Author: David Hopkins
David is NativeDSD’s Product and Communication Manager. He grew up writing songs, playing guitar and drums. Working with musicians in studio to produce records as a recording engineer and producer, he produced music for numerous commercials for Pulse Content, and organised numerous music events and concerts.
Albums of the Year – 2025 Nominations, Part 3: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Soloist, Classical Crossover, Latin, World
It’s that exciting time of year again… time to begin our Album of the Year Awards process! 2025 has given us a plethora of new music to discover – just check out these stats: Classical Albums400+ Jazz Albums100+ Pure DSD Albums41 New Labels11 Total New Albums550+ Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is […]
Albums of the Year – 2025 Nominations, Part 2: Jazz and Vocal
It’s that exciting time of year again… time to begin our Album of the Year Awards process! 2025 has given us a plethora of new music to discover – just check out these stats: Classical Albums400+ Jazz Albums100+ Pure DSD Albums41 New Labels11 Total New Albums550+ Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is […]
December 2025 Classical Record Reviews [Excerpt from Stereophile review by Jason Victor Serinus]
These reviews are re-posted from Stereophile.com, written by Jason Victor Serinus / Stephen Francis Vasta. Dvořák: Slavonic DancesCzech Philharmonic/Sir Simon RattlePentatone Music PTC5817414 (CD). 2025. Holger Urbach, prod.; Stephan Reh, eng.Performance ***Sonics ***½ I shouldn’t have praised Tomá Netopil for recording the Slavonic Rhapsodies instead of the seemingly inevitable Slavonic Dances: Apparently he was leaving […]
Albums of the Year – 2025 Nominations, Part 1: Classical
It’s that exciting time of year again… time to begin our Album of the Year Awards process! 2025 has given us a plethora of new music to discover – just check out these stats: Classical Albums400+ Jazz Albums100+ Pure DSD Albums41 New Labels11 Total New Albums550+ Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is […]
‘Opus 1’ – an interview with Anna Geniushene
We recently had the honour of interviewing Anna Genuishene about her new album ‘Opus 1: Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Berg, Brahms’. Released Friday, October 03 2025 on Fuga Libera, this album explores the early creative voices of great Romantic composers such as Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Berg and Tchaikovsky, uncovering the ambition, curiosity, and individuality that shaped their […]
Recent Finds No. 45 – More Wonderful Albums from NativeDSD
This post was originally written by Rushton Paul for Positive feedback, and it is reposted here with their generous permission. View Original Today we have a wonderful organ recording from Base2 Music, one that was included in my earlier article, Outstanding Organ Recordings in DSD256 and DXD (HERE), but am only now getting to writing […]
Interview with Harpreet Bansal on ‘States of Mind’
How would you describe your orientation as a composer in the spectrum of music from traditional hindustani or carnatic music to western classical music to more popular contemporary music? As a composer, I look for different ways to carry my tradition into new genres. That means that a lot of things can be relevant. Many […]
Interview with Saxophone Quartet Kebyart – ‘Unraveled’
You describe Ravel´s style as having a ´remarkable simplicity´. Can you describe this simplicity? Is it a harmonic, melodic and/or formal simplicity? Daniel (baritone sax): We like to think of Ravel’s music as if it were a pocket watch: it is an apparently simple instrument, marking the passing of time gently, with an organic movement. […]
Interview with mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey – ‘Samsara’
We were very lucky to score an exclusive interview with mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey where we talked about her newest release Samsara – R. Schumann & Fauré. Thank you Kate for your time and thoughtful words, and most of all thank you for your beautiful vocal performance. What is Samsara? Samsara is a term used within Buddhism […]
Artist Interview: Pianist Olga Pashchenko on album ‘Guess Who?’
We recently had the pleasure to interview pianist Olga Pashchenko about her latest album ‘Guess Who?’ Thank you to Olga for your time, and for your amazing musical gifts. You mention the centrality of poetry to these pieces. Can you talk a bit about the relationship between poetry and music in these works? Since the […]
Quotes from György Kurtág on his 99th Birthday
On his 99th birthday, György Kurtág reflects on his memories of his late wife Márta’s voice and his new album with baritone Benjamin Appl. Which qualities do you look/listen for in a singer in the performance of your compositions? “For me, real singing is my late wife Márta’s dark silver voice from her youth and […]
