Archive for Classical CD Review
Classical CD Review Features Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony
“For Reference Recodings, there are SACDs of Strauss symphonic poems, and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8 coupled with a suite from Janacek’s opera Jenufa. Now we have three more SACDS of live recordings all made in the fine acoustics of Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts. All of these are superlative, virtuoso performances. The Beethoven symphonies are high energy throughout, with a rather frantic but exiting pace for the final two movements of Symphony No.…
More Britten’s Orchestra SACD Reviews
The reviews for our Britten’s Orchestra SACD keep coming in, and we can’t help but share them with you! From Robert E. Benson at ClassicalCDReview.com: This is Reference Recordings first multi-channel SACD and it is a brilliant success. The label’s engineering staff headed by Producer David Frost and Recording Engineer Keith O. Johnson, has done a magnificent, imaginative job in capturing the sound of this American orchestra… The performances are first-rate, showing off the entire…