Steve, you're too kind! Thank you always for your insight!
It's interesting comparing say YouTube sound to these downloads. I think we all get "used to" hearing MP3, Youtube etc & it becomes kind of "normal" in our minds... When one hears more detail, dynamics, life... it can be quite an eye (ear) opener!
Case in point is, I’m happy to release a digital download of 2 recordings I have not released on tape yet... these are 2 of my most recent recordings from a concert on March 7, 2020, just before the world shut down... These were live recordings of Beethoven Violin Sonatas No.3 and 4 by star violinist Alena Baeva & Van Cliburn winner, Vadym Kholodenko. They will not both fit on one 34min tape reel so I am waiting to record 2 short pieces to complete those reels. But they are here together as 1 larger download.
https://ultraanaloguerecordings.com/new/shop-digital-downloads/Here is the link to the Youtube video with digitally recorded sound of the same concert. It pales compared to the tape & this digital download of those tapes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMAP18JwC5o&t=405sBoth are amazing pieces of music & here Alena & Vadym bring them vividly to life... there are many beautiful moments in both sonatas but I especially love the 3rd movement of No.4... the harmony & rhythmic drive as only Beethoven can write...
It is slightly more expensive because, like the Beethoven Archduke Trio & Kreutzer Sonata, it's longer than 1 tape...
Hope you can taste this...
Ed