World Music catalogue is recorded in UHJ
encoded ambisonic, as the majority of the recordings were made either in
our own studios or in locations where electricity was in much more
plentiful supply.
the rest of the catalogue, includingthe Prima Voice and Grand
Piano series, are all UHJ encoded.
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- Nimbus Released a CD with 16 tracks thru dealers in '91
for the Mitsubishi DA-P7000. A home theater system with
a digital Ambisonic decoder. The CD contains some, but
not all of the same tracks as the sampler listed below
released by nimbus that same year NI 1417 ('91)
- A Nimbus CD Sampler, is a compilation of Nimbus tracks.
It comes with excerpts from critics & album covers. It also
has a schematic of the performance space detailing the
location of the microphone and performers as well as a
color photograph of the hall so one can visualize what one
is hearing. On one track that was recorded in a night club,
the positions of the audience members are actually
denoted. The disc notes which mikes were used for each
recording NI 1418 ('91)
Radio Broadcasts
Ambisonics has been used in radio broadcasting in England, Finland and
USA. for more than 10 years.
Over and above the Surround effects, the benefit of uhj encoding in the
radio is good stereo and monocompatability. All listeners hear the same
as the surround listeners do.
Ambisonics doesn't have any limitations in sound placement, direct sound
can come from anywhere around the listener, and is reproduceable as the
original Producer intended. This is important for radio drama, as the
scenes don't need to take place on a stage but rather wrap the listener
into the play.
Dolby Surround was originally designed for cinema use, in which case the
rear channel is intended only for narrow bandwidth effects spread across
a large number of small surround speakers, giving a diffuse rear image.
Delaying the surround channel effectively prevents direct sound,
particularly the dialogue track, being placed behind the listener. In
modern decoders using Pro-Logic surround steering, a sudden loud noise
in a front channel will cause pumping of the surround channel.
There are many opinions about listening to Ambisonic recordings in
stereo, but most people find it more open and spacious than ordinary
stereo.
Ambisonics reduces the feeling of sounds being placed on a line between
the loudspeakers, and in good listening conditions the sound spreads well
outside the loudspeakers.
Written By: Eero Aro & Mark Decker
- BBC Radio Scotland transmitted on the 7th of June 1983 a 40
minute radio feature called The Seventh Church. The program was
recorded by Chilton Inglis.
The Seventh Church was recorded in 1977. It was the first ever
professional ambisonic recording and the first periphonic
(three dimensional) b-format recording. The program was trans-
mitted in uhj encoded stereo.
The only commercial equipment available at the time was a proto-
type of the Calrec Soundfield microphone that was on loan for
the studios from Howard Smith. All other ambisonic gear was
custom built by Chilton Inglis including a periphonic panpot
with a 45 degrees vertical tilt. Recording and mixing was
accomplished by a complicated system using two studios with the
actors in the first one and an other studio which was used as a
periphonic echo chamber. There were four studio assistants
playing the effects in real time and a floor manager directing
the actors in the studio.
The complete program was recorded in one take. Only one edit was
made to the tape. This was largely due to the meticulous
preparation and rehearsal by Philip Whitaker, whose script was
laid out like a musical score.
Written By: Eero Aro
- Performances of the St. Louis Opera Theater were recorded
with a Calrec Soundfield mike, These were broadcast on
the St. Louis PBS affiliate (KWMU) in UHJ format from
1984 to 1992. Pro Sound News wrote in August 84 that
more than 100 people listened recently to the first official
ambisonic surround sound broadcast from KWMU.
KWMU no longer broadcasts shows from the Opera theater
since a new general manager took over at the station. He
apparently is not a fan of opera.
- The Coffee Room, a radio play was broadcast in the UHJ
format in May of '84 on KWMU, a PBS affiliate in
St. Louis.
- And Enter the Land of Moriah. Tony Trulll, Daryl Wilkinson.
This radio play was broadcast in the UHJ format on KWMU, a PBS
affiliate in St. Louis. No info on the year of transmission.
- Chronos - a film by Ron Fricke and music by Michael
Stearns, was broadcast from its I-MAX theater debut
via satellite to over 200 radio stations in the U.S.
The may '85 opening was broadcast in UHJ format on
Stephan Hills program Music from the hearts of space.
The following radio dramas have been produced and broadcast
UHJ encoded by The Radio Theater of The Finnish
Broadcasting Company:
(dates are in Month / Day / Year format)
- Erik Ohls: Sulka (The Feather), broadcast Feb 1991,
duration 49'15". The original swedish language version
Fjadern was awarded by the first prize in Prix Italia in
1991
- J.M.Coetzee/Thomas Preis/Carita Backstrom:Mr. Foe,
broadcast May 11 1992, duration 59'45"
- Angela Carter/Erik Ohls: Vampyrella, broadcast Aug 17
1992, duration 89'03"
- Zacharias Topelius/Solveig Mattsson: Faltskarns berattelser
(total 13 parts, parts 1-5 uhj encoded)
Pt1 broadcast Sept 1 1992, duration 20'57"
Pt2 broadcast Sept 3 1992, duration 25'47"
Pt3 broadcast Sept 8 1992, duration 15'20"
Pt4 broadcast Sept 10 1992, duration 18'58"
Pt5 braodcast Sept 15 1992, duration 26'48"
- Liisa Pankola/Laura Ruohonen: Totterhoffenin kutsu (The
call of Totterhoffen), broadcast Oct 27. 1992, duration
25'30"
- Juha Seppala/Ari Kallio: Sininen torni (The Blue Tower),
broadcast Nov 20. 1992, duration 32'
- Mikael Sievers: Kaikujen varjot (The Shadows of the
Echoes), broadcast May 30. 1993, duration 72'23"
- Paavo Haavikko/Mikael Sievers: Viimeinen haastattelu
Tamminiemessa (The last interwiew in Tamminiemi),
broadcast Dec 6. 1993, duration 64'12"
- Olli Jalonen/Eero Aro/Pekka Ruohoranta: Tuhkasaari (The
Ash Island), Pt1 The Glass Fences, broadcast Jan 1. 1994,
duration 15'15"
Pt2 At Sea, broadcast Jan 8. 1994, duration 21'22"
Pt3 The land of Snamuh, broadcast Jan 15. 1994, duration
29'20"
Pt4 Homecoming, broadcast Jan 22. 1994, duration 29'20"
- Mikael Sievers: Rakkauden aani (The Sound of Love)
Originally a public performance at the Tampere Theatre
Festival broadcast Oct 26. 1993, duration 65'45"
- Jussi Kylatasku/Mikael Sievers: Keisari ja Poika (Ceasarand
the Son), broadcast Apr 18. 1994, duration 80'15"
- William Gibson/Mikael Sievers: Neurovelho (Neuro
Mancer), Pt1 broadcast March 6. 1995, duration 35'50"
Pt2 broadcast March 13. 1995, duration 49'55"
Pt3 broadcast March 20. 1995, duration 40'28"
Pt4 broadcast March 27. 1995, duration 71'38"
- Petter Sairanen/Atro Kahiluoto: Tulevaisuuden menneisyys
(The Past of the Future), broadcast April 23. 1996, duration
55'50"
- The BBC broadcasts some UHJ encoded radio dramas In
the '70s & '80s in Maida Vale, London. After the BBC
officially discontinued the use of UHJ encoding, many
UHJ broadcasts were still done without their consent.
"Gilgamesh" was recorded in full periphonic surround and
then encoded to UHJ format for broadcast.
The play was written, produced and directed by Alec Reid,
sound engineer was Ted de Bono. Gilgamesh was
broadcast on BBC Radio 4 an 21 March 1983 and
repeated on the 27th.
The following radio dramas have been produced and broadcast
UHJ encoded by The BBC (Prog Name, Producer, Prod Date (D/M/Y),
Duration)
- Golden Girls Pt. 1 & 2, Vanessa Whitburn, 12/4/86, each 90'00"
- The Nine Tailors, Vanessa Whitburn, 29/8/86, 118'00"
- Death and the Tango, Nigel Bryant, 14/06/90, 75'37"
- A Confidential Agent - Poison in the Air, Philip Martin,
01/10/90, 44'07"
- A Confidential Agent - A Husband Scorned, P.M., 07/10/90, 44'14"
- King Solomons Mines, N.B., 26/10/90, 87'13"
- Arthurs Knight - Ep.4 Sir Accolon, N.B., 11/11/90, 42'14"
- Kingdom of Carrion and Crows, N.B., 23/11/90, 106'23"
- A Confidential Agent - Sharks Have Pearly Teeth, P.M., 21/02/91,
44'09"
- A Confidential Agent - Fire, P.M., 22/02/91, 44'15"
- Cupid and Psyche, P.M., 26/02/91, 92'10"
- Captain Cook and the Kraken, N.B., 05/03/91, 44'15"
- Whiphand Eps 1 - 5, P.M., 09 - 15/04/91, each 27'30"
- Arthurs Knight - Ep3 Sir Erec, N.B., 16/04/91, 47'55"
- The Astonishing Joseph Darby, N.B., 15/05/91, 57'14"
- GIGO, P.M., 05/06/91, 56'11"
- Russia, N.B., 13/06/91, 89'15"
- Arthurs Knight - Ep1 Sir Gawain, N.B., 10/07/91, 53'02"
- Morris on the Somme, N.B., 11/07/91, 56'45"
- A Movie Starring Me, P.M., 07/08/91, 77'43"
- Robin Hood, N.B., 25/09/91, 87'01"
- Tess of the d'Urbevilles Eps 1 - 3, N.B., 23 - 27/10/91, each
57'14"
- Macbeth, N.B., 28/11/91, 129'38"
- Assassins, N.B., 23/01/92, 88'56"
- A View to a Haunt, N.B., 21/02/92, 123'16"
- Castle of the Star Pts 1 + 2, N.B., 7 - 9/04/92, each 56'50"
- Arthurs Knight - Ep2 Sir Bedivere, N.B., 14/04/92, 54'49"
- The Eagle has Flown, P.M., 05/05/92, 116'48"
- Walker in the Night, N.B., 12/06/92, 81'14"
- Arthurs Knight - Ep5 Sir Perceval, N.B., 07/07/92, 57'45"
- Arthurs Knight - Ep6 Sir Mordred, N.B., 09/07/92, 52'28"
- Yaxleys Cat, N.B., 28/08/92, 87'16"
- We Cast Four Shadows, N.B., 01/10/92, 74'15"
- Heads, N.B., 03/10/92, 29'32"
- Of Myths and Men, N.B., 20/10/92, 56'43"
- La Bete Humaine Eps. 1 - 3, N.B., 26 - 31/10/92, each 57'15"
- The Lovesong of Alfred J. Hitchcock, P.M., 20/11/92, 128'08"
- Twelth Night, N.B., 24/11/92, 110'15"
- The Arabian Nights Ep. 1, N.B., 18/01/93, 29'24"
- The Arabian Nights Ep. 7, N.B., 21/01/93, 29'29"
- Contraband, N.B., 02/02/93, 88'55"
- The Arabian Nights Eps. 2 - 6, N.B., 22 - 26/02/93, each 29'30"
- Gaveston, N.B., 29/04/93, 87'13"
- Holy Fool, N.B., 11/05/93, 89'14"
- Bolt, Eps. 1 - 5, Shaun MacLoughlin, 21 - 25/5/93, 27'00"
- Blue Glass and the Sun God, S.M., 21/07/93, 49'32"
- Zorba the Greek, P.M., 6 - 8/08/93, each 57'15"
- The War of the End of the World, S.M., 11 - 15/08/93, each
57'00"
- Cathal of the Woods, N.B., 03/09/93, 57'16"
- The Druid, N.B., 01/10/93, 86'19"
- Oliver Twist Eps. 1 - 6, N.B., 25 - 31/10/93, each 28'00"
- Winston Back Home Eps. 1 - 6, S.M., 29/11 - 3/12/93, each 28'00"
- The Detective, N.B., 17/12/93, 88'59"
- The Mayor of Casterbridge Eps. 1 - 4, N.B., 18 - 23/01/94,
each 57'15"-
- The Devils Province, N.B., 22/04/94, 89'16"
- Over the Rainbow, N.B., 20/05/94, 74'15"
- Hangover Square, Sue Wilson, 08/07/94, 89'13"
- An Inspector Called Morse, N.B., 22/07/94, 76'38"
- The Fairy Queen, N.B., 05/10/94, 191'16"
- Untold Secrets, S.W., 26/10/94, 74'11"
- A Stone from Heaven, Pts 1 + 2, N.B., 22 - 25/11/94, each 89'17"
- Dream of Spring, S.W., 15/12/94, 74'14"
- Another Life, S.M., 23/12/94, 57'29"
- Oh What a Lovely War, S.W., 28/01/95, 104'00"
- Lightbulbs, S.W., 15/02/95, 29'15"
- Now You See Me, Rosemary Watts, 20/02/95, 29'17"
- Over Sea Under Stone Eps. 1 - 4, N.B., 21 - 24/03/95,
each 29'15"
- Mr. Love, R.W., 31/03/95, 57'27"
- Albion Tower, S.W., 14/05/95, 49'09"
- The Scholar Gypsy, R.W., 19/05/95, 57'17"
- The Book of Shadows, S.W., 06/07/95, 88'03"
- The Piano Eps. 1 - 3, S.W., 6 - 10/08/95, each 57'10"
- Barnaby Rudge Eps. 1 - 3, S.W., 1 - 5/10/95, each 57'15"
- The Tempest, S.W., 07/12/95, 146'35"
- After Easter, S.W., 17/03/96, 142'03"
- Girlies Ep. 1, Kristine Landon-Smith, 28/3/96, 27'15"
- The Old Curiosity Shop Eps. 1 - 6, S.W., 15 - 20/04/96,
each 27'15"
- The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral, R.W., 21/06/96, 87'14"
- The Beauty of Bone, Vanessa Whitburn, 10/07/96, 57'15"
- Women in Love Eps. 1 - 4, S.W., 13 - 19/07/96, each 57'00"
- Meredith, N.B., 04/08/96, 89'13"
- Wallis Eps. 1 - 3, S.W., 7 - 11/10/96, each 57'15"
- Girlies Eps. 2 - 4, K. L-S., 15 - 17/12/96, each 27'30"
- Mansfield Park Eps. 1 - 3, S.W., 13 - 17/01/97, each 57'10"
- Fond Memories, Brian Lighthill, 14/04/97, 74'22"
- Friends of Oscar, Bill Alexander, 07/05/97, 117'10"
- Where Waters Meet, S.W., 17/05/97, 57'12"
- The Relapse, S.W., 15/08/97, 150'00"
- Childhoods End Eps. 1 - 2, B.L., 8 - 10/09/97, each 57'20"
- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, S.W., 16/11/97, 57'53"
- The Archers, the BBC's Radio 4 daily soap, has been recorded in
UHJ since about April '97, this is transmitted at 1900 Sunday to
Friday, and at 1400 Monday to Friday, with a 75 minute omnibus
on a Sunday morning.
The following radio dramas were produced and broadcast UHJ encoded
by The BBC and have been released on commercial cassette
- The Piano. Argo (Div.of Polygram Records) 526 125 4,
ISBN 1 85849 601 2 ('96)
The rest are available in the BBC Classic Collection
- Women in Love. ZBBC 1922, ISBN 0-563-38984-2
- The Old Curiosity Shop. ZBBC 1946, ISBN 0-563-38185-X
- Mansfield Park. ZBBC 1996, ISBN 0-563-38113-2
- The Pickwick Papers. ZBBC 2017, ISBN 0-563-38144-2
- Barnaby Rudge. ZBBC 2101, ISBN 0-563-38119-1
Following Classical Concerts have been produced and broadcast
UHJ encoded by The BBC (Prog Name, Producer, Prod Date (M/D/Y),
Duration)
- Kings Lynn Festival - Takacs Quartet - Beethoven + Haydn
(6 Concerts) 28/7/86 - 2/8/86
During the BBC's experimental period with Quadraphony and Surround
Sound, it was not uncommon for no indication to be given to inform the
listener of a matrixed broadcast.
While the main reason for the experimental broadcasts was to define
which matrix format provided the best performance, another reason was to
test the matrix formats for mono/stereo compatabilty.
Although matrix decoders were available to the public for most of the
formats they were testing, listeners were still expected to be using
mono and stereo equipment. Therefor compatability with existing formats
was a requirement and so not to sway any opinions on sound quality, it
was decided not to announce to the audience when a matrix format was
being used.
Radio Policy since mid-1982 at the BBC has been that no further
experiments should be conducted in surround sound until and unless a
discrete system (4-4-4) might arise in the future and that no spoken or
written publicity should be given to any recordings existing in matrixed
form. This would avoid encouraging listeners to expect further
broadcasts in the format.
The two reasons why Ambisonic material was not to be publicised on Radio
is that listeners might be encouraged to purchase decoders in
expectation of significant future output in the medium, but since the
BBC has no such intention and no major record company uses the
technique.
The BBC has never indicated when broadcasting a disc that has been
encoded in SQ, QS or any other format. Only one or two manufacturers
still offer matrices and publicity would be seen as advertising their
wares, a very different situation from mentioning a world-wide industry
standard such as the Compact Disc.
- BBC used H-matrix for a period of time at the end of the
sixties for recording music. The last night of the proms
(Phillips 420 085-2) & Highlights from the Last Night of
the Proms (BBC Records CD 58OX) listed under the
various section were done in this format.
Television Broadcasts
- "Dreams" - A CBS T.V. series produced by Bruce Botnick.
was recorded in ambisonics. This was reported in Pro
Sound News 1984 issue. Mr. Botnick is also responsable
for producing and engineering the Quadraphonic version
of the Doors - Greatest hits.
Video's
- Washington, D.C., Hi fi-video 1001.
David Moore wrote in Recording Engineer/Producer in
Dec 1986 about this video postcard that was encoded in
ambisonic surround sound.
The producer was Stephen J. Nicholas, also working
with the project were Tom Gandy/Audio & Design, Mike
Lewis/composer, Mack Emmerman/Criteria Studios, sound
designer. The video was distributed by : Nicholas
Communications out of Virginia.
- Ambisonics 1990 - by Stuart Garman, Adrian Farmer,
Jonathan Halliday and Gerald Reynolds. Nimbus Records
made a demo video in 1990 while negotiating with stereo
manufacturers to include Ambisonic decoders in their home
theater systems. The folks listed above describe the system
and There are also excerpts from a Promenade concert in
Royal Albert Hall, BBC World Symphony Orchestra
directed by Tadaaki Otaka, A steam locomotive passing in
the Dean Forest Railway, Pictures from the Nimbus CD
plant, Zoo birds, flamingoes etc, Farnborough Airshow,
fighters passing, Red Arrows, Etc.
This video was never distributed commercially, only as a
promotion. Duration of the video is 14'50", NTSC ?/
PAL=S-VHS format
Rumored UHJ Recordings
- In August of '84, Studio Sound magazine reported on Steve
Hackets - Till we have Faces album, recorded in UHJ. The
artical mentions that 3 multitrack mastered Ambisonic UHJ
singles were to be recorded next at Marcus Music in London.
The singles mentioned to be released in Europe on the Phonogram
label were from the bands "Daimyo", "Tea Set" and "Scotty
Harrod".
- The DVD version of the Ron Fricke IMAX movie "Chronos" (sound-
track by Michael Stearns) claims to have "16-bit stereo digital
sound" with no 5.1/AC-3 content, suggesting that the audio is
not sourced from the IMAX audio. The mix appears to be identical
to the UHJ encoded CD, which did not seem to be the case with
the VHS edition of Chronos.
- Pomp & Glory Sonoton (German music library) SCD 005.
This is a compilation of two Sonoton vinyl albums,
SON193 (Bach) and SON269 (Elgar). The Elgar disc was
orchestral on one side (The "John Fox Symphony
Orchestra") and synthesized (The "John Fox Synthonic
Orchestra") on the other. Sonoton billed the Elgar vinyl
disc as Ambisonic (on the sleeve). The orchestral side
definitely isn't; the synthesized side might just be in UHJ.
- music on ANPR label
- music on NPR label
- (This is probably not National Public Radio since they
were not impressed by a soundfield mic demo.)
Rumors : The below recordings were thought to be UHJ
- Oliver Knussen, Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things
are, A fantasy opera, Glyndebourne, Unicorn-Kanchana
DKP (CD) 9044
Ambisonics was used at the performance of the opera, the
Unicorn-Kanchana recording may be UHJ encoded as
well?
- Electric Phoenix: KAre Kolberg; Aria in aria, For the time
being Norwegian Composers NC 4916
- Electric Phoenix: Arne Nordheim; Wirklicher Wald,
Aurora, NC 4910
The chief recording engineer who recorded the Electric
Phoenix titles and provided services for the "Where wild
Things are" recording has confirmed that these titles are
not UHJ. However, the sound projection of "Where the
Wild Things Are" has been Ambisonic B-format in live
performances from its beginning at Glyndebourne, and also
at the November '96 Cleveland, Ohio concert performances
(8-channel horizontal).
- In celebration (?) of conductor Leonard Slatkin's departure
from the St. Louis Opera Theater, someone (RCA?) is
issuing a 6-CD commemorative set of recordings, many of
which are from live broadcasts. Thus some of these may be
UHJ encoded.
RCA staff has denied that UHJ encoding was used
- Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses, BMG 2058-2-R
(Canada)
- Cowboy Junkies - Whites Off Earth Now, BMG 2380-2-R
(Canada)
The above two titles have been reported as being encoded
in Ambisonic UHJ. The engineer who recorded the
"Trinity sessions" denies that these two titles are
Ambisonic UHJ. However, a soundfield mic might have been
used, but only in the stereo mode.
* Tina Turner - Mad Max, beyond thunderdome, (vinyl only)
EMI 24 0380 1 (England) Capitol SWAV-12429 (U.S.)
('85)
- Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero, from the movie
Mad Max, (no official release, played on various video
shows & available through a subscription service for
videos to be played in clubs, etc.) (`85)
- Tina Turner - Break every rule, Capitol CDP 7 46323 2
- Tina Turner - Break every rule, the Video's MPV 99 1148
2 (Europe)(`86)
The tracks 1-6 were thought to be UHJ-encoded, the liner
notes mention Ambisonic equipment was used. After
talking to the engineer who supplied the equipment, It has
been confirmed that the disc is not UHJ encoded.
Why "Break Every Rule" isn't Ambisonic -by Richard Elen
I brought the gear in to Mayfair to mix the album Ambisonically.
However, they used it to do vocal submixes because they had
liked the way that UHJ behaved when undecoded. We used to
promote UHJ as a "super stereo"technique. Thus the producers of
the "Break Every Rule" Mayfair sessions did exactly that: they
used it as a effect - and one that wasn't meant to be decoded!
Technically, many of the harmony vocals and vocal submixes
therefore appear on the album in UHJ - but the overall mix is
stereo, and will not give any intended localization effects when
decoded.
- A review of the Meridian 565 surround processor in "Home
Theater Technology" mentioned that "Enya - Watermark"
is ambisonic. The review was available at one time on the
internet, as well as Meridians home site.
After an extensive search, I have not been able to confirm
that "Watermark" is UHJ. I think it is safe to say at this
time that the recording is not ambisonic. However, the song
Orinoco Flow does sound better in UHJ than plain 'ol
stereo.
- Conan the Destroyer, movie soundtrack, vinyl
A review about the Troy ambisonic car stereo decoder
mentioned that this recording was UHJ and was used as a demo.
I have not been able to confirm that this is UHJ. It may be the
demo was done in the super stereo mode.
- Chronos - a film by Ron Fricke and music by Micheal
Stearns. Mirimar video MPV8406, 40 minutes, VHS/Beta
Hi-Fi stereo, NTSC/PAL ?/SECAM ?
- Miramar Decade '95 - 10th Anniv. Collection.
68 minutes, VHS Hi-Fi stereo, NTSC
This compilation has cuts from "Chronos" in UHJ.
Tracks by Perter Gabriel, Santana, Philip Glass and others
are included but are not believed to be ambisonic.
The Chronos Video was reported to be UHJ. While the soundtrack CD
is UHJ enecoded, the HI-FI video only contains a stereo sound-
track.
Record
company addresses :
Nimbus Records : United Kingdom
Wyastone Leys Monmouth Tel: +44-1600-890682
Gwent NP5 3SR Fax: +44-1600-890779
Nimbus Records USA
P.O. Box 5826 Tel: 1 803 779 5388
Columbia, SC 29250-5826 Fax: 1 803 779 2855
http://193.130.32.100/nrl/index.html
York
Ambisonic : United Kingdom - Complete Record Company/BMG
York Ambisonic : USA - Albany Music Distributors, Inc.
915 Broadway Albany, NY 12207
Tel: (800) 752-1951 or (518) 436-8814
Fax: (800) 752-1954 or (518) 436-0643
Unicorn-Kanchana :
14 Hillgate Place Tel: +44-171-727-3881
London W8 7SJ Fax: +44-171-243-1701
United Kingdom
Collins
Classics :Premeir House
10 Greycoat Place Tel:+44-171-222-1921
London SW1P 1SB Fax:+44-171-222-1926
United Kingdom
Ondine Inc : http://www.ondine.net/
Finland Universal Music http://www.universalmusic.fi
Vattuniemenranta 2
00220 Helsinki
Finland Tel: 09 615 4677
Fax: 09 615 46700
Distributed in the U.S. by :
Koch International L.P.
2 Tri-Harbor Court
Port Washington, N.Y. 11050-4617 Tel: +516-484-1000
Fax: +516-484-4746
EMAIL-koch@kochint.com
WEB SITE-www.kochint.com
Finlandia
FINLANDIA : http://www.warnerclassics.com/finlandia/home.html
USA Distribution-Atlantic Records
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
(212) 405 5470
FINLANDIA
P.O. box 169 FIN 02101 Tel:+358-9-435-011
Espoo Finland Fax:+358-9-455-2352
email-Heidi.Kippenham@Atlantic-Recording.com
KPM
Music Ltd/EMI Publishing Ltd :
127 Charing Cross Road Tel:+171-01-434 2131
London, England Fax:+171-01-434 3531
WC2H OEA Telex:+269189
Music and Arts P.O. box 771, Berkeley, CA. 94701
510-525-4583 FAX:510-524-2111
http://www.musicandarts.com/
email-info@musicandarts.com
Orders-order@musicandarts.com
Delerium records email:delerium@mail.bogo.co.uk
P.O box 1228 Tel:+44-0-1753-893-008
Gerrads cross, Bucks
England SL9 PYB
http://www.delerium.co.uk/delerium/releases/delec026.html
Sonic Atmospheres
C/O The Enterprise Tel:+818-505-6000
4620 West Magnolia Blvd. Fax;+818-505-6006
Burbank, Ca. 91505
(Chronos CD is available only thru this distributor)
Celestial Harmonies http://www.harmonies.com
P.O. Box 30122& Tel:+520-326-4400
Tucson, Az. 85715 Fax:+520-326-3333
Marimar
P.O Box 15661
Seattle, Wa. 98119
Soundprints e-mailsoundprints@mail.north.net
192 Spadina Ave. Suite 512
Toronto, Canada M5T2C2
Mountain Bell Music
Mail order Address
3 Drake Close, Ringwood, Hants
BH24 1UG England Fax:+44-0-0425-470-905
COLLECTION "CULTURES ELECTRONIQUES"
Mnémosyne Musique Média
Place André Malraux
BP 39 - 18001 Bourges Cedex France.
Tél. : (33) 48. 20. 41. 87 - Fax : (33) 48. 20. 45. 51.
http://www.gmeb.fr/Sommaire/index2.html
END OF LIST
List Compiled and copyright By-Eero Aro (email-eero.aro@yle.fi)
and Mark Anderson
Acknowledgments :
Thanks to the following folks who have passed on additions,
comments and corrections to this list :
George Pond Jean bruyninckx
Brian Lenharth Martin Leese
John Suneir Jeffrey Silberman
Richard Elen Geoffrey J. Barton
John Whiting Bob Olhsson
Peter Carbines Timo Rasi
Klaus Hoenemann Lonn Henrichsen
Iain McNaughton Mark Decker
Alf Goodrich Brendan Hearne
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