The Feenbrothers – Play Dave Brubeck (2019) SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

The Feenbrothers – Play Dave Brubeck (2019)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 47:57 minutes | 1,89 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:57 minutes | 1,02 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: nativeDSDmusic | Genre: Jazz

The Feenbrothers are an institution in the European music scene. They started out as a family band but were soon in great demand individually, called upon by likes of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Metropole Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Toots Thielemans, Han Bennink, Caro Emerald… the list would go on for several pages, should I name all the artists that have benefitted from their superb musicianship. They each have their own taste in music, and they are not necessarily in agreement as to what they think of as great music, but one exception is the music of Dave Brubeck.

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Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams by Arabella Steinbacher (2016) DSF DSD64

Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams by Arabella Steinbacher (2016)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:13:08 minutes | 2,91 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Booklet, Front Cover |  © Pentatone Music B.V.

Less than a century ago it was still very common that great violinists like Heifetz, Kreisler, Menuhin etc. played virtuosic pieces in their concerts, very often also their own transcriptions. Nowadays these pieces are unfortunately rarely played in concert halls, sometimes with the reason that this kind of repertoire is “not serious enough”, which I find is really a pity and also not true. Usually violinists study this repertoire at a young age to expand their technical ability on the instrument but afterwards, they tend to focus more on Concertos and Sonatas. I have to admit that the last time I myself played this repertoire was before I was even a teenager, and I had almost forgotten about it.

However, every time I work together with Larry Foster, he is full of stories about Jasha Heifetz from their time together in the 1960s and it is like being taken to another world. Then suddenly the idea came to us; why not make a recording full of these pieces like in the “old days”?

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Ewald Demeyere – Tears – Harpsichord Laments of the Seventeenth Century (2012) DSF DSD64

Ewald Demeyere – Tears – Harpsichord Laments of the Seventeenth Century (2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 00:58:02 minutes | 6,81 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: nativeDSDmusic | Digital Booklet |  © Challenge Records / Northstar Recordings

Amongst the seventeenth-century harpsichord repertoire, the genre of pieces referring to a loss, whether or not the death of a person, takes a special place, and forms the leitmotif of this disc. These introspective pieces, actually being meditations or contemplations, achieve in a uniquely profound way an almost spiritual level. John Downland’s Lachrimae Pavan, initially a lute piece which the composer reworked as a lute song to the words Flow my Tears and as a consort piece, enjoyed great popularity in the seventeenth century. In fact, it occurs in more than one hundred manuscripts or prints in a variety of arrangements. For this CD I have included two of the finest of those transcriptions, by William Byrd and by Melchior Schildt. Byrd was one of the most influential composers of his generation, in his time called a Father of Musick and Brittanicae Musicae Parens.

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Ewald Demeyere – 18th-Century Flemish Harpsichord Music (2011) DSF DSD64

Ewald Demeyere – 18th-Century Flemish Harpsichord Music (2011)
DSF 5.0 Surround DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:14:12 minutes | 8,79 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: nativeDSDmusic | Digital Booklet |  © Challenge Records / Northstar Recordings

Highly regarded harpsichordist Ewald Demeyer performs a selection of rarely heard 18th century Flemish solo pieces by some of the lesser known composers of the period, including Josse Boutmy, Dieudonné Raick, F.I. de Boeck, Ferdinand Staes, Charles-Joseph van Helmont, and Natalis Vander Borcht.

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Etta James – At Last (1961/2016) DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Etta James – At Last (1961/2016)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 28:58 minutes | 1,14 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 28:58 minutes | 588 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Front Cover
Genre: Blues | © Geffen Records

This debut from Etta James, released in 1961, launched her solo career thanks to the hit title track which became her signature song and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. In addition to several pop and jazz standards, the album includes three other top five R&B singles, leading to the record’s inclusion on the Rolling Stone list of the top 500 albums of all time.

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Esther Phillips – From A Whisper To A Scream (1972/2013) DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Esther Phillips – From A Whisper To A Scream (1972/2013)
DSD64 Stereo (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time: 38:02 min | 1,5 GB
or FLAC Stereo (tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 38:02 minutes | 745 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: e-Onkyo | Front Cover | Genre: Jazz | © CTI Records

A platinum-selling singer, Esther Phillips had a long and storied career and all of her recordings for KUDU (sub-label of CTI) have something nice on them, but this is probably the best one. The credits for “From A Whisper To A Scream“, Esther’s 1972 Kudu debut – considered by many to be her finest album for the label – lists such renowned players as Hank Crawford on sax, Eric Gale and Cornell Dupree on guitar, Bernard Purdie on drums, Richard Tee on keyboards and Gordon Edwards on bass. Also enlisting the cream of background singers (Joshie Armstead, Hilda Harris and Tasha Thomas) giving Esther just the right vocal cushion for her blues-tinged interpretations of works by everyone from poet/singer Gil Scott-Heron and the great Marvin Gaye to New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint and soul man Eddie Floyd.

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Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum – Le Prophete: Works for Four Hands (2016) DSF DSD64

Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum – Le Prophete: Works for Four Hands (2016)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82 MHz | Time – 02:15:58 minutes | 2,68 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: nativeDSDmusic | Booklet, Front Cover |  © trptk

The only way to listen to the latest symphony or opera in the nineteenth century was to either seek out a live performance or perform it at home with a piano partner, quatre mains. Thus, an enormous amount of four-hand literature abounds from the 1820s to the 1930s. Works in transcription largely dominate this repertoire: operas, symphonies, and chamber works were adapted en masse for four hands by skilled and not so skilled musicians alike. But there were also works freshly composed in the medium, and four-handed playing could be heard in the home (its natural environment) but also on the relatively new environment of the concert stage

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Erik Deutsch – Creatures (2016) DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Erik Deutsch – Creatures (2016)
DSF Stereo DSD64, 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 47:00 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Jazz
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 47:00 min | 454 MB
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Front Cover | © Immersive

Pianist, composer, arranger, and producer Erik Deutsch embarks down a path that many instrumentalists ponder, but rarely conquer: a solo instrumental album. Well-known as a go-to NYC-based keyboardist – who regularly tours alongside an impressive array of lauded artists including Citizen Cope, Shooter Jennings, and most recently Leftover Salmon, Deutsch went big and recorded his debut solo studio album in front of a live audience with a multi-camera HD shoot for a companion DVD. The recordings were captured direct to DSD via a Sonoma System with Meitner converters at Immersive Studios. A collection of nine original compositions, Creatures is produced by GRAMMY® and Emmy Award-winning producer Steven Vidaic (Co-owner, Immersive Records) and is scheduled for national digital-only release as a DVD/CD set by Immersive Records on Friday, November 18, 2016.

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Eriko Shimizu & Strings 4 – Afterglow (2013/2017) DSF DSD256 + Hi-Res FLAC

Eriko Shimizu & Strings 4 – Afterglow (2013/2017)
DSD256 (.dsf) 1 bit/11,2 MHz | Time – 40:59 minutes | 6,47 GB
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time – 40:59 minutes | 3,24 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:59 minutes | 1,47 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: JP/ENG Digital booklet(s)

The collaboration of Eriko Shimizu’s piano with a string quartet offers a classical flavor to stylish jazz music. This album features eight tracks, include such standard numbers as “Smoke get’s in Your Eyes” and “I’ve got Crush on You” as well as her originals like “Afterglow” and “A Ray of Hope”. The ensemble of delicate piano touches and clear string sound is truly lovely. “Afterglow” is translated into Japanese and written as “Remnant Summer”. The whole work shows such a scene: the sunset in the spring and the brilliant sunshine continue until the sun in the summer falls on the horizon, the sunset in autumn becomes orange-red, and in the winter on the Japanese sea, a light falls from the dark clouds illuminating the surging waves.

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Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977/2013) DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977/2013)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 39:19 minutes | 1,55 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:19 minutes | 791 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds / HDTracks | Genre: Rock

This classic 1977 album featured 3 monster hits: “Cocaine”, “Wonderful Tonight”, “Lay Down Sally”, was ranked in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and hit #2 on the Billboard Album Charts. Matching Clapton’s legendary guitar playing with some of his greatest songwriting, the album is among the best recordings of the legendary musician’s career. Everyone needs at least one copy of this classic.

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Eric Bibb – A Selection Of Analogue (2013) DSF DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC

Eric Bibb – A Selection Of Analogue (2013)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time – 74:43 minutes | 5,89 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 74:43 mins | 1,26 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

The collection of Eric Bibb’s previously released recordings. Now in pure DSD format. Subtitled as “Direct from Master Tape”.

Eric Bibb grew up in New York City, surrounded by a plethora of cultural variety from Leadbelly to Villa-Lobos wafting in from the radio and the streets. By the time little Bibb got his first guitar, his father, the eminent Leon Bibb, was making the rounds as a respected folk singer. Leon removed Eric from school in favor of packing him along to rehearsals, where he consorted with the likes of Judy Collins, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Earl Robinson and many others.

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Mylène Farmer – L’Emprise (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Mylène Farmer – L’Emprise (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:49 minutes | 669 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Stuffed Monkey

L’Emprise is the forthcoming twelfth studio album by French singer Mylène Farmer, to be released on 25 November 2022 by Stuffed Monkey.

Farmer released her previous studio album Désobéissance in 2018. The upcoming new album became known in 2021 when the singer announced her new Nevermore tour, which will take place in 2023. In the spring of 2022, information began to appear that Farmer was working on a new record with artists such as Woodkid, Moby, as well as the bands Archive and AaRON. With Moby and Archive, the singer had previously collaborated on the 2010 album Bleu noir.

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Myele Manzanza – Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.3 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Myele Manzanza – Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 38:24 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Electronic, Broken Beat, Funk, Nu Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © DeepMatter Records

Having established himself as one of the most energetic and exciting Jazz musicians within the already thriving worldwide scene, New Zealand born, London based Drummer and Producer Myele Manzanza has made a major impact upon the global music landscape.

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Muslimgauze – Khan Younis (2020/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Muslimgauze – Khan Younis (2020/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:28 minutes | 388 MB | Genre: Electronic, Tribal, Dub
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Other Voices Records

Unique tribal dub-trance music influenced by arabic culture with a touch of post-industrial. Hypnotic rhythms mixed with with eastern vibes.

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Music Lab Collective – Music Lab: Best Of (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Music Lab Collective – Music Lab: Best Of (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:55 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)

Music Lab Collective is a series of solo piano arrangements and performances created by Decca Classics record label.

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