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Put your headphones to the ultimate test with this 100% Hi-Res playlist. Featuring 50 tracks spanning a wide range of musical genres, this selection is designed to evaluate every aspect of immersive listening: crosstalk, dynamics, sound depth, stereo sound, bass, midrange, and treble. Featuring Max Richter, Bat For Lashes, La Pieta & Angèle Dubeau, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Badbadnotgood, Willow, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Rosie Frater-Taylor, John Williams, Has Zimmer, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Laura Misch, Massive Attack, Aurora, New Order, Explosions In The Sky, Alicia Keys, M83, Arcade Fire, Radiohead…

This work is a major late-career statement by composer Bent Sørensen, born in Copenhagen in 1958. In all likelihood, he will have the satisfaction of hearing it performed often in his old age, for it is an absolutely fascinating work. Much of Sørensen's music has been in smaller forms and closely explores extensions of the tonal repertory of choral singers, but here, he works on a larger canvas. Integral to the project is the text, which he designates as "Curated by Jakob Holtze." Words describing the Passion from Gospel According to St. Matthew are there, but they are interleaved with poetry, most of it in English (even the Danish poetry), by Edith Södergran, Anna Akhmatova, Emily Dickinson, Seren Ulrik Thomsen, Ole Sarvig, and Frank Jæger.