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Audiophile Audition review Rachmaninoff LP
John Sunier of Audiophile Audition reviews the latest of the Reference Mastercuts Series — Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/Vocalise: “When this recording first came out on HDCD CD in 2001, Soundstage! named it one of their best recordings of the year, and three reviewers for The Absolute Sound said it was one of the best releases of the year. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2003. Now with the mildly burgeoning vinyl market, Reference Recordings has…
A preview of a new DWS recording via Disklavier
We’ve already shared a little about the Dallas Wind Symphony‘s performance of Rhapsody in Blue via Zenph Sound Innovations, but that’s not the only technology being employed on our upcoming Gershwin recording! So here’s another preview of what is sure to be an exciting adventure with the Dallas Wind Symphony: Revisit Dallas Wind Symphony to Premiere Rhapsody in Blue? for more information!
Audiophilia Reviews Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia
Anthony Kershaw of Audiophilia has a nice new review of upcoming San Francisco Ballet Orchestra release Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia, which comes out March 13th! “Both scores receive first rate performances. Soloists have character and ensemble is generally very fine. And West keeps the tempi moving…This orchestra follows the conductor perfectly — he obviously knows the scores like the back of his hand and how to relate the music to the dance. As such, both Coppélia and…
“Going through Vinyl” interviews Mike Garson on Bowie Variations Part One of Four
Going Thru Vinyl has published a wonderfully lengthy and in-depth interview with Mike Garson, and they talk the Bowie Variations! Listen here: Bowie Variations – the Full Concert and Exclusive Interview with mike Garson (Part 1 of 4) Follow along with this podcast series on Going Thru Vinyl! MIKE GARSON The Bowie Variations RR-123 “Whatever Mike lends his hands to invariably becomes something magical.”–David Bowie. Beginning in 1972, super-versatile pianist Mike Garson performed, toured internationally…
San Francisco Ballet Program Four Preview
As the San Francisco Ballet moves forward in their season, we move increasingly closer to the release of the Orchestra’s Sylvia/Coppélia release! Check out the Ballet’s preview of their fourth program:
StereoTimes Reviews “Brand New Eyes”
Audiophile Magazine, The StereoTimes recently published their February edition of reviews titled “New Vocal Treasures” and just so happen to feature Fresh! From Reference Recordings artist Doug MacLeod and his release Brand New Eyes! From The StereoTimes: “And then there is the Master of Acoustic Blues, (the Gatekeeper to Reso-Phonic Guitar Heaven), Doug Macleod, on his latest recording from Reference Recordings’ Fresh Label, entitled Brand New Eyes [Fresh FR-703]… The pairing of Macleod with recording…
San Francisco Ballet features World Premiere
The San Francisco Ballet is into their third program of the season, and it features the world premiere of Francesca da Rimini! Enjoy some video clips from their program here (and pay close attention to the orchestra!): Sylvia & Coppélia will be released in HDCD format March 13!
A Look ahead – Coppélia
We are less than a month away from the release of Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Martin West. A little from the album’s liner notes about Coppélia… In contrast to the “heroic” drama of gods and shepherds, Delibes’s earlier ballet Coppélia, or The Girl with Enamel Eyes, is an ingratiating comedy with a story line that was, and remains, unusually absorbing for its genre. Charles Nuitter, the archivist…
A look ahead – Sylvia
A little sneak peek at the upcoming release We are less than a month away from the release of Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Martin West. A little from the album’s liner notes about Sylvia… Sylvia was given its premiere in Paris at just about the time Tchaikovsky completed his score for the earliest of his own great ballets, Swan Lake, and about a year before that work’s…
RR Celebrated The Grammy Awards by Looking Back at past Grammys!
Sunday was the Grammy Awards Ceremony, and while there weren’t any RR releases in the running this year, we thought it would be fun to highlight some of our past winners and nominees! AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Grammy Award ! (presented February 2011) Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own “Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSON and DAVID FROST received a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album! BTW: This is RR’s first release in Surround Sound. RR-120…
Behind The Scenes with David Frost and Keith Johnson
The RR Team is gearing up for today’s recording sessions, but yesterday, producer David Frost and RR Engineer “Prof” Keith O. Johnson took some time to talk with the Kansas City Symphony about what it is that they do! And here’s a look at the team going over the notes from last night’s “working performance” before today’s sessions:
Kansas City Symphony Working Performance Tonight
The Kansas City Symphony has been hard at work rehearsing the program for this recording, and tonight they get a chance to show off just a little as they host a “Working Performance” tonight at the Kauffman Center. Patrons will be allowed to sit in the Parterre and Mezzanine areas and will get to watch and listen as Maestro Stern works with the musicians to get ready for the recording sessions on Thursday and Friday!…
RR Team in Kansas City!
Kansas City SymphonyPhoto Courtesy Chris Lee The RR recording team is in Kansas City today to begin getting things ready for the newest Kansas City Symphony recording sessions! The past two ventures with the organization have been extremely fruitful, including the Britten’s Orchestra recording winning a GRAMMY! So we are very excited about this new album! We’ll try to keep you updated throughout the week via Twitter and Facebook (and probably here as well), so…
Joel Fan Friday
Make sure to tune in to WFMT to hear Joel Fan Live (or look for a podcast later) here! But if you don’t catch that, you can listen to our two newly added RR Radio Tracks: