Author Archive for Reference Recordings – Page 13
Lennox Berkeley Society Features ¡Viva Segovia!
Many thanks to the Lennox Berkeley Society for featuring the new Roberto Moronn Pérez ¡Viva Segovia! recording on their website! Lennox Berkeley: Quatre Pièces pour la guitare Order Now If Cyril Scott’s Sonatina deserves to be added to the regular repertoire, another Sonatina which has already achieved this status is Sonatina Op. 52 by Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) written in 1957 for Julian Bream. It was always thought to be his first piece for solo guitar,…
Doug MacLeod Live Session Coming Soon
June 15, while on tour in the Pacific Northwest, Doug MacLeod will stop by the KNKX studios in downtown Seattle, WA for a Live Studio Session broadcast! So make sure to bookmark KNKX.org today to tune in live at 12 noon Pacific on June 15th! Order Now 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…
Shining A Spotlight on The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Order Now “As another San Francisco Ballet season draws to a close, it’s a good time to turn the spotlight on the magnificent SF Ballet Orchestra, led by music director Martin West, which plays such a vital role in the success of the Company’s performances. Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, this Grammy Award-winning ensemble, under West’s direction, has recently released a delightful album of music by Moritz Moszkowski (1854 -1925), entitled From Foreign Lands. ……
San Francisco Classical Voice Interviews Manfred Honeck
San Francisco Classical Voice interviews Manfred Honeck before his performances of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and Shostakovich’s Suite on the Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti with the San Francisco Symphony. See the excerpt below and visit SFCV.org for the full interview: At one point in that same Times piece, you said, “I’m an instrument … to make my profession more honest.” When has the profession not been honest? What I meant, probably, was that you have to…
New Doug MacLeod RR Radio Track – Who’s Driving This Bus
Order Now 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 originals. Each song is extremely personal and at the same time, universal; covering subjects topical, humorous, and soulful; from the satirical to the sublime. See…
Classical Candor Rave for ¡Viva Segovia!
Order Now “As I said about Mr. Perez in an earlier review, he does justice to each composer. Perez plays with flair but also with nuance and subtlety. His guitar opens up each work and expands it seemingly beyond the limits of a single instrument. Although you won’t find any (or if you are a dedicated classical guitar fan, many) familiar pieces here, if you are like me you will find each work entertaining, touching,…
Break The Chain a BishopFM Album of the Week!
The UK’s BishopFM “Blues Show” names Doug MacLeod’s new Break The Chain recording their Album of the Week! Listen to the show below to hear five tracks from the new release (available for pre-order now):
Doug MacLeod Wins Acoustic Artist Blues Music Award!
Congratulations to Doug MacLeod on his 2017 Acoustic Artist Blues Music Award! July 7th will mark the release of his next recording with Reference Recordings, Break The Chain, in which Doug continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Each of the twelve new original songs is extremely personal and at the same time, universal; covering subjects topical, humorous, and soulful; from the satirical to the sublime. Break The Chain will be…
Adam Schoenberg Orchestral Music a Recording of the Month!
Order Now The Kansas City Symphony‘s Adam Schoenberg Orchestral Music recording is a MusicWeb International Recording of the Month! “There is no doubt that the music is technically challenging and the writing is often complex. However, it seems to me that Schoenberg’s achievement in these three scores is that he has written music that, no matter how technically demanding it may be, never leaves the listener behind. There’s absolutely no condescension to the listener yet…
Dallas Winds Interview with Christopher Martin
New York Philharmonic Principal Trumpet, Christopher Martin talks with the Dallas Wind Symphony. Christopher Martin will be the guest soloist on John Mackey’s “Antique Violences” on the Dallas Winds’ next recording project. Their Kickstarter for the recording is at 80% with 6 days to go, and was selected as a “Project We Love” by Kickstarter – so make sure to help them get over the top by supporting the project! Support The Project Dallas Wind…
Manfred Honeck Interview in Presto Classical
Before the Vienna Spring Concerts, Manfred Honeck spoke with Presto Classical‘s Katherine Cooper about his career, the music of Strauss and more: KC: You began your career as a viola-player with the great Viennese orchestras, but have spent the past ten years as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Do you notice any stylistic differences between American and Austrian orchestras, and do you feel that there’s still such a thing as a distinctive ‘Viennese…
Podcast Interview With Fiona Boyes
Fiona Boyes joins the “Staces Place” podcast for a 45-minute interview! Listen below courtesy of the Stace’s Place Podcast: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/stacesplace/Pods/SP33Fiona.mp3 Order Now Fiona Boyes: Professin’ The Blues 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 liner notes Fiona makes the declaration, “’Professor’ Keith’s amazing approach to…
Pre-Order Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain!
Order Now 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 originals. Each song is extremely personal and at the same time, universal; covering subjects topical, humorous, and soulful; from the satirical to the sublime. The…
What Inspires Adam Schoenberg?
Order Now The Meet The Artist blog has a wonderful new interview with composer Adam Schoenberg: Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? My father is a world-class piano improviser, and my mother is a lyricist and children’s book author. I was surrounded by music my entire life, and began playing the piano at the age of three. Looking back, it was almost inevitable that I would eventually become a composer.…