Stereophile Recording of the Month!

“Why is Stereophile publishing its fourth review (at least) in three years of a recording of Bach’s Six Cello Suites? Partly it’s because the suites, which were composed ca 1720 but remained in obscurity until a young Pablo Casals rediscovered them in a secondhand sheet music store in Barcelona in 1890, contain some of the most joyous, moving, and profound music in the Western classical music canon. It’s also because these two volumes, which present Grammy Award–winning cellist Zuill Bailey’s second recorded exploration of the suites (the first was on Telarc more than two decades ago), abound in astoundingly beautiful musicianship illumined by fresh insights and superb engineering.”

Wow. We are honored by this amazing review from Stereophile reviewer Jason Victor Serinus.

And we’ve good reason to be proud. If you’ve not yet secured a copy of this masterpiece recording which has been called the greatest cello recording of all time, you owe it to yourself to grab a copy.

This limited edition Octave Record’s release has already sold out of the double album, so while supplies last we’re sending individual copies of Volumes One and Two. for the same price instead.

There aren’t many left. Don’t miss out on this remarkable piece of musical and recording history.

You can go here to grab one of the few remaining copies.

Octave launches vinyl!

We’ve long been promising that Octave Records would release some of its collection on vinyl and we finally did! 

This month marks the first two vinyl releases from our record label, Octave.

The first release, Gabriel Mervine’s amazing jazz album, Say Somethin’ sold out in less than a week.

The second vinyl release, pianist Don Grusin’s Out of Thin Air is nearly sold out as well, though I believe there may be just under 100 copies left. 

These are limited edition, 180-gram virgin vinyl, individually numbered and exemplifying everything great in the art of producing world-class vinyl.

If you are into vinyl and love the sound of piano, this is one album not to miss.

Gotta Groove

There are but only a rare handful of vinyl pressing plants that meet the standards we set for our vinyl releases. The care and skill required to make perfect 180-gram virgin vinyl masterpieces is rare indeed.

At Octave Records, we’ve chosen to go with one of the world’s very best, Gotta Groove Records out of Cleveland, Ohio. Family owned and operated, this company has both the soul and passion required to make the limited edition audiophile masters that meet our standards.

I thought you might enjoy watching a short little video from Gotta Groove of how their vinyl treasures are made and the process they use.