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Positive Feedback Reviews Concord Chamber Music Release
Karl Lozier from Positive Feedback Online reviews our newest Reference Recordings release featuring the Concord Chamber Music Society. From Positive-Feedback.com: “The sound quality seems to present quality almost the equal of the better SACD recordings. The outstanding audio is the equal of any CD quality that I have ever heard and plays on any regular player. The listening perspective is a bit closer up than usual and beautifully captured in great natural detail… [Chris Brubeck]…
Doug MacLeod on WGLT Blues
Doug MacLeod sits down with the WGLT Blues Next Weekly Podcast and shares fascinating insight into Fresh! From Reference Recordings release “Brand New Eyes.” From GLT Blues: Doug MacLeod has been described as a modern day Mark Twain. Like Twain, MacLeod is a keen observer of people, is a gifted storyteller, and uses the English language in creative ways to communicate his observations. On this podcast, MacLeod talks about his new CD “Brand New Eyes,”…
Concord Chamber Music Society’s Thomas Martin
The musicians of the Concord Chamber Music Society are acclaimed chamber ensembles and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the clarinetist, Thomas Martin, is the BSO’s Associate Principal Clarinetist. Today we thought it would be fun for you to get to know Thomas Martin! Thomas Martin is associate principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Mr. Martin began his professional music career as a clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist…
Free Concord Chamber Music Track
Our good friends at Allegro Classical have released a FREE Summer Sampler at Amazon.com and eMusic. This is good news for Reference Recordings fans as the first track features the third movement of Chris Brubeck’s piece “Danza del Soul,” “Celebraçion de Vida.” Take a listen to a sample of “Celebraçion de Vida” and head on over to Amazon.com or eMusic.com to get some free downloads courtesy of Allegro Classical!
New Doug MacLeod Video
Luckily we’ve been able to share all kinds of Doug MacLeod videos with you, but we wanted to add one more that we put together ourselves. We hope you enjoy it and that it gives a true taste of what you’ll get from this fantastic release! If you still don’t have a copy of Brand New Eyes, you can find it at http://referencerecordings.com!
Concord Chamber Music Society Recap
We’ve been posting about this release for quite some time (what can we say, we get excited about an album with TWO world premiere recordings), so we wanted to give a recap today in case you missed any of these previous posts! Album information and Samples of ALL the tracks! Pictures from the Recording Session Composer Lukas Foss Chris Brubeck’s “Time for Three” Michael Gandolfi talks about his work “Line Drawings” A post on the…
Blues Revue Reviews Brand New Eyes
Blues Revue‘s Bill Wasserzieher has a great review of Fresh From Reference Recordings release “Brand New Eyes.” Since the review is not yet online to link too, we’ll quote it and just direct you to their site. “Anyone who has had the opportunity to see Doug MacLeod perform, listened to his dozen or so albums, or read any of the 72 columns he wrote for this magazine from 1999-2010 knows that he is a storyteller…
Concord Chamber Music Pictures
Here are some fun pictures the Concord Chamber Music Society took during the recording process! Keith O. Johnson Michael Gandolfi Recording Necessities The Hall CCMS Founder Wendy Putnam Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122 The prestigious Concord Chamber Music Society, featuring musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, mark their debut on Reference Recordings with two premiere recordings. These new works by Chris Brubeck and Michael Gandolfi, two of America’s most-commissioned composers, are both accessible and adventurous.…
Doug MacLeod Takes Over New Zealand!
This past weekend, Doug MacLeod was a headliner during the Rotura Blues Festival in New Zealand. But he wasn’t only playing, he was also helping to pass the blues torch to the next generation. We’ve come across a lot of fun stuff from the festival and we’ll share some of it with you here. From the Hamilton Blues Society: “Saw Doug Macleod on Saturday night, what can I say, absolutely awesome, no words come close…
Keeping Up With Joel Fan
Reference Recordings artist Joel Fan has been performing all over recently. He performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. this past weekend, and will be performing in Sacramento in two weeks (info here). Joel also closed out the Knoxville Symphony season and got the following glowing review: “Pianist Joel Fan joined the orchestra on the second half of the program for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Like many of…
RR Premieres New Music
The Concord Chamber Music Society Premieres New Recordings Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122 The prestigious Concord Chamber Music Society, featuring musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, mark their debut on Reference Recordings with two premiere recordings. These new works by Chris Brubeck and Michael Gandolfi, two of America’s most-commissioned composers, are both accessible and adventurous. Rounding out the program, the Lukas Foss duo for violin and piano, Central Park Reel, hints cheerfully at a kind…
Facebook Contest Winners!
Our “Tag Us” Contest is now over. Thanks to all who participated, it was a lot of fun for us! Our grand prize winner was Michael H. with his picture of his FORTY Reference Recordings albums! Congratulations Michael. Here is a look at all of our entries together:
Come See Reference Recordings at T.H.E. Show
Reference Recordings will be at The Home Entertainment Show (T.H.E.) this weekend (6/3-5) in the Marketplace/Catalina Ballroom! Make sure to stop by the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society Hospitality room on the 2nd floor beforehand and get a $5.00 off coupon available for any purchases at the RR booth! Exclusive: At T.H.E Show, RR will be selling the not-quite-released album from The Concord Chamber Music Society, and for the first time in more…
We Still Have T-Shirts Left
We have four days left for our Facebook Contest and we still have some T-Shirts to giveaway. So get on over to the Reference Recordings Facebook Page and upload a picture of you and your Reference Recordings collection! More Details: Want to win a Reference Recordings T-Shirt and/or CD-Sampler of your choice? Upload a picture of you with your Reference Recordings albums to Facebook and “Tag” the Reference Recordings Facebook Page (not profile) along with…
Doug MacLeod at the Doheny Blues Festival
Doug MacLeod was at the Doheny Blues Festival in California this past weekend, and he entertained quite the packed audience. The picture is from the Doheny Blues Festival Facebook Page. We wanted to share some video footage from it as well: Blues 411 also published a quick review of Doug’s Fresh From Reference Recordings release “Brand New Eyes” recently, so read along while listening/watching the video above. We think you’ll definitely agree with the sentiments.…