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Recent Finds No. 48 A Potpourri from NativeDSD

Rushton Paul — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:34:12 +0000

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 very high standard. Beyond that, it is highly varied group of albums. Frans de Rond us gives another of his marvelous... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 47 Seven Pure DSD256 from HDTT, Plus 1 More

Rushton Paul — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 01:22:46 +0000

This Recent Finds edition is back to HDTT releases. Some new and some from a few years past that are past due for a review. All are very nice. In fact, four of them are included in my recent Pure DSD256 from Analog Tape: My Top of the Pile listing—albums that were always a reference... Read More »

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Creating a Dedicated Recording and Performance Space at High Street Studio, Heerewaarden, Holland

Rushton Paul — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:44:30 +0000

I've been following Bert van der Wolf-Oude Avenhuis' hints about seeking a new dedicated recording space for well over a year. And now it is coming into focus with a lovely old church building he and his wife have purchased. Soon High Street Studio in Heerewaarden, Holland, will be a reality and music will start... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 46 Six Excellent New Releases from HDTT

Rushton Paul — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:08:45 +0000

Bob Witrak continues to mine pure gold from the vast past catalogs of great music, great performances, and outstanding recordings. In this edition of Recent Finds, I want to share six new releases I've been very pleased to see: three classical and three jazz, all in outstanding sound quality. Opera Ballets, Ferenc Fricsay, Berlin Radio... Read More »

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Bert van der Wolf Recordings of Stavanger Symphony Orchestra for NRK Broadcast

Rushton Paul — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:51:11 +0000

As you know by now, I enjoy the recordings produced by Bert van der Wolf-Oude Avenhuis. So, when I saw that he'd released a series of live performance recordings with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Poga, I just had to get them all for a listen. These live recordings are part of a... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 45 More Wonderful Albums from NativeDSD

Rushton Paul — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:39:04 +0000

Today we have a wonderful organ recording from Base2 Music, one that was included in my earlier article, Outstanding Organ Recordings in DSD256 and DXD (HERE), but am only now getting to writing a review. Also included is a remastering of one of my favorite Ben Webster albums, Gentle Ben, from 2xHD. From the new... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 44 New Releases from NativeDSD

Rushton Paul — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:56:46 +0000

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 to these.... Read More »

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Pure DSD256 from Analog Tape: My Top of the Pile

Rushton Paul — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:48:07 +0000

In an earlier article, I posted my list of Pure DSD256: My Top of the Pile albums for sound quality. In this article, I'd like to expand on this and share some Pure DSD256* albums transferred from analog tape that I consider my top of the pile for sound quality in this category. I decided... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 43 HDTT Releases New and Long Past Due

Rushton Paul — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:23:32 +0000

Today's Recent Finds include several "not so recent" but long cherished releases from HDTT that I'd just not yet included in an article. Why, I don't know. It's a function of the astonishing wealth of excellent recordings available in the HDTT catalog. But they are popping up now as I work on a list I... Read More »

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Get the Master Tape Listening Experience with Pure DSD256, Free Sample Downloads Included

Rushton Paul — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:26:42 +0000

The other day, I posted a list of Pure DSD256 albums that I consider my "top of the pile" for sound quality. HERE This article will be a further discussion of Pure DSD* recordings and why they are such an important development. So, tune out now if this is not your thing. Otherwise, join me... Read More »

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Pure DSD256: My Top of the Pile

Rushton Paul — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:47:20 +0000

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 interested. To keep... Read More »

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Sound Liaison Releases a Pure DSD256 One-Mic Stunner, With Free Download Sample Track

Rushton Paul — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:03:17 +0000

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 clarity and precision... Read More »

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Jascha Horenstein's Mahler Symphony No. 8, a Stunning Performance and a Recording of Great Historical Importance

Rushton Paul — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:31:13 +0000

Every so often, a music release occurs that is of such historical and musical significance that time must be made to mark its arrival. So it is with this amazing restoration of the BBC's 2-microphone live recording of Jascha Horenstein's Mahler Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand," recorded live in 1959 in Royal Albert... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 42 Rachel Podger's New Album plus Pure DSD256 from Yarlung

Rushton Paul — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:51:17 +0000

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, and we... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 41 Pure DSD256 from Hunnia Records

Rushton Paul — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:38:22 +0000

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 good reasons:... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 40 Some Reissues of Significance from HDTT

Rushton Paul — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:22:30 +0000

HDTT has been on a tear generating great reissues this past year, and that tear continues unabated. Here are several releases that have gotten my attention over recent weeks largely because of their historical significance. The belong in any well stocked music library. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1, Byron Janis, Kiril Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 39 Mining Pure DSD256 Gold

Rushton Paul — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:50:49 +0000

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, and you can hear... Read More »

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Stunning Release from Pelle D'oca and Jared Sacks in Pure DSD256

Rushton Paul — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:40:25 +0000

It is celebration time, folks. Jared Sacks has launched a new label, Pelle D'oca ("Goosebumps" in Italian), with a stunning new recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. And the cherry on the top is that this release is in PURE DSD256! Recorded and mixed entirely in the DSD* domain, with no PCM, with no trip out... Read More »

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Outstanding Organ Recordings in DSD256 and DXD

Rushton Paul — Wed, 28 May 2025 17:02:17 +0000

Okay, I admit it. I love a good organ recording. In my vinyl days, I had shelves upon shelves of excellent organ recordings on LP. Today, my digital library is somewhat bereft. There are lots of organ albums on CD, but piffle. I want full resolution. If I can't have vinyl, then I want high... Read More »

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Rembrandt Trio The Blue Hour Sessions in Pure DSD256

Rushton Paul — Tue, 13 May 2025 19:52:54 +0000

Sometimes an album arrives on my shores that simply requires immediate comment because it is so deliciously good. This is one of those. The Blue Hour Sessions, Rembrandt Frerichs, Rembrandt Trio. Just Listen Records 2025 (Pure DSD256, Stereo) Edit Master Sourced HERE I have been a fan of pianist Rembrandt Frerichs for several years now,... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 38 Wonders with Bert van der Wolf

Rushton Paul — Mon, 12 May 2025 15:58:59 +0000

Those who've read past articles know my admiration for the recordings of independent Dutch recording and mastering engineer Bert van der Wolf (now and hereafter, in honor of his recent marriage, Bert van der Wolf-Oude Avenhuis), Northstar Recording Services. Bert's recordings are a touchstone of excellence. He captures acoustic music in a most engagingly natural... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 37 HDTT Strikes Gold Again

Rushton Paul — Sun, 11 May 2025 16:27:49 +0000

High Definition Tape Transfers continues to strike gold with its releases. Here are some excellent new classical and jazz transfers, plus one folk music transfer of the fingerpicking guitar persuasion. Much good music and good sound to share in this Recent Notes. Enjoy Ellington Jazz Party In Stereo, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. HDTT 1959... Read More »

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Iceland with Sono Luminus

Rushton Paul — Mon, 05 May 2025 21:46:46 +0000

For some time I've wanted to share with you some of this outstanding music, performance excellence, and superb audio quality coming from Sono Luminus' ventures with Icelandic composers and performers. Why Iceland? I didn't have any clear understanding other than that Sono Luminus CEO Collin Rae has some connections there and they got started with... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 36 The NativeDSD Catalog Continues to Deliver Wonderful Recordings

Rushton Paul — Fri, 02 May 2025 16:11:08 +0000

NativeDSD continues to earn highest recommendations from me as a preferred source for high resolution downloads. There are some labels they don't have access to, unfortunately, but their catalog continues to grow with new labels showing up every few weeks. This means their new releases outpace my ability to write about them. But, I'll keep... Read More »

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Classical Music Composed Within the Past 25 Years

Rushton Paul — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:17:45 +0000

With such a rich history of music in the western world, it is too easy to get lost in centuries past. We can too easily fail to see the amazing music being written today. With this article, I want to offer up some outstanding music of the 21st Century I've been privileged to hear these... Read More »

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