Archive for Review – Page 45
What Hi-Fi? Publishes a RAVE review of The Bowie Variations
Andrew Everard published a simply outstanding review of our latest release “The Bowie Variations” on WhatHiFi.com yesterday. The review is incredibly thorough and paints a wonderful picture of Mike Garson’s history with David Bowie (including some insight into how he got the gig). We’ll give you some quotes from it here, but we can not encourage you enough to read this fantastically entertaining review on WhatHifi.com. Excerpts from “Spiders, the Disklavier and Aladdin Sane –…
Allmusic review of Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss
Allmusic.com has published a review of the new Concord Chamber Music Society release. We had a quote we just had to share, but encourage you to read the full review on Allmusic.com. From Allmusic:By James Manheim “Here’s an attractive trio of contemporary American chamber works, straightforward that make use of tonality in various guises, as well as jazz and other vernacular influences, but explore both novel concepts and rigorous formal devices and could not in…
Boston Globe Reviews Concord Chamber Music Album
Boston.com (The Boston Globe) has published a quick review of RR’s recent Concord Chamber Music Society release. We’ll excerpt it here, and let you read the full thing on Boston.com. “In its first CD, the Concord Chamber Music Society, a fine group of Boston Symphony musicians (launched and directed by violinist Wendy Putnam), has enshrined pieces by three composers that have appeared on recent programs. All three composers have ties to the Boston area; two…
Positive Feedback Reviews Concord Chamber Music Release
Karl Lozier from Positive Feedback Online reviews our newest Reference Recordings release featuring the Concord Chamber Music Society. From Positive-Feedback.com: “The sound quality seems to present quality almost the equal of the better SACD recordings. The outstanding audio is the equal of any CD quality that I have ever heard and plays on any regular player. The listening perspective is a bit closer up than usual and beautifully captured in great natural detail… [Chris Brubeck]…
American Blues News Reviews “Brand New Eyes”
From American Blues News: “Doug MacLeod is one of those great (slightly) lesser known blues artists that have been kicking around for decades. Years spent under the tutelage of artists like Big Joe Turner, Charles Brown, Pee Wee Crayton, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and George “Harmonica” Smith have given him the upper hand when it comes to talent in today’s blues scene. He is one of the few artists in the genre that exclusively performs his…
Brand New Eyes Review
Living Blues reviews Doug MacLeod’s Fresh! release “Brand New Eyes“: “What’s remarkable about Doug MacLeod’s music is the stuff you don’t hear. MacLeod does not dabble in filler or extraneous patter. He’s a master of direct, Delta-inspired storytelling, with an audible foot tap present throughout and a National Reso-Phonic guitar upon his hip speaking in steel-timbered tongues… “MacLeod exudes credibility, passion, and a quiet fire of artistic expression… MacLeod’s sense of optimism is evident from…
Crossroads Blues Society Reviews “Brand New Eyes”
The Crossroads Blues Society of Northern Illinois (Host of the Byron Crossroads Blues Festival), featured a review of Doug MacLeod’s new Fresh! release, “Brand New Eyes.” We’ll give you some of the quotes here, but we highly encourage you to read the wonderful, full review on the Crossroads Blues Society Review site. From the Crossroads Blues Society Music and Video Reviews:Brand New EyesReviewed by Mark Thompson “Doug MacLeod is the consummate acoustic blues musician; a…
The Curios – an old review
This is an old review from 2007 from the Pacifica Tribune about The Curios, but it’s still a great read that we wanted to share. From The Pacifica TribuneThe Curios Freak-Folk the House Review of The Curios Winter Concert, 2007By Laura Valentine Political rabble rouser and bandleader of The Curios, Nancy Hall, was born and raised in Pacifica, California and came out of the womb dancing. When asked she says her first favorite song was…
Pied Piper Review – Audiophile Audition
Here is a fantastic review of our new release “Pied Piper” from Audiophile Audition! Jim Walker, flute/Mike Garson, piano – Pied Piper – Reference Recordings (HDCD) RR-121 ***** Reference Recordings has been busy reissuing a few things from their catalog plus items on their new sub-label Fresh! This one is most unusual in that it originally was issued back in 1985 as a 45 rpm audiophile LP – with a different title…I have the 45…
Performer Magazine Review of The Curios
Today we wanted to share some of a recent review of The Curios‘ album “Pillow Book” from Performer Magazine. We will excerpt some great parts from the interview and review and encourage you to read the “spotlight” in its entirety on Performermag.com. From Performer Magazine:The Curious Case of The Curios’ Pillow BookBy: Rose Fellom-Morris Nancy Hall says she spent many a day chasing the “demo fairy” into the studio while recording The Curios’ latest record,…
Tutti SACD Sampler review!
SA-CD.net has reviewed our Tutti! SACD Sampler: Review by Castor August 6, 2010Sonics: 5/5 Stars ‘Tutti!’ is Reference Recordings first release on SACD of a selection of excerpts from some of their many audiophile recordings made over the past fourteen years. The majority of those featured on this sampler date from 1996-7 and it is perhaps a shame that some more recent ones were not included. Unlike their first multi-channel release, Britten’s Orchestra – Michael…
More Britten’s Orchestra SACD Reviews
The reviews for our Britten’s Orchestra SACD keep coming in, and we can’t help but share them with you! From Robert E. Benson at ClassicalCDReview.com: This is Reference Recordings first multi-channel SACD and it is a brilliant success. The label’s engineering staff headed by Producer David Frost and Recording Engineer Keith O. Johnson, has done a magnificent, imaginative job in capturing the sound of this American orchestra… The performances are first-rate, showing off the entire…
Some Positive Feedback from Positive Feedback Online
We just had to share these Positive Feedback reviews of Britten’s Orchestra SACD and Rachmaninoff HRx. So, enjoy the excerpts from the reviews below, and read the full article at positive-feedback.com. Positive Feedback Issue 50July/August 2010Reference Recordings SACD and HRxby Teresa Goodwin Britten’s Orchestra The bass is very deep and realistic with plenty of impact in both the Telarc and Reference Recordings SACDs. The bass drum has the slam one hears live in concert and…
Letters from the Equator – Original Customer Reviews
Since we’ve recently re-released a remastered version of Jim Brock’s album “Letters from the Equator,” we thought we would share some of the original customer feedback! “Brock Rocks”By Gerard Dionne “high eq” Jim Brock embodies the the first generation of American drummers who were as influenced by Third World Music (well before it was known as such) as by the music Boomers heard on the radio in the 50s and 60s. He’s a true master…
We wanted to share this outstanding review from EnjoytheMusic.com of our most recent release Britten’s Orchestra: “Britten’s Orchestra”Benjamin BrittenThe Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; Sinfonia da Requiem;Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter GrimesReview by Wayne Donnelly This is the second Reference Recordings orchestral release from the Kansas City Symphony, now the label’s “house band” replacing the Minnesota Orchestra. Minnesota Music Director Osmo Vanska is under exclusive contract to the Scandinavian BIS label, which…