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Audiophile Audition Reviews new Hot Club of San Francisco LP!
John Henry of Audiophile Audition with a thorough new review of The Hot Club of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Bounce LP: Reference Recordings has gone out of their way to make this double album of special audiophile interest. First, both discs are 200 grams, rather than the usual 180 gram audiophile standard for vinyl reissues. Then each of the four sides ends in a couple minutes of quiet grooves so you won’t have to deal…
Album of the Month: Looking Back on RR-70 “Stravinsky”
Sunday, June 17th is Stravinsky’s 130th birthday, and considering RR has recently released their 1997 Grammy nominated recording (Best Engineered, Classical) featuring the Minnesota Orchestra performing Stravinsky’s Song of The Nightingale and The Firebird Suite on LP, we felt that June would be a great month for a “Looking Back” feature on RR-70: Stravinsky! “Igor Stravinsky celebrated his 28th birthday only weeks before the unveiling of The Firebird at the Paris Opéra on the night…
Doug MacLeod interviewed in Belgian publication Het Goor Gooreind
Doug MacLeod has been bringing the blues to the European continent as of late, and was recently interviewed in the Belgian publication Het Goor Gooreind in an article headlined by Doug’s quote “You have to listen to as much music as you can.” Here are some quotes from the interview, and you can catch a translation of the interview in its entirety on Doug’s website www.doug-macleod.com: Julian: “B.B. King’s guitar is called Lucille. What’s yours…
New RR Radio Track – Lloyd Jones “Bend in the River”
New RR Radio track from Lloyd Jones’ new Fresh! From Reference Recordings release Doin’ What It Takes — Bend in the River: Doin’ What It Takes goes on sale July 3rd!
RR ClassicsOnline Sale!
Reference Recordings is now on ClassicsOnline! And to make this an even more exciting announcement, RR is currently the “Featured Label of the Week” which means that ALL of our recordings are currently on sale at ClassicsOnline for 20% OFF this weekend ONLY!!! So make sure and visit http://classicsonline.com today and save!
The Absolute Sound calls Delibes album an Instant Audiophile Classic
The Absolutes Sound hails our recent release Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia an “instant audiophile classic.” From The Absolute Sound: “For 30 years, “Professor” Keith Johnson and reference Recordings have provided audiophiles with orchestral spectaculars to challenge high-end systems. This new CD of two perennially popular ballet favorites could be their best yet. The sense of individual instruments, or groups of instruments —say, four French horns— occupying their own space, is uncanny.The scaling of those instruments…
Simeon Sandiford Explores Britten’s Orchestra at The World’s Best Audio System 2012
Sanch Electronix director Simeon Sandiford (who we introduced here) published a wonderful account from “The World’s Best Audio System” 2012 convention in North Carolina, and in his wonderful chronicling, he takes readers inside the “Music Vault,” where he lends this account of listening to RR’s Britten’s Orchestra SACD on a system with Magico Q7 Loudspeakers: “…I (Simeon Sandiford) asked (Tim) Crable, who was manning the console, to regale us with Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide…
Looking forward to “Doin What it Takes” featuring Lloyd Jones
Oregon Music News talks with Lloyd Jones about his upcoming Fresh! From Reference Recordings Release (July 3rd) Doin’ What It Takes: This soulful new release from Pacific Northwest Blues legend LLOYD JONES and his band Lloyd Jones Struggle offers exciting originals by Lloyd Jones, which blend his guitar and vocals with B3 organ, piano, drums,percussion, bass, trumpet and saxophones! Look for Doin’ What It Takes July 3, 2012, which will coincide with Lloyd’s appearance at…
Join us in Newport Beach tomorrow!
Join us this weekend (June 1-3) at The Home Entertainment Show: Newport Beach! We’ll be setup in the Orange County Airport Hilton Hotel’s Catalina Ballroom. Find out more information on all the exhibitors at the Hilton Hotel and the Atrium Hotel at www.theshownewport.com And make sure to stop by the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society’s Hospitality Suite in the Hilton (5th floor) for a $5 Off Coupon for use at the RR booth!…
Looking Ahead to Newport this weekend
There are a lot of things to look forward to at The Home Entertainment Show in Newport Beach, CA this weekend — seeing friends, fans, music sales, finding great new equipment, and of course seeing Mike Garson performing with Tierney Sutton! Here’s a quick teaser… Mike Garson will be performing along with a jazz quintet and Tierney Sutton! When: Shows will be Friday and Saturday nights at 6:15pm and 8:30pmWhere: Hilton Hotel: Orange County Airport,…
Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia HRx
Newest Reference Recordings release Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia available in HRx format! See what others are saying about Sylvia & Coppélia: WCLV Radio CriticalDance.com Huffington Post Audiophile Audition Positive Feedback Audiophilia Classical Music Sentinel “… what charm, what wealth of melody!” —Tchaikovsky on Delibes Leo Delibes’ COPPÉLIA is pure delight, a feast of musicality and humor for all ages. Probably the greatest ballet comedy ever written! On this disc we also present Delibes’ SYLVIA, a…
Looking Ahead to the DWS Ticheli Release
RR and Dallas Wind Symphony fans might feel like they’ve still got a while to wait for the next DWS release featuring music by Frank Ticheli, but we’ve got nothing on the anticipation already building for the upcoming Frank Ticheli Festival in England in 2014. Take a look at Mr. Ticheli’s preview of the festival: Here’s a look at the Ticheli recording sessions from the recording room:
The Truth Behind The Hot Club of San Francisco
Now available on HRx and LP, not quite as small of a “small plastic disc,” but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous. Learn about the true story of The Hot Club of San Francisco from the original Yerba Buena Bounce liner notes: BEWARE: The small plastic disc you hold in your hands is one dangerous item It’s a time machine, and as the first notes jump out from the guitars and violin of the…
Reviews & Awards for OPPO BDP-95/93
As our OPPO feature and sale continues, we thought it would be fun to share a few of the awards the OPPO players have received lately: 2012 About.com Readers’ Choice Winner “Voted Best Blu-ray Disc Player Brand for 2012” Read more + Best Home Theater Products Of The Year – About.com – 2011 “It is definitely worth checking out. “ Read more + Best Blu-ray Player Winner: OPPO Digital BDP-95, Runner-up Oppo…
WQXR features Delibes: Sylvia and Coppelia
The newest RR release Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra was featured as the WQXR “Album of the Week.” From Sunday, April 29 through the first week of May, WQXR featured Sylvia & Coppelia as a part of their weekly spotlight on compelling new recordings. From WQXR: “We at WQXR don’t encounter too many recordings by ballet orchestras…The oldest professional ballet company in America, [San Francisco Ballet] is also one of…