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Jenna Mammina - The Music & The Magic Of Ms. Abbey Lincoln (2014) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Jenna Mammina - The Music & The Magic Of Ms. Abbey Lincoln (2014) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Jenna Mammina - The Music & The Magic Of Ms. Abbey Lincoln (2014)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 54:27 minutes | 1,41 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 54:27 minutes | 1,26 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Jenna Mammina combines together folk music, pop, and jazz in her singing. She has a gentle voice, improvises with subtlety, and leaves listeners with a happy feeling…

Ben Webster - Ben Webster Plays Duke Ellington (2018) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Ben Webster - Ben Webster Plays Duke Ellington (2018) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Ben Webster - Ben Webster Plays Duke Ellington (2018)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time - 47:22 minutes | 2,62 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96kHz | Time - 47:22 minutes | 960 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

For many people Ben Webster is indelibly linked with the name of Duke Ellington. Ben had a long and distinguished career, of which his work with Duke was only a small part, but the crucial exposure just as he reached musical maturity was given by Ellington, and that maturity was hastened by the challenge of playing with Ellington. Yet he also gave a lot to the band and to the continuing Ellington tradition.

Hubert Sumlin - I Know You (1998/2013) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Hubert Sumlin - I Know You (1998/2013) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Hubert Sumlin - I Know You (1998/2013)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 56:54 minutes | 1,48 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 56:54 minutes | 1,24 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Hubert Sumlin was listed as #43 in the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Sumlin is best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin' Wolf's band. On "I Know You", the Chicago Blues legend, surrounded by old friends such a fellow Wolf bandmate Sam Lay on drums and the great Carey Bell on harmonica, Hubert felt free to create in an intimate setting that captured the spirit of the great Chess recordings from the '50's.

Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow (1974/2013) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow (1974/2013) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow (1974/2013)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 36:23 minutes | 956 MB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 36:23 minutes | 727 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Phoebe Snow died at the age of 60, but her art will live forever. Her debut album witnesses a masterful nine-track lineup. Most of the songs were written by a 23-year old Phoebe Snow, including her best-known smash hit "Poetry Man". Snow was renowned for her elastic contralto and jazz scat vocals; this album became as legendary as her career, which spanned decades.

Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet - Sophisticated Lady (2014) [DSD256 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet - Sophisticated Lady (2014) [DSD256 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet - Sophisticated Lady: Volume I & II (2014)
DSD256 2ch (.dsf) 1 bit/11,2 MHz | Time - 63:52 minutes | 5,72 GB
FLAC Stereo(tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 63:52 minutes | 1,37 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

A traditional jazz quartet rooted in the sounds, styles and history of jazz, Sophisticated Lady brings a fresh approach to this music. With a mix of original compositions and new interpretations of classic repertoire this quartet has a sound and aesthetic that is both familiar and new. The quartet pays homage to the Great Tradition of American jazz but most of their repertoire is written by members of the quartet. Unlike the majority of contemporary jazz recordings, which are carefully and surgically perfected in postproduction, this album remains raw and fresh. These tracks are complete takes, “live to tape”, without editing.

Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet - Simpler Times (2015) [DSD256 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet - Simpler Times (2015) [DSD256 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet - Simpler Times: Volume I & II (2015)
DSD256 2ch (.dsf) 1 bit/11,2 MHz | Time - 63:55 minutes | 5,71 GB
FLAC Stereo(tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 63:55 minutes | 1,38 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

"Simpler Times" follows Sophisticated Lady's highly acclaimed self-titled debut album. The music on this recording is how Sophisticated Lady plays without the help of digital magic. The quartet rehearsed and performed some of these tracks before our recording but at least half are the first time through; the quartet discussed the tunes and who would take what solo in which order but without rehearsal. This is possible when superb musicians tackle new material together, listening carefully to each other and playing as a single organism. Some melodies, played for them on the piano right before our take and the quartet improvised from there. Music cannot get fresher than this.

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas - Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra (2016) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas - Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra (2016) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony - Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra (2016)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time - 71:18 minutes | 3,45 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 71:18 minutes | 2,78 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 71:18 minutes | 1,37 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony release an exhilarating album of young, American composer Mason Bates' large-scale works for orchestra and electronica. Hear the first-ever recordings of his colossal "Liquid Interface" and the SFS-commissioned The B-Sides alongside Bates' supercharged work, "Alternative Energy". One of the most creative and ingenuous synthesists of our time, these works show Bates reimagining the dimensions of symphonic music by integrating jazz, techno, drum-n-bass, field recordings of a FermiLab particle collider, and more.

Sir Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra - Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (2018) [DSD64 Stereo + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Sir Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra - Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (2018) [DSD64 Stereo + Hi-Res FLAC]

Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra - Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (2018)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 51:27 minutes | 1,21 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 51:27 minutes | 1,04 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Sir Simon Rattle pays homage to a composer he holds close to his heart with An Imaginary Orchestral Journey through the music of Joseph Haydn. Rattle trawls through the great composer’s impressive catalogue, piecing together excerpts from symphonies, oratorios and operas spanning a 40-year period in what the director describes as ‘a kind of greatest hits’ format.

Roman Simovic, LSO String Ensemble - Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C & Bartok: Divertimento (2014) [DSD64 Stereo + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Roman Simovic, LSO String Ensemble - Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C & Bartok: Divertimento (2014) [DSD64 Stereo + Hi-Res FLAC]

Roman Simovic, LSO String Ensemble - Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C & Bartók: Divertimento (2014)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 55:50 minutes | 1,34 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 55:50 minutes | 1,22 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The LSO’s magnificent string sound is world renowned and this recording marks the LSO Live debut of the LSO String Ensemble, led by LSO leader Roman Simovic, who directs a performance of the much loved Tchaikovsky "Serenade for Strings", together with Bartók’s "Divertimento". The Serenade has proved to be one of Tchaikovsky’s most enduringly popular works, a piece he described as being “passionately in love with”. Inspired in part by Mozart, its elegant music weaves Russian folk-song, and a fine example of the composer’s beloved Waltz, with an elegiac musical centrepiece. Also featured on this release is Bartók’s "Divertimento", one of the composer’s last works before leaving Europe for exile in the US. The Divertimento is a highly original work in its own unique idiom, contrasting two buoyant and light-hearted movements with a sombre Adagio in four sections.

Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves - Salt and Pepper (1964/2011) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves - Salt and Pepper (1964/2011) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves - Salt and Pepper (1964/2011)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 35:45 minutes | 926 MB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 35:45 minutes | 800 MB
Source: SACD-R, Analogue Productions # CIPJ 52 SA | Artwork: Front cover

Recorded for the Impulse! label in 1963 and very much underrated since, "Salt and Pepper" is an excellent pairing of tenors Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves. Most of the album has the spontaneous feel of a live jam session where two great musicians pass the night trading licks.

Amanda Martinez - Amor (2009/2015) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Amanda Martinez - Amor (2009/2015) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Amanda Martinez - Amor (2009/2015) [2xHD]
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 45:04 minutes | 1,08 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 45:04 minutes | 977 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Toronto-based singer-songwriter Amanda Martinez exultingly blends her unique Mexican and South African roots with flamenco soul on this album of love songs, more than half of which are Martinez originals written in Spanish, her second language. Inspired by her marriage and a new baby, this is a personal and intimate collection, ably performed by Martinez's excellent band.

Filippo Arlia, Cesare Chiacchiaretta - Astor Piazzolla: Duettango (2017) SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

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Filippo Arlia, Cesare Chiacchiaretta - Astor Piazzolla: Duettango (2017) SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Filippo Arlia, Cesare Chiacchiaretta - Astor Piazzolla: Duettango (2017)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:09 minutes | Basic Scans + PDF Booklet | 823 MB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Basic Scans + Digital Booklet | 1,23 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Basic Scans + Digital Booklet | 978 MB

The duo of Filippo Arlia and Cesare Chiacchiaretta, pays tribute to Argentinian composer, bandoneon player, and arranger Astor Piazzolla with these twelve tracks. For "Duettango" they are joined by Fernando Suarez Paz on the violin, and his daughter Cecilia on vocals. Piazzolla revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed "nuevo tango", incorporating elements from jazz and classical music.

The Not-So-Classical Chamber Ensemble - Classical Expressions (2013) [Official Digital Download DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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The Not-So-Classical Chamber Ensemble - Classical Expressions (2013) [Official Digital Download DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

The Not-So-Classical Chamber Ensemble - Classical Expressions (1981/2013)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,64 MHz | Time - 33:25 minutes | 2,28 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 33:25 minutes | 688 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The pieces on this recording are performed on a wide variety of instruments. There is a piece for solo harp (Whirlwind), pieces for cello and harp; cello and accordian; two guitars; cello, harp, accordian and piano; through those including the entire ensemble of cello, harp, accordian, two guitars, piano, marimba, string bass, and percussion. Except as noted, the compositions were arranged or transcribed by Richard Amoroso to take advantage of the many instrumental colors available within the group.

Sir Colin Davis, LSO - Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (2014) [BDA > DSD64 Stereo + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Sir Colin Davis, LSO - Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (2014) [BDA > DSD64 Stereo + Hi-Res FLAC]

Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra - Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (2014)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 201:22 minutes | 4,78 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 201:22 minutes | 4,16 GB
Source: Pure Audio Blu-Ray (Stereo Tracks) | Artwork: Digital Booklet

These recordings, made during Sir Colin Davis’ "Indian summer" with the orchestra, are acknowledged to be amongst the finest recordings ever made of this repertoire, receiving numerous awards. The symphonies were originally released between 2011 & 2013 & will now be made available together for the 1st time as a beautifully packaged box set, including 1 Pure Audio Blu-ray disc. Despite giving titles to the majority of his symphonies, Danish composer Carl Nielsen was often vague about what influenced each work. Nevertheless he was a master symphonist & his music is mesmerising, combining propulsive energy with lyrical invention.

Makaya McCraven Quartet - Makaya McCraven Quartet (2017) [HDTT DSD256 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Makaya McCraven Quartet - Makaya McCraven Quartet (2017) [HDTT DSD256 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Makaya McCraven Quartet - Makaya McCraven Quartet (2017)
DSD256 (.dsf) 1 bit/11,2 MHz | Time - 33:50 minutes | 1,58 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 33:50 minutes | 737 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

McKaya McCraven is not your typical jazz drummer. No indeed he is not–his music spans so many generations of jazz. He and his groups are always pushing the boundaries of jazz and in an unique way. Case in point, here he is found with a quartet (drums, vibes, bass and cello) of world class musicians playing rhythmic layers and textures of sound somewhat reminiscent of Miles’ “In A Silent Way”. Further enhancing the experience, the sound was captured on the highest quality equipment using a custom Studer 8-track tape deck and world-renown vintage tube microphones. The result is a recording of startling presence and of natural sound. Many have commented that the vibes and drum sound on this recording are as good as ever recorded. Combined with an original, yet easy-to-listen-to performance, this is a true gem of modern jazz and a true delight for those interested in the highest quality sound.