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Early Reviews for New Kansas City Symphony Release
Early Reviews for the Newest Kansas City Symphony recording are in – and we’ve got some raves! From Puggingham Palace: “What makes this release an event is that a “provincial” US orchestra is daring to record standard repertoire in glorious sound, challenging many classic recordings with ease… Michael Stern leads the Kansas City Symphony in a sumptuously recorded and generous all English program. “Since the recorded competition (for “The Wasps”) is small but mighty (Boult,…
New Release: Elgar Enigma Variations Vaughan Williams: The Wasps/Greensleeves
ELGAR Enigma Variations VAUGHAN WILLIAMSThe Wasps / Greensleeves RR-129HDCD Kansas City SymphonyMichael Stern A Magnificent New Symphonic Recording A new symphonic tour-de-force from the Kansas City Symphony! This colorful, beloved English music has been captured in brilliant HDCD sound by GRAMMY®-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson The Kansas City Symphony garnered tremendous critical acclaim for their first project on Reference Recordings, incidental music for The Tempest by Sullivan and Sibelius (Shakespeare’s Tempest, RR-115). Their second release…
Behind The Scenes with David Frost and Keith Johnson
The RR Team is gearing up for today’s recording sessions, but yesterday, producer David Frost and RR Engineer “Prof” Keith O. Johnson took some time to talk with the Kansas City Symphony about what it is that they do! And here’s a look at the team going over the notes from last night’s “working performance” before today’s sessions:
Kansas City Symphony Working Performance Tonight
The Kansas City Symphony has been hard at work rehearsing the program for this recording, and tonight they get a chance to show off just a little as they host a “Working Performance” tonight at the Kauffman Center. Patrons will be allowed to sit in the Parterre and Mezzanine areas and will get to watch and listen as Maestro Stern works with the musicians to get ready for the recording sessions on Thursday and Friday!…
RR Team in Kansas City!
Kansas City SymphonyPhoto Courtesy Chris Lee The RR recording team is in Kansas City today to begin getting things ready for the newest Kansas City Symphony recording sessions! The past two ventures with the organization have been extremely fruitful, including the Britten’s Orchestra recording winning a GRAMMY! So we are very excited about this new album! We’ll try to keep you updated throughout the week via Twitter and Facebook (and probably here as well), so…
Well Wishes for the Weekend
We’re looking forward to the weekend as the RR recording team has been hard at work this week in Kansas City. That’s right, we’ve been working on a new recording with the Kansas City Symphony to follow up the Grammy® winning, Britten’s Orchestra. Early reports are that the performances and sound are thrilling! Repertory includes Elgar’s Enigma Variations and The Wasps by Vaughan Williams. The project is again conducted by Michael Stern, produced by David…
“Prof” Keith O. Johnson & David Frost Win a Grammy!
2010 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own “Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSON and DAVID FROST have received a 2010 Grammy Award! Category 94 Best Surround Sound Album For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings} Click to order RR-120SACD BTW: This is RR’s first release…
KC Metropolis interviews Keith Johnson and David Frost
A fantastic interview came out Tuesday in the KC Metropolis Journal, featuring our Britten’s Orchestra recording with the Kansas City Symphony. Today we want to share a little of that with you, and then encourage you to visit kcmetropolis.org to read the rest. It is well worth your time! From KCMetropolis.org:INTERVIEW: Achieving that Grammy SoundBy David Peironnet David Peironnet: “Dynamic range in its extreme” is a quote from your press release accompanying the Kansas City…
2010 GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Surround Sound Album
TM 2010 GRAMMY® NOMINATION FOR BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUMSAN FRANCISCO: Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own“Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSONhas received his eighth Grammy nomination! This is our first release in Surround Sound. Category 94Best Surround Sound AlbumFor vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings] We wish to extend our congratulations to…
Happy Birthday Britten!
Today is Benjamin Britten’s birthday, and we have just the album to celebrate! Britten’s Orchestra Michael Stern Kansas City Symphony The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is a symphonic tour-de-force and audio spectacular, featuring all sections of the symphony, separately and together. Based on a famous theme by Henry Purcell, Britten writes in essence his “Concerto for Orchestra,” taking the ensemble apart, then reassembling it in a grand and jubilant finale. Dynamic range is…
Our First Multi-Channel SACD Release!
We’ve been hinting at it for awhile now, but everything is in order and we can finally announce that we have available our very first multi-channel SACD release! BRITTEN’S ORCHESTA Michael Stern / Kansas City SymphonyRR-120SACD Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra Sinfonia da requiemPeter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia This production has garnered top notch reviews in more than 15 publications for the compact disc release – most recently in…
We wanted to share this outstanding review from EnjoytheMusic.com of our most recent release Britten’s Orchestra: “Britten’s Orchestra”Benjamin BrittenThe Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; Sinfonia da Requiem;Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter GrimesReview by Wayne Donnelly This is the second Reference Recordings orchestral release from the Kansas City Symphony, now the label’s “house band” replacing the Minnesota Orchestra. Minnesota Music Director Osmo Vanska is under exclusive contract to the Scandinavian BIS label, which…
Britten’s Orchestra Review – Ultra High Fidelity (Canada)
Here is another great review excerpt for “Britten’s Orchestra” performed by the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Stern: “The (Guide) is a delight, a voyage of discovery through the resources marshalled by a modern symphony orchestra. . . The Kansas City Symphony…is pretty much flawless in its execution of music which depends so much on the beauty of the instruments… The sound is of great help as well… more than once…
Britten’s Orchestra Goes Global!
Our recent release Britten’s Orchestra featuring Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony is getting great reviews across the country, but today we also got a short review internationally! Check out the quick feature in the Yorkshire Post Album Reviews! And don’t forget we are still having a 20% off everything sale at ReferenceRecordings.com