Hi there music lover! We are happy to see you here and hope you will discover the new higher quality of sound, acoustics and listening pleasure from music in DSD (Direct Stream Digital). At the NativeDSD Music store you will find albums in DSD from over 65 record labels (and counting!) that bring you as close to the original performance as possible. This Welcome to NativeDSD Sampler Album is free of charge – with many thanks to the participating labels! We invite your ears to discover what’s possible with music available in DSD. If you are convinced, you will find links and information on the full albums that these Stereo DSD sample tracks are taken from. This includes information on the corresponding Artists, Albums & Labels in the detailed track listing in this booklet.

The Tracks on this DSD Sampler are in Stereo DSD 64, DSD 128 and DSD 256. This Sampler Album is therefore available in all 3 rates, too. When you visit the NativeDSD Music store, you can purchase the full albums shown in Stereo DSD – and in most cases in Multichannel (5.0) DSD as well.

- Jared Sacks & Jonas Sacks | Co-founders of NativeDSD MusicPS. Please don’t hesitate to ask us any questions at support@nativedsd.com about our website or your setup.

Here’s what this DSD Sampler Album brings you:

Spoken IntroductionsTracks 1, 11 and 22 (recorded in DSD, of course!)

Classical Music

Tracks 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Pop, Jazz, Latin, Vocal, Blues, Rock Tracks 12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20

Historic Jazz Recording – Transferred from Analog to DSD Track 21

Bonus Track Track 23

Detailed Track List

Track 1

Jonas Sacks introduces NativeDSD and the 9 following Classical and World Music /Traditional Music Tracks on this DSD Sampler Album.

On Tracks 11 and 22 you will hear Jonas again for the introduction to other DSD sample tracks.

Track 2 Classical – Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con Brio (excerpt) By: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) From: Reference Recordings (FR718SACD)

Album page: Click here Available in Stereo & Multichannel DSD

Track 3 Classical – Solo Piano

Confluences – Chopin: Étude in F major op.10/8 (excerpt) By: Josep ColomFrom: Eudora Records (EUDDR1703) Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo & Multichannel DSD

Track 4 Classical - String Quartet

Spiegel – Mendelssohn: String Quartet no. 2 in A minor Op. 13 – III. Intermezzo (excerpt) By: Ragazze Quartet From: Channel Classics (39317)

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Track 5 Classical – Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 – II. Allegretto (excerpt) By: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) From: Reference Recordings (FR724SACD)

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Track 6 Classical – Solo Guitar

En Silencio - Barrios: La Catedral - I. Preludio (excerpt) By: Ricardo Gallén From: Eudora Records (EUDDR1801)

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Track 7 Classical – Solo Cello

Bach: Suite No 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 – Prelude (excerpt) By: Joachim Eijlander From: Navis Classics (NC15003)

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Track 8 Classical - Choir Kom Regn: Nordheim - Music to Two Fragments by Shelley (1985) By: Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening, Marit Tondel Bodsberg From: LAWO Classics (LWC1134)

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Track 9 World Music, Traditional – Oud Sufi Taksim - Hijaz Improvisation (excerpt) By: Jaber Fayad From: TRPTK (TTK0008)

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Track 10 Classical – Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll (excerpt) By: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor) From: Channel Classics (38817) Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo & Multichannel DSD

Track 11

Jonas Sacks introduces the 9 following Pop, Jazz, Latin, Rock and Blues Tracks.

Track 12 Blues – Vocal with Band

Carmen Gomes Sings The Blues – Charles: A Fool For You (excerpt) By: Carmen Gomes From: Sound Liaison (SL1023A) Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo DSD

Track 13 Latin – Duo Voice & Double Bass recorded by the NativeDSD Team

Raízes – Counting Frogs (excerpt) By: Laura Polence & Breno Virícimo From: Just Listen (JL003)

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Track 14 Pop, Acoustic – Voice, Banjo

The New York EP - The Impossible Sum (excerpt) By: Gayle SkidmoreFrom: TRPTK (TTK0015) Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo & Multichannel DSD

Track 15 Jazz – Quartet

Simpler Times Vol. II – Fain: Secret Love (excerpt) By: Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet From: Yarlung Records (YAR65006DSD) Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo DSD

Track 16 Pop, Rock – 3 Piece Band

Sideways – Ryan: Firefly (excerpt) By: Sonic RadeFrom: VDM Records (VDM03855032) Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo DSD

Track 17 Jazz – Vocal Ensemble recorded by the NativeDSD Team 8 Ensembles in 1 Bit – Newman: Short People (excerpt) By: New Amsterdam Voices From: Just Listen (JL002) Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo & Multichannel DSD

Track 18 Jazz – Double Bass

Iris – Paixao: The Eternal Rain (excerpt) By: Alfredo Paixao From: Forward Music Italy (FMICA990011901)

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Track 19 Jazz – Flugelhorn, Guitar and Bass recorded by the NativeDSD Team

Rodgers, Hammerstein: The Sweetest Sounds (excerpt) By: Angelo Verploegen Trio From: The Sweetest Sound

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Track 20 Jazz – Trio

Gentle Ben – Kohashi: Blues for Maya (excerpt) By: Aeon Trio From: TRPTK (TTK0010)

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Track 21 Jazz – Trio

Another Time – The Hilversum Concert: Previn: You're Gonna Hear from Me (excerpt) By: Bill Evans Trio From: 2xHD-Resonance (2XHDRE1069)

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Track 22

Jonas Sacks wraps this DSD Sampler Album up and gives you a Bonus Track that is a personal favorite of his and his father Jared Sacks, who recorded it in DSD 256 Stereo

& Multichannel for his label Channel Classics.

BONUS Track 23 Classical – Baroque Violin & EnsembleVivaldi – Le Quattro Stagioni: Winter – Largo By: Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque From: Channel Classics (40318)

Album Page: Click Here Available in Stereo & Multichannel DSD