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Contrasts in Concerts

Drinkall-Baker Duo

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The concert literature for every instrument is dominated by the concertos written for them. These massive works are the most iconic challenges every player faces. The cello is no exception. Its repertoire is rich with concertos, some of them among the finest works of the composers who wrote them. One might make a case for the Dvorák cello concerto being as fine a work as any Dvorák wrote. If this and a few others are the foundation of the cello literature, then perhaps the many cello sonatas are the next tier which rest on the foundations of the concerto masterpieces. Above the tier of sonatas, further up the structure, come the small works that fill out recital programs, salon performances, and encores. Cello recitals are replete with smaller works that add variety and showcase the instrument in unique ways, and many of these smaller works become some of the most well known and beloved pieces in the canon. A good example of this is the Fauré Elégie heard on this album, enjoying at least as much familiarity as any of the big concertos. The other works on this album are all fine examples of this body of small works for cello. Each one is unique and endearing, and each one is lovingly performed by the Drinkall/ Baker Duo.

Tracklist

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1.
Suite populaire espagnole - I. El pano moruno
00:02
2.
Suite populaire espagnole - II. Nana
00:03
3.
Suite populaire espagnole - III. Cancion
00:01
4.
Suite populaire espagnole - IV. Polo
00:01
5.
Suite populaire espagnole - V. Asturiana
00:03
6.
Suite populaire espagnole - VI. Jota
00:03
7.
Elegie, Op. 24
00:07
8.
Cello Sonata, Op. 4 - I. Fantasia: Adagio di molto
00:07
9.
Cello Sonata, Op. 4 - II. Allegro con spirito
00:09
10.
Polonaise in A Major, B. 94
00:08

Total time: 00:00:44

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Wilson9534

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Emm Labs

Mastering Engineer

A total of five different Analog-to-Digital converters were used to provide samples for the Wilsons to evaluate. Ultimately an EMM Labs ADC-8 Mk IV, custom modified by Andreas Koch, was chosen by Dave and Daryl Wilson for the transfers from the UltraMaster using the original Master Tapes into a Sonoma DSD workstation for capture and editing. Monitoring from the Sonoma DSD workstation was routed though a modified Playback Designs MPS-5 via USBX with Light Harmonic USB cable. All DSD files were transferred into a Merging Technologies Pyramix DSD/DXD Masscore workstation for sample rate conversion, format conversion, and meta-data tagging. The Pyramix Hepta filter was used for conversion to PCM. Files were then listened to for quality assurance.

Analog to High Definition DSD Transfer: Bruce Brown, Puget Sound Studios

Original Recording Equipment

Analog. Ultramaster, Wilson Audio's exclusive 30 ips analog recorder. This instrument, designed and built by John Curl, is fully direct-coupled, and exhibits a record/playback frequency bandwidth of over 45 KHz. The mastering tape used was 3M 996

Original Recording Format

Producer

Bruce Leek

Recording Engineer

David Wilson, Bruce Leek

Recording location

Maurice Abravanel Hall (1995)

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD

Release DateNovember 14, 2015

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