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Berlin Philharmonic member Joaquín Riquelme and pianist Enrique Bagaría explore a century of viola and piano masterpieces, including spellbinding performances of Brahms’ Sonata op. 120/1 and Hindemith’s Sonata op. 11/4. Schumann’s lyrical and brilliant Adagio and Allegro op. 70 and Enescu’s virtuoso Concertstück complete this masterly performed recording in DSD 256.

Pure DSD

For this release, NativeDSD Mastering Engineer Tom Caulfield has teamed with Eudora’s Producer and Recording Engineer Gonzalo Noque to take the album’s original DSD 256 recording session takes and then mixed and balanced them in the DSD domain using the Signalyst HQ Player Pro 4 mastering tools.

Each DSD bit rate is individually mixed, balanced, and remodulated to the DSD delivery quality in a separate individual pass. Bringing NativeDSD listeners an exclusive bonus – this wonderful album in Pure DSD! (Other editions of this album, including the Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) release were mixed in DXD.)

Joaquín Riquelme – Viola
Enrique Bagaría – Piano

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We can unashamedly say that Iturriagagoitia and Bagaría give one of the finest performances of these works and we truly believe this recording is a must have!

This is a Pure DSD 256 Stereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound release – recorded in Stereo and 5 Channel DSD 256 by Gonzalo Noque of Eudora Records. The other DSD bit rates (DSD 512, DSD 128, DSD 64) were created in the DSD Domain by NativeDSD Mastering Engineer Tom Caulfield using the Signalyst HQ Player 4 Pro mastering software.

Producer’s Note from Gonzalo Noqué

Dear NativeDSD friends,

As a producer, it is actually rare to come across with performances that are artistically and technically transcendent, like those I witnessed while recording this project at the impressive Mozart Hall of the Auditorio de Zaragoza, in Spain. Both Aitzol and Enrique are superlative artists that made recording this album an inspiring event. Each of the masterpieces recorded here is a universe in itself, from the sensual world of Debussy’s sonata to the epic and overtly romantic character of Strauss’ Op. 18, through the intense and nationalistic sonata of Janácek.

From the technical and sonic perspective, this is a different approach from our previous albums: the main sound comes from two Schoeps’ MK21 with the CMC6 bodies modified by Rens Heijnis, while two Neumann U89’s (also Rens Heijnis modified) on the piano and one Coles ribbon microphone on the violin were analog summed using a custom box made by Rens Heijnis. No DXD conversion has been done in the process.

Aitzol Iturriagagoitia – Violin
Enrique Bagaría – Piano

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The Brahms Project was recorded directly to DSD 256 Stereo and DSD 256 Multichannel with no DXD processing using Neumann U89i and Schoeps microphones, Horus Analog to DSD 256 converter from Merging Technologies, Grimm Audio cables, and Amphion Loudspeakers by Gonzalo Noque.  NativeDSD brings this fine album to our listeners in the recorded DSD 256 resolution for your complete listening pleasure. It is exclusively available in the recorded Stereo and 5 Channel Pure DSD 256 format and bit rate from NativeDSD. 

Reviewers tell us “Based on Neumann U89i and Schoeps microphones, the Producer and Recording Engineer Gonzalo Noque succeeded in providing a transparent, finely structured recording convincingly mirroring the very dynamic performance of the musicians and integrating the three strings and the Piano (Steinway & Sons) into a sound space with almost ideal acoustics.”

The Brahms Project
Josep Colomé – Violinist
Joaquín Riquelme – Violinist
David Apellániz – Cellist
Enrique Bagaría – Pianist

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Bagaría’s refined, elegant and virtuosic performances bring to these seminal works the grandeur they deserve, while offering the listener a stunning and very personal rendition of these Haydn masterpieces.

Enrique Bagaría plays Haydn is exclusively available at the recorded DSD 256 Stereo and 5 Channel bit rate as well as DSD 128 Stereo and 5 Channel and DSD 512 Stereo from NativeDSD.

Enrique Bagaria – Piano

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