Horns for the Holidays Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony RR-126HDCD Now available in stores and online! “Merry Christmas, y’all!” –Gigi Sherrell Norwood, Dallas Wind Symphony An outstanding new release from America’s premier professional wind band! The Dallas Wind Symphony has a worldwide legion of followers and this is their first recording of holiday music. Horns for the Holidays showcases an exciting 12-track lineup including brilliant original arrangements of festive favorites with many first recordings. This…
New Dallas Wind Symphony recording Horns for the Holidays now available during our End of Summer Sale (street date for release is 9/11)! Get in the holiday spirit early with these tracks by the Dallas Wind Symphony: Wasson: Festival Fanfare Anderson: Sleigh Ride Bach-Reed: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Lovrien: Minor Alterations Kent-Shaw: I’ll Be Home For Christmas Tormè-Wells-Biondi: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) Martin-Mills: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Anderson: A Christmas Festival…
ANNUAL END OF SUMMER SALE Order 2 or more items and receive a 20% DiscountThe More You Order The More You Save! Sale ends Monday September 24th at 12NOON PST Visit ReferenceRecordings.com and start saving today! SPECIAL PRE-RELEASE SALE! Horns for the HolidaysJerry JunkinDallas Wind Symphony An outstanding new release from America’s premier professional wind band! The Dallas Wind Symphony has a worldwide legion of followers and this is their first recording of holiday music.…
Dallas Wind Symphony fans, your wait is almost over! We are just over one month from the new Dallas Wind Symphony recording of the music of Frank Ticheli. As a reminder/teaser, here’s a look behind the scenes of that recording session! And even more exciting is that we are just days away from our Annual End of Summer Sale, and as a special addition we are including RR-126 Horns for the Holidays (featuring the Dallas…
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:
Scott Cantrell of the Dallas Morning News with high praise for the Dallas Wind Symphony after their most recent concert: “Symphony orchestras could learn some lessons from the Dallas Wind Symphony. The latter’s concert’s have a far friendlier atmosphere and attract more eager, receptive audiences. Its patrons respond enthusiastically to even knotty music that would get barely polite applause at DSO concerts…” Quite the high remarks! Congratulations to the DWS, and make sure to stay tuned…
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!
This Valentine’s Day the Dallas Wind Symphony will give a world premiere performance of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue featuring guest artist George Gershwin on the piano. Wait…What? Wonderful Technology Brings Gershwin To Life The genius of George Gershwin comes to life at the Dallas Wind Symphony’s concert, A Gershwin Valentine, February 14 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. With all-new arrangements of Gershwin’s beloved songbook, and a unique technological partnership that returns Gershwin’s own piano…
As promised, we have a behind-the-scenes video from the the Dallas Wind Symphony recording sessions. We hope you enjoy it (and please remember that you’re hearing the audio as it was picked up from a digital camera’s microphone after coming through the monitor speakers).
The second day of the recording sessions went fantastically and were filled with great musical moments, fun, and a lot of hard work on the part of the RR staff, the DWS staff, and of course the DWS musicians. Here’s a look behind the scenes of today’s sessions: Getting ready for the next session Where the magic happens RR fans should recognize the logo on this… HDCD Getting ready to start again Warm-up time! Jerry…
Day one of the Dallas Wind Symphony recordings went extremely well, and as promised, we’ve got a look behind the scenes for you. The musicians warming up along with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band Just about to start Resetting the Stage A look at the Meyerson The famous organ of the Meyerson Keith changing the stage Backstage with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band RR Team hard at work Jerry Junkin and Tam Henderson after the…
If you’re not dialed into all of RR’s social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, this blog) already, now’s the time. We are in Dallas, Texas today through the weekend for recording sessions with the Dallas Wind Symphony, and we’re going to be taking you with us behind the scenes! We’ll be doing some live tweeting during the recordings (follow us and the hashtag #RRdws11), and posting pictures and information on the blog and Facebook Page. And…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. To celebrate, we’re featuring our Dallas Wind Symphony recording that includes Irish Tune from County Derry. The album is Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band By Percy Grainger. Another track from that recording, The Gumsuckers March also happens to appear on our new HRx Sampler. Percy Grainger’s LINCOLNSHIRE POSYperformed by the Dallas Wind Symphony Showcases the wind band music of Percy Grainger, including favorites Lincolnshire Posy and Irish Tune from County Derry…
The final album for our “Music for Independence Day” Series once again features the wonderful Dallas Wind Symphony, this time conducted by Jerry Junkin on the album, “Strictly Sousa!” STRICTLY SOUSA Dallas Wind SymphonyJerry Junkin No marches are quite as inspired as those by America’s beloved March Master. Jerry Junkin leads the renowned Dallas Wind Symphony through the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights of every windband! Recorded by “Prof.” Johnson…
Continuing our “Music for Independence Day” series, we introduce an older Reference Recordings recording (RR-49 in fact) of the Turtle Creek Chorale performing “Testament.” TestamentTurtle Creek ChoraleDallas Wind Symphony An inspiring collection of Americana, with texts by Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost, including The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson. “The precision of the Turtle Creek Chorale is something to hear, and the Dallas Wind Symphony asserts its authority at every turn.” –H&B…