Rob Van Bavel: Time for Ballads, The Maene Sessions
Jazz, Piano Jazz
Sound Liaison - 2022
24/352.8
DR: 6
I can’t quite believe that it’s been well over 3 years since I last listened to this album, when I posted it here
I had forgotten how much I enjoy it, and what a good performance and recording/mastering it is.
The joys of rediscovering some neglected favourites in ones library… 
New release
Fink: Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet II
Alternative Singer/Songwriter
R’COUP’D - 7th November 2025
24/48
DR: 12
This album is a compilation of live tracks performed at various European venues between 2014 and 2019.
Excellent RQ/SQ.
Marillion: Misplaced Childhood
Prog-Rock
Rhino (1985) - 22nd December 2017 (Steven Wilson Remaster)
24/96
DR: 5
This is to me Camille’s best record: experimental sometimes, both jazzy and melancholic, mixing some songs in English and some in French…
“Mars is no Fun”, “My Man is married but not to me”, “She was”… are worth a listen.
Shelby Lynne
Just A Little Lovin’
Pop-Rock/Contemporary-Country
Lost Highway Records - 2008
24/96
One of the best (if not the best) tribute to Dusty Springfield…
Fabulous Chet Baker Quintet toe-tapper, originally recorded in ’65, now in glorious 24/192 on Qobuz;
Jon Batiste: Beethoven Blues, Vol. 1
Classical, Piano Jazz, R&B
Verve - 15th November 2024
24/48
DR: 9
This is remarkable, unlike anything I’ve heard before.
It is also a remarkable recording/mastering, which gives one the sense of ‘being in the recording studio’.
He’s clearly a very gifted pianist/musician, but I wasn’t expecting him to utter Keith Jarrett-esqe grunts and groans!
Sir Charles Mackerras conducts Mozart (Symphonies; No. 29, No. 31, No. 32, No. 35, No. 36, No. 38, No. 39, No. 40, No. 41 and Requiem)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Linn Records - 17th October 2025
24/96
DR: 16
Steely Dan: Aja
Jazz-Rock
Geffen (1977) - 29th September 2023 (Bernie Grundman Remaster)
24/96
DR: 6
Artist: Arne Domnerist
Album: antiphone Blues
Track: concerto inC Major,RV44
Genre: classical
Qobuz 16/44
Daniil Shafran - Bach Cello Suites
DSD128
DR12
Perfect music for a cool wet autumnal morn.
A simply glorious recording and performance…rich, sonorous and soulful. One of my favourite interpretations of the works.
