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Now Available Everywhere – Traveling Sonatas – European Music For Flute & Guitar
Traveling Sonata: European Music For Flute & Guitar Viviana Guzmán, fluteJérémy Jouve, guitar An adventurous program of European masterworks for flute and guitar, from scintillating young artists VIVIANA GUZMÁN and JÉRÉMY JOUVE. Their outstanding performances have been captured brilliantly by Grammy®-winning recording engineer Keith O. Johnson. A winner for all audiophiles and music lovers! This album is a musical journey full of emotion, from the soothing and mellow music of Faure and Satie to the…
Horns for the Holidays Topping Charts
ArkivMusic.com has released their 2012 Christmas Favorites list, and new Dallas Wind Symphony release Horns for the Holidays has come in at Number Two! Take a look: >Click to see the full list! For a limited time, get this recording and RR’s two other recent releases at 10% Off with discount code “NEW-RR” on www.referencerecordings.com!
Audiophile Audition Gives Five Stars to Playing With Fire
Audiophile Audition‘s John Sunier gives new Dallas Wind Symphony release Playing With Fire Five Stars! “Playing With Fire is not only the title selection here but the main interest… The fact that the Jim Cullum Jazz Band is basically a trad jazz ensemble makes this one a bit different, and actually seems to make the mix of the classical and jazz approaches to blend a little more smoothly. … The other four works illustrate the…
LLoyd Jones on Oregon Arts Beat
Watch November 8, 2012 on PBS. See more from Oregon Art Beat.
New Release Sale and More!
For a limited time, use new special discount code — “NEW-RR” and receive a 10% discount on any or all of the following three new releases (enter code when ordering): Horns for the HolidaysJerry Junkin/Dallas Wind Symphony An outstanding new release from America’s premier professional wind band! The Dallas Wind Symphony has a worldwide legion of followers and this is their first recording of holiday music. Horns For The Holidays showcases an exciting 12-track lineup…
Viviana Guzman – Making Lemonade from Lemons
A touching story of how Viviana Guzman has conquered over adversity: Watch on YouTube
What’s on Traveling Sonata
Your first look at what’s on upcoming RR release Traveling Sonata:
Meet Playing With Fire Composer Frank Ticheli
Frank TicheliPhoto by Charlie Grosso Composer Frank Ticheli’s music has been described as being “optimistic and thoughtful” (Los Angeles Times), “lean and muscular” (New York Times), “brilliantly effective” (Miami Herald) and “powerful, deeply felt crafted with impressive flair and an ear for striking instrumental colors” (South Florida Sun-Sentinel). Since 1991, Ticheli has been a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was Composer in…
Meet The Jim Cullum Jazz Band
New Dallas Wind Symphony release Playing With Fire‘s title work features the sounds of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, so today we wanted to introduce this legendary ensemble: Organized in 1962, the Jim Cullum Jazz Band is renowned worldwide for playing the classic jazz associated with King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke (among others) plus music by great American composers such as Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. The band…
Listen to Wind & Rhythm Feature on Playing With Fire
A few weeks ago, we were telling you about the radio program Wind & Rhythm‘s feature on new Dallas Wind Symphony release Playing With Fire: Music of Frank Ticheli, and today we’re happy to let you know that the archive of the program is now available for your listening. Thanks to host Doug Brown for the feature, and for making it available publicly! Listen below: Click to purchase securely from Reference Recordings!
More Awards for Jose Serebrier
Longtime RR artist José Sebebrier has once again received a Latin GRAMMY nomination, and this time for “Best Classical Recording of the Year” for his Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 recording. José Serebrier has appeared on the following RR recordings: Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade and Russian Easter OvertureA protege of Dorati and Stokowski, Serebrier is famous for his mastery of the colorful, virtuoso scores of the Russian Romantics. This is his first recording of the ultimate orchestral showpiece,…
RMAF 2012 Recap!
Janice and Ric Mancuso attended the 2012 Rocky Mountain Audiofest this past weekend (10/12-14), and here is their recap: The Denver show featured 431 exhibitors in 174 rooms, 41 vendors (including the Acoustic Sounds booth which featured RR!), and 35 CANJAM booths (headphone and personal audio). Computer Audio was the hot topic among the many seminars, and there was some great praise from industry folks and panel leaders for RR and Keith O. Johnson getting…
BluesWax Talks with Lloyd Jones
The Blues Revue’s online voice BluesWax features a new interview with Lloyd Jones: “Lloyd Jones has six albums credited to his name and while being a regional favorite for decades, he hasn’t managed to create national attention just yet. But things may change with his latest disc, Doin’ What It Takes, which has all the elements needed for Jones to vault onto the radar screens of DJs, journalists, and festivals. For what it’s worth, Jones’…
Horns for the Holidays Bringing in High Praise
New Dallas Wind Symphony release Horns for the Holidays is already bringing in some pretty high praise: “Aptly supported by their formidable production team spearheaded by engineering guru Professor Keith de Osma Johnson, Reference Recordings is well known for experimenting with eclectic fare simply because audiophiles eagerly anticipate whatever is offered. But RR have recently surpassed everyone’s expectations with their latest release Horns for the Holidays. This potential blockbuster exudes breathtaking arrangements of familiar seasonal…