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Week 14, 2026
Ciaramella Early Music Ensemble — Music from the Court of Burgundy
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Apr 3
Ciaramella Early Music Ensemble
Music from the Court of Burgundy
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Ciaramella's Music from the Court of Burgundy, originally a CD-only release from 2008, gets a Pure DSD256 transfer from the original 2-track 15ips analog master tapes via Yarlung Records. Captured with a single AKG stereo microphone in the warm acoustics of Alfred Newman Hall at USC, this is medieval and Renaissance court music played on period instruments with striking textural detail. — read more…
Florilegium — Telemann Ino Cantata and Double Concertos
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Apr 3
Florilegium
Telemann Ino Cantata and Double Concertos
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Ashley Solomon's Florilegium reunites with violinist Rachel Podger and soprano Elizabeth Watts for a program of Telemann concertos and the dramatic Ino cantata, recorded by Jared Sacks at St John's Church, London, and released by Channel Classics in DSD256 and DXD. — read more…
Leila Bordreuil + Kali Malone — Music for Intersecting Planes
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Apr 3
Leila Bordreuil + Kali Malone
Music for Intersecting Planes
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Leila Bordreuil and Kali Malone recorded Music for Intersecting Planes at night by candlelight in a Swiss temple, pairing cello and feedback with a 1995 Liardon/Felsberg organ and sine waves. The result is austere, ritualistic, and deeply spatial. — read more…
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley & Brian Blade — Tokyo
Hi-Fi News
Apr 3
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley & Brian Blade
Tokyo
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Wolfgang Muthspiel's third ECM trio outing with Scott Colley and Brian Blade, recorded at Studio Dede in Tokyo in October 2024 and offered in 96kHz/24-bit, pairs acoustic and electric guitar across ten self-composed pieces (plus covers of Keith Jarrett and Paul Motian) with a warm, naturally captured sound. — read more…
U2 — Easter Lily
MOJO
Apr 3
U2
Easter Lily
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U2's second surprise EP of 2026, Easter Lily, is a six-track digital release on Island that reunites The Edge's signature guitar work with Larry Mullen Jr.'s renewed rhythmic presence across material the band describes as too self-contained for their forthcoming studio album. — read more…
Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá — Jazz Samba Encore!
Audiophilia
Apr 2
Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá
Jazz Samba Encore!
Vinyl
Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá's 1963 bossa nova session, produced by Creed Taylor and engineered by a team that included Phil Ramone, gets the Acoustic Sounds Verve Jazz Series treatment. Mastered by Matthew Lutthans using tube equipment and pressed at Quality Record Pressings, the reissue trades the brightness of earlier pressings for a warmer, more spacious presentation that lets the music breathe. — read more…
Arthur Rubinstein — Chopin Nocturnes
Secrets of HT
Apr 2
Arthur Rubinstein
Chopin Nocturnes
Arthur Rubinstein's Chopin Nocturnes, originally recorded for RCA Victor in 1965 and 1967, receives a careful analog tape remaster by Christoph Stickel from the original studio masters, issued as a four-tape set through the Horsch House library on quarter-inch RTM SM 900 at 15 IPS. — read more…
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete — From All Sides
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Apr 2
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete
From All Sides
Vinyl
Craft Recordings reissues Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete's 1964 Fantasy Records collaboration From All Sides as part of its Original Jazz Classics series, with all-analog lacquers cut by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes and pressed on 180 gram vinyl at RTI. — read more…
Erykah Badu — Mama's Gun
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Apr 1
Erykah Badu
Mama's Gun
Vinyl
Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun gets a genuine restoration for its 25th anniversary, rebuilt from 14 individual track tapes newly transferred at 96kHz/24-bit and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI. A fluid, melodic soul record featuring Questlove on drums and sessions tracked at Electric Lady Studios. — read more…
Vince Guaraldi — It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
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Apr 1
Vince Guaraldi
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
Vinyl
The first-ever soundtrack release of Vince Guaraldi's final recordings for the Peanuts specials, combining music from It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown and Charlie Brown's All-Stars! on quiet, transparent Bio Vinyl pressings. — read more…
Andrey Gugnin — Russian Ballet Suites
BBC Music Magazine
Mar 31
Andrey Gugnin
Russian Ballet Suites
CD
Andrey Gugnin brings Pletnev's transcriptions of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty alongside Stravinsky's Petrushka and The Firebird to vivid life on a Hyperion CD that trades orchestral color for pianistic detail without losing any of the theatrical sweep. — read more…
The Visitors — Motherland
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Mar 30
The Visitors
Motherland
Vinyl
The Visitors' Motherland, originally released in 1976 on Muse Records and long out of print, returns as a 180-gram AAA reissue mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Modal and spiritual jazz played with discipline by the Grubbs brothers, Joe Bonner, John Lee, and Victor Lewis, produced by Michael Cuscuna. — read more…
Sunn O))) — Sunn O)))
MOJO
Mar 30
Sunn O)))
Sunn O)))
Sunn O)))'s self-titled tenth album, their Sub Pop debut, was recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington. Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson channel extended drone metal pieces where guitar harmonics shift slowly from industrial grind into hallucinatory beauty. — read more…
Week 13, 2026
Frank Sinatra — Songs For Swingin' Lovers
Audiophilia
Mar 29
Frank Sinatra
Songs For Swingin' Lovers
Vinyl
Frank Sinatra's Songs For Swingin' Lovers gets the Tone Poet treatment, with Kevin Gray mastering from the original analog master tapes and pressing on 180g vinyl at RTI. The mono cut places Sinatra and Nelson Riddle's arrangements slightly forward in the mix, with notable clarity and detail throughout. — read more…
Ray Barretto — Acid
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Mar 29
Ray Barretto
Acid
Vinyl
Craft Latino reissues Ray Barretto's 1968 Acid on 180-gram mono vinyl, with all-analog lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Dave Polster and Clint Holley. A cornerstone of Latin soul and boogaloo, recorded live in the studio without overdubs, now available in limited color variants alongside a standard pressing. — read more…
Shonen Knife — Our Best Place
ecoustics
Mar 29
Shonen Knife
Our Best Place
Vinyl
Shonen Knife's Our Best Place, originally released in 2023, arrives in an expanded 2025 vinyl edition on crystal clear wax with four bonus tracks and alternate cover art. The pressing is well centered and quiet, carrying the band's signature Ramones-meets-Ronettes power pop punk with infectious charm. — read more…
Karl Münchinger / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra — Bach: Easter Oratorio / Cantata No. 10
Classics Today
Mar 29
Karl Münchinger / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Bach: Easter Oratorio / Cantata No. 10
CD
Karl Münchinger's mid-1960s recording of Bach's Easter Oratorio with Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, and Tom Krause holds its own decades later, carried by solo vocal performances of real caliber. The Musical Heritage Society CD pairs it with the cantata version of the German Magnificat. — read more…
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge — Haec dies: Music for Easter
Classics Today
Mar 29
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Haec dies: Music for Easter
CD
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge under Graham Ross presents Haec dies, a program of Easter repertoire spanning from Lassus and Palestrina through Rachmaninov and a world-premiere setting by Matthew Martin. The a cappella singing is clear-lined and well balanced, with bright sopranos leading the way, though the lower voices sound somewhat obscured in the opening and closing Lassus works. — read more…
The Cardinall's Musick — Byrd Edition Vol. 6: Easter Music
Classics Today
Mar 29
The Cardinall's Musick
Byrd Edition Vol. 6: Easter Music
CD
Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall's Musick continue their survey of William Byrd's output with Holy Week and Easter music from the Gradualia, recorded in the resonant but detailed acoustic of Arundel Castle's Fitzalan Chapel. Much of this program, including the 35-minute St. John passion narrative and the Easter Day Mass Propers, is not readily available elsewhere on disc. — read more…
Philippe Herreweghe / Collegium Vocale — Easter Oratorio BWV 249 / Cantata BWV 66
Classics Today
Mar 29
Philippe Herreweghe / Collegium Vocale
Easter Oratorio BWV 249 / Cantata BWV 66
CD
Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale deliver a reference-level account of Bach's Easter Oratorio, first issued in 1995 on Harmonia Mundi. The recording captures the ensemble with uncommon clarity and naturalness, paired with the rarely heard Cantata BWV 66. — read more…
Frieder Bernius / Stuttgart Chamber Choir / Barockorchester Stuttgart — J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio / C.P.E. Bach: Danket dem Herrn; Heilig
Classics Today
Mar 29
Frieder Bernius / Stuttgart Chamber Choir / Barockorchester Stuttgart
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio / C.P.E. Bach: Danket dem Herrn; Heilig
CD
Frieder Bernius leads the Stuttgart Chamber Choir and Barockorchester Stuttgart in a pairing of J.S. Bach's Easter Oratorio with choral works by C.P.E. Bach, captured on Carus with a vibrant, tightly focused sound that earned top marks for both artistic and sonic quality. — read more…
Gamelan Alligator Joy — Penumbra
The Absolute Sound
Mar 28
Gamelan Alligator Joy
Penumbra
CD
Gamelan Alligator Joy's Penumbra pairs traditional Javanese gamelan instruments with electric cello, fretless bass, piano, and spoken word across a set of contemporary compositions that range from minimalist homage to shadow-play-inspired theater. A singular meeting point of Indonesian and Western experimental traditions. — read more…
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / Mothers — Bongo Fury
Analog Planet
Mar 28
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / Mothers
Bongo Fury
Vinyl
The 50th anniversary all-analog remaster of Zappa, Beefheart, and the Mothers' Bongo Fury, cut by Bernie Grundman from original tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl, expands a sometimes-overlooked 1975 live collaboration with bonus material and notably improved sound. — read more…
Robyn — Sexistential
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Mar 27
Robyn
Sexistential
Robyn returns after an eight-year gap with Sexistential, a set of pulse-racing dance-pop anthems shaped alongside Max Martin, Klas Åhlund, and Joe Mount that balances the soaring synth hooks of her earlier work with stranger, more confessional songwriting. — read more…
David Oistrakh — Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Mono & Stereo
Mar 26
David Oistrakh
Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Vinyl
David Oistrakh's 1956 Columbia recording of Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata and Mozart's K. 454, reissued by Electric Recording Company as a limited true mono pressing of 300 copies, cut from the original master tapes through an all-valve signal path with no processing. — read more…
Patricia Barber — Modern Cool
Audiophilepure
Mar 26
Patricia Barber
Modern Cool
Vinyl
Patricia Barber's Modern Cool gets a new Impex pressing that improves on prior vinyl editions with deeper instrument separation and a more dimensional sense of space. — read more…
Various Artists — When There Is No Sun
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Mar 26
Various Artists
When There Is No Sun
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Curated by Ricardo Villalobos, When There Is No Sun draws on Sun Ra Arkestra source material from Omni Sound's recent catalog, with remixes from Underground Resistance, A Guy Called Gerald, Calibre, and others that range from four-on-the-floor house to ambient and minimal electro. — read more…
Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Headphonesty
Mar 25
Elton John
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road hides warnings about fame, exploitation, and self-destruction inside some of the most inviting melodies of the 1970s. Gus Dudgeon's production, from spliced crowd noise to slap-back tape echo, deepens the deception at every turn. — read more…
Genesis — A Trick of the Tail
Fidelity Magazine
Mar 25
Genesis
A Trick of the Tail
Genesis recorded A Trick of the Tail in the fall of 1975 with Phil Collins stepping up as lead vocalist, produced by David Hentschel alongside the band on Charisma. The album balances progressive complexity with three delicate ballads from Tony Banks and collaborators, marking the beginning of the band's second chapter. — read more…
Flea — Honora
MOJO
Mar 25
Flea
Honora
Flea steps away from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to record a collectivist jazz album for Nonesuch, playing trumpet alongside LA improvisers Josh Johnson, Anna Butterss, and Jeff Parker, with vocal turns from Thom Yorke and Nick Cave. — read more…
Cappella Amsterdam — Stravinsky: Late Works
BBC Music Magazine
Mar 24
Cappella Amsterdam
Stravinsky: Late Works
CD
Cappella Amsterdam and the Noord Nederlands Orkest under Daniel Reuss deliver Stravinsky's late choral and orchestral works on Pentatone with exceptional clarity and precision of tuning, bringing out the ultra-Russian, bell-like vividness of these spare, concentrated scores. — read more…
George Thorogood & The Destroyers — The Baddest Show on Earth: Greatest Hits Live
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Mar 24
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
The Baddest Show on Earth: Greatest Hits Live
George Thorogood and The Destroyers get the live retrospective treatment with concert recordings spanning 1978 through 2024, released by Craft Recordings on vinyl, CD, and digital with previously unreleased performances throughout. — read more…
Courtney Barnett — Creature Of Habit
MOJO
Mar 23
Courtney Barnett
Creature Of Habit
Courtney Barnett's fourth album, Creature Of Habit, finds her returning to a trad indie-rock setup while writing her way through a move from Melbourne to Los Angeles. Luminous slide guitar, harmonies from Waxahatchee, and an incandescent Neil Young-caliber solo give shape to songs about breaking cycles. — read more…
Week 12, 2026
Joe Henderson — Tetragon
Audiophilia
Mar 22
Joe Henderson
Tetragon
Vinyl
Joe Henderson's Tetragon, recorded across two 1967-68 sessions at Plaza Sound Studios with Ron Carter anchoring both rhythm sections, receives an all-analog remaster by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed on 180-gram vinyl for the Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series. The stereo spread is well-defined and the timbral detail of Henderson's horn comes through with real clarity. — read more…
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic — Thompson: Symphony No. 2 / Barber: Symphony No. 1 / Adams: Drift and Providence
Classics Today
Mar 22
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic
Thompson: Symphony No. 2 / Barber: Symphony No. 1 / Adams: Drift and Providence
CD
The National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic under James Ross delivers confident, well-shaped readings of Randall Thompson's Second Symphony and Samuel Barber's First on this Naxos CD, with engineering that captures the ensemble's dynamic range cleanly. — read more…
Leontyne Price — Barber Song Recital
Classics Today
Mar 22
Leontyne Price
Barber Song Recital
CD
Leontyne Price's 1953 recital with Samuel Barber at the piano, including the world premiere of the Hermit Songs, paired with a rare 1938 Curtis Institute broadcast of Barber singing and accompanying himself. Bridge's CD presents both historical documents with warm, clear sound. — read more…
Samuel Barber — Piano Concerto; Essays Nos. 1-3
Classics Today
Mar 22
Samuel Barber
Piano Concerto; Essays Nos. 1-3
CD
Giampaolo Nuti and Daniel Kawka lead the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Barber's Piano Concerto and all three Essays on Stradivarius. Nuti foregrounds the concerto's lyricism without sacrificing momentum, and the orchestra proves thoroughly idiomatic in the essays. — read more…
Yunchan Lim — The Seasons
The Absolute Sound
Mar 21
Yunchan Lim
The Seasons
CD
Yunchan Lim brings a daring sense of rubato and exquisitely delicate phrasing to Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, presented in its original solo piano format. The recording earns top marks for sonics, described as exceptionally realistic. — read more…
Peter Frampton — Frampton Comes Alive!
Analog Planet
Mar 21
Peter Frampton
Frampton Comes Alive!
Vinyl
Peter Frampton's landmark 1976 double-live album Frampton Comes Alive! gets a 50th anniversary AAA 180g 2LP reissue through UMe's Vinylphyle series, promising careful analog restoration of this multi-platinum set. — read more…
KMRU — Kin
Twittering Machines
Mar 20
KMRU
Kin
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KMRU, the Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist Joseph Kamaru, returns with Kin, a deeply layered work that burrows inward rather than spreading outward, building complex flows of sound that unsettle as much as they settle. — read more…
Meklit — A Piece Of Infinity
ecoustics
Mar 20
Meklit
A Piece Of Infinity
Vinyl
Meklit's A Piece Of Infinity on Smithsonian Folkways draws on traditional Ethiopian songs across multiple languages, blending Ethio-jazz, soul, funk, and folk into something that feels both rooted and modern. The vinyl pressing accompanies a rich, layered production featuring players like Brandee Younger on harp and Kibrom Birhane on keys. — read more…
Mike Finnigan — Mike Finnigan
MOJO
Mar 19
Mike Finnigan
Mike Finnigan
CD
Mike Finnigan's posthumous third solo album gathers LA session royalty, including James Gadson, Pete Thomas, Bob Glaub, and Joe Bonamassa, for a swaggering set of deep-cut Americana and soul covers produced by JJ Blair in Hollywood. A brass-fat, groove-heavy farewell from a Hammond B-3 player who spent decades behind bigger names. — read more…
Lucinda Williams — World's Gone Wrong
Stereophile
Mar 18
Lucinda Williams
World's Gone Wrong
Vinyl
Lucinda Williams returns post-stroke with World's Gone Wrong, a defiant collection of protest songs buoyed by strong melodies and her veteran road band. Ray Kennedy's mix gives the LP a wide, naturally balanced sound, and guest turns from Mavis Staples and Norah Jones add real gravity. — read more…
Charles Mingus — Tonight at Noon
Fidelity Magazine
Mar 18
Charles Mingus
Tonight at Noon
Vinyl
Speakers Corner brings Charles Mingus's Tonight at Noon back to vinyl, mastered from the original analog tapes in an all-analog chain. The reissue draws on sessions from 1957 and 1961, combining hard bop drive with blues-rooted piano work and gospel-tinged swing. — read more…
Weiyin Chen — La Belle Epoque
Dagogo
Mar 17
Weiyin Chen
La Belle Epoque
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Weiyin Chen's La Belle Epoque gathers Boulanger, Schumann, Debussy, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Falla into a 65-minute solo piano recital available in 24-bit 96kHz download. Chen's playing carries an unhurried confidence that makes each piece feel personally inhabited rather than merely performed. — read more…
Yunchan Lim — Bach: Goldberg Variations 'Live at Carnegie Hall'
BBC Music Magazine
Mar 17
Yunchan Lim
Bach: Goldberg Variations 'Live at Carnegie Hall'
CD
Yunchan Lim's live Carnegie Hall recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Decca brings a playful, individually characterized approach to each variation, captured with the energy and risk of a concert performance. — read more…
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko and Volker Goetze — Sargal
The Absolute Sound
Mar 17
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko and Volker Goetze
Sargal
CD
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko and Volker Goetze meet on Sargal with kora and flugelhorn in a remarkably restrained world fusion recording, where burnished brass lines weave through traditional Mandingo vocals and chiming arpeggios with five-star sonics. — read more…
Fleetwood Mac — Rumours
Headphonesty
Mar 16
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours reframed not as a breakup album but as a series of dialogues between band members who were fracturing in real time, recorded at Record Plant in Sausalito across 1976. — read more…
Week 11, 2026
Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Also Sprach Zarathustra
Audiophilia
Mar 14
Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Vinyl
Fritz Reiner's legendary 1954 Chicago Symphony reading of Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra, cut at 45 RPM by Bernie Grundman for Analogue Productions' RCA Living Stereo series. The wider groove spacing yields gains in dynamics and timbral accuracy over the already fine Classic Records 33 RPM pressing. — read more…
Trio of Bloom — Trio of Bloom
The Absolute Sound
Mar 14
Trio of Bloom
Trio of Bloom
CD
Trio of Bloom brings together Nels Cline, Craig Taborn, and Marcus Gilmore for a 70-minute session that threads fusion classics by Wayne Shorter, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Terje Rypdal through original compositions spanning frenetic improvisation, jazz-funk, and near-ambient balladry. — read more…
Peter Gabriel — Taking the Pulse
ecoustics
Mar 14
Peter Gabriel
Taking the Pulse
Peter Gabriel's Taking the Pulse captures his orchestral concert at the Roman amphitheatre in Verona, presented on Blu-ray with a 24-bit/48 kHz DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround mix that makes thoughtful use of the rear channels beyond the usual crowd noise. — read more…
Miles Davis — The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
Analog Planet
Mar 14
Miles Davis
The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
Vinyl
Miles Davis' legendary 1965 Plugged Nickel recordings return to vinyl for the first time in 30 years as a 10LP box set from Columbia/Legacy, capturing the second great quintet in full flight across multiple sets. — read more…
New York Dolls — New York Dolls
Stereophile
Mar 13
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Vinyl
Mobile Fidelity's 45rpm reissue of the New York Dolls' 1973 debut gives the Todd Rundgren-produced session its first US remastering, with drums brought forward in the mix and a polish that will divide listeners who have long argued over the album's raw sonic character. — read more…
Pat Bianchi — Confluence
Stereophile
Mar 13
Pat Bianchi
Confluence
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Pat Bianchi's organ trio outing on Confluence finds him rethinking the Hammond B3 with atypical time signatures and fresh arrangements, recorded with notably clean, full-bodied sound by Chris Sulit at Trading 8s Recording Studio. — read more…
Unsuk Chin — Unsuk Chin
Stereophile
Mar 13
Unsuk Chin
Unsuk Chin
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Unsuk Chin's self-titled collection pairs the Ensemble Intercontemporain with three works that oscillate between violent eruptions of color and haunting stillness, captured in an airy, dynamic 24/96 recording on Alpha. — read more…
Sally Anne Morgan — Second Circle The Horizon
Twittering Machines
Mar 13
Sally Anne Morgan
Second Circle The Horizon
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Sally Anne Morgan's Second Circle The Horizon, released on Thrill Jockey Records, is a drone-inflected folk record built from fiddle, banjo, guitar, piano, and percussion, nearly all played and arranged by Morgan herself, with guest appearances on hurdy gurdy and synthesizer adding subtle texture. — read more…
Eagles — One of These Nights
Analog Planet
Mar 12
Eagles
One of These Nights
Vinyl
The Eagles' One of These Nights returns as a 3LP deluxe edition featuring a new mix by Rob Jacobs, with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, plus an unreleased 16-song 1975 Anaheim Stadium concert. — read more…
Atzko Kohashi — Soul Eyes
Audiophile Style
Mar 11
Atzko Kohashi
Soul Eyes
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Atzko Kohashi plays a Steinway Hamburg-D on Soul Eyes, captured in DXD 352.8 kHz at Studio 1, Heuvellaan Hilversum by Frans de Rond using a Decca Tree Sonodore RCM402 and ORTF Neumann M149. The recording carries a touch more room ambience than typical Sound Liaison releases, lending a natural warmth to Kohashi's contemplative solo piano. — read more…
Roger Eno — Without Wind / Without Air
Fidelity Magazine
Mar 11
Roger Eno
Without Wind / Without Air
Roger Eno completes his Deutsche Grammophon trilogy with a work poised between melancholy and suggestion, blending piano, strings, and electronics in the ambient chamber language he has refined over four decades. — read more…
Daft Punk — Discovery
Headphonesty
Mar 11
Daft Punk
Discovery
Daft Punk's Discovery, built between 1998 and 2000 at Bangalter's home studio, layers obscure disco samples, "fake samples" played by the duo themselves, and Auto-Tuned vocals into 14 tracks that share little besides a child's indiscriminate love of melody. — read more…
The Rolling Stones — Black and Blue
Stereophile
Mar 11
The Rolling Stones
Black and Blue
Vinyl
The Rolling Stones' transitional 1976 album Black and Blue receives a five-LP, one-Blu-ray Super Deluxe reissue featuring Steven Wilson's remix of the original 16-track tapes and a previously bootleg-only Earl's Court concert. Wilson's work clarifies and fattens the sound, letting the guitar contributions of Harvey Mandel, Wayne Perkins, and Ronnie Wood stand out with new detail. — read more…
National Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda — Mahler: Symphony No. 7
BBC Music Magazine
Mar 10
National Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
CD
Gianandrea Noseda leads the National Symphony Orchestra in a live Kennedy Center recording of Mahler's Seventh that pairs tenacious orchestral virtuosity with a transparent, dynamically wide capture. The brass playing is exceptional throughout, and the recording itself offers a tonal lustre that serves every layer of this elusive score. — read more…
Rachael & Vilray — West of Broadway
The Absolute Sound
Mar 10
Rachael & Vilray
West of Broadway
CD
Rachael & Vilray return with ten Vilray-penned originals on West of Broadway, trading duets and solo turns over Jake Zimmerman's arrangements with guests including saxophonist Steve Wilson and trombonist Adam Dotson. — read more…
Week 10, 2026
The Beatles — Let It Be
Headphonesty
Mar 7
The Beatles
Let It Be
The Beatles' final released album, born from McCartney's doomed attempt to pull the band back to its live roots. Three distinct versions of Let It Be exist, each reshaping the same fractured sessions into a different farewell. — read more…
Beck — Morning Phase
Analog Planet
Mar 7
Beck
Morning Phase
Vinyl
Beck's triple-Grammy-winning Morning Phase receives a Definitive Sound Series one-step 180g reissue from Fonograf/Capitol, bringing new clarity to this lush, acoustic-driven 2014 album. — read more…
Calidore String Quartet — American Tapestry
Audiophilia
Mar 6
Calidore String Quartet
American Tapestry
CD
The Calidore String Quartet pairs Barber, Korngold, and Marsalis with a world premiere John Williams arrangement on this Signum Classics CD, recorded by Judith Sherman at the University of Delaware's Gore Recital Hall. The sound is detailed and natural, with the Korngold Scherzo a particular standout. — read more…
Charles Lloyd — Figure in Blue
The Absolute Sound
Mar 6
Charles Lloyd
Figure in Blue
CD
Charles Lloyd's 12th Blue Note release pairs him in a drum-less trio with guitarist Marvin Sewell and pianist Jason Moran across two discs that range from Delta blues and tender ballads to spacious meditations, all rendered with a gentler, more contemplative touch than his recent work. — read more…
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber — Rosary Sonatas
Hi-Fi News
Mar 6
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Rosary Sonatas
A survey of recordings of Biber's Rosary Sonatas, the summit of solo-violin writing before Bach, a 17th century cycle of devotional sonatas employing a different tuning system for each of its fifteen movements. The piece draws highly individual responses from performers, with each retuning altering the instrument's resonance and colour. — read more…
Maria BC — Marathon
Twittering Machines
Mar 6
Maria BC
Marathon
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Maria BC's third album Marathon, released on Sacred Bones, threads danger and foreboding through fragile beauty, building on the desolate quiet of their earlier work with added grit and drive. — read more…
Johnny Cash — With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Analog Planet
Mar 5
Johnny Cash
With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Vinyl
Johnny Cash's 1957 Sun Records debut gets a meticulous all-analog mono reissue from Intervention Records, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original quarter-inch monaural master reels and pressed at 45rpm on 180g vinyl by Gotta Groove Records. — read more…
London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado — Stravinsky: Petrushka
Audiophilia
Mar 4
London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Vinyl
Abbado's 1980 Petrushka with the LSO, originally released from a digital two-track, now recut by Emil Berliner from the backup 8-track analogue master as part of Deutsche Grammophon's Original Source Series. A 45 RPM, 180-gram pressing limited to 3500 copies, with the orchestra's precision and color restored in ways the original vinyl never managed. — read more…
Louis Sclavis — Napoli's Walls
Fidelity Magazine
Mar 4
Louis Sclavis
Napoli's Walls
CD
Louis Sclavis assembled a pianoless, bassless, drumless quartet for Napoli's Walls, a 2003 ECM release where clarinet, cello, guitar, and Médéric Collignon's electronics and pocket trumpet conjure a fictional Naples across eras and idioms. — read more…
Squeeze — Trixies
MOJO
Mar 4
Squeeze
Trixies
CD
Squeeze resurrect a shelved 1974 song cycle, newly recorded for 2026 on BMG. Available on CD, vinyl, and a Dolby Atmos Blu-ray mix, Trixies finds Difford and Tilbrook channelling glam-pop, waltzes, and tangos through a narrative set in a fictional Soho nightclub. — read more…

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