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End of Summer Sale Begins Now!
Now through September 15th — Buy Two or More Items and Save 20%! Save During our Annual End of Summer Sale Order Two or more items and receive a 20% discount on your entire order!The more you order, the more you save!FREE SHIPPING be Media Mail in the U.S. (Priority and International Shipping available extra)Sale ends Monday, September 15th at Noon PST Now Available at RR.com — Organ Polychrome Organ Polychrome: The French School Jan…
Dual Reviews from Positive Feedback Online
Karl Lozier has a couple of features for Reference Recordings releases in the latest Positive Feedback Online: Traveling Sonata “These attractive classical selections are quite varied…The two performers decided on specific selections here ranging from the soothing and mellow music of Faure and Satie to the more exciting “Bolero” and “Carmen ” and to the modern music of Dyens and Duplessy. … Many of the selections are mellow and relaxing as well as simply interesting.…
Guitar Foundation of America’s SoundBoard Magazine with high praise for Roberto Moronn’s André Segovia Archive recordings: “Playing with an assured technique, Perez is very enjoyable – at times, I thought I might be hearing the maestro himself. He has really done his homework: phrasing, contrast, spaciousness, occasional understatement and the sense of hearing a story are all reminiscent of Segovia’s style. This is not to say that this artist has given up his own voice…
Navasota Blues Fest Review for Doug MacLeod
Author Ricky Bush has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s concert at the Navasota Blues Festival last weekend on his Bush Dog Blues blog: “I’ve been a fan of Doug MacLeod for a long time and was thrilled that the blues fest booked him. … The Ol’ blues veteran had them eating out of his hand with his first song. The man has an old soul full of insight and wisdom. Anyone unfamiliar with his…
Photos from the 2014 California Audio Show
We had a great time this weekend at the California Audio Show! Check out some of our pictures below: Post by Reference Recordings. Post by Reference Recordings.
#ThrowbackThursday — Mary Preston: Organ Odyssey
As we look forward to next month’s “Organ Polychrome” release featuring organist Jan Kraybill, here’s a #ThrowbackThursday feature for one of our recent organ recordings, “Organ Odyssey” featuring Mary Preston on the Fisk Op. 100, Lay Family Concert Organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas!
Pre-Order September Releases Today!
Coming in less than one month from today — Organ Polychrome: The French School featuring organist Jan Kraybill, and the Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses on SACD! Click the cover art to pre-order on Amazon today!
Watch Doug MacLeod LIVE!
Watch a live streaming Doug MacLeod Concert at The Bugle Boy in La Grange, Texas at 9pm EDT, Friday, August 8th! Tune in from wherever you’re at in the world on ConcertWindow.com! Online tickets are available for purchase now for only $1 and there will not be any re-broadcast — this is a LIVE, real-time, Doug MacLeod concert! Get your tickets today!
Enjoy The Music enjoys the new Pittsburgh Symphony Dvořák & Janáček
Enjoy The Music‘s Joe Milicia reviews the new Pittsburgh Symphony Dvořák & Janáček SACD and gives it a 5/5 rating for Performance and Recording Quality! “It would be great to have more program notes like the one in Reference Recordings’ new Pittsburgh Symphony release, with the conductor commenting in detail on his own interpretation of the music. … On a first hearing I found the performance overall to be consistently interesting but a bit studied—”carefully”…
ArkivMusic Customer Calls New Pittsburgh Symphony SACD a “Must Hear”
Manfred HoneckCredit: Felix Broede ArkivMusic.com and its customers are excited about the new Pittsburgh Symphony Dvořák & Janáček SACD! Not only is it a “Recommended“ recording, and an Arkiv “Drilldown” #1 SACD recording, it’s also got listeners singing its praises: “…a remarkable melding of artistic vision from conductor Manfred Honeck and virtuoso execution from the Pittsburgh musicians. Honeck deftly brings out Dvorak’s uniquely Czech character from the score, highlighting key passages with flexible dynamics, tempi,…
The Arts Desk Says Dvořák & Janáček is “Beyond Criticism”
The Arts Desk‘s Graham Rickson has a new rave for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck’s latest FRESH! From Reference Recordings SACD: “Dvořák’s…Eighth [symphony] is the most radical, and Manfred Honeck’s remarkable performance highlights its originality in some style. …[Honeck] justifies every interpretive decision in his sleeve notes, and the musical results are pretty special. … What follows is electrifying – an exuberant adrenalin rush… Reach the close, and you’ll hopefully be awestruck. Cheap…
BBC Music Magazine Gives Five Stars to Pittsburgh Symphony’s “Strauss”
BBC Music Magazine gives the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Strauss recording five stars! “Manfred Honeck’s interpretations have huge personality, and mostly in the right way. … The poetry is intense, yielding in Don Juan the most beautiful oboe cantilena ever. … The orchestra plays passionately and luminously, with the brass thrusting when they need to be. … the recorded Strauss celebrations are going well in 150th-anniversary year.” —David Nice, BBC Music Magazine Read the full review on…
The Pittsburgh Symphony Gets Five Stars from Audiophile Audition
Critic Steven Ritter says the new Pittsburgh Symphony recording is “Interpretatively and sonically, this is one of the best releases of the Dvorak 8th I have ever heard.” in a new Five-Star Review: “This album only confirms the fact that the Pittsburgh Symphony, always one of America’s greatest and most underrated orchestras, now tops the list in both interpretative finesse and recorded sound. … Phrasing is perfect; he lingers some places where others may not,…
MusicWeb International Says Miraculous Metamorphoses is “Well Worth Hearing”
MusicWeb International‘s John Quinn has a new review for the Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses recording: “Stern has selected a challenging and exciting programme.… Stern and his players put the music across with dash and no little brilliance. This [Hindemith] score has been a favourite of mine ever since I first encountered it through Abbado’s Decca recording over forty years ago. I enjoyed this Kansas performance very much. … There’s much to admire in the…
Classical Candor Reviews Dvořák and Janáček
Classical Candor‘s John J. Puccio has a new review for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s new Dvořák & Janáček SACD: “This new rendering of [Dvořák] No. 8 by Manfred Honeck and his Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on a live Reference Recordings Fresh! hybrid SACD stacks up pretty well. … There is great exuberance in the conductor’s handling of the various themes, while the sounds of nature, like the birdsong of the flute, create a truly sweet atmosphere.…