Archive for Holst
ClassicsToday Reviews Kansas City Symphony’s Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool
Watch a new ClassicsToday video review with David Hurwitz of the Kansas City Symphony and Michael Stern’s Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool recording: See the full review on ClassicsToday.com Purchase
American Record Guide Reviews Kansas City Symphony’s New Holst Recording
The Kansas City Symphony and Michael Stern’s Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool gets a great review in the March/April 2020 issue of American Record Guide: “This wonderful recording sounds better and better the more you increase the volume; and somehow, that glorious sound includes both great detail and great space. We seem to be hovering just above music director Michael Stern, so individual instruments are heard vividly, and yet we never seem too close.…
Kansas City Symphony’s Holst is a top Christmas Gift!
The Kansas City Star’s Patrick Neas published his list of “Classical gems sure to bring joy to the holiday season” and The Kansas City Symphony and Michael Stern’s Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool is at the top of his gift list! “The performance is as good as any you’re likely to hear, but this recording is a standout for the stunning sound captured by Keith O. ‘Professor’ Johnson, the legendary producer for Reference Recordings.…
Kansas City Symphony’s Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool is Out Now!
Michael Stern and The Kansas City Symphony — Brilliant Performances, Dazzling Sound! Reference Recordings proudly presents Holst’s best known and beloved works in an outstanding interpretation from Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony. This hybrid SACD release was recorded in the beautiful and acoustically acclaimed Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. It was produced by David Frost, six-time winner of the Classical Producer of the Year GRAMMY® award. It was recorded by…
More Coming From the Kansas City Symphony
Raves for the Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” are rolling in, but there’s more to be excited about with the Kansas City Symphony as The Kansas City Star explains: “Reference Recordings is not one of the larger classical recording labels, but to cognoscenti it’s one of the finest. Founded in 1976 by John “Tam” Henderson and Keith O. Johnson, the label is devoted to quality, not quantity. Many of them have been…