Author Archive for Reference Recordings – Page 11
Pittsburgh Symphony 2017 European Festival Tour
Saturday, August 19th, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck will perform a sold-out European Tour Send-Off Concert (and feature their brand new Shostakovich & Barber recording). See the schedule for the tour below: 2017 European Festival Tour Concerts Wiesbaden, Germany – Mon, Aug 28 Rheingau Music Festival Salzburg, Austria – Tue, Aug 29 Salzburg Festival Grafenegg, Austria – Thu, Aug 31 Grafenegg Festival Grafenegg, Austria – Fri, Sep 1 Grafenegg Festival London, England –…
Dallas Winds Asphalt Cocktail Recording Sessions
A look back at the past weekend’s Asphalt Cocktail recording sessions with the Dallas Winds:
Break The Chain is a “Simply Cool Release”
Order Now “I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Break The Chain, from Doug MacLeod and it’s a cool, textural documentary of contemporary observations. Opening with boogie rocker, Goin’ Down To The Roadhouse, Doug gets into a real nice groove with slide on resonator joined by Denny Croy on bass and Jimi Bott on drums. On Lonesome Feeling, Doug really gives his National steel body a rough workout. His wailing and…
Audiophilia Review for Break The Chain
Order Now “Break the Chain does not do musically what the title implies. We have brilliant consistency. Here, you’ll find eleven songs and a ‘holler’ (story). Audiophiles will especially like the spoken voice track as they are so difficult to get right on recordings. … As the Reference team was together in Marin County’s Skywalker Studios, including recording engineer marvel Prof. Keith O. Johnson and diva dynamo producer, Jan Mancuso, the sound on all twelve…
Doug MacLeod on KPFA Blues By The Bay
Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain recording continues to make moves on the radio charts – #8 on the latest Living Blues chart – and this past weekend he was interviewed on KPFA’s Blues By The Bay program. Listen to the full broadcast on KPFA.org and skip to the 01:03:17 mark for Doug’s interview. Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the…
HRAudio Gives Pittsburgh Shostakovich/Barber Five Stars
HRAudio.net has an advance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for our upcoming Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5/Barber: Adagio for Strings recording: Order Now “The inevitable question of ‘do we really need another Shostakovich 5’ must be answered with a clear and unequivocal YES. … Recorded in the autumn of 2013 it is only now, almost four years later that…this further example of the extraordinary marriage between Honeck and the Pittsburghers comes to light.…
Doug MacLeod in Blues Matters
The August 2017 issue of the UK’s Blues Matters magazine has a fantastic new interview with Doug MacLeod titled “I’m an Entertainer Not An Artist.” I hadn’t seen acoustic- bluesman Doug MacLeod play for a while when I caught up with him on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise of the Caribbean earlier this year; then I was able to hear him three times in four days! Californian-resident Doug is no stranger to the UK,…
Free Pittsburgh Symphony Concert August 19!
Order Now The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck invite the public to a free concert at Heinz Hall on August 19 at 8 p.m. The program will include highlights from the tour repertoire and their new Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5/Barber: Adagio for Strings recording will be available at the performance! The Pittsburgh Symphony’s 2017 European Festivals Tour will take the orchestra to Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Romania. Highlights include…
2017 California Audio Show
The RR team had a great time meeting and talking with customers at the 2017 California Audio Show in the San Francisco Bay Area!
Exotic Dances from the Opera Featured on Performance Today
Order Now Minnesota Public Radio’s Performance Today is highlighting Dvořák and featuring his Polonaise from Rusalka from our Minnesota Orchestra recording of Exotic Dances from the Opera! Listen Now Exotic Dances from the Opera Minnesota Orchestra and Eiji Oue Favorites and rarities, including Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale, Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils, and Rabaud: Dances from Marouf. Available for purchase as HDCD, SACD, LP, and Hi-Res Downloads
Add Adam Schoenberg’s Orchestral Music to Your Summer Playlists
The Kansas City Star has some suggestions for your summer classical playlists, and the Kansas City Symphony’s recording of Adam Schoenberg’s Orchestral Music is at the top: Order Now “At the top of the list is the latest recording from the Kansas City Symphony conducted by Michael Stern. The disc is devoted to three works by 36-year-old composer Adam Schoenberg… Schoenberg is a masterful orchestrator, and his use of orchestral color serves him well in…
Pittsburgh Symphony’s Strauss Opera Suites wins Record of the Year!
For the second year in-a-row, The Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck have won Opus Magazine‘s “Record of the Year” award! This year’s distinction goes to their recording of Strauss’s Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier Opera Suites: Order Now “In the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s sixth recording of the Pittsburgh live! series, conductor Manfred Honeck and Czech composer Tomáš Ille have once again joined forces (after their 2014 and 2016 collaborations on the Jenufa symphonic suite and the…
Break The Chain a Blues Broadcasters Album of the Month!
The UK’s Independent Blues Broadcaster’s Association has selected their August Album “Picks of the Month”, and Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain is one of the four! It will be broadcast and featured across member stations throughout the month of August. 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.’…
Happy Dick Hyman Day!
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proclaimed today, July 18 to be “Dick Hyman Day” as part of the kick off of the 92nd Street Y’s 33rd annual Jazz in July Festival which opens this year with a “Dick Hyman Forever!” concert celebrating the legendary pianist Dick Hyman, who served as 92Y’s artistic director of jazz for 20 years and was a co-creator of the festival. Hyman celebrated his 90th birthday this March…
Break The Chain Release Party in Culver City!
Order Now Jesse MacLeod joins Doug MacLeod for a Break The Chain Release Celebration in Culver City, CA at Boulevard Music on July 29th! From Doug MacLeod: Folks, this is gonna’ be a vey special night. My son Jesse will open the show with a set of his music. Denny Croy and I will follow Jesse ( after the smoke clears! ) with our set. Then we’ll invite Jesse to join us on the album’s…