The Long Awaited Follow Up Album from the Rembrandt Trio in Pure DSD 256!
The Golden Hour Sessions: Audiophile Jazz Recordings follows The Blue Hour Sessions; Audiophile Jazz Recordings, one of the best-selling releases at NativeDSD. Where that album explored the mystery after sunset, this one embraces the warmth just before it.
Some melodies gather beauty as the years pass. On The Golden Hour Sessions, pianist Rembrandt Frerichs returns to the standards of the Great American Songbook with bassist Jos Machtel and drummer Vinsent Planjer, guided by the question behind every jazz performance worth hearing: what does this music have to say today?
The title refers to that brief window before sunset when the light turns warm and everything softens. Photographers treasure it because it cannot be staged, and it never lasts. Frerichs hears improvisation the same way. The finest moments on this album were never planned. They arrived when listening to Machtel and Planjer became more important than deciding what to play next. In the spirit of Wayne Shorter’s “you can’t rehearse the unknown”, post-production was kept to a minimum: what you hear is the music exactly as it unfolded in the room, over two days in Herwijnen, the Netherlands.
Frerichs plays a rare Steinway Model C, an instrument whose long, singing sustain lets each phrase linger a little longer, like the last light before dusk.
Rembrandt Frerichs, Piano (Steinway Model C)
Jos Machtel, Double Bass
Vinsent Planjer, Drums
Recorded by Jared Sacks in Herwijnen, the Netherlands at Banana Bread Studio
Mastering by Tom Caulfield
Liner notes by Rembrandt Frerichs
Tracklist
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Additional information
| Label | |
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| SKU | JL040 |
| Qualities | DSD 1024, DSD 128, DSD 512, DSD 64, DSD 256, DXD 32 Bit, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz |
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| Composers | Arlen, Dameron, Ellington, Fain, Gershwin, Mendes, Porter, Wolf |
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| Release Date | July 16, 2026 |
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The Golden Hour Sessions, Rembrandt Trio. Just Listen Records 2026 (Pure DSD256, Stereo)
Rembrandt Frerichs is an artist whose recordings I eagerly look forward to hearing. In The Golden Hour Sessions, he and the trio reward that anticipation immensely—I am simply thrilled as I listen. This collection of jazz standards, arranged by Rembrandt, is performed with a delicacy of interpretation and intimacy that is rare. Through superb phrasing and remarkable collaboration, the trio achieves a level of musical grace that feels almost magical. Bravo!
If you enjoyed The Blue Hour Sessions, I think you will love this new release. Here, Rembrandt’s interpretations of these well-loved standards are presented in a form that will likely be more immediately recognizable while remaining unmistakably his own.
This album continues Just Listen Records’ commitment to recording music in the purest manner possible: Pure DSD256, just the right selection and placement of microphones, and minimal post-processing. When the music is this delicate, preserving the ephemeral nuances of tone, bloom, timing, and decay is crucial to the listening experience. No one does this better than Jared Sacks.
The sound quality of the Steinway Model C that Rembrandt plays throughout the recording is immediately striking and deeply compelling. While Jared Sacks has always worked a certain magic into his piano recordings, the increasingly rare Steinway Model C lends this music a character all its own. There is a singing quality to this instrument under Rembrandt’s hands that holds the sonic spotlight. As Rembrandt writes in the enclosed booklet:
“Steinway created an instrument capable of unprecedented sustain and richness of overtone, which Jared captured wonderfully in the room where we recorded… On an album devoted to fleeting moments, the Model C does more than produce sound. It extends it, holding each musical thought present just a little longer: like the last golden light before dusk.”
Warmly and enthusiastically recommended.
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