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Audiophilia Reviews Bruckner
Audiophilia says to keep the FRESH releases coming! Audiophilia Magazine’s Anthony Kershaw adds Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Bruckner release to his “must have” pile in his latest review: “Each Fresh! release gets better. The entire team — players, conductor, recording company, engineers, all seem to be finding their groove. And, in this new Bruckner 4, the team has captured something quite special. … But let’s forget all the scholarship this and that.…
Doug MacLeod on YouTube
We’ve updated our Doug MacLeod Playlist on YouTube just in time for the March Exactly Like This release! Watch now and pre-order via Amazon!
Dvořák & Janáček on Fanfare Want Lists
Fanfare Magazine critics Merlin Patterson, Huntley Dent and Andrew Quint had one album in common on their year-end “Want Lists” — the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck Dvořák & Janáček SACD! “Under music director Manfred Honeck, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is increasingly recognized as an ensemble to reckon with. … . In addition to a propulsive and thoughtfully structured account of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, there’s also an effective synthesis of music from Janáček’s…
Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner Gets “Highest Recommendation”
Film Music: The Neglected Art critic Thomas Kiefner gives the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Bruckner release his “highest recommendation.” “Listening to the new live recording from Reference Recordings of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 is as close to being there as you’ll ever experience. … On the very first play you’ll hear that the Pittsburgh Symphony under Honeck’s direction play this work as if they’ve played it a 1000 times. … The Pittsburgh Symphony has brought…
The Banner Saga Nominated for Three BAFTA Awards!
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2015 Game Awards nominees have been released and The Banner Saga was nominated for three! Nominated Categories include: Audio Achievement Music Debut Game Full Nominee List The Banner Saga Austin Wintory, composer The Dallas Wind Symphony Maluka and Peter Hollens, vocals; Taylor Davis, violin Composer Austin Wintory created an earthy, multi-layered orchestral score for the single player role-playing tactical game from Stoic Studios, currently available on…
Is The Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner the Best Ever?
Audiophile Audition‘s Steven Ritter asks, is the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck release “The best Bruckner Fourth ever recorded?” “There have been many fine recordings of this work, but none to my mind holds a candle to Karl Bohm’s 1973 Decca reading. I can honestly say that Honeck and the superb Pittsburghians have given us a performance in phenomenal—underline that—surround sound that launches this rendition to the absolute top of the pile. The…
New Release — Bruckner: Symphony No. 4!
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra FR-713SACD Thrilling live performances from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in brilliant audiophile sound! Anton Bruckner is known as a deeply religious composer whose Catholic spirituality is prominent in his music, particularly his later symphonies. However, his Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (“Romantic”) is one of his most secular, most influenced by nature and most popular works. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck…
Tune in the GRAMMY Awards This Sunday!
Don’t forget that the 2015 GRAMMY Awards are this Sunday and the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Dvořák & Janáček SACD is nominated for the Best Orchestral Performance GRAMMY! Below, stream tracks from the GRAMMY-nominated release as well as the new Bruckner album (coming next week) and the first in our Pittsburgh Live! Series, Strauss:
It’s Gonna Sound Exactly Like This…
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Exactly Like This — First Listen
Listen to a sampler from the new Doug MacLeod release, Exactly Like This and Pre-Order on Amazon.com before the March 10th release!
Joel Fan and Dances for Piano and Orchestra Featured in Gramophone
Gramophone Magazine’s February issue features a wonderful new interview with Joel Fan about his latest Reference Recordings release as well as a wonderful review from Gramophone critic, Donald Rosenberg: “Fan sounds perfectly at home in these virtuoso novelties, which are probably known to few musicians other than intrepid pianists. … turn up the volume to appreciate the fervour and dynamism Fan brings to his challenging duties. He immerses himself in a series of colourful collaborations…
Textura Magazine Reviews Woman At The New Piano
Textura Magazine reviews the new Nadia Shpachenko release, Woman at the New Piano in their February issue: “An exceptional recording of newly composed piano works… Shpachenko is that special musician who possesses the ability to execute technically challenging contemporary works but also bring out the emotional dimension of the material. … Given the involvement of multiple composers, Woman At The New Piano is naturally diverse, yet it’s cohesive, too. Though dramatic stylistic contrasts between works…
Organ Polychrome A MusicWeb Recording of the Month!
MusicWeb International names Jan Kraybill’s Organ Polychrome a January Recording of the Month! “The Allegro from Widor’s Organ Symphony No. 6 headlines this new album, which features Kansas City’s Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant (2011). At the console of this magnificent 102-rank instrument is Jan Kraybill, who tackles Widor’s daunting structures with aplomb. Even at this early stage the organ’s tonal subtlety and range of colours are very much in evidence; whether Kraybill’s dissembling quietly or…
Dvořák & Janáček a Record To Die For!
Stereophile Magazine’s February “Records to Die For” include Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Dvořák & Janáček recording! “Well, this year [the Pittsburgh Symphony] trumped themselves with even more idiomatic performances and an even more naturally dynamic recording. … The realization and performance of the suite from Janáček’s Jenufa is brilliant…Conducted and played with appropriate style and verve and recorded in the best and most thrilling sound, this new disc immediately goes to the top…
Audiophile Audition Best of 2014
Two RR releases land on the Audiophile Audition Best of 2014 list: Dvořák & Janáček “Interpretatively and sonically, this is one of the best releases of the Dvorak 8th I have ever heard.” —Steven Ritter Read the full review Mephisto & Co. “A 45 rpm 200-gram vinyl version of the orchestral favorites album which has been on the TAS Super Disc List since its CD release in 1998.” —John Sunier Read the full review See…