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Classical Music Sentinel Review Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia
“Wow” and “Thanks!” is all we can say about this review from ClassicalMusicSentinel.com: “Now for this type of music to work removed from the stage, the level of playing and the quality of the recorded sound have to bring it to life. And that’s exactly what we get here in this fabulous new recording captured at the George Lucas Skywalker Sound Studios by Reference Recordings, a label known for using cutting edge technology to obtain…
Audiophile Audition review Rachmaninoff LP
John Sunier of Audiophile Audition reviews the latest of the Reference Mastercuts Series — Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/Vocalise: “When this recording first came out on HDCD CD in 2001, Soundstage! named it one of their best recordings of the year, and three reviewers for The Absolute Sound said it was one of the best releases of the year. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2003. Now with the mildly burgeoning vinyl market, Reference Recordings has…
Audiophilia Reviews Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia
Anthony Kershaw of Audiophilia has a nice new review of upcoming San Francisco Ballet Orchestra release Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia, which comes out March 13th! “Both scores receive first rate performances. Soloists have character and ensemble is generally very fine. And West keeps the tempi moving…This orchestra follows the conductor perfectly — he obviously knows the scores like the back of his hand and how to relate the music to the dance. As such, both Coppélia and…
StereoTimes Reviews “Brand New Eyes”
Audiophile Magazine, The StereoTimes recently published their February edition of reviews titled “New Vocal Treasures” and just so happen to feature Fresh! From Reference Recordings artist Doug MacLeod and his release Brand New Eyes! From The StereoTimes: “And then there is the Master of Acoustic Blues, (the Gatekeeper to Reso-Phonic Guitar Heaven), Doug Macleod, on his latest recording from Reference Recordings’ Fresh Label, entitled Brand New Eyes [Fresh FR-703]… The pairing of Macleod with recording…
Audiophile Audition reviews From the Age of Swing LP
Audiophile Audition has a Five-Star review of RR Mastercuts LP release of Dick Hyman’s From the Age of Swing. From Audiophile Audition: “This collection of music from small and large instrumental groups from the late 1930s was originally released on CD by Reference Recording in 1994. It’s great now to have it on the ultimate analog format of 45 rpm vinyl—well worth the expense for those of us with high-quality turntable systems. “Of course the…
Mastercuts Review
Musicangle.com has a thorough review of the Reference Mastercut Series release Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/The Song of the Nightingale, and considering we are just a few days away from the third Mastercuts Series release, we think it’s a great time to share what people think of the first one! “Reference Recordings Returns to Vinyl With a Bang!”by Michael Fremer of musicangle.com “With the advent of high resolution digital downloads and USB DACs, Reference was able…
Sing Out! Reviews Brand New Eyes
Folk Music magazine Sing Out! published a glowing review of Fresh! From Reference Recordings release Brand New Eyes! We’ll give you a taste of these quotes and then link you to Sing Out!‘s website. From SingOut!: “When you close your eyes and listen to Doug MacLeod, it’s difficult to decide what you like best, his expressive guitar technique or his passionate approach to vocals. Both are exemplary and have been over the past 16 releases.…
Go into the studio with Reinaldo Brahn + O’s Place Review
Brasileiro Soul artist Reinaldo Brahn is taking you into the recording studio in a wonderful new video featuring his track Tempo. Take a look: O’s Places Jazz Magazine had this to say about Brasileiro Soul: “Guitarist and vocalist Reinaldo Brahn is one of the new voices of Brazil…He sings the lyrics in his native Portuguese except for “Wondering” one of our favorites along with “Alma de Atria” and “Põe o pé an Estrada”. This is…
Audiophile Audition reviews The Bowie Variations
John Henry of Audiophile Audition published a thorough review of Mike Garson’s RR release, The Bowie Variations this past weekend. The review gets into the heart of the works, and the influences that surrounded the pieces. It’s a highly informative read, so we encourage you to find the full review on AudAud.com. From Audiophile Audition: Mike Garson, piano – The Bowie Variations; 4/5 stars “Garson doesn’t just do straight jazz treatments of these tunes; he…
Concord Chamber Music Society Review
EnjoytheMusic.com published a wonderful review of the Concord Chamber Music Society’s Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss recording. We’ll share some of the quotes with you, and encourage you to visit Enjoythemusic.com for the full review! EnjoyTheMusic.com: “Pleasant” is almost always a pejorative word in a review, a classic case of damning with faint praise. But Reference Recordings’ vivid-sounding new CD of contemporary chamber music would be “deeply pleasant” if such a thing could be said—we can settle on “highly…
Gramophone Reviews Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss
The North American publication of Gramophone‘s October 2011 issue features a wonderful review of our Concord Chamber Music Society release of works by Brubeck, Gandolfi, and Foss. We’ll excerpt some quotes for you here, and you can find the full review in the October issue of Gramophone Magazine. Nuanced and authoritative playing of intense new chamber works: On Danza del soul: …The first movement of Chris Brubeck’s Danza del soul opens with a tuneful unaccompanied…
Reference Recordings featured in TechnoFile
TechnoFile.com It was quite the pleasure to find Jim Bray’s article featuring Reference Recordings on TechnoFile.com this weekend. So we thought it would be fun to share some of the great quotes from it with you here on our blog. Though, we highly suggest reading the full article as we suspect many of you will have similar feelings and ideas about audio quality as Mr. Bray. Reference Recordings Offer Quality Sound for Audiophiles:By Jim Bray…
Audiophile Audition Reviews Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss
Audiophile Audition‘s Lee Passarella published a wonderful review of the Concord Chamber Music Society’s release of music from Chris Brubeck, Michael Gandolfi, and Lukas Foss. We’ll share some quotes centering on each composer, but we encourage you to read the review on AudAud.com. From Audiophile Audition: “…Musically, the entrance of the players one by one gives the piece a nice, improvisatory feel, like a jam session coming together in an especially ad hoc manner. It’s…
Kris Becker raves about “The Bowie Variations”
Composer/Songrwiter/Keyboardist Kris Becker, weighs in on Mike Garson’s The Bowie Variations via email (used with permission): Mike, I’ve been listening to your BOWIE VARIATIONS over time, in order to soak it in. Loved it upon first hearing but wanted to get on the inside of it a bit more. My favorites are hard to pick, since it’s all so great… Space Oddity: extremely beautiful. Wow. Very very heartfelt and sophisticated. I could go on in…
WRUV Radio Reviews Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss
Just wanted to share a quick review from the Burlington, Vermont radio station WRUV. You’ll notice the part that made us smile at the very end. Brubeck/Gandolfi/FossConcord Chamber Music Societyreview by Laima “Varied and interesting works by Chris Brubeck (son of Dave), Lukas Foss and Michael Gandolfi. Brubeck’s pieces are jazz inflected, Foss’ as the title suggests (Central Park Reel) is bluegrassy, and Gandolfi’s are abstract and lyrical. Play all!“ Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122…