Author: David Hopkins

We recently had the pleasure to interview pianist Olga Pashchenko about her latest album ‘Guess Who?’ Thank you to Olga for your time, and for your amazing musical gifts. You mention the centrality of poetry to these pieces. Can you talk a bit about the relationship between poetry and music in these works? Since the […]

We had the pleasure of putting together some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Marsalis: Blues Symphony. The latest album on PENTATONE takes listeners on a sonic journey through America’s revolutionary era, the early beginnings of jazz in New Orleans, and a big city soundscape that serves as a nod to the Great Migration. […]

On his 99th birthday, György Kurtág reflects on his memories of his late wife Márta’s voice and his new album with baritone Benjamin Appl. Which qualities do you look/listen for in a singer in the performance of your compositions?  “For me, real singing is my late wife Márta’s dark silver voice from her youth and […]

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Your music has been described as accessible and entertaining as well as being rigorously constructed intellectually. Do you see your music this way, and is it important to you for your music to be accessible and/or entertaining? It is an interesting observation. I’m not sure about the “rigorously constructed” part. I don’t like to construct […]

Aaaaand that’s a wrap! The voting ballot is closed, your voices have been heard and recorded. Below you can find all of the Winners for our Album of the Year Awards 2024. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote during this process. We take great pleasure in looking back over the year […]

Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is what we do at NativeDSD. And there is no better way than to let you, our trusted music-loving audiophiles, vote on the top albums from the last year. The final nominations are in – and now it’s time to vote! Make sure to really explore all […]

It’s that exciting time of year again… time to begin our Album of the Year Awards process! Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is what we do at NativeDSD. And there is no better way than to let you, our trusted music-loving audiophiles, vote on the top albums from the last year. Voting […]

It’s that exciting time of year again… time to begin our Album of the Year Awards process! Highlighting and honouring the highest quality DSD music is what we do at NativeDSD. And there is no better way than to let you, our trusted music-loving audiophiles, vote on the top albums from the last year. Voting […]

The Sarahbanda was an idea born from the Mozart y Mambo trilogy. Could you tell us about your thought process during and after those 3 albums and the formation of the Sarahbanda? Also, what inspired you originally to make the Mozart y Mambo albums?  The short answer to this question is that I fell in […]

Congratulations to the artists and labels who had their albums nominated for the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album Best Latin Jazz Performer My Heart Speaks from 2xHD Mastering and Resonance Records is the most extravagantly lush album of Ivan Lins’s career. Performing rare gems from his catalog, the composer is backed by the 91-piece symphony of Tbilisi, capital […]

Exclusive interview with pianist Anna Fedorova about her new album Intrigues of the Darkness. Available now only at NativeDSD for Plus Members! Why did you feel the urge to record an album exploring such dark pieces? It’s part of human nature to have certain attraction to darkness. Darkness in many meanings. For instance the night […]