英國Chandos公司推出高音質USB

德國Hänssler Classic首開風氣之先於2008年推出的BachPod，希望搶搭蘋果熱順風車，可惜，銷售情況並不好，反而比不上傳統CD格式，這次Chandos看來是打算納入Re-Issue業務長期持續經營，在自家公司網站獨家銷售，而不會在一般通路亮相。

每支USB容量是8G，約可以放進12-16張CDs，含無耗損的Flac與320K的Mp3兩種不同格式，首批發行12款以曲目主題來劃分。雖然chandos公司自認為價格非常具有競爭力，但筆者並不看好這項發行，因為傳統愛樂人可能覺得還是有精美印刷手冊的實體CD，相較之下比較有質感與收藏價值，而新一代愛樂者在網路下載氾濫情況下，既然找得到其他選擇，應該捨不得花上這麼一筆錢囉！

CHUSB 0001 Contemporaries of Mozart, Vol. 1
£99.99 Baguer; Clementi; Gossec; Gyrowetz; Kozeluch; Krommer; M. Haydn;
Pichl; Pleyel; Rosetti; Stamitz; Vanhal. All with the LMP, Matthias
Bamert

CHUSB 0002 Contemporaries of Mozart, Vol. 2
£99.99 Boccherini; Cannabich; Herschel; Hoffmeister; Marsh; L. Mozart;
Mysliveček; Richter; Salieri; Vogler; Wesley; Wranitzky. All with the
LMP, Matthias Bamert

CHUSB 0003 Film Music, Vol. 1
£99.99 Addinsell; Arnold, Vols 1 & 2; Alwyn, Vols 1 & 2; Auric; Bax;
Bennett; Bliss; Rawsthorne; Shostakovich, Vols 1 & 2; Vaughan
Williams, Vols 1 & 2

CHUSB 0004 Film Music, Vol. 2
£99.99 Addison; Alwyn, Vol. 3; Berners & Lambert; Black; Chagrin;
Goodwin; Gunning; Herrmann; Korngold, Vols 1 & 2; Parker;
Shostakovich, Vol. 3; Spoliansky; Vaughan Williams, Vol. 3

CHUSB 0005 Wagner: The complete ‘Ring’ Cycle
£99.99 Reginald Goodall’s classic Sadler’s Wells recording, sung in English

CHUSB 0006 Elgar: Oratorios
£74.99 The Apostles; The Black Knight; Caractacus; The Dream of
Gerontius; The Kingdom; The Light of Life. All conducted by Richard
Hickox

CHUSB 0007 Black Dyke Mills Band
£99.99 Twenty-three classic recordings

CHUSB 0008 Vaughan Williams: Symphonies
£99.99 Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8. All with the London Symphony
Orchestra, Richard Hickox (featuring a bonus interview with Richard
Hickox and James Jolly)

CHUSM 0009 Hummel: Piano and Orchestral Works
£99.99 Concertos, chamber music, ballet music

CHUSB 0010 William Walton, Vol. 1
£99.99 Film music, symphonies, ballets, chamber works, vocal, etc.

CHUSB 0011 William Walton, Vol. 2
£99.99 Concertos, operas, chamber & orchestral works, etc.

CHUSB 0014 Arnold: Orchestral Works
£74.99 Overtures, symphonies, string quartets, film music