What's Spinning August 2025


Steve Forbert - Alive On Arrival
Vinyl 1978 Nemperor Records

Amazed how good it still sounds after almost half a century. Bought it 47 years ago.

2 Likes

Richard Strauss: Elektra & Der Rosenkavalier
Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Reference Recordings - 18th November 2016
DSD 256 (original recording format)
DR: 24

IMO, this is a top notch performance, and excellent RQ/SQ.

1 Like


Naissam Jalal
Souffles
Contemporary-Jazz
Les Couleurs du Son - 2025
16/44.1 - DR: 11dB

2 Likes

Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez & Nights in the garden of Spain
Narciso Yepes
Ataulfo Argenta, The National Orchestra of Spain
DSD 128
DR: 16

2 Likes


Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Get On Board
Blues
Nonesuch - 2022
16/44.1 - DR: 4dB

3 Likes

Porcupine Tree: Stupid Dream
Alternative/Indie Rock, Prog-Rock
Madfish - 22nd March 1999
16/44.1
DR: 10

3 Likes

Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love
Vocal Jazz
Universal Music - 14th September 2004
16/44.1
DR: 5

5 Likes

looking forward to this one: Joni Mitchell- Joni’s Jazz
will be available 5.Sept on Qobuz in 192/24

2 Likes

Terry Callier: What Colour Is Love?
R&B
Cadet Records - August 1972
16/44.1
DR: 10

3 Likes


Underworld & Iggy Pop
Teatime Dub Encounters
Club-Dance/Techno
Caroline International - 2018
24/48 - DR: 5dB

:heart::heart::heart:

No great songs, no great sonics, but the pleasure to listen to Iggy Pop having lot of fun singing on few tracks prepared for him by UK techno band Underworld.
Band, Iggy was despising ~20y earlier or so when his “Lust for Life” was sharing the “Trainspotting” Original Soundtrack with the outstanding “Born Slippy” from the same Underworld: it was not Rock-enough for him :grin:

2 Likes

Van Morrison - Beautiful Vision
Qobuz
24-96

One of his best imho.

3 Likes

Neil Young: After The Gold Rush
Country-Rock
Reprise - 31st August 1970
16/44.1
DR: 6

2 Likes


Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet
Introducing Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet Live Featuring Hiroshi Fujii
Jazz
BBE - 1978 (released by BBE in 2023)
16/44.1 - DR: 9dB

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

5 Likes

Great Blues.

Angela Brown
Just Fabulous live concert

Very good recording.

2 Likes

Down Like Silver - Down Like Silver
Americana/Folk

Digital download 2011
16/44.1

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The Chopin Project - Olafur Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott.
DR 15
24/96 download

A serene, beautiful album of Chopin and Chopin re-imagined.

4 Likes

a tip if one likes to start with classical music;

Neville Marriner: Grieg, Gluck, Bach …
on Qobuz redbook

1 Like


Abel Selaocoe
Four Spirits
Classical/Fusion
Warner Classics - 2025
24/96 - DR: 17dB

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

Just released today.
Tremendous!

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When in Porto, do as the Portoans do…

Susana Santos Silva ”All the Birds and a Telephone Ringing” 2022, Qobuz 24/44.1

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The Anthony Wilson Trio
Our Gang
Jazz
Groove Note - 2001
DSD64 - DR: 10dB

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

3 Likes