The Hague String Trio - Celebrating Women! Rushton Paul ...a celebration of the discovery of previously unrecorded string trios by women whose music needs to be heard. Kudos! Celebrating Women!, The Hague String Trio, Cobra Records 2021 (Pure DSD256,...
Results from NativeDSD's Expanded Catalog Rushton Paul ...to DSD256 and DSD512. (But see my note at the end of this article.) Little Blue by Carmen Gomes Inc. Sound Liaison 2015 (original recording resolution 96kHz) HERE I admit...
Andy Duncanson and the High Cross Sound - A Taste of More to Come Rushton Paul ...etc. The two-track master is then transferred directly to DSD256 for a Pure DSD transfer without further processing. Mixing console in Gravino's studio, High Cross Sound Two-Track Mara JH-110 in...
Anna Fedorova and Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto Rushton Paul ...that I hear in her performances, not Anna. She is the pure servant of the music, and as such she shines as a hero in my eyes and in my...
Sasha Matson Returns with Works for Jazz Orchestra Rushton Paul ...His synthesis verges on the encyclopedic. At first I think okay, pure jazz. But no, it's classical. No, again—now we're American Songbook, blues, bossa nova... Finally, I say to myself:...
C.P.E. Bach Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin with Rachel Podger Rushton Paul ...Johann Sebastian Bach. C.P.E. Bach Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Rachel Podger. Channel Classics 2023 (DSD256, DXD) HERE There should be nothing underestimated about these keyboard and violin...
Nuït by Maya Fridman and Maarten van Veen from TRPTK Rushton Paul ...into nuance, delicacy and beauty, yet undeniable strength. Nuït, Maarten van Veen & Maya Fridman. TRPTK 2022 (DSD256, DXD). HERE Whenever Maya Fridman is involved in a new project, my...
Ragazze Quartet's Superb Set of Bartók's String Quartets Rushton Paul ...- String Quartets 1, 2, 4, Ragazze Quartet, Channel Classics, 2019. Pure DSD256 HERE Bartók Bound, Volume 2 - String Quartets 3, 5, 6, Ragazze Quartet, Channel Classics, 2021. DXD...
The Artistry of Ars Antiqua Austria, Part 2 Rushton Paul ...as close to the real-life acoustical event as possible. While some of you may recall reading about my preference for Pure DSD256 recorded sound, please understand that capturing the live...
Playback Designs' USB-X4 Interface - A Further Step in Transparency Rushton Paul ...says, "I can hear Andrea's device at work." And now we're back to where we started this article. So, we listened together critically. Our listening was to Pure DSD256 files...
The Silence Between - Another Remarkable TRPTK Recording Rushton Paul The Silence Between, Pieter van Loenen, violin, and Tobias Borsboom, piano, TRPTK (2021, DSD256, DXD) HERE The Silence Between is a marvelously transparent recording of superb performances of five engagingly...
Notes on Recent Finds, No. 11 - Alpha Classics! Rushton Paul ...listening only to DXD and DSD256, but I plead "Not true!" Or, at least not entirely true. Sometimes one just has to go where the music is to be found...