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Kansas City Symphony Challenges the New York Philharmonic!
Once again an orchestra is throwing down the gauntlet during the World Series, and after Game One at least, it’s looking good for the Kansas City Symphony:
Miraculous Metamorphoses HRx Receives Highest Recommendation
Blu-Ray Definition gives the Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses HRx its “Highest recommendation.” “The demands placed on the players are substantial and the KC forces handle the dynamics and colors of each piece extremely well. Of course, much of the credit must go to Maestro Stern who has a clear affinity for this repertoire. Whether it is the rousing conclusion of the Hindemith Metamorphoses, the infernal scene of the Prokofiev suite or the buzzing string…
Joel Fan: Dances for Piano and Orchestra HRx Review
Blu-RayDefinition.com gives a top rating to Joel Fan: Dances for Piano and Orchestra! “Pianist Fan endows each selection not only with his fabulous technique but his knowing musicianship. Maestro Christophe Chagnard, founding director of the Northwest Sinfonietta, supplies sensitive accompaniment that partners the piano perfectly in each of these true showpieces for the keyboard. … I happened to have on hand an HDCD version of this program that Joel gifted me last Christmas. While it…
BBC Music on Far In The Heavens
True Concord Voices and Orchestra’s Far In The Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus is reviewed in BBC Music‘s “Brief Notes” section: “…Prayers and Remembrances is the main work here. It marked the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and receives an appropriately sincere, reflective performance by the choir that commissioned it.” Terry Blain, BBC Music Order & Listen Now: ReferenceRecordings.comAmazonArkivMusicApple MusicSpotify
Mahler Symphony No. 1 is a Welcome Back Party for Utah
Classical.net critic Brian Wigman calls the new Mahler Symphony No. 1 recording a “‘welcome back’ party” for the Utah Symphony: “…there is…much to admire. Whatever reservations I have with that Scherzo, the closing bars of it are thrilling. And the third movement strikes me as very well paced, with plenty of color and gorgeous woodwind solos. … And the Finale is marvelous…the climaxes are exciting as you could wish, with the final pages an absolute…
The Age Music Victoria Nominates Box & Dice for Best Blues Album!
The Age Music Victoria Awards have announced their nominees for the best albums across 11 genres and Fiona Boyes’ Box & Dice is a Best Blues Album nominee! The Age Music Victoria Awards celebrate Victoria’s best music of the year! An Awards committee from The Age and Music Victoria select a panel of 30+ industry judges from radio, music blogs, print media, record stores, festivals and more to submit a long list of up to…
Making A Scene Interviews Fiona Boyes
Making A Scene has an exclusive new interview with Box & Dice artist Fiona Boyes: Get Box & Dice Today: Order from RR!Order on Amazon.comListen on Apple MusicListen on Spotify
True Concord Does Stephen Paulus Proud
From MusicWeb International: “This is a fine disc. I appreciated the quality of the performances very much. The documentation is comprehensive and good. The sound quality is very pleasing also. … the sound is clear and pleasing and shows both the performers and the music to good advantage. All concerned, performers and technicians, have done Stephen Paulus proud with this release and I’m sure he was delighted by what he heard at the sessions. It’s…
First Listen — Pittsburgh Symphony: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 & 7
Get a first listen to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck’s latest recording, BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 & 7 on the RR SoundCloud channel before its November 13 release!
True Concord Voices and Orchestra and the Utah Symphony in Gramophone Magazine!
Utah Symphony’s Mahler Symphony No. 1 and True Concord Voices and Orchestra’s Far In the Heavens both get Gramophone Magazine features in the October 2015 issue! Far In The Heavens “… abundantly lyric, soothingly consonant works…True Concord’s…vocal blend gilds the unaccompanied works especially with a halo of resonance.” —Alexander Coghlan Order & Listen Now: ReferenceRecordings.comAmazonArkivMusicApple MusicSpotify Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “…the orchestra acquits itself with distinction. The opening dawn chorus is notable for its hushed…
Fiona Boyes on the Rdio!
Rdio’s “New Music Weekly” Station is featuring Fiona Boyes and her new Box & Dice recording! Click the image below to listen for free (after registration/login)!
Nadia Shpachenko Wins Global Music Award
The Global Music Awards (GMA) is a top-tier international music competition honoring talented musicians from around the world and we’re excited to share that they have awarded a Gold Medal to Nadia Shpachenko and her Woman at the New Piano recording! About The Global Music Awards We are on a quest to find the world’s best new music and to honor and promote the artists. Global Music Awards is a showcase for original music, unique…
Five Stars for Fiona Boyes Box & Dice
Five Stars on Amazon for Fiona Boyes and her new Box & Dice recording: “Fiona Boyes is an amazing guitar player and singer from Australia, with a husky voice, a talent for songwriting, and a love of unusual instruments.On this album she plays the “Box and Dice” cigar box guitar shown on the cover and a 4-string cigar box guitar, as well as a rare National Reso-lectric baritone guitar and her usual touring guitar a…
New FRESH! Blues — Box & Dice
Now Available — Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice FRESH! From Reference Recordings Order from RR!Order on Amazon.comListen on Apple MusicListen on Spotify Read Reviews and More Distinctive New Album from Australian Fiona Boyes! The cigar box with the green dice knobs (hence the title “Box & Dice”) as well as the four-string guitar are one-of-a-kind instruments made for Fiona. The baritone National Reso-lectric is quite rare. The 6-string blond guitar is custom-made for Fiona by…
What’s That Cigar Box Guitar Made Of? Fiona Boyes Tells All
Fiona Boyes talks with ABC Radio about her unusual instruments and the music on Box & Dice: Pre-Order on Amazon today!