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Analog Tone Factory has quietly become one of the most exciting boutique labels in contemporary jazz and high-end audio. Any imprint dedicated to recording new music direct to analog tape will get my attention — but the fact that the records are filled with superbly performed, original compositions is what truly sets this label apart.
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Prolific conductor Lorin Maazel (1930–2014) doesn’t get much love from the classical community, except from professional musicians. The stories are legion of leading orchestral musicians who admire Maazel’s unmatched stick technique and his ear blessed with perfect pitch, and his photographic memory. Famously, he rehearses scores from memory...
I discovered this magnificent performance of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 (1878-1881) on a Qobuz HiRes stream, researching a “Building a Library” segment for Audiophilia’s weekly livestream, Everything Classical Music Livestream. With the artists performing and the 1967 Decca Vienna recording lineage, I should have already been aware of it. After ...
Released Nov 14
Talk about an “elusive disc”, Sinatra’s 1955 masterpiece about lost love and heartbreak In The Wee Small Hours is almost impossible to find on the used market in a near-mint Scranton mono pressing. I must have purchased three or four advertised near mint only to be disappointed by records disfigured by excessive wear.
cla...Charles Brown, a distinguished musician, teacher, writer and contributor to Audiophilia, passed away peacefully at home on Nov 8, surrounded by his loving family. He was 74. Born in Toronto, Canada, Brown developed an early love of music that would shape both his personal and professional life. He studied music in Canada and Germany, experiences that deepened his und...
