Canadian jazz singer Anne Bisson worked with cellist Vincent Bélanger on her 2013 album Tales From The Treetops. Bélanger studied at the Conservatories in Québec, Canada and Montpellier, France; later he attended master classes with Yvan Chiffoleau and Yo-Yo Ma.
The album contains compositions by Bélanger and Bisson as well as music by Sylvie Massicote, Pierre Lenoir, Fung Sou and David Chesky. The different styles range from Chinese music – sung in Mandarin -, jazz, Latin and bossa nova. High-quality cables from XLO Electric, who cooperated with the artists for the project on the occasion of their 25th anniversary, were used for the recording. Bisson plays on a Steinway Concert Grand D 317. The remastering of the UHQ was done by the experts from FORS Master Sound.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but rather cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To protect the softer photopolymer, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied as scratch protection. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transitions between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
