When’s the last time you heard a new CD player and thought wow, this sounds terrific? I’m not talking about digital in general or a DAC, but a one-box CD transport/DAC playing just a redbook […]
“These ‘uns are a little bit different,” Scot Hull told me in that almost impenetrable Northern Maryland drawl of his. It was almost a warning—he knew I loved the Linear Tube Audio Z10 integrated so […]
My love for the classical string quartet has been neglected for the last few years. It seems like the only new releases I receive are occasional titles from 2L Recordings–otherwise, I hear little […]
Choir recordings from 2L Recordings tend to be a special treat. Since Morten Lindberg loves to record in spacious Norwegian churches, these releases tend to be pure exercises in the relationship between the human voice […]
I can always count on 2L Recordings when it comes to challenging me intellectually, through complex musical themes, or helping me to bask in the beauty of some of the finest recordings of the last […]
I tried to tell you about this new release from 2L Recordings before the holidays, but I just ran out of time. Fryd, from choir conductor Tove Ramlo-Ystad and her singers, known as Cantus, sounds […]
One of the most exciting things about reviewing 2L Recordings‘ new release of five Nikolai Medtner compositions for solo piano, other than the fascinating music itself, is being able to finally compare the CD and […]
It was with some apprehension that I entered the Martin Logan and Benchmark room at the 2019 Capital Audiofest. I took one look at the room set-up and said to myself,. “Uh oh…multi-channel system.” I’m […]
Trachea, from the Norwegian choral group Schola Cantorum, seems like the latest “voices-in-a-church” release from 2L Recordings, something very much in line without other recent titles such as Venelita and Himmelborgen. A few minutes in, […]
In terms of choral performances, the Oslo Kammerkor (Chamber Choir) and their performance of Orjan Matre‘s Veneliti is very different than the last 2L Recording I reviewed, Himmelborgen. In that recording, the Uranienborg Vokalemsemble chose […]
2L Recordings‘ Himmelborgen consists of three very familiar elements–pipe organ, choir and church. Yes, hymns are being sung. This beautiful recording should remind you of being in church on an early Sunday morning, provided you […]
Norwegian composer Stale Kleiberg is considered a “modern romantic,” which means that his music has that lushness and sweep to it while still preserving contemporary, streamlined touches. 2L Recordings has been releasing Kleiberg’s material for […]
So far 2019 has been a stellar year for Norway’s 2L Recordings. Lux, the third in a trio of amazing trio of recordings I’ve received from Morten Lindberg this year, is in many ways the […]
Copyright PT Audio 2009-2023