Author: Adrian Quanjer

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 […]

In these dire times, Russia and Russians mustn’t be judged by the same token. It crossed my mind when I heard Dmitry Ferschtman playing the […]

An inconspicuous instrument in the middle? In a personal note, Dana Zemtsov says that there is no real shortage of good viola music. Despite general […]

What is the secret? Find some good players, select music that is not yet (Mozart) or hardly (Beethoven) available in high definition, written by famously […]

It is said that many good things have their origin in bad times.The proof is here.  No matter what national policies had to be followed, […]

Photo credit: Marco Borggreve « Croyant voir en lui un être sensible à la musique, elle cède et, pendant plusieurs semaines, accepte la passion que lui […]

Adrian Quanjer is back with a new DSD Review at the NativeDSD Music Blog. Here he reviews the recent album recorded & released by Eudora […]

Photo credit: Felix Broede Adrian Quanjer is back with a new DSD Review at the NativeDSD Music Blog. Here he reviews the recent album released […]

Many politicians, parliamentarians, diplomats, generals, and even ordinary souls like me should have one. And what’s more, for clever people it may even be a […]

Did Chopin ever die? Chopin belongs to a group of composers who never tire, no matter how often you listen to the same piece. Just […]

New does not always mean New In a highly competitive field, labels must look for new avenues to satisfy classical music lovers’ appetite having already […]