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 […]
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 […]
In the first half of my 50 + years as a radio personality, I was exposed to hundreds of ho-hum albums of songs from movies. The last thing I wanted to hear was another version of the Theme from The Apartment, or the Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet. And that’s why I avoided spending […]
It’s easy to lump composers together simply because they are contemporaries, or they come from the same place or area. I’ve written about this before in relation to Sibelius and Nielsen. The “Nordic” similarities seem stretched– Denmark (Nielsen) is traditionally more aligned in culture with Germany and continental Europe. Finland (Sibelius) is more aligned with, […]
Read Original (PF) Yarlung Records continues to celebrate its Twentieth Anniversary with another superb release from its analog master tape archives. In April 2025, we received the marvelous recording by David Fung, Evening Conversations, about which I wrote HERE. Now we have another release from Yarlung’s archives that has only seen light of day as a CD: […]
Dear Friends, We are grateful to Native DSD’s very own music critic Rush Paul, who offered to serve as our friendly arm-twister, encouraging us to release a fresh mastering of Ciaramella: Music from the Court of Burgundy in honor of Yarlung’s 20th Anniversary. It turned out to be a great aural treat to revisit the original […]
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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View Original Over the years I’ve freely admitted to being something of a sound nut. I revel in recordings that feel transparent, timbrally truthful, and utterly convincing in their portrayal of natural acoustic space. For me, the deepest listening pleasure comes from acoustic instruments captured in real environments, without artifice. With that in mind, I’m […]
I love Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and I have since I first heard it in the 1962 recording with Janos Starker, backed by Dorati and the LSO. I would never want to be without it, but this one with Pieter Wispelwey, backed by Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra is my choice for a modern, […]
I didn’t know much about Polish-American pianist and composer, Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938). I saw his name occasionally, but it wasn’t until I spent some time with his Java Suite that I wanted to know more. Godowsky is celebrated for his extraordinary technical imagination and his ability to transform the piano into an almost orchestral instrument. […]
