David Davidson – Silver Screen Classics (1997) [Reissue 2019]
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 48:50 minutes | Artwork: Front/Rear Covers | 1,94 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:50 min | Artwork: Front/Rear Covers | 529 MB
Source: SACD-R, Top Music International Ltd. # TM-SACD8013.2
David Davidson’s artistry crosses boundaries of musical styles, combining classical, pop and commercial music with equal success. It would be too simplistic to define David as a session violinist, or an arranger, or even as a composer or orchestral concertmaster. He is all of these things and he approaches each of his many facets with equal amounts of joy, exquisite artistry and technical mastery. This release subtitled as “The Romance and Magic of the Silver Screen” performed the music from the famous movies, featuring Violin with Piano, Harp, Guitar and Strings.
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David Davidson & Russell Davis – Classic Heartstrings (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 49:08 minutes | Scans included | 748 MB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/44,1 kHz | Scans included | 520 MB
Top Music International # TM-SACD8012.2 | Genre: Instrumental, Classical
Violinist David Davidson & pianist Russell Davis perform 12 timeless love songs including “And I Love You So”, “Love Me Tender”, “Evergreen” and many more romantic classics. This release was supported by Canton loudspeakers.
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David Bridie – Act Of Free Choice (2000) [Reissue 2002]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 63:41 minutes | Scans included | 3,99 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 66:58 mins | Scans | 1,24 GB
David Bridie is one of Australia’s most innovative musicians and songwriters, balancing his career in bands and on record with the composition of soundtrack music…
Inventive Australian songwriter David Bridie finds new layers in his well-established gift for moody atmospherics with this solo recording debut. Fans of his work with the chamber pop band My Friend the Chocolate Cake will recognize Bridie’s experimental spirit and his knack for rich melancholic loveliness. But they will also note a deliberate move away from acoustic and orchestral instrumentation in favor of detailed electronic soundscapes. Act of Free Choice has more in common with Bridie’s ambient experiments for Not Drowning, Waving than anything in his recent catalog (indeed, former bandmate John Phillips lends a hand on a few tracks), but this project clearly has its own sonic identity. Like Neil Finn’s Try Whistling This — another adventurous solo debut by a masterful alt-pop songwriter from down under — Bridie’s effort explores a dark new frontier. The album is dark and contemporary but rooted spiritually in the ancient natural mystery of the outback wilderness that plays a significant lyrical role in tracks like “The Koran, the Ghan and a Yarn” and “Kerosene.” “Breath” provides a striking example of this anachronistic tapestry, weaving together exotic Aboriginal wailing, resonant acoustic piano chords, gentle clarinet solos, and distorted techno effects. Bridie’s most effective vocal strategy is to find a respectfully unobtrusive place in the thick of his gorgeous soundscapes. When he plays a more dominant role, as on the unusually aggressive ambient rocker “Float,” his breathy tenor can be slightly grating in its resemblance to ’80s pop crooners like Bryan Adams and Michael W. Smith. Bridie is a good singer, but his real strength lies in a compositional adventurousness that places him in a league with younger studio wizards like Moby and DJ Shadow.
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David Oistrakh, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell – Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 (1970) [Japan 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:40 minutes | Scans NOT included | 1,63 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 726 MB
This new audio version feature newly remastered DSD master / Esoteric Japan # ESSE-90044
David Oistrakh, the celebrated Russian violinist, was one of a small group of Soviet artists invited by EMI to participate in their program of recording for the first time with major orchestras in the USA, following the end of the company’s long-standing reciprocal licensing arrangements with CBS and RCA. EMI’s first venture in this field was a set of Beethoven Piano Concertos with Emil Gilels as soloist, made with the Cleveland Orchestra under its Hungarian conductor George Szell in the Severance Hall, Cleveland, in April and May 1968. This was followed in May 1969 with the Brahms Violin Concerto with Oistrakh and the Brahms Double Concerto with Oistrakh and Rostropovich. The Penguin Guide said of the LP of the Violin Concerto that the performance was “full of controlled feeling and disciplined vitality that must be numbered among the finest of the full-price versions available”.
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David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin – Beethoven. Violin Sonatas 5 & 9 (1962) [Japan 2015]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 58:42 minutes | Scans NOT included | 2,35 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 0,99 GB
The reissue of classical music masterpieces by ESOTERIC has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound, and for using hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release.
These new audio versions feature ESOTERIC´s proprietary re-mastering process to achieve the highest level of sound quality.
David Oistrakh, French National Radio Orchestra – Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 (1959) [Japan 2012]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 45:54 minutes | Scans included | 1,86 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 919 MB
Legendary violinist David Oistrakh delivers a profoundly thrilling rendition of Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D Major Op.61. Arguably, 1 of the best violin concertos ever composed, the esteemed violinist delivers with his flawless virtuosity & skillful execution. Remastered by 4 historic engineers, the sound is spacious & warm.
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Dave Hagedorn – Solid Liquid (2003)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:08 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 3,63 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,32 GB
Dave Hagedorn is an Artist in Residence at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he teaches percussion, jazz studies, and world music. In June, 2011, Downbeat magazine deemed St. Olaf Jazz I to be the “Best Undergraduate Large Jazz Ensemble” in the 34 th annual student music awards. This group had a very successful cultural exchange tour in Cuba in March of 2016. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, and the University of Minnesota. Hagedorn has an album, “Solid/Liquid” on the artegra label in SACD format released in October of 2003, and a duo album with pianist Dan Cavanagh, “Horizon”, released in December of 2010. Released in April 2014, is a recording with the Chris Bates Good Vibes Trio. The latest release is “20 Years”, also recorded with Dan Cavanagh, released in January,2018. He has recorded with the George Russell Living Time Orchestra on Blue Note Recordings (nominated for a Grammy award), jazz singer Debbie Duncan on Igmod Recordings, Brian Setzer Big Band, Pete Whitman X-tet, Phil Hey Quartet, the Out to Lunch Quintet, and also with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on Teldec Recordings. Hagedorn regularly performs in the Twin Cities with groups such as the Phil Hey Quartet, JazzMn, and Chris Bates Good Vibes Trio. On the classical side of music, he also has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, VocalEssence, Cantus, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra.
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Dave Brubeck – The 40th Anniversary Tour Of The U.K. (1999)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 69:18 minutes | Scans included | 3,04 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 2,75 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,31 GB
Forty years after his classic quartet’s first triumphant tour of the U.K. in 1958, Dave Brubeck took his then current group back for an anniversary visit, playing a mixed bag of old and new songs for fans both old and new. This time out, Brubeck’s working quartet included two British natives, drummer Randy Jones and bassist Alec Dankworth (the son of British jazz superstars Cleo Laine and John Dankworth). Brubeck himself was the obvious draw for the crowds, but it’s saxman Bobby Militello who is truly the musical star of the show. The highly regarded Militello shows he can roam across the entire spectrum of alto saxophone tonality, employing a light, delicate tone à la Paul Desmond one minute, then bearing down for some gritty, deep-throated improvisations the next. Brubeck’s unmistakable pianism remains as identifiable as ever, comping and soloing with the same energy he undoubtedly had 40 years earlier. “Goodbye Old Friend,” his solo farewell to friend Gerry Mulligan, is beautiful. The new material is more interesting than the older stuff, with Brubeck’s tango “The Time of Our Madness” and blues-inflected “Oh You Can Run (But You Can’t Hide)” particular standouts. However, Militello enlivens even the old warhorse “I Got Rhythm,” and Brubeck himself digs fresh ideas out of “Deep Purple”.
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Dave Brubeck – Supreme Jazz (2006)
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 72:27 minutes | Scans included | 3,99 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,27 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound
Over a long career that is still going strong, Dave Brubeck has always been one of jazz’s most popular performers. Furthermore, that success has not been achieved at the cost of compromising; Brubeck has consistently experimented with rhythms, time signatures and tonalities not often found even in jazz. At the beginning of his career, his influences were the great piano players of early jazz – Duke Ellington, Art Tatum and Fats Waller, and, like Ellington, as his career developed he introduced extended pieces into his repertoire of self-composed material. Music for ballet and theatre features amongst his work, and he has written an oratorio, a Mass and tone poems. Brubeck has performed regularly for American presidents, and he has toured the world many times over. Dave Brubeck is one of the giant talents of jazz.
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Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out (1959) [Analogue Productions Remaster 2012]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 Stereo & DST64 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:32 minutes | Scans included | 3,04 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 38:48 mins | Scans included | 765 MB
Dave Brubeck’s defining masterpiece, Time Out is one of the most rhythmically innovative albums in jazz history, the first to consciously explore time signatures outside of the standard 4/4 beat or 3/4 waltz time. It was a risky move — Brubeck’s record company wasn’t keen on releasing such an arty project, and many critics initially roasted him for tampering with jazz’s rhythmic foundation. But for once, public taste was more advanced than that of the critics. Buoyed by a hit single in altoist Paul Desmond’s ubiquitous “Take Five,” Time Out became an unexpectedly huge success, and still ranks as one of the most popular jazz albums ever. That’s a testament to Brubeck and Desmond’s abilities as composers, because Time Out is full of challenges both subtle and overt — it’s just that they’re not jarring. Brubeck’s classic “Blue Rondo à la Turk” blends jazz with classical form and Turkish folk rhythms, while “Take Five,” despite its overexposure, really is a masterpiece; listen to how well Desmond’s solo phrasing fits the 5/4 meter, and how much Joe Morello’s drum solo bends time without getting lost. The other selections are richly melodic as well, and even when the meters are even, the group sets up shifting polyrhythmic counterpoints that nod to African and Eastern musics. Some have come to disdain Time Out as its become increasingly synonymous with upscale coffeehouse ambience, but as someone once said of Shakespeare, it’s really very good in spite of the people who like it. It doesn’t just sound sophisticated — it really is sophisticated music, which lends itself to cerebral appreciation, yet never stops swinging. Countless other musicians built on its pioneering experiments, yet it’s amazingly accessible for all its advanced thinking, a rare feat in any art form. This belongs in even the most rudimentary jazz collection.
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz At Oberlin (1953) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Time – 38:40 minutes | Scans included | 1,64 GB
SACD to DSF 2.0 Mono DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 00:37:58 minutes | 1,5 GB
© Fantasy Records | Genre: Jazz
Jazz at Oberlin is a live album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was recorded in the Finney Chapel at Oberlin College in March 1953, and released on Fantasy Records as F 3245.
Critic Nat Hentoff wrote in Down Beat magazine that the album ranks with the College of the Pacific and Storyville sets “as the best of Brubeck on record”, and jazz critic Gary Giddins has written that it would “make many short lists of the decade’s outstanding albums”.
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Dave Brubeck – Classical Brubeck (2x SACD) (2003)
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 131:53 minutes | Scans included | 7,97 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 131:59 mins | Scans included | 2,5 GB
with London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices / Conducted by Russell Gloyd / Telarc # SACD-60621-A/B
This double-disc set is a determined effort to clear the shelf and record as much of Dave Brubeck’s classical output as possible while the composer was still around to participate and guide the performers’ hands. The project was done in only four sessions at London’s Abbey Road Studios without the benefit of tuneup concerts; conductor Russell Gloyd says that the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices were practically sight-reading throughout…
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Dario Carnovale, Alfred Kramer, Lorenzo Conte – I Remember You (2019)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:29 minutes | Scans included | 650 MB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 875 MB
I Remember You features the Jazz trio of Dario Carnovale (Piano), Alfred Kramer (Drums) & Lorenzo Conte (Contrabasso). It includes traditional Jazz favourites including “I Remember You” & “What Is This Thing Called Love” plus some original compositions.
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Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass – Travelin’ & Caribbean Cruise (2016)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:51 minutess | Scans included | 2,25 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,02 GB
Danny Davis was a country music band leader, trumpet player, vocalist and producer, best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass. As the go-to horn section for pop-country recording sessions, they enjoyed strong success from the 1960s into the ’80s. This Vocalion’s reissue features 2 LP onto 1 SACD, features “Travelin’” & “Caribbean Cruise” – both were originally released in 1973.
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Dan Nimmer Trio – Yours Is My Heart Alone (2008) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:13 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,74 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 851 MB
Dan Nimmer is an American jazz pianist and composer. He has already released two wonderful albums as leader – Tea For Two and Kelly Blue from for Japanese Venus Records. Yours Is My Heart Alone is the eagerly awaited third release, and the fans are treated not only with the youthful, beautiful and swinging piano of Nimmer, but also sublime performances by a superb rhythm section: Peter Washington on bass and Lewis Nash on drums.
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