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Dan Welcher Discusses “Spumante”
Composer Dan Welcher discusses the events that surrounded the writing of his work Spumante recorded by Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble’s upcoming release Wine Dark Sea: “Like the Italian sparkling wine for which it is named, Spumante is designed for a celebration. It celebrates the opening of the 1998 season of the Boston Pops, and it also celebrates my own fiftieth year of life with a nostalgic look backward at a…
Doug MacLeod Brings “Home Cooking” to Blues Radio International
Doug MacLeod Brings “Home Cooking” to Blues Radio International in an exclusive performance in Boca Raton:
Five Stars for Far In the Heavens from Audiophile Audition
True Concord Voices and Orchestra’s Far In The Heavens: Choral Works of Stephen Paulus gets a five-star rating from Audiophile Audition’s Steven Ritter: “I had just finished reviewing this disc when the news came that it had garnered two 2016 Grammy Awards (Nominations), for Best Classical Compendium and Best Classical Composition (Prayers and Remembrances). Often the Grammys, and certainly the Pulitzers, get things horribly wrong, but I must say that this recording, possessing a virginal…
Utah Symphony Mahler “Another Stunner”
Audiophilia Magazine’s Anthony Kershaw hails the Utah Symphony’s Mahler recording as a “stunner”: “The orchestra sounds good in all departments, with some soloists highlighted to outstanding effect. … Fischer and his musicians are so musical in this potboiler of a symphony — together, they make the ‘Star Trek’ opening, the minor, inverted ‘Frère Jacques’ funeral tune and the klezmer music sound natural. Others make it sound like film music. … So, a fine execution of…
John Mackey Discusses Wine Dark Sea
Composer John Mackey Composer John Mackey writes about the development of his title work composition on the upcoming University of Texas Wind Ensemble recording: For the past 10 years, I’ve written all of my music in collaboration with my wife, Abby. She titles nearly all of my pieces, a process that usually involves my writing the music, then playing it for her, after which she tells me what the piece is about. Without her help,…
The Utah Symphony 75th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall!
Thierry FischerPhoto Credit: Kousaku Nakagawa The Utah Symphony and music director Thierry Fischer perform at Carnegie Hall April 29th in a concert celebrating the orchestra’s 75th anniversary. The program features the New York premiere of American composer Andrew Norman’s Percussion Concerto, Switch, with Scottish soloist Colin Currie, commissioned by the Utah Symphony and Mr. Fischer, and includes Haydn’s Symphony No. 96 in D major, “Miracle,” Bartók’s Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin, and selections from the…
Stephen Paulus Prayers and Remembrances wins GRAMMY® Award!
We are pleased to announce that Stephen Paulus’ Prayers and Remembrances has won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition! Best Contemporary Classical CompositionPaulus: Prayers & RemembrancesStephen Paulus, composerTrack from: Paulus: Far In The Heavens The Stephen Paulus Family Accepts the GRAMMY Award Stephen Paulus (1949-2014) was hailed as “a bright, fluent inventor with a ready lyric gift” by The New Yorker. A prolific composer of over 500 works, he wrote for orchestra,…
RR at The GRAMMYs!
The RR Team will be attending The GRAMMY Awards Ceremonies today and cheering on our engineers, producers and artists. Congratulations to all the nominees! Marcia and Marcus Martin, “Prof” Keith O. Johnson, Victor & Marina Ledin, and Eric Holtan (True Concord Voices &… Posted by Reference Recordings on Monday, February 15, 2016
Reference Recordings Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day from Reference Recordings! Celebrate with our new Valentine’s playlist on Spotify:
Bowie at The GRAMMYs
Rolling Stone Magazine published the news that Lady Gaga will pay tribute to the late David Bowie by performing of a medley of his songs at The Grammys on Monday. But this isn’t the only Bowie tribute featured in Rolling Stone recently, RR artist and longtime David Bowie pianist Mike Garson also talked about working with David Bowie and his music in a Rolling Stone fantastic interview. Shortly after the interview was published, Mike Garson…
Wine Dark Sea — First Listen!
Enjoy a first listen to our upcoming Wine Dark Sea release on SoundCloud! Now available for Pre-order on Amazon — Wine Dark Sea Wine Dark Sea Jerry JunkinThe University of Texas Wind EnsembleNathan Williams The University of Texas Wind Ensemble has firmly established itself as one of America’s elite wind bands Active in the area of commissioning new music since 1988, the group has offered world premiere performances of works by many composers including John…
Utah Symphony’s Mahler is “Something Special”
Dave Billinge has a new review for the Utah Symphony and Thierry Fischer’s Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan” recording on MusicWeb International: “It is tempting to dismiss yet another Mahler First entering a crowded market as simply not needed. In this case it would be a mistake because this does offer something special… these players respond with as rhythmically vital a performance as you could wish to hear. … I have one small but significant…
Jerry Junkin Conducts! — On Spotify
Before next month’s new Wine Dark Sea of Jerry Junkin conducting The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, listen through all of our previous recordings under the direction of Jerry Junkin on Spotify! Now available for Pre-order on Amazon — Wine Dark Sea Wine Dark Sea Jerry JunkinThe University of Texas Wind EnsembleNathan Williams The University of Texas Wind Ensemble has firmly established itself as one of America’s elite wind bands Active in the area of…
Doug MacLeod in the Brisco Center for American History
The Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas Austin have honored RR artist Doug MacLeod by adding a video recording of his live performance at the Bugle Boy Club in Texas to their archival music project. Here’s an excerpt from their letter to Doug: “You were chosen for this project because we believe that you as a performing artist are an integral part of the independent music scene and historically speaking should…
Two Top Living Blues Albums of 2015
Living Blues has released their Top 50 Albums of 2015 and Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This comes in at #14 and Fiona Boyes’ Box & Dice lands at #36! Congrats to both of these great blues artists! Doug MacLeod: Exactly Like This HDCDVinyl LP Amazon Apple Music Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice Order from RR! Amazon.com Apple Music Spotify