Cut 3 "Lost in the Stars" from the Radka Toneff Steve Dobrogosz CD
Fairy Tales [Odin CD-03] - a piano with rich luxurious decay and warm luminous vocals.
Cut 1 "El Choclo" from the CD
Sera una Noche La Segunda [M.A recordings M062A]. A superb minimalist, high sampling rate recording in a cavernous acoustic space. Warmth, delicacy, natural instrumental timbre and an energetic interplay of percussion, clarinet and guitar.
Cut 1 "The Little Barley-Corne" from the Toronto Consort CD
The Little-Barley-Corne Winter Revels from the Renaissance [Dorian DOR-93186] Warm acoustic. Simple miking with good dynamics and soundstage takes advantage of a large airy venue with good instrumental and vocal timbres.
Cut 5 "Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major" from the Mathe, DSO and Litton reading of the
Korngold: Sinfonietta &Violin Concerto [Dorian DOR - 90216]. Non-hyped recording which doesn’t employ traditional close-mike spotlighting and achieves a very romantic natural tonal balance especially on the violin. One can clearly hear the origins of pieces by modern composers like Courage and Williams.
Cut 3 "The Rose" from Amanda McBroom & Lincoln Mayorga's
Growing up in Hollywood Town [Sheffield Lab CD13]. The piano is well captured with wide dynamics and a good sense of proportion. Good separation from McBroom’s vocal line which is natural and powerful with rich inflections. Good natural ambient information.
Cut 8 "Amanda" from the same CD. A combination of very delicate textures and powerfully rising dynamics with tremendous percussive snap. Properly reproduced, this one displays its analog origins and can sound very natural.
Cut 1 "Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos" from L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ansermet's
Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos & El Amor Brujo [Decca 466 991-2 DM]. A huge soundstage. Vocals are crisply defined and the opening female vocal creates the illusion of pressurizing the hall. The castanets are beautifully defined with edge and body. A natural recording without exaggeration.
Cut 2 "Child in Time" from
Deep Purple Made in Japan [DCC GZS1120] Live classic rock recording. Instruments are visceral and the percussion is almost 3D. The recording captures the live quality of the original venue.
Cut 1 "Bach: Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto N°. 3 from
Gittar-Kvartetten Transcriptions [Opus 3 CD7810]. A deceptively simple guitar recording. Fine detail work and hall acoustic. The tonal character can reveal both body and string. A component should reproduce both but will often favor one or the other.
Cut 2 "Kiss Me" from
Spies [Telarc CD-85503]. Jazz fusion with Telarc's traditional strong suit of deep bass and dynamic power. A mix of real and electronic instrument. Surprisingly warm and dimensional with fast transient attack and fine texture. Good differentiation of instrument lines.