Available now at 40% OFF! Improvising at the piano… I used to do it a lot when I was a teenager. I think Improvisation is connected to memories– usually happy ones. Gabor Varga, whose various jazz albums have done very well on native, opens up his heart with Gold Rings of the Wounded Stone. It’s made […]
Dear Friends, It is a rare treat when a music writer and critic twists a producer’s arm to re-release an early album in a record label’s catalog. David Fung’s Evening Conversations put Yarlung Records on the audiophile map, and it was last released in 2012. Rush Paul, dear to all of us at NativeDSD, was […]
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 […]
Here are two Norwegian musicians, Amalie Stalheim (cello) and Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), and composers from Russia and France. So what’s the result? A remarkably French recital– in the most positive sense. There’s a playfulness, and a lightness to the music that sends me back to Paris 100 years ago. Stravinsky lived in France at the […]
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905, is deeply rooted in Russian history. It was premiered in 1957 and commemorates the 1905 Russian Revolution, particularly the tragic events of Bloody Sunday. On January 22, 1905, thousands of peaceful demonstrators marched to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II. […]
View Original Article Okay, I admit it. I love a good organ recording. In my vinyl days, I had shelves upon shelves of excellent organ recordings on LP. Today, my digital library is somewhat bereft. There are lots of organ albums on CD, but piffle. I want full resolution. If I can’t have vinyl, then […]
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 […]
This year we presented DSD music at the London Audio Show 2024. We had the pleasure of presenting our music through Tannoy speakers, and the equally great pleasure of meeting Daniel Raggett of Symphony Distribution who supplied and set up the speakers in our room. I was so pleased by the sound of the Tannoys […]
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Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and music critic. He was born in 1810 and died in 1856 after a lengthy battle with illness and depression. His approaches to thematic contrast, emotional narrative expression, and architectural innovation set precedents that later Romantics, like Brahms and Mahler, would expand upon. My first exposure to Schumann’s orchestral work […]
To Original Article Sometimes an album arrives on my shores that simply requires immediate comment because it is so deliciously good. This is one of those. The Blue Hour Sessions: Audiophile Jazz Recordings Rembrandt Frerichs, Rembrandt TrioJust Listen Records 2025 (Pure DSD256) Edit Master Sourced I have been a fan of pianist Rembrandt Frerichs for several […]
Go To Original Article NativeDSD continues to earn highest recommendations from me as a preferred source for high resolution downloads. There are some labels they don’t have access to, unfortunately, but their catalog continues to grow with new labels showing up every few weeks. This means their new releases outpace my ability to write about […]
