Praise for ‘Mozart, You Drive Me Crazy!’

Golda Schultz, supported by seven other fine soloists, takes us on a delightful excursion through the three Mozart/da Pointe operas, Don Giovanni, Le nozzi di Figaro, and Cosi fan tutti. The album is dedicated to the five strong female characters in these three operas, and she brings strength to each, navigating the sometimes difficult arias perfectly. Conductor […]

Pentatone Has a Rising Star! 

Pentatone has a rising star! Venezuelan Rafael Payare has been making a name for himself for the past few years, and these two newer releases from Pentatone are lighting up my listening room. I have so many great Mahler 5’s, and I’ve praised many of them right here. But this new one from Payare with […]

Noella Rodiles Continues to Surprise

A growing number of Spain’s classical prominence has gained worldwide recognition thanks to Gonzalo Noqué, the driving force behind the Spanish audiophile label, Eudora Records. Noelia Rodiles is one of them. I’ve greatly admired her interpretation of Schubert’s Moments Musicaux D.780 (Rodiles 1823) with which she joined in my view the ranks of Schubert notables. […]

Multiple Album Review of Songlines Recordings

HRAudio jazz music reviewer Mark Werlin offers us a multi-album review of recent albums from Songlines Recordings. Mikkel Ploug: Alleviation On “Alleviation”, Danish electric guitarist Mikkel Ploug unplugs, and undertakes a set of solo acoustic guitar compositions with influences ranging from folk fingerpicking to traditional Danish church hymns, post-War European classical to American minimalist styles. […]

‘Sibelius Piano Trio’ from Yarlung Records

Get Volume 1 & Volume 2 for 40% off when you buy the Double Album In my possibly somewhat subjective opinion, there is no other interpretation that brings Sibelius’s intent so remarkably to life. Summing it all up: This release is beyond the grasp of anyone else.  With this Sibelius you get more Some scholars […]

‘Left Hand Legacy Vol. 2’ from Cobra Records

An in-depth review of ‘Left Hand Legacy Vol. 2’ from pianist Folke Nauta. Accompanied by Lars Wouters van den Oudenwijer and the Prisma String Trio and released on Cobra Records. A laudable initiative that deserves to be fully exploited. With this second volume of the Wittgenstein Project, many will be thrilled to get more out of the legacy discovered […]

Notes on Recent Finds, No. 21 – New Joys from NativeDSD

This is a reposted article originally written for Positive Feedback by our friend Rush Paul. The great team at Positive Feedback, as well as Rush himself, have kindly given us permission to repost this and you can find the original article at this link. Thanks to Rush the PF team! As David Robinson and I […]

‘Homeland’ – Pure DSD256 Large Orchestra Recording from Eudora Records

This is a reposted article originally written for Positive Feedback by our friend Rush Paul. The great team at Positive Feedback, as well as Rush himself, have kindly given us permission to repost this and you can find the original article at this link. Thanks to Rush the PF team! Homeland – Grieg’s Piano Concerto […]