Archive for Review – Page 44
Reviews for Yerba Buena Bounce
Check out what reviewers said of the original HDCD release of The Hot Club of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Bounce: “…violinist Evan Price and guitarist Paul Mehling leapt into the stratosphere with flurries of notes… Price’s tone was sweet and plangent. And, oh, momma, is Mehling ever one fast-fingered guitarist. Whooowee, what runs, what flurries.” —Wes Phillips, Stereophile 12/2007 “It’s the synergies, combination of highly competent execution, accessibility and the fact that they swing harder…
Audiophile Audition Reviews Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia
Audiophile Audition has a fantastic new review of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s new release Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia, calling it “thrilling.” “Reference Recordings’ Keith O. Johnson takes a crack at the colorful, sentimental and daring music, perfect for Johnny Depp as Captain Hook…The results are thrilling: they capture the space (Skywalker Sound) so naturally and comfortably that the explosion of kettle drums in the high camp “huntresses” scene can be heard to the lowest depths of…
Positive Feedback reviews Sylvia & Coppelia
New release Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia (released 3/13) gets some positive feedback from Positive Feedback! “The beautifully full and rich or ripe Keith Johnson recording will please most music lovers with not even a hint of harshness or distortion to be heard…there will be no complaints with that impressive and clearly solid deep bass response. Orchestral performance is quite excellent…my recommendation is for all, including newcomers to classical music.” —Karl Lozier, Positive Feedback Read the full review…
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…