Diana Krall: Live in Rio Blu-ray

Diana Krall: Live in Rio

 (2008)

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In this concert filmed live in Rio de Janeiro in 2008, sultry-voiced jazz artist Diana Krall expands her horizons to include the smooth Brazilian bossa nova musical style, singing tunes that include "Let's Fall in Love" and "Cheek to Cheek." Krall also delights her audience with renditions of "Too Marvelous for Words," "Every Time We Say Goodbye," "I Love Being Here with You," "The Boy from Ipanema" (a twist on a bossa nova classic) and more.

For more details about Diana Krall: Live in Rio on Blu-ray, see the Diana Krall: Live in Rio Blu-ray Review

Diana Krall: Live in Rio Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Diana Krall: Live in Rio comes to the Blu-ray format in a 1080i/AVC encode framed in a 1:78:1 video window. The picture quality is a little disappointing. Black levels are stable and deep, and shadow detail is very good. Contrast is spot on, as there is no sign of bleaching or hot levels. Colors are vibrant, and nicely rendered. The problem with this release is video noise and softness in some shots. Video noise seemed to be a problem when light levels went down, like when the camera pans over the audience. There also appeared to be some noise when deep blue or violet was in the color mix. Some shots were sharp and clean, and other soft with very low levels of video noise. All of these criticisms are camera based, as some shots are clean and clear - others not so much. Flesh tones are very accurately portrayed, with nice details in faces. One can best describe this presentation as uneven, but not entirely bad either.

Diana Krall: Live in Rio Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


With a Diana Krall release, the audio is more important than the video in my opinon. Featuring an English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track, a 5.1 Dolby Digital track encoded at 640kbps, and a LPCM stereo track, the audio offered on this disc is superb! Vocals are well recorded and present Krall’s sultry voice with all of its texture and breathiness intact. The orchestra is very well captured, with strings having a nice “sheen” to them. It adds a nice fullness to the mix without covering up the quartet. That string bass will fully test the transition between your main speakers and subwoofer, as the bass covers three octaves easy. The piano is nicely positioned center right, the drum and upright bass dead center – and the guitar far left. The positioning of the guitar seemed too far left, as it sounded fragmented (or by itself), and acoustically isolated from the rest of the group. The front sound stage is deep and laterally wide, and folds coherently into the surrounds which gives the mix a nice spatial envelopment. I found the DTS track, and the LPCM track both sound very pleasing.

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