Now Available at 40% OFF! Ravel is not without his moments that call for fireworks— The descent into madness at the end of La Valse is an example. But Ravel was a meticulous craftsman who prized clarity and balance. Stravinsky called him a “perfect Swiss Watchmaker” in that regard. Igor said it with a smile, […]
At a time when music production is often defined by speed, convenience, and endless digital manipulation, Outer Marker Records was founded on a radically different idea: capture music as purely and faithfully as possible, and let the performance speak for itself. Created by recording legend Doug Fearn together with brothers George and Geoff Hazelrigg, the […]
Originally Written for HGO Website by Houston Grand Opera staff. View Original Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s company-commissioned 2023 world premiere opera recognized with GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. Third GRAMMY in HGO history goes to first release from the new Houston Grand Opera label, created with London Symphony Orchestra’s label LSO Live HOUSTON—February 1, 2026—Houston Grand […]
Stravinsky’s “Big Three”, The Rite of Spring, Firebird, and Petrushka, are literally cultural icons. Hundreds of recordings, new and re-releases, have had a huge presence in concerts and in record sales. They each have a bold narrative, and are written for big orchestras. But the three neoclassical works on this album, Apolon Musagete, Dumbarton Oaks, […]
Certainly there is no shortage of excellent recordings of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, and there are some fine ones available on Native DSD. You may remember that I have been especially positive about Peter Takac’s complete set of the sonatas in the past, and if you’re looking for a complete set, you’d be hard pressed to […]
Dear Friends in the NativeDSD family, Nostos maintains a special place in my heart. This was Yarlung’s first choral recording, and I must admit we got very lucky. I haven’t admitted this before but Nostos was supposed to be a warm up recording to test a new concert hall and to test some recording techniques […]
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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Read Original I so often bring to you music in ultra-high resolution, but there are so many wonderful recordings not originally recorded in DXD or DSD256. I listen to many of these, but don’t regularly write about them because my brief is to focus on the higher resolution recordings so readers can know that they […]
View Original I am frequently overwhelmed, in the most positive way imaginable, by the cornucopia of marvelous releases that appear. Such is the case today as I offer to you my thoughts on eight recent releases available at NativeDSD. They have made my heart sing these past few weeks. Santiago de Masarnau: Piano Works (Vol. […]
View Original Over the past few weeks, my listening has been filled with enjoyable discoveries: four Pure DSD256 releases from Hunnia and Eudora (four!); another excellent LSO Live release with Gianandrea Noseda; a superb performance of Handel’s Theodora; a fine new recording from Barry Diament on his Soundkeeper label—who has something to teach popular and folk […]
