Not all Descriptions Cover the Load It is common knowledge that notes accompanying the presentation of a new recording are intended to encourage you to buy, likely written by a PR specialist. There is nothing wrong with that, but it’s a reviewer’s duty to verify the accuracy of the message. I’ve come across descriptions that […]
View Original We have a virtual cornucopia of excellence from NativeDSD for this edition of Recent Finds. Following the release of Eudora’s outstanding Pure DSD256 album of Mozart’s piano music for four hands, Review HERE, now we have a superb Mozart Requiem from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Orchestra, delightful Handel and Bach secular oratorios from Florilegium and […]
View Original When two masters play side-by-side, magic happens. So it is with this excellent new recording from pianists extraordinaire Josep Colom and Javier Laso. Mozart & Schubert Four Hand Piano Works, Josep Colom and Javier Laso. Eudora Records 2025 (Pure DSD256-Direct Mixed, Stereo, MCh) Edit Master Sourced HERE I have long admired the playing of both […]
This article was originally written by Rushton Paul for Positive Feedback. It has been reposted with their generous permission. View Original This Recent Finds includes an eclectic selection of music from the NativeDSD catalog. What’s the common thread? In each case, I found the music engaging, the performers/performances excellent, and the sound quality at a […]
View Original NativeDSD’s catalog continues to expand, with new artists and new labels. As I’ve written before, I enjoy recommending new albums from NativeDSD because I trust that the sound quality will be very high, regardless of the format or original recording resolution. Too many times I’ve been disappointed by the sound quality found elsewhere, […]
View Original This article of Recent Finds contains a truly disparate array of albums, but all of which I’ve enjoyed immensely. They are all beautifully recorded, supremely well performed, with interesting music that should be heard. I hope you will find something here that tickles your fancy. Mine has been tickled nearly to death listening […]
Could ‘The Horse’s Mouth’ Be Bigger than We Thought? Mozart played by three students of the Mozarteum University must be as though it comes straight from the horse’s mouth. Is that so? I compared Mozart’s Fourth Piano Trio, the first item on this new ADS release, with the excellent reading by the ‘Haydn Trio Eisenstadt’ […]
View Original Review Peter Bjørnild and Frans de Rond at Sound Liaison have just released a stunning new Pure DSD256 album. This is their first album in Pure DSD256 and the results are simply incredible, with all the transparency, timbral accuracy, and resolution for which we love Pure DSD256. Frans says of DSD, “Its incredible […]
Go To Original I listen to a lot of high resolution DXD and DSD256 file downloads. And, as you can imagine, I have my favorites—my “top of the pile” recordings for sound quality (to borrow a description from my vinyl years). I thought I’d assemble some of these personal favorites into a list for anyone […]
View Original A new album from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, recorded by Jared Sacks, is always reason to celebrate! Add to that some delightful discoveries from Alpha Classics, Yarlung Records (in Pure DSD256), two albums from IBS, and an intriguing peak at what may come from the “new” Channel Classics under Outhere Music’s direction, […]
View Original You will likely have noticed a large number of recordings in my articles from Hunnia Records. The owner of the label, Robert Zoltán Hunka, loves all kinds of music and is fanatically committed to making recordings with the highest sound quality he is able to achieve. Their albums keep showing up for three […]
Go To Original Article For me, a Pure DSD256 recording done well is the height of audio reproduction excellence. Yes, 15ips and 30ips analog tape sound marvelous, but so does Pure DSD256. Play either in its pure state, as in direct from the tape or direct from an excellent D/A converter, without intervening mucking about, […]