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Recent comments

Iyer: Trouble - Koh, Rose | Mick Head - February 22, 2025

John Adams' music came to mind at first ("Trouble") and what a superficial comparison that turned out to be! These works all show a textural originality and a compelling sense ...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Gulda, Stein | DYB - February 26, 2025

Contrapunctus, I agree with you 100%. Tower (and Esoteric) are releasing so many titles that have been issued previously, in some cases these are 3rd SACD editions. I do not ...

Mendelssohn Project, Vol. 5 - Gurewitsch | Adrian Quanjer - February 12, 2025

Of course. Worth all the stars.

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 1-15 - Gulda | Contrapunctus - March 5, 2025

The new release of Beethoven's piano sonatas by Universal Japan, featuring Friedrich Gulda's 1967 recordings for the Austrian label Amadeo, shows some slight differences ...

Mendelssohn Project, Vol. 5 - Gurewitsch | breydon_music - February 12, 2025

Absolutely agree, this has been an important series which I have enjoyed from the outset. On the subject of enthusiastic and innovative young ensembles can I take this ...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Gulda, Stein | Contrapunctus - February 23, 2025

Lately, I've been getting the feeling that even TowerRecords is taking some questionable steps with their high-res remastering series for SACD. On one hand, I'm skeptical of ...

Mendelssohn Project, Vol. 5 - Gurewitsch | Adrian Quanjer - February 17, 2025

With High-Resolution quality recordings, the name Detmold keeps popping up. For instance, like here, with the MDG founders and sound engineers, Werner Dabringhaus & Reimund ...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Gulda, Stein | Contrapunctus - February 27, 2025

Hey DYB, I'm definitely not an industry insider with a deep understanding of the music business, but as an avid music listener and collector, I've chatted and emailed over the ...

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