Jonathan Valin – June 16, 2013 at 1:38 pm From TAS July/August 2013 “A chamber music lover’s dream come true, Edward Pong’s R2Rs of fine young musical talents (for example, Rostropovich Competition medalist Sietse-Jan Weijenberg’s Brahms Sonata No.1 is worthy of the late Janos Starker, one of his teachers) are Mercury-like in their presence”
I’ve just posted 4 new tapes on the website! 1) The Chaccones – Vitali & Bach Chaccone & Czardas 2) Beethoven 7 Variations on Bei Mannern, Bach Cello Suite No. 2 3) Mozart Duo in G, Passacaglia, Claire de Lune 4) Beethoven Ghost Piano Trio These feature 2010 Menuhin Winner Xiang Yu, Rostropovich medalist Sietse-Jan […]
I will have 4 new tapes to be released in early June. These will be: 1)Beethoven Piano Trio Op.70 No.1 (Ghost) 2)Mozart Duo in G, Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia, Debussy Claire de Lune 3)The Chaccones – Vitali & Bach + Czardas 4)Bach Cello Suite No.2, Beethoven 7 Variations on “Bei Mannern” I’m sorry, but I’ve had to […]
Dear Ed You’re preaching to the choir! I fully expect to experience the full glory merely hinted at in your CD and presaged by the Xiang tape. I’ve been a reel-to-reel devotee for years now, but your efforts have impressed me the most: top-shelf musical performance coupled with uncompromisingly superb reproduction. I am feeling much […]
John Spijkers – April 26, 2013 at 1:38 pm “In April, I’ll be recording Xiang, cellist Sietse-Jan & pianist Li Wang in the Beethoven Ghost Trio, along with some other duos… I hope to have some great tapes for you after… ” If the live recital I attended last Saturday is an indication of what […]
Dean Kayser – April 21, 2013 at 1:38 pm Using an Otari mx5050 deck with custom tube electronics. Really looking forward to,hearing your work!
Peter Kaufman – March 19, 2013 at 1:37 pm As an addendum to my earlier writing, I failed to mention that all my remarks referred to UltraAnalogue tapes employing the 396 nW/m record level rather than the older and dynamically inferior – by some 4 dB – standard of 250 nW/m. This increase in recording […]
Peter Kaufman – March 18, 2013 at 1:37 pm I have been an avid open reel devotee for over 35 years, and I must say your 15 ips 2-track tapes represent, by far the finest I’ve ever come across — and that would even include offerings from that wonderfully quixotic outfit, The Tape Project, as […]
The Overall Sound: The sound is very smooth and warm but with just the right amount of attack and definition. The low to mid range frequencies have an amazing amount of power and subtlety. The Recording Process: The microphone placing is well chosen allowing a beautiful spread and depth of sound and the ideal acoustic […]
March 12, 2013 Graham Received my 3 tapes this afternoon from Edward. All I can say this is the very start of my collection from Ultra Analogue. All three tapes are stunning in both content and production. Sound quality was beyond my expectation with beautiful natural sounding timbers that had goosebumps and the hair on […]