The ultra-premium AudioNautes Recordings reissue of Gregorio Paniagua & Atrium Musicae De Madrid – La Spagna (XV-XVI-XVII Centuries) on 2x Reel-to-Reel Tape is a definitive masterwork for analog audiophiles.
Originally recorded in 1980 by Robert von Bahr for the BIS label, this iconic album explores renaissance and baroque variations on the famous "La Spagna" theme. It is famously featured on The Absolute Sound’s list of must-hear audiophile recordings due to its incredibly fluid, lively, and natural sonics.
"The original was recorded by Robert von Bahr live to a Revox A77 using but a spaced pair of Sennheiser MKH 105 condenser microphones. The simple chain produces a recording of astonishing transparency, three-dimensionality and coherency ... This reissue on Fabio Camorani's AudioNautes Recordings label is special in several ways.
- Music = Most highly recommended Music 10/10 Sound 11/10 Michael Fremer, Analogue Planet.
First of all, it utilizes the original session tapes provided by the producer/engineer Robert von Bahr, but most importantly it's one of the late Stan Ricker's final projects and I cannot think of a more fitting and fantastic tribute than this reissue to Stan Ricker's half-speed mastering brilliance and the quality of his cutting system electronics custom designed and hand-crafted by Keith O. Johnson. Ricker went through many lacquers and even broke a cutter head to inscribe onto the lacquers all of the percussive transient detail on the tape."
Note: For collectors without an open-reel deck, AudioNautes also offers this definitive remaster on alternative audiophile formats, including a Japanese-pressed UHQCD and a glass-substrate Crystal Disc CD.
