Aliud Records Archives - NativeDSD Music https://www.nativedsd.com/tag/aliud-records/ Highest DSD Resolution Audio Downloads (up to DSD 1024) Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:41:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://media.nativedsd.com/storage/nativedsd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/13144547/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Aliud Records Archives - NativeDSD Music https://www.nativedsd.com/tag/aliud-records/ 32 32 175205050 Bringing A Phenomenal Performance to Life https://www.nativedsd.com/recording-reports/tobias-messerschmidt-in-dsd/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:52:52 +0000 http://blog.nativedsd.com/?p=2028 I met Tobias Messerschmidt during the Frankfurter Musik Messe of 2017. Tobias was playing in the stand of Vancore Percussion Instruments. The owner of this firm reminded me of him and told me he would recommend this young musician as an artist who should be heard. Aliud Records embraced this thought and decided to record an […]

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]]> I met Tobias Messerschmidt during the Frankfurter Musik Messe of 2017. Tobias was playing in the stand of Vancore Percussion Instruments. The owner of this firm reminded me of him and told me he would recommend this young musician as an artist who should be heard. Aliud Records embraced this thought and decided to record an album by this new marimba player with a contemporary look. A few months later, we were recording him in a church with nice, warm and clear acoustics in a Friesian village called Oosthem.

The recordings were made in a way that they are suitable for both Stereo and Surround Sound DSD. On the new album, Tobias Messerschmidt played for the first time on his new 5-octave marimba from Vancore Percussion Instruments.

Brand New DSD Release: “Interiorem” by Tobias Messerschmidt

Why did you choose to record in DSD Surround Sound? I think, and after listening to this recording, I’m sure that an instrument like this really benefits from the more spacious view that comes even closer to the sound by rendering it with these techniques. It “breathes” even more and gives a nicer, more natural display of the low frequencies.

This matches my previous experience with a recent recording with the Bassano Quartet; Eagles and Seven Tears. A recorder quartet in which there is also a sub-contrabas recorder. Even then, the experience of a richer, pronounced bass show was unique. Surround Sound gives you a very pleasant experience with this beautiful instrument and the phenomenal performance of Tobias Messerschmidt. It’s my pleasure to bring this performance to our listeners at NativeDSD.

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]]> 81770 Orchestras, Oboes & Elbows https://www.nativedsd.com/dsd-reviews/oboes-elbows/ https://www.nativedsd.com/dsd-reviews/oboes-elbows/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:37:16 +0000 http://blog.nativedsd.com/?p=1009 I’m beginning to really mistrust comparisons. People compare Mahler to Bruckner and Strauss. Except for speaking German and composing for big orchestras making big sounds— Their musical languages are quite different. This is why I’ve had trouble warming up to Nielsen in the past. Too many people have compared Nielsen to Sibelius. I love Sibelius […]

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]]> I’m beginning to really mistrust comparisons. People compare Mahler to Bruckner and Strauss. Except for speaking German and composing for big orchestras making big sounds— Their musical languages are quite different. This is why I’ve had trouble warming up to Nielsen in the past. Too many people have compared Nielsen to Sibelius. I love Sibelius and I have multiple sets of the Sibelius symphonies. But I’d put on some Nielsen from time to time, and wonder why it didn’t sound like Sibelius. Now thanks to this DSD discovery I’m beginning to hear what I’ve been missing. Sir Colin Davis with the London Symphony Orchestra rings my bell with Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony! The Fifth is coupled with the Fourth on an excellent LSO album. The Fifth is what drew me in, but I’m beginning to enjoy the Fourth as well. If you are an old hand with Nielsen, I’m confident that you will enjoy these, done so well by Sir Colin and the LSO. If you are new to Nielsen, or trying to figure him out, this is a wonderful place to start. Oh— I still don’t think he sounds a bit like Sibelius.

Speaking of Richard Strauss– How about some Strauss that is delicate? No, I’m not kidding. Not Zarathustra, not Elektra–   but lovely, Delicate Strauss. That’s the name of the album from the Hermitage Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Oboist Alexei Utkin.   Strauss lived a long time,1864 to 1949. The music here includes a Romance from 1879, and the absolutely delightful Oboe Concerto in D Major from 1945. If you are looking for some quite lovely and quite unexpected music, take a listen:

By the way, the same excellent forces on the same label have another major delight: Britten- Works for Oboe. Even If you don’t know Oboes from your elbows, you will find some wonderful listening here:

Finally— while I’m still on the subject of elbows –just kidding, I mean oboes, If someone were to suggest some oboe sonatas, you might assume that’s music for watching paint dry.   Not so with this album of French Oboe Sonatas.   Music from Poulenc, Dutilleux, Saint-Saens and others is performed with skill and enthusiasm by Joris van den Hauwe, oboe, Dalia Ouziel, piano, and Etienne Broudreault on bassoon. And you’ll love the way it’s recorded:

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