Conversations
Conversations
Gustav Hoyer
Chamber Music!
Gustav Hoyer’s Conversations captures the simplicity and elegance of music that paints with splashes of classical color on a modern canvas. The musicians all gave a marvelous performance, but Gustav’s compositions are really the star of the show in Octave’s first album of pure chamber recordings. Souvenirs includes four movements of piano and string quartet, each with the distinct feeling of an epic movie soundtrack. The melodies of Sonatina conjure a whimsical journey using only the piano. Tears brings us back to the fullness of the string quartet and adds the airy sensation of the flute with emotionally moving motifs. Ballade moves us into new territory with a duet of piano and clarinet. We end with Wedding Prayer that fills our listening room with the sound of hope and brilliance of a future waiting.
Recorded in pure DSD by our very own Paul McGowan, this is a limited-edition instant classic that should make its way into any good audiophile music collection. Available on SACD and download.
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Gustav Hoyer's Conversations
The Music
01 - a note on parchment | |
02 - a daguerreotype of a rainy afternoon | |
03 - a father's wristwatch | |
04 - a tattered facemask | |
05 - Sonatina | |
06 - Tears | |
07 - Ballade | |
08 - Wedding Prayer |
Recording
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Microphones used:
- Geffels M930
- Coles 4038
- Neumann U87
- Neumann U67
- AKG C414
- AKG C24
- Manley Force Vacuum Tube
- Pyramix 14
Album Features
- One pressing Austrian gold-pressed dual-layer SACD
- Pure DSD + PROMastered CD layers
- Pure DSD recorded on the Pyramix DSD256 system
- Mixed at Octave Studios on the aspen FR30 loudspeakers
- DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, DSDDirect Mastered 352.8kHz 24 bit, 176.4kHz 24 bit, 88.2kHz 24 bit, 44.1kHz 24 bit PCM available as downloads
- No compression in the mastering or mixing process
- CD layer of SACD playable on any CD player
- Mastering by Gus Skinas
- All tracks are hand-mixed on the aspen FR30 loudspeakers
- Limited edition one-pressing physical media
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