Recordings from Frans de Rond and Sound Liaison

Written by Rushton Paul for Positive Feedback I’ve mentioned recording engineer Frans de Rond and the excellent recordings he makes for Sound Liaison multiple times […]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces

The 45+ Minutes of Honeck and the Pittsburghers is All You Need If we were to play all the existing recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, including […]

‘The Trondheim Concertos’ from 2L

Balm for the soul in testing times. It would seem to me that in the good-(very)-old-days, many if not all composers did not compose to […]

An Embarrassment of Riches – Pt. 2

It’s been wonderful to see so many excellent new releases on Native DSD– “An Embarrassment of Riches!” Well, here I am with even more!   […]

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

A Work that Holds a Special Place Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra” has long been one of my favorite symphonic compositions. I like the music, the […]

‘Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5’ by National Symphony Orchestra

It’s simple: If you go for it, do it well Some time ago the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC, following the example of other top […]

An Embarrassment of Riches – Pt. 1

We’ve had a wonderful increase in the number of available albums.  More varieties, more depth, Simply more!  I’m just getting started, but here are a […]

‘Lebensmuth (Courage)’ by Signum Quartett

The many faces of Schubert Do we know exactly what kind of person Schubert was and why some of his compositional output is of varying […]