View Original Our inimitable editor-in-chief, Dr. David, charged me with focusing on DSD256 and DXD recordings. I mostly follow that brief. And today, I have an abundance of outstanding ultra-high resolution recordings to share: six Pure DSD256 recordings and two DXD 32-bit recordings. Their sound quality gratifies my search over decades for the most discerning […]
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 […]
Canada Day: The Unmastered Editions The three albums included in this bundle have been favorites of mine since their original released versions. Hearing them as they were originally recorded and mixed has been an ear-opening experience. I invite you to explore Harris Eisenstadt’s individualistic compositions and the dazzling interplay of his bandmates in these NativeDSD […]
Elim Chan is the new Music Director Designate of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, becoming the official MD in September of 2027. She’s had an amazing career so far, and the level of excitement over her appointment in San Francisco is wild! Chan’s first concert since the appointment was described as “rapturous,” “exhilarating,” and “a hero’s […]
Acclaimed Trombonist Jim Pugh Reunites with Lifelong Friend and Grammy-Winning Engineer Jim Anderson of Anderson Audio NY to Resurrect a Forgotten Chapter of American Music History in Digital eXtreme Definition (DXD) Release event set for September 15 at Technica House in New York City EXCLUSIVE EARLY RELEASE ONLY AT NATIVEDSD June 24, 2026: Nearly ninety years […]
A special message from the Producer Jake Purches of Base2 Music. Four years in the making, this remarkable recording reflects the challenges of working with the internationally acclaimed conductor, pianist and organist Wayne Marshall, whose demanding schedule often required production meetings and editing sessions across Europe. Recorded in 2022, as the world was emerging from […]
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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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 […]
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, […]
