Author Archive for Reference Recordings – Page 10
Break The Chain in The Absolute Sound
Order Now Doug MacLeod’s new Break The Chain recording receives ratings of 4/5 in Music and 5/5 in Sonics from The Absolute Sound: “Singer, songwriter, and skilled guitarist Doug MacLeod has won four Blues Music Awards, including 2017’s Acoustic Artist of the Year. Break the Chain offers 12 blues originals that ponder Saturday night rituals, lost dreams, politics, and aging. But MacLeod is first and foremost a keeper of the torch who celebrates Tampa Red…
Pittsburgh Symphony a Best of Proms!
Order Now The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s BBC Proms Performance during their European Festival Tour Makes The Telegraph’s “Best of Proms” list: “If you think orchestras have become blandly over-refined and anonymous, you clearly haven’t heard the Pittsburgh Symphony, who wowed a packed house at the Albert Hall through sheer force of personality and sound. The brass section especially was a marvel. … But it wasn’t all about sheer force. Oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida made a…
Arts Desk Reviews Marvelous New Pittsburgh Symphony Recording
The Arts Desk reviews the new Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio recording in their Classical CDs Weekly feature: Order Now “This is the sort of performance you want to press into the hands of someone who’s never heard the piece. It’s marvellous, in so many ways, Honeck steering a near-ideal course between hysteria and sobriety. Lower strings are impressive from the outset, their sound pungent and full of weight.…
HiFi News Gives Break The Chain an Audiophile Digital Feature
Order Now The “Audiophile: Digital” section of HiFi News Magazine has a great review for Doug MacLeod’s new Break The Chain recording: “MacLeod’s third for Reference ticks all the boxes for arch purists — both blues devotees and hard-core audiophiles. For the former, the 12 new songs are undiluted, unapologetic paeans to the genre, some with a bit of spleen. … authenticity is the order of the day. This, too, informs the audiophile element: no…
Utah Symphony Road Trip
Between August 28th and September 2nd, the Utah Symphony went on a “Great American Road Trip”, offering free outdoor concerts across Utah. Enjoy a look at some of their journey: #UtahSymphonyRoadTrip Tweets Thierry Fisher Photo Diary Utah Symphony Recordings on FRESH! From Reference Recordings
Pittsburgh Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 LIVE
Enjoy an on-demand look at the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 at the Lucerne Festival: Get the Recording Order Now Music HDTracks NativeDSD Spotify
Pittsburgh Symphony BBC Proms On Demand!
Listen to the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s BBC Proms performance with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter on-demand on BBC Radio 3! Program John Adams: Lollapalooza Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major Pittsburgh Symphony Recordings on FRESH! From Reference Recordings
Break The Chain a Superb Release
Critic Iain Patience offers a rave review for Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain recording in Cashbox Canada Magazine: Order Now “‘Break the Chain’ is the latest, twelve-track offering from leading US steel-guitar and slide master, Doug MacLeod. Recorded once again with Reference Recordings and Prof Johnson’s crystal-clear 24-bit set-up, this is an album that is bound to create enormous interest as is often the case with this guy’s music. MacLeod is a regular award-winner; indeed,…
Watch Pittsburgh Symphony Live in Lucerne!
Wednesday, September 6th, 3pm EST the Lucerne Festival will broadcast the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony! This is an incredible opportunity to experience the orchestra on an international stage and to be a part of the experience of a live performance of one of the works on their critically-acclaimed Tchaikovsky/Dvořák recording. Bookmark the RR Facebook page where we’ll share the feed and join an estimated 100,000+ people from around the world! Lucerne…
WQED Reports from Pittsburgh European Tour
With a day off in Salzburg before back-to-back concerts at the Grafenegg Festival, we’re catching up with the Pittsburgh Symphony via WQED’s Symphony Tour Podcast: Post-Concert Report from Salzburg WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham checks in with Bryan Sejvar to report on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s performance in Salzburg to close out the Salzburg Festival. Jim chats with trombonist James Nova to get his impressions of the concert and the tour so far. https://www.wqed.org/podcasts/pso_tours/pso_2016_europe_tour_2/170829_pm.mp3 A Day…
BBC Radio Three Record Review for Shostakovich/Barber
“…it’s impossible not to be impressed by the quality of the orchestral playing and the immersive depth and dynamic range of the recording.” —Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3 Summer Record Review Listen via BBC Radio 3 Order Now Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio for Strings Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh LIVE! Reference Recordings proudly presents Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Barber’s Adagio for Strings in definitive interpretations from Manfred Honeck and…
Fiona Boyes Wins Blues Blast Music Award!
The Blues Blast Music Awards announced their 2017 Winners this weekend and Fiona Boyes’ Professin’ The Blues won Acoustic Blues Album of the Year! Congratulations! See the full list of winners Fiona Boyes: Professin’ The Blues Order Now Professin’ The Blues proclaims Fiona Boyes passion for the Blues as she celebrates the unique contribution of recording and mastering engineer ‘Professor’ Keith O. Johnson, Reference Recording’s Technical Director and audio legend. In her self-penned and illustrated…
Manfred Honeck lifts Lord Haydn’s Cup!
Order Now The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is adding to the excitement of the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s European Festivals Tour by imagining what a ticker-tape parade might look like upon their return: “It was a spectacle with which Pittsburghers have become quite familiar: this city’s beloved champions proudly rolling down Grant Street in resplendent victory after another successful season. Even as the cheers and chants from last year’s parade were still reverberating, the time had…
Break The Chain Live!
Enjoy a look at Doug MacLeod performing the title track from the new Break The Chain release at a recent concert in Texas: Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Recorded by Reference’s Grammy-winning engineer ‘Prof.’ Keith O. Johnson at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California, Break The Chain brings twelve new MacLeod…
Now Available: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5; Barber Adagio for Strings
Order Now Reference Recordings proudly presents Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Barber’s Adagio for Strings in definitive interpretations from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound. In his fascinating and scholarly music notes, Maestro Honeck gives us great insight into the history of both pieces, and describes how he conducts and interprets each. He reminds us that Joseph Stalin’s Soviet government was offended by Shostakovich’s previous works. Under threat of arrest…