Author: Adrian Quanjer

Instantly Serving the Discerning Music Lover At a time when ‘streaming’ has become the norm, some courageous labels continue to serving the small market of discerning music […]

Two of the same? Not quite We have here two versions of the same, offered separately or in a ‘bundle sale’. I don’t think that […]

JSB, the Almost Unbreakable Craftsman There is no limit, so it seems, to what can be done with the musical language of one of the […]

It is like looking at a Rembrandt after the grime of the ages has been removed When I came more or less by chance across […]

With so many artists and recording companies gracing their audiences with new and often inventive musical projects, each vying for the attention of the educated […]

The scene is set for something special Dutch violinist Niek Baar obtained his master’s degree at the famous Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin, […]

It’s All About Passion & Poetry In her first instalment of a projected survey of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos, Anna Federova hugely surprised me, and surely […]

This new release, presented as a ‘concept-album’ around Maurice Ravel, is not just another Ravel Highlights. It is an emotionally led, deliberate choice. It has […]

It is no secret that High-Resolution Super Audio is under pressure. Over the years, some labels have given up altogether. Streaming has become the norm, […]

Two Spanish musicians, whom I did not know before, embarked last year on a mission to bring works of great beauty, for too long hidden […]

With this latest release, Reference Recordings continue to push standards beyond existing boundaries. I think that no collector is without at least several complete sets […]

Some might feel that under the present circumstances one should stay away from anything Russian. I think that we ought to realize that not all […]