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One Week to go for Britten’s Orchestra Release
We are less than one week away from the release of Britten’s Orchestra!!!! To help get you as excited as we are, here is a press release about it from the Kansas City Star. BRILLIANT BRITTEN!New Kansas City Symphony CD to be released November 10 (Kansas City) – The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, will release their second CD for award-winning audiophile label Reference Recordings on November 10, 2009. Titled Britten’s…
RMAF Reportings/Info for the Audiophiles
Today we thought we would share a blog with you that came from the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival that we recently attended! It includes some good information on how to play some of our HRx files. Bit-Perfect PlaybackPosted Wed Oct 7, 2009, 1:06 PM ETBy Jason Victor Serinus The sixth annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest had already closed when I finally had the time to stop by Reference Recordings’ booth to check out their latest…
Live from Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009
We are currently at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009 in Denver, CO! We are already having a great time. We will be posting some blogs, but have limited internet access. However, we will be doing some live tweets, so make sure you are following us on Twitter! @RefRecordings
Fun Something for you Audiophiles
Okay, since most of our fans consider themselves to be “Audiophiles” we thought we would share a find with you – especially since they used one of our recordings! The Star Tribune (a Minneapolis, Minnesota Paper) has a blogger who is hosting a contest to test your audiophile ears. We think you might find this enjoyable, and are equally interested in the results. So, here is the write-up from Randy Salas: Can you tell the…
Rocky Mountain Audiofest
Well, here at Reference Recordings we are getting ready to go to the Rocky Mountain Audiofest in the beginning of October. So we wanted to share with you a little bit of what the experience is going to be like. Also, in case you are going to be in the area it could entice you to come see us!
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Here at Reference Recordings, we are getting very excited about our upcoming album with the Kansas City Symphony, Britten’s Orchestra. So, to get you excited, here is a YouTube video of one of the movement’s from “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.” Unfortunately, this is not the Kansas City Symphony. But, as you listen, imagine how great it will sound at audiophile quality in HRx, HDCD, possibly SACD, and maybe in the future on…
Why Reference Recordings is doing SACD
Why did Reference Recordings decide to make SACD after all? We know, many have wondered what took us so long. Many feel that SACD is an improvement over Compact Discs, and it still has a large following among audiophiles worldwide. RR has a virtually unbroken history of making the finest possible high resolution recordings. We started with analog tape. We were not satisfied with early technology, 16 bit digital recordings, but soon began making HDCD…
UltraAudio – Audiophile Help
The following is an excerpt from an article found on ultraaudio.com from August 1. XLO/Reference Recordings Test & Burn-in CD It’s amazing how many of us fail to connect equipment properly. How many more do not read manufacturers’ instructions until a problem is encountered? For these and many other very sound technical reasons, the XLO/Reference Recordings Test & Burn-in CD (Reference RX-1000) should be an integral part of every audiophile’s gear. There are many similar…
Kansas City Symphony New Album Information
Here is some new and specific information about the upcoming (release date still pending) album from the Kansas City Symphony, including the album name! Britten’s Orchestra, RR-120 HDCD 1. The Repertoire:The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is a virtuoso orchestral spectacular, which RR has wanted to record for many years. Sinfonia da Requiem is widely considered to be Britten’s finest orchestral inspiration, and is full of color and wide dynamic range. The music of…
HRx – An older, but relevant review
Reference Recordings Aims At Your Hard Drive By Jason Victor Serinus January 5, 2008 — Reference Recordings, the Bay Area-based audiophile label founded by John T. “Tam” Henderson in 1976, has adopted a unique approach to computer and music server playback. Later this month, the company will begin to market what they call “HRx” discs. Incompatible with conventional optical disc players, these are data discs containing WAV files intended for playback on computer-based music servers.…
Joel Fan West of the Sun Reviews
Greetings readers! We are pleased to bring you a couple more reviews from the recent Joel Fan release West of the Sun: Music of the Americas! From Classics Today, the album received a 10/10 rating, meaning 10s in both Sound and Artistic Quality! Here is that review: In contrast to Joel Fan’s previous mixed recital for the Reference label (World Keys), West of the Sun focuses on composers of the Americas, stopping short of Canada.…
Kansas City Symphony New Release – Track Listings
As promised, we will now share with you the track listings for the upcoming Kansas City Symphony album on Reference Recordings: Britten Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, op. 33b Britten “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes, op. 33a I. Dawn: Lento e tranquilloII. Sunday morning: Allegro spiritosoIII. Moonlight: Andante comodo e rubatoIV. Storm: Presto con fuoco Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 I. LacrymosaII. Dies IraeIII. Requiem Aeternum Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,…
Kansas City Symphony New Release – Sneak Peak!
Greetings Fans!!! As promised, you will get a sneak peak at what is going to be on the Kansas City Symphony’s new album with Reference Recordings. But, we aren’t going to indulge too much today. We are going to post here the press release for the pre-recording session concert that the Kansas City Symphony held June 4th. We have blanked out the names of the actual pieces because we will release that information on Monday!…
Kansas City Symphony – New Release
Here on the blog we like to give exciting upcoming information. As many may know last February, Reference Recordings partnered with the Kansas City Symphony to create a number of albums. This fall (2009), the second of those albums will be released. We will not be giving away the title or contents of that album today, but in order to get you excited we want to turn back the pages to last summer’s debut, Tempest!…
Audiophile Audition Review of “West of the Sun” by Joel Fan
Joel Fan, piano – West of the Sun, Music of the Americas – Reference Recordings Fan has created an album with more programming innovation than most such piano recitals. Joel Fan, piano – West of the Sun, Music of the Americas – [TrackList below] Reference Recordings RR-119, 67:17 [Distr. by Allegro] ***** [Release date: Apr. 14, 09]: We liked Joel Fan’s previous CD for Reference Recordings – World Keys – and similarly find this new…