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Ad Libitum Choir, Per-Anders Sjoberg – As You Like (1977/2016)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 40:10 minutes | 1,61 GB | Genre: Classical, Jazz, Folk
Official Digital Download – Source: ProStudioMasters | Digital Booklet | © 2xHD
As You Like It is a 1978 album of jazz and folk music from some of the best Swedish jazz musicians of the day, joined by the Ad Libitum Choir led by Per-Anders Sjoberg. The four musicians performing these traditional and modern numbers with the choir are pianist Bengt Hallberg, bassist Georg Riedel, trumpeter Jan Allan and drummer Egil Johansen
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Adam Agee & Jon Sousa – Suantrai: Traditional Irish Music (2014)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 50:01 minutes | 1,99 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 50:01 minutes | 929 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
Adam Agee and Jon Sousa are two of Colorado’s most sought-after traditional Irish musicians. Since 2004, they have been journeying together through the Irish idiom on fiddle, guitar, and tenor banjo, enchanting listeners on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Adam and Jon have put down musical roots in County Clare, where they lived together, and now make frequent visits. Their connection to their instruments and the transcendent energy in their music is guaranteed to captivate and uplift audiences of all ages. Pure DSD Recording.
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Aaron Diehl – The Bespoke Man’s Narrative (2013)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time – 63:50 minutes | 5,03 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 63:50 minutes | 1,25 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet | Genre: Jazz | © Mack Avenue Records
In fashion circles, the adjective “bespoke” denotes custom-made suits and shirts and signifies the person who designs and constructs them. On The Bespoke Man’s Narrative, pianist Aaron Diehl extrapolates this notion to matters of musical invention. The five originals and five arrangements comprising the programme were chosen specifically for Diehl’s quartet of young all-stars: vibraphonist Warren Wolf, bassist David Wong and drummer Rodney Green.
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Olivia Newton-John – Physical (1981) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2012]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:17 minutes | Full Scans included | 1,55 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 748 MB
Uses the 2012 DSD master based on Japanese original analog tape. Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players). DSD Transferred from analogue master tapes by Masaru Takagi.
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Olivia Newton-John – Come On Over (1976) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 41:20 minutes | Scans included | 1,67 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 824 MB
Features the 2011 DSD mastering based on the Japanese master. Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players). DSD Transferred from analogue master tapes by Masaru Takagi.
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Oliver Nelson – The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:43 minutes | Scans included | 1,52 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 792 MB
As Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. Blues and the Abstract Truth is his triumph as a musician for the aspects of not only defining the sound of an era with his all-time classic “Stolen Moments,” but on this recording, assembling one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever. Lead trumpeter Freddie Hubbard is at his peak of performance, while alto saxophonists Nelson and Eric Dolphy (Nelson doubling on tenor) team to form an unlikely union that was simmered to perfection. Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums) can do no wrong as a rhythm section. “Stolen Moments” really needs no comments, as its undisputable beauty shines through in a three-part horn harmony fronting Hubbard’s lead melody. It’s a thing of beauty that is more timeless as the years pass. The “Blues” aspect is best heard on “Yearnin’,” a stylish, swinging, and swaying downhearted piece that is a bluesy as Evans would ever be. Both “Blues” and “Abstract Truth” combine for the darker “Teenie’s Blues,” a feature for Nelson and Dolphy’s alto saxes, Dolphy assertive in stepping forth with his distinctive, angular, dramatic, fractured, brittle voice that marks him a maverick. Then there’s “Hoedown,” which has always been the black sheep of this collection with its country flavor and stereo separated upper and lower horn in snappy call-and-response barking. As surging and searing hard boppers respectively, “Cascades” and “Butch & Butch” again remind you of the era of the early ’60s when this music was king, and why Hubbard was so revered as a young master of the idiom. A must buy for all jazz fans, and a Top Ten or Top Fifty favorite for many.
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Oliver Nelson – The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) [Analogue Productions 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:34 minutes | Scans included | 1,57 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 954 MB
One of jazz’s best kept secrets, this landmark 1961 release by saxophonist and arranger Oliver Nelson boasts the superstar lineup of Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Roy Haynes and Paul Chambers. The record explores the limitless boundaries of the blues and introduced the world to one of the jazz genre’s most performed standards, “Stolen Moments”.
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Oliver Nelson – Screamin’ The Blues (1960) [Analogue Productions 2018]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:56 minutes | Front/Rear cover (+PDF Booklet) | 1,61 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear cover (+PDF Booklet) | 1,59 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear cover (+PDF Booklet) | 900 MB
Oliver Nelson meets Eric Dolphy on this frequently exciting sextet session with trumpeter Richard Williams, pianist Richard Wyands, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Roy Haynes. Although Dolphy is too unique and skilled to be overshadowed in a setting such as this, Nelson holds his own. He contributed five of the six compositions (including “Screamin’ the Blues,” “The Meetin’,” and “Alto-Itis”) and effectively matches wits and creative ideas with Dolphy. This edition is a part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige Stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made.
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Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (1995) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:03 minutes | Scans included | 3,3 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 50:05 mins | Scans included | 1,02 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound
2003 SACD reissue, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is the second album by the UK rockers, Oasis. Originally released in October 1995 in the UK, the album was Oasis’ most enduring commercial success, charting at #1 in the UK for 10 weeks and #4 in the U.S. The album has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. It is the third biggest-selling album in UK chart history. Album singles “Some Might Say”, “Roll With It”, ” Wonderwall”, and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” were hits in the UK.
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Jenny Evans – Nuages (2004)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 2,02 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 836 MB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Jazz | © EMSA 50573
Hailing from Beckenham, Kent, England and now living in Munich, Germany, jazz vocalist Jenny Evans has achieved a great deal. She once graduated from the university with an M.A. in linguistics, has run her own jazz club, worked as a lyricist and an actress, took part in countless radio and television productions, was a featured singer in stage musicals and has given concerts all over the world. While experienced also in trad jazz, R’n’B and pop, Jenny Evans has been making a name for herself as an irresistibly charming swing vocalist in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Anita O’Day. Yet following the big success of her last album “Gonna Go Fishin'”, the time came for her to think about her own identity and remember her European roots. An educated choral singer (whose first love was the contrapuntal motets of Orlando di Lasso) and former piano student of Trevor Pinnock, Jenny Evans pays homage to the European legacy on her new album “Nuages.”
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Arthur Grumiaux, Bernard Haitink & RCO – Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Lalo (2021)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:09:07 minutes | 2,72 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:09:07 minutes | 1,08 GB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Classical | © Decca / Esoteric
~ Arthur Grumiaux, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Manuel Rosenthal – Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Saint-Saens: Havanaise, Lalo: Symphonie espagnole ~
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Carole King – Music (1971) [MFSL 2011]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:08 minutes | Scans included | 1,61 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,58 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 768 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2068 | Genre: Pop
Music, official name Carole King: Music, is the third album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. The album was released in December 1971 and quickly rose to the top of the charts. It features songs such as “It’s Going to Take Some Time” (US No. 12 by The Carpenters), “Sweet Seasons,” a No. 9 hit for Carole King, and “Brother, Brother”. Carole King: Music experienced immediate success and was certified gold on December 9, 1971, days after release. It was certified platinum on July 17, 1995. (more…)
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Glenn Gould – Bach: The Goldberg Variations (2007)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 2,48 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 440 MB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Classical | © Sony BMG Music Entertainment
~ Recorded September 25-26, 2006 at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ~
Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos.5 & 9 (1981,1982/2021)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 2,98 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 1,05 GB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Classical | © Decca / Esoteric
Lavinia Meijer – Fantasies and Impromptus (2011)
SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:10:48 minutes | 3,52 GB
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:12:05 minutes | 2,84 GB
Genre: Classical | © Channel Classics Records
On her third CD for Channel Classics, the harpist Lavinia Meijer (28) has brought together popular Fantasies and Impromptus by Spohr, Fauré, Pierné, Saint-Saëns, Roussel and Glière. Added to these are world premieres on CD of two completely forgotten harpist composers: Johannes Snoer (1868-1936) and Gabriel Verdalle (1845-1912).
On her first and very successful CD for Channel Classics, ‘Divertissements’, Lavinia Meijer also recorded only compositions originally written for the harp, with works by Carlos Salzedo, André Caplet and Jacques Ibert. On her highly commended CD ‘Visions’ she presented twentieth-century repertoire, with works by Byrnes, Isang Yun and Takemitsu, in addition to Britten and Patterson.
Lavinia Meijer graduated cum laude at the Amsterdam Conservatory in 2005. She was awarded the Netherlands Music Prize in 2009. (more…)
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