Author: David Hopkins

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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Your music has been described as accessible and entertaining as well as being rigorously constructed intellectually. Do you see your music this way, and is it important to you for your music to be accessible and/or entertaining? It is an interesting observation. I’m not sure about the “rigorously constructed” part. I don’t like to construct […]

Aaaaand that’s a wrap! The voting ballot is closed, your voices have been heard and recorded. Below you can find all of the Winners for our Album of the Year Awards 2024. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote during this process. We take great pleasure in looking back over the year […]

Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is what we do at NativeDSD. And there is no better way than to let you, our trusted music-loving audiophiles, vote on the top albums from the last year. The final nominations are in – and now it’s time to vote! Make sure to really explore all […]

It’s that exciting time of year again… time to begin our Album of the Year Awards process! Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is what we do at NativeDSD. And there is no better way than to let you, our trusted music-loving audiophiles, vote on the top albums from the last year. Voting […]

It’s that exciting time of year again… time to begin our Album of the Year Awards process! Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is what we do at NativeDSD. And there is no better way than to let you, our trusted music-loving audiophiles, vote on the top albums from the last year. Voting […]

The Sarahbanda was an idea born from the Mozart y Mambo trilogy. Could you tell us about your thought process during and after those 3 albums and the formation of the Sarahbanda? Also, what inspired you originally to make the Mozart y Mambo albums?  The short answer to this question is that I fell in […]

Congratulations to the artists and labels who had their albums nominated for the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album Best Latin Jazz Performer My Heart Speaks from 2xHD Mastering and Resonance Records is the most extravagantly lush album of Ivan Lins’s career. Performing rare gems from his catalog, the composer is backed by the 91-piece symphony of Tbilisi, capital […]