Many New Releases!
Review of Kodaly Sonata: In my opinion her playing was magnificent and very emotional. This is simply the most accurate recording of any instrument I’ve ever heard! Thank you & congratulations! Alex
Just released: Bach Goldberg Variations by Vadym Kholodenko!
Just released 2 versions of Bach Goldberg Variations: Live Concert recording with all repeats, a 3 tape set:Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988, with repeats, Live Concert, Vadym Kholodenko – UltraAnalogue Recordings | Toronto Analogue Recordings of Classical Music YouTube link to this concert: J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations, Live in Concert, Vadym Kholodenko – YouTube Studio […]
Review of Haydn Cello Concerto tape.
Getting a newly released tape from Ed Pong is always a highly anticipated treat. None more so than this one: Haydn’s cello concerto No.1 in C major, composed around 260 years ago and thought lost until 1961. The cellist is 26 year old Hayoung Choi who is playing a 300 year old Guarneri cello (nicknamed […]
New tapes of cellist Hayoung Choi & Yun Yang Lee
Haydn Cello Concerto in C: Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hayoung Choi and Yun Yang Lee (youtube.com) (have a look at the cadenza in 1st mov’t at 7:30)Schubert Arpeggione Sonata: Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor D.821, Hayoung Choi & Yun Yang Lee (youtube.com)Chopin: Introduction & Polonaise Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brilliante in […]
Comments from tape expert on Vadym Kholodenko’s recording of last 3 Beethoven Sonatas
I recently had to do a slight modification to my Studer A80 RC deck, since I use the NextGen playback amplifiers the front chassis panel is left hanging down. With the NextGen boards the audio outputs are taken from the front of the plugin plates rather than at the rear of the console. This is […]
Review of 2 tape set of Beethoven’s last 3 Piano Sonatas, No.30,31,32 – Op.109,110,111 by Vadym Kholodenko, by David Denyer.
‘Woah!’: On being blown away by Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas from UltraAnalogue Recordings – Dave Denyer: The Reel-to-Reel Rambler (thereeltoreelrambler.com)
Release of 2 tape set of Beethoven’s last 3 Piano Sonatas, No.30,31,32 – Op.109,110,111 by Vadym Kholodenko
I’m very happy to announce the release of a 2 tape set of Beethoven’s last 3 Piano Sonatas, No.30,31,32 by Van Cliburn winner Vadym Kholodenko.These are studio recordings made with our latest upgrades to the bypass caps in the microphone pre-amp. Together with our new WE300b playback amp for the Studer A80, the soundscape has […]
Steve Deckert Review of 2 tapes: Beethoven Cello Sonata No.5 & Mendelssohn Violin Concerto:
Posted on Decware Tape Forum: 10/31/20 Steve Deckert’s Review of 2 tapes: Beethoven Cello Sonata No.5 – Narek Hakhnazaryan and Noreen Polera Mendelssohn Violin Concerto: Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko As promised a re-visit of these two tapes on my hi-end reference system. I thought I was going to listen to a classical tape… you […]
Review of Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 & Concerto tapes.
Hi Ed, I played the new tapes, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1, as soon as I got them. I was stunned by how good they were. I expected them to be excellent because the tapes I’ve purchased in the past have been outstanding in terms of performance and sonics. However, these […]