The popular Gabor Varga Jazz Quartet returns to NativeDSD with Sounds of Colours, their 4th DSD release from Hunnia Records.
This is a Pure DSD album, exclusively available in Pure DSD at NativeDSD Music. It is available in Stereo Pure DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128 and DSD 64. It is Not Available on SACD.
Gabor Varga tells us “This recording is a mirror that you should not look in, but listen to. And if you really pay attention, you can hear what we felt in Budapest on Saturday afternoon, October 20, 2018 in Hungary. You can hear how much we enjoyed the freedom of improvisation, how we had a “conversation” with our instruments. Maybe you can even hear how we felt, but you will certainly hear one thing – how much we love music. Use this mirror carefree. No matter how you listen to this mirror, you will hear four happy musicians in this recording over and over again. We wish you a pleasant time.”
Gabor Varga Jazz Quartet
Gabor Varga, Piano
Richard Szaniszlo, Vibraphone
Tibor Csuhaj-Barna, Double Bass
György Jeszenszky, Drums
Tracklist
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| SKU | HRES1816 |
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| Recording Location | Live Recording in Stereo Pure DSD 128 at the Supersize Recording Studio, Hungary on October 20, 2018 |
| Recording Engineer | Dexter |
| Piano | Steinway & Sons Model D Grand Piano |
| Piano Technician | Balázs Tóth |
| Vibraphone | Vibraphone: M55 Gold Pro Vibe David Friedman gave his instrument as a present to Richard Szaniszlo Richard Szaniszlo uses Vic Firth mallets |
| Analog to Digital Converter | Tascam D3000 at DSD 128 |
| Producer | Róbert Zoltán Hunka |
| Release Date | April 28, 2023 |
Press reviews
NativeDSD Senior Reviewer
All of the Gabor Varga DSD Jazz albums are excellent. This one is right up there with the best!
1 review for Sounds of Colours [Pure DSD]
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Sounds of Colours is a sensory experience that redefines what we expect from contemporary Jazz. The Gabor Varga Jazz Quartet achieves a masterful balance between technical virtuosity and deep emotional sensitivity. Every musical passage is infused with a vibrant atmosphere, where Varga’s piano guides the listener through sonic textures that seem painted in the air, living up to the album’s title.
The quality of this work is exceptional, being a Pure DSD 128 Stereo recording. The recording allows the drum dynamics, the body of the double bass, and the brilliance of the brass to be felt with an astonishing physical presence. It is an album where the silence between notes is as important as the music itself, creating a soundscape full of artistic references and a transparency that only high-end equipment can fully reveal.
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Sounds of Colours es una experiencia sensorial que redefine lo que esperamos del Jazz contemporáneo. El Gabor Varga Jazz Quartet logra un equilibrio magistral entre el virtuosismo técnico y una sensibilidad emocional profunda. Cada pasaje musical está impregnado de una atmósfera vibrante, donde el piano de Varga guía al oyente a través de texturas sonoras que parecen pintadas en el aire, haciendo honor al título del álbum.
La calidad de este trabajo es excepcional gracias a que es una grabación Pure DSD. El trabajo de masterización permite que la dinámica de la batería, el cuerpo del contrabajo y el brillo de los metales se sientan con una presencia física asombrosa. Es un álbum donde el silencio entre las notas es tan importante como la música misma, creando un lienzo sonoro lleno de referencias artísticas y una transparencia que solo un equipo de alta gama puede revelar en su totalidad.
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