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Penetrating Readings of Two Masterpieces by the Trío Arriaga - from Eudora in Pure DSD256

Rushton Paul

...Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich for Piano Trio, Trío Arriaga. Eudora Records 2022 (Pure DSD256, Stereo, MCh) HERE Spain's most renowned piano trio, Trío Arriaga, make a simply stunning first appearance on...

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Two Masterpieces for Piano Performed by Javier Laso

Rushton Paul

...all around for this marvelous release. Schubert & Schumann, Javier Laso, Eudora Records (2021 (Pure DSD256) HERE Javier Laso plays Schubert's Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960 and Schumann's Davidsbundlertänz, Op....

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Composer Maarten ter Horst, the Helikon String Quartet, and Cobra Records

Rushton Paul

...to DSD256 and release in that same format without interim PCM process for a Pure DSD release. And a further big plus for me, Tom records simultaneously to 2-channel, 5-channel,...

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Recent Finds No. 52 An Eclectic Mix of Modern, Traditional, and Earlier

Rushton Paul

...find something here you will enjoy. Echoes of Budapest, a homage to three friends, The Hague String Trio. Cobra Records 2025 (DXD, DSD256, Stereo, Binaural, MCh) Edit Master Sourced HERE...

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Soundkeeper Recordings – Bringing The Live Performance

Rushton Paul

...way means, among many other things, recording in a pure way, nothing close-mic'd, and no limiting, compression or outboard EQ to get in the way of the natural dynamics of...

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Recordings from Frans de Rond and Sound Liaison

Rushton Paul

...Hilversum, The Netherlands, on January 13, 2019. Virgo, Atzko Kohashi, Tony Overwater, Angelo Verploegen. Sound Liaison 2018 (DSD256, DXD) HERE What a great lineup of musicians: Atzko Kohashi on piano,...

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Orchestral Masterpieces from Iván Fischer and Jared Sacks

Rushton Paul

...is simply remarkable. ... Brahms Symphony No. 3, Serenade No. 2, Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra. Channel Classics 2021 (DSD256) HERE In this recording, Iván Fischer concludes his cycle of...

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Early Music from Medieval to Early Renaissance

Rushton Paul

...(DSD256, DXD) HERE Jacob Obrecht's Missa Maria zart is an extraordinary work. Not only is it probably the longest extant Mass of the Renaissance, taking an hour to perform, it...

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Octave Records - In Pursuit of Studio Recording Excellence

Rushton Paul

...just pure, honest music-making. The performances were recorded by Octave's engineer, Gus Skinas, at Animal Lane Studios in Lyons, Colorado in pure DSD on the Sonoma multi-track system. It was...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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:...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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