Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why.


I think many of us would accept that artists such as Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, and Dire Straits have consistently put out music that was at least originally recorded to a high technical standard. [I'm not too sure what the loudness wars may have done to subsequent reissues, but even so, the tone and timbre thankfully tends to remain intact.]

However there must be plenty of lesser known recordings out there that could be said to be of a high sonic standard.

One such recording that I like to put on in the background whilst I'm doing other things is a piano recording that features wonderfully lush timbre and some delightful tunes.

This one is The Disney Piano Collection by Hirohashi Makiko and to me it makes a lot of other piano recordings sound a little washed out.
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"It does not matter how much I spend on a piece of new gear or a tweak, the single biggest contribution to my listening pleasure is the quality of the recording."
@chilli42

AMEN!
Understanding recording quality to derive from: composition, performance, sonics.

In line with that, some worthy titles:
Black Light Syndrome - Bozzio, Levin, Stevens
Earth + Sky - Andy Summers
If You Look Far Enough - Andersen, Towner, Vasconcelos
If Summer Had Its Ghosts - Bruford, Towner, Gomez
Last Dance of Mr. X - Andy Summers
(forget The Police, just listen to these two from Andy)
Meltemi - Alboran Trio
Never Ending January - Espen Eriksen Trio
Searching for Jupiter - Magnus Ostrom
St. Germain (self-titled)