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Music
Now that you have the ultimate audio system, let the editors from The Absolute Sound help you choose the perfect recordings to enjoy your components to the max.
Choose an aritlce category on the left, then click the title from the right to read or download the article. (All articles noted with file size are in PDF format)
Classical Capsule Reviews
- November 2007 (1448KB)
- October 2007 (706KB)
- September 2007 (422KB)
- August 2007 (265KB)
- June/July 2007 (563KB)
- April/May 2007 (671KB)
- March 2007 (416KB)
- February 2007 (439KB)
- January 2007 (786KB)
- December 2006 (437KB)
- November 2006 (459KB)
- October 2006 (387KB)
- September 2006 (167KB)
- August 2006 (853KB)
- June 2006 (270KB)
- April 2006 (276KB)
- March 2006 (498KB)
- February 2006 (305KB)
- January 2006 (356KB)
- December 2005 (314KB)
- October/November 2005 (418 KB)
- August/September 2005 (297KB)
- June/July 2005 (664KB)
- April/May 2005
- February/March 2005
- December 2004/January 2005
- October/November 2004
- August/September 2004
- June/July 2004
- April/May 2004
- Feb/Mar 2004: Classical Music Reviews in Brief
- December-January 2003
- October-November 2003
- August-September 2003
- June-July 2003
- April-May 2003
- February-March 2003
- December-January 2003
- October-November 2002
- August-September 2002
- June-July 2002
- April-May 2002
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Jazz Capsule Reviews
- November 2007 (568KB)
- October 2007 (617KB)
- September 2007 (632KB)
- August 2007 (274KB)
- June/July 2007 (474KB)
- April/May 2007 (570KB)
- March 2007 (353KB)
- February 2007 (365KB)
- January 2007 (361KB)
- December 2006 (447KB)
- November 2006 (444KB)
- October 2006 (321KB)
- September 2006 (265KB)
- August 2006 (758KB)
- June 2006 (288KB)
- April 2006 (260KB)
- March 2006 (523KB)
- February 2006 (396KB)
- January 2006 (723KB)
- December 2005 (314KB)
- October/November 2005 (418 KB)
- August/September 2005 (297KB)
- June/July 2005 (664KB)
- April/May 2005
- February/March 2005
- December/January 2004
- October/November 2004
- August/September 2004
- June/July 2004
- April/May 2004
- Feb/Mar 2004: Jazz Music Reviews in Brief
- December-January 2003
- October-November 2003
- August-September 2003
- June-July 2003
- April-May 2003
- February-March 2003
- December-January 2003
- October-November 2002
- August-September 2002
- June-July 2002
- April-May 2002
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Popular Music Capsule Reviews
- November 2007 (1039KB)
- October 2007 (1017KB)
- September 2007 (724KB)
- August 2007 (550KB)
- June/July 2007 (1016KB)
- April/May 2007 (1058KB)
- March 2007 (563KB)
- February 2007 (521KB)
- January 2007 (505KB)
- December 2006 (635KB)
- November 2006 (717KB)
- Orctober 2006 (525KB)
- September 2006 (279KB)
- August 2006 (1298KB)
- June 2006 (477KB)
- April 2006 (401KB)
- March 2006 (517KB)
- February 2006 (469KB)
- January 2006 (865KB)
- December 2005 (435KB)
- October/November 2005 (739 KB)
- August/September 2005 (748KB)
- June/July 2005 (855KB)
- April/May 2005
- February/March 2005
- December/January 2004
- October/November 2004
- August/September 2004
- June/July 2004
- June/July 2004 (Folk Capsules)
- April/May 2004
- Feb/Mar 2004: Pop Music Reviews in Brief
- December-January 2003
- October-November 2003
- October-November 2003 On the Fringe
- August-September 2003
- June-July 2003
- April-May 2003
- February-March 2003
- December-January 2003
- October-November 2002
- August-September 2002
- June-July 2002
- April-May 2002
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Artist Profiles and Interviews
- Recording in High-Res Surround: Peter McGrath Records the National Philharmonic of Russia (10.2007, 966KB)
- Rhino's T-Rex Reissues (3.2006; 415KB)
- Conductor Benjamin Zander (2.2006; 315KB)
- Engineer Kavi Alexander: Recording a World-Class Orchestra with Two Microphones (10.2005; 231KB)
- Charlie Christian: Genius
- Sorting the Fragments: Spring and Early Summer Yield a Bountiful Musical Harvest
- Joe Lovano's Hero Sandwiches
- Paavo Järvi - A Lucky Man
- Brutally Cruel: Elvis Costello Is This Year's Model
- Atomic Basie!
- Going Beyond Two Channel: David Chesky
- Johnny
Hodges/Rex Stewart
- Andy Bey: Better Late Than Never
- Max Meets Mingus
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Basic Repertoire
- Ambient (3.2007)
- Hard Bop (1.2007; 455KB)
- Britpop (12.2006; 739KB)
- Bluegrass' Modern Manifestations and New Traditions (9.2006; 219KB)
- Free Jazz Guitar (8.2006; 792KB)
- Webern and Varèse (6.2006; 286KB)
- Southern and West African Pop (4.2006; 318KB)
- The Golden Age of Bluegrass (3.2006; 628KB)
- The Piano Trio
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Golden Ear Music Awards
The Absolute Sound editors choose the year's best music releases.
2007 (517KB) | 2005 (868KB) | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001
Harry Perason's Super Lists
Harry Person compiled lists of the best releases in various formats.
- Super SACD List of 2007 (11.2007; 330KB)
- Harry Pearson's Golden Dozen LPs (6.2007; 275KB)
- Super SACD Multichannel List (3.2006; 201KB)
- Super SACD List
- Super CD List 2002
- Super CD List
- Super LP List
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Various Recommendations
- TAS Editors Pick Best Sounding CDs, SACDs and DVD-As (347KB, 9.2007)
- 2006's Best Rock & Pop Box Sets (319KB)
- 100 More Best Classical Compositions of the 20th Century (673KB)
- Best of 2005 List (133KB)
- 2005's Best Rock & Pop Box Sets (342KB)
- Great Sounding Jazz LPs (12.2005, 294KB)
- Great Sounding Rock LPs (6.2005, 698KB)
- Great Sounding Classical LPs (4.2005)
- Best Of 2004 List
- August/September 2004 Absolute Audiophilia
- June/July 2004 Absolute Audiophilia
- April/May 2004 Absolute Audiophilia
- New Reissues Revive Vital Sounds from the 80s and 90s
- 2003’s Best Classical Box Sets/Collections
- 2003’s Best Rock/Pop Box Sets/Collections
- August-September 2003 Absolute Audiophilia
- June-July 2003 Absolute Audiophilia
- June-July 2003 Nonesuch's Explorer Series: Africa
- June-July 2003 On the Fringe
- 2002 Super Surround SACD List
- On the Fringe - TAS 141
- Absolute Audiophilia- TAS 141
- 2002 Top 10 Pop/Rock/Jazz & Classical Albums
- Gifts you should have received for the Holidays 2002
- EMI's Pantheon of Great Conductors of the 20th Century
- Deutsche Grammophon's Echo 20/21 Series
- Top 10 Rock Albums of 2001
- Top 10 Rock Records of the '90s
- Top 100 Jazz Albums of the Twentieth Century
- Top 100 Classical Compositions
- The 100 Greatest Pop Albums of the Century
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