First Blu-ray record, Divertimenti, released
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted May 29th 2008 10:02PM
posted May 29th 2008 10:02PM
Fans of high-def audio rejoice: The first Blu-ray recording has been released. Fans of anything other than Divertimento, hold your horses: The first release is from Thondheimsolistene, an orchestra from Norway. "Divertimeni", as it is called, will be released by the 2L label in full HD audio glory along with a SACD track for those not on the Blu-ray bandwagon just yet. Formats include 2.0 LPCM, 5.1 LPCM, 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio, 5.1 Dolby True HD, 5.1 Dolby Digital at 48KHz, and it has been confirmed to work just fine on the PS3.[Via MiC]
I really hope Pink Floyd is next or Jane's Addiction or Bob Marley or Audioslave or Primal Scream or Led Zeppelin or The Stone Roses or Jimmy Hendrix or............................
Yea, let's get that "Wish You Were Here" SACD we've been waiting for ported over to BD!! GIMME GIMME!
Chrstine Aguleria's Dirty?
Britney Spear's Hit Me One More Time?
These should 'work with' the PS3s.....demographics that is! har har har.
Guys, it's not the first blu-ray music album out. Not even the first classical title, unless the Bach one hasn't been released yet.
i'm sure skid row fans are just waiting for some Bach in HD audio. prefers LP over dvd audio or cd.
Unfortunately I think that the amount of PS3 owners buying this BD will be extremely small. I'd really like to see sales numbers for anything else but Iron Man or Hulk.
I have a feeling that the numbers will be minuscule, which is a shame as this type of authoring definitely costs money and if there's no return they might get discouraged to release similar titles.
HECK YES. Bring on the HD audio. As a staunch audiophile I applaud all efforts at high resolution audio. Too bad we will always be the minority.
Wow that's a funky disk. A hybrid BD / SACD.
It's not really a "Hybrid Blu-ray disc".
It's a 2-disc set:
One Blu-Ray disc
One "hybrid" SACD/CD disc
Maybe they should change the title to "83rd Blu-ray record released?"
I'm glad to see lossless audio making a comeback. Blu-ray is already far more mainstream than SACD or DVD-Audio ever were, so it bodes well for those who love high end audio.
Well, those are concert releases. This is an album. That's a bit different.
However, it still wasn't first. NIN - Ghosts I-IV came out on 5/1.