Adrian is reviewer at HRAudio.net. He is a well known reviewer and a specialist in reviewing classical music, in DSD. He writes from Blangy-le-Château, Normandy, France.
It is not the first time that Chopin’s spiritual output has been used by other creative minds to rearrange or transcribe it for another instrument […]
Adrian Quanjer on Oct 29, 2020
I do not think that the Amsterdam Sinfonietta had anything else in mind than producing an album of “several romantic works, each with a very […]
Adrian Quanjer on Sep 29, 2020
Each new organ recording from Jake’s stable is a joy for organ lovers and exceptional in all its diversity compared to the previous ones. And […]
Adrian Quanjer on Sep 05, 2020
Some have learned to hear the difference Technical aspects of music reproduction continue to occupy our minds. Leaving aside the indifferent, there seem to be […]
Adrian Quanjer on Aug 31, 2020
BarcaNova Records is a relatively new Dutch label that must be heard. On their stylishly ‘cool’ website, BarcaNova founder, Hubert Koekenberg, outlines the label’s adage […]
Adrian Quanjer on Aug 04, 2020
Ole Bull, the other Norwegian composer from the town of Bergen, or, as Robert Schumann used to call him, the Norwegian Paganini, is for most […]
Adrian Quanjer on Apr 30, 2020
Schumann, Mendelssohn and Schubert are seemingly sitting a bit forlorn between their ‘totally opposite’ Spanish numbers, who steal the show for all those, adventurous enough […]
Adrian Quanjer on Feb 25, 2020
It took 18-year-old Sergueï Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff, working from early morning to late at night, no more than two and a half days to finish the […]
Adrian Quanjer on Feb 20, 2020
Over the years interpretation of Baroque music has seen some considerable changes, moving from slow, almost dragging performances to the more recent agitated, almost aggressive […]
Adrian Quanjer on Jan 23, 2020
What do the world-famous Dutch cellist, Anner Bijlsma, who passed away earlier this year, and his younger colleague, Wytske Holtrop, have in common? Both are […]
Adrian Quanjer on Dec 23, 2019
Regretting that Myrios no longer releases Super Audio CD’s, many will be glad to learn that recordings will henceforth be available through downloadable digital files […]
Adrian Quanjer on Dec 19, 2019
How many will actually hear that these symphonies are played by only 9 musicians? Ernst Spyckerelle, responsible for all the arrangements, puts it this way, […]
Adrian Quanjer on Nov 25, 2019