Without music there is no complete spiritual life.
There are regions of
the human soul that
are illuminated
only by the
music.
Kodály Zoltán
Analogue Live Records
Tone-Pearls Records has a strong commitment to analogue live recording.
Why do we think that analogue is superior to digital?
There is huge debate on this issue: digital fans against analogue fans. Opinions are rather exaggerated. Either arguments are related to the physical parameters of sound (electromagnetic signal) or related to subjective feelings about music.
What is the bedrock of a music recording? Why should we make a recording at all?
Mankind had got a pretty long time with music but without music recording. Why should we record music at all?
Why on earth do we make huge efforts to be present at a great concert? It is not practical it is not useful. There is no convincing material explanation of this extraordinary phenomenon. It is related to the fundament of human being. Human is the only being on earth, who creates music and has the ability for apperception of music.
Thus the only reason for existence of music recording is to create the possibility of being there. The recording should somehow reinstate the original experience. It should provide an opportunity to relive the inner experience of the live music.
That is the base of any MUSIC RECORDING. Otherwise it is a SOUND RECORDING, a marginal annotation about the event.
Digital recording is excellent for sound recording. (Read more about digital recording…).
Music is never digital. There is nothing in nature what essentially digital is. God did not created any digital. The world is analogue. That’s why analogue suits to music. That’s why we are committed to analogue live recording.
As a small label, dedicated to quality, Tone-Pearls Records builts its catalogue on a slow and organic way. The first recording using the revolutionary old Tone-Pearls recording technique is now available in different formats:
Piano Music in a Church
Endre Hegedus plays Chopin and Debussy
Almost Analogue Digital CD Master on CD
Almost Analogue Digital High Resolution Master on DVD
Why is this recording very special?
- Live analogue recording with Tone-Pearls
- Unprocessed recording
- Music is captured by just a single pair of microphones and recorded directly to a Nagra IVS TC ree-to-reel tape recorder.
- The recording was made without any manipulation or mixing or postprocessing.
- A large Steinway D grand piano in a small church.
- The most interesting pairing of Chopin and Debussy piano works.
- The “marriage” of the revolutionary new invention, Tone-Pearls and the old unprocessed analogue technique results in a heavenly tone never before experienced.
Tracks to listen: (excerpts in MP3)
| Track | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| F. Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 3rd movement | 09:11 | |
| F. Chopin: Nocturne in F sharp major Op. 15 | 03:43 | |
| F. Chopin: Waltz in D flat major Op. 64/1 | 01:42 | |
| F. Chopin: Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64/2 | 03:07 | |
| F. Chopin: Prelude in A major Op. 28/7 | 00:46 | |
| F. Chopin: Prelude in C minor Op. 28/20 | 01:57 | |
| F. Chopin: Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9/1 | 05:37 | |
| F. Chopin: Nocturne in E flat major Op. 9/2 | 04:08 | |
| C. Debussy: Claire de lune | 05:05 | |
| C. Debussy: Le petit negre | 01:27 | |
| C. Debussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum | 02:09 | |
| C. Debussy: Prélude: La fille aux cheveux de lin with applause | 02:44 |
Press the play button in the Listen column to listen.
