Genre : Jazz, Easy Listening
Release year : 2004
Disc manufacturer : USA (Concord Records)
Audio codec : DSD 2.0 / 5.1
Rip type : image (ISO)
Audio bitrate : DSD 2.8 MHz
Duration : 59:05
Tracklist :
01 The Pink Panther Theme (Extended Version Featuring Plas Johnson, Gary Burton & Joey DeFrancesco)
02 Charade
03 Two for the Road
04 Moon River (Featuring Stevie Wonder & Take6)
05 Moment to Moment
06 Days of Wine and Roses
Peter Gunn Suite:
07 Peter Gunn Theme (Featuring Tom Scott)
08 Dreamsville (duet with Kenny Scott)
09 Dear Heart
10 The Thorn Birds Theme
11 Anywhere the Heart Goes (Meggie's Theme)
12 Mr. Lucky (Featuring Joey DeFrancesco)
13 Whistling Away the Dark
Movie Medle:
14 Life in a Looking Glass
15 Crazy World
16 It's Easy to Say
17 Music on the Way
Bonus Track:
18 Soldier in the Rain
Composed by Henry Mancini
Produced by Gregg Field
Conducted by Patrick Williams
Executive Producers: Glenn Barros & John Burk
Recorded and Mixed By Al Schmitt
Opera Callas在McIntosh MC-2102的推动下听《顽皮豹》主题曲,音响比Unison Research S8更为丰满从容。其气势之磅礴、音场之宏大,完全不像出自书架型喇叭。论气派,Opera Callas甚至比许多同价座地型喇叭有过之而无不及!低音提琴的音粒在发烧房的柚木地板上弹跳自如,Plas Johnson的tenor Sax领奏鬼马风趣,铜管齐鸣时气势宏大,暴发力惊人!最难能可贵的是,即使在最爆棚的乐段,音色始终从容自在。当然,这些都是最考机的片段,如果在爆棚时,阁下的系统恶声相向,则错不在录音而是阁下的系统不争气。此外,《顽皮豹》主题曲的演奏充满动感,足以唤醒神经末梢中的舞蹈细胞,如果你真能不为所动地听完全曲,阁下可以考虑换音响系统矣!
Ultimate Mancini的录音里高手云集,如:歌曲Moment to Moment的Alto Sax引子,由Tom Scott吹奏,短短的几个小节,音色如诉如泣,荡气回肠!此外,Stevie Wonder在Moon River时的口琴演奏也非常出色,具有画龙点睛之妙!只是乐曲后半部的人声大煞风景,音色吵杂,混音欠佳、实乃画蛇添足!
Ultimate Mancini收录的多首歌曲,都是得奖之作。在Opera Callas与McIntosh MC-2102双剑合璧之下,Monica Mancini的歌声虽不算娇艳,但却充满了高贵的气质。尤其是听Music on the way,弦乐队的音响充满了空气感,泛音之丰富,沁人心脾!