Archive for News – Page 13
Professin’ The Blues Now On Vinyl!
Order Now Professin’ The Blues Now Available on 180 gram Vinyl as a 45RPM Double-LP! RM 25-17 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 capturing sounds, mostly with his own hand built equipment, is…
Dick Hyman Honored As A Jazz Master
April 3, 2017, longtime RR artist Dick Hyman will be featured during a concert in honor of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters, held in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will take place as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Appreciation Month in April. The concert will be streamed live on the NEA, Kennedy Center, and NPR Music websites as well as SiriusXM Channel 67. The 2017…
University of Texas Recording Sessions This Weekend!
The Reference Recordings team is headed to Austin for a double-recording session with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble. See the repertoire below and watch two video previews of Adam Schoenberg’s Symphony No. 2! Recording Session Repertoire Album 1 featuring the University of Texas Wind Ensemble and director Jerry F. Junkin John Corigliano, trans. Craig Davis – Concerto for Clarinet Adam Schoenberg – Symphony No. 2 Jennifer Jolley (newly commissioned piece) Stephen…
Audiophile Corner Poll
This week during our recording sessions with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, we will begin the newly launched “Audiophile Corner” on our new website. But we want to know what you’re most interested in – so help us by voting in our new poll: **UPDATE** – Our poll has now closed, thank you everyone who voted!
Now Playing on Spotify – The Andrés Segovia Archive
Pre-Order The genesis for guitarist Roberto Moronn Pérez’s Andrés Segovia Archive was a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia’s home in Spain. These pieces were dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him, involving composers from eight countries. They were subsequently published as “The Segovia Archive Series” by Edizione Musicale Bèrben. Pérez researched these newly recovered works and found some pieces that had never been recorded, and those that had were handicapped by…
Adam Schoenberg Selected As The Q2 Music Album of the Week
Order Now “[Adam] Schoenberg possesses a directly approachable compositional idiom, marked by a sweet-toothed tonal language, widely spaced chords and generous orchestral textures.… [Finding Rothko]’s four movements – ‘Orange,’ ‘Yellow,’ ‘Red,’ and ‘Wine’ – trace a cinematic sweep, peaking with the fusillade of percussion and brass and the nervous swirl of high winds and strings in ‘Red.’… [With American Symphony], Schoenberg has produced an expertly crafted paean to American-ness. Its most stirring moments come in…
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
We were saddened to hear the news on Tuesday that conductor and composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski had passed away. He was a great conductor, composer, and an amazing man and he will be missed. It was a great pleasure to have released two recordings featuring him as both a composer and conductor with the Minnesota Orchestra. The Minnesota Orchestra will hold a celebration of his life on March 28th at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. From…
¡Viva Segovia! Now Available for Pre-Order
Pre-Order ¡Viva Segovia! Now Available for Pre-Order: HDCD 44.1/16bit Downloads 96/24bit Downloads Classical Guitar Works from the Andrés Segovia Archive Following two successful albums featuring Spanish and French composers, Roberto Moronn Pérez performs selected works from the “Andrés Segovia Archive”, this time showcasing the best compositions in the Archive from multiple countries. The genesis for this unique project is a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia’s home in Spain. These pieces were…
Manfred Honeck Leads the New York Philharmonic This Week
Conductor Manfred Honeck leads the New York Philharmonic in a program of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto and Mahler’s First Symphony February 15-18, 2017. Before his performances, he spoke with Michael Miller of New York Arts about his approach to conducting for both his recordings and performances as well as great insight into his rehearsal process. Listen to the interview via New York Arts Manfred Honeck Recordings
Another Adam Schoenberg World Premiere!
Reference Recordings’ relationship with composer Adam Schoenberg continues next month with another world premiere! Sunday March 5, 2017, The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Junkin, performs the world premiere of renowned composer Adam Schoenberg’s Symphony No. 2 at Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas. The week following the performance, the wind ensemble will be recording the work for a new Reference Recordings release! Concert Tickets & Information Adam Schoenberg has quickly become…
Professin’ The Blues Around The World
Order Now Spanish blues radio program, La Hora Blues, praises Fiona Boyes and her new Professin’ The Blues recording in their Quarterly CD Review roundup, and they will be featuring the recording on their Friday, February 17th broadcast! “Fiona Boyes has gathered fourteen original blues and two covers “Baby Please Don’t Go” coming from Big Joe Williams and another song entitled “Face In The Mirror”. Fiona has recorded all songs in format of solo, duo…
Announcing a New Reference Recordings Website Experience!
If you haven’t visited our site in awhile, you may notice there have been some exciting changes! New Site-wide Security If you had our old site bookmarked, or are a frequent user, you may need to delete your old site bookmark and even clear your browser and computer cache (instructions on how to do that just in case). The reason for that is we have a brand new SSL Certificate that secures your entire experience…
2017 Blues Music Awards Nominations!
Cast Your Vote The Blues Foundation announced their 2017 Blues Music Awards Nominees, and RR artists Fiona Boyes, Doug MacLeod, and Jimi Bott, have all been nominated! Best Acoustic Album Eric Bibb – The Happiest Man in the World Fiona Boyes – Professin’ the Blues Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Live at Briggs Farm John Long – Stand Your Ground Luther Dickinson – Blues and Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook) Vol I and II Best Acoustic Artist…
Pre-Order The new Adam Schoenberg Recording!
Now Available for Pre-Order! Adam Schoenberg: American Symphony • Finding Rothko • Picture Studies Michael Stern, music director; Kansas City Symphony Pre-Order Pre-OrderSays Schoenberg: “I have dreamt of having an orchestral disc of my music since first becoming a composer. This is an extraordinary gift, and I am thrilled to be sharing my music with all of you. The three pieces that you will soon experience embody my growth from student to professional composer. They…
RR at Bay Area Record Fair!
RR will be attending the Bay Area Record Fair this Sunday from 12-5pm at the Swedish American Hall. Make sure to come by our booth in front of the stage and say hello! If you’re in the area, make sure and purchase an early-bird ticket by Friday to get in one hour before general admission and beat the rush!