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Across The Board for Saint-Saëns LP!
Order Now The Audio Beat critic, Tim Aucermann, gives our Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ” Reference Mastercuts LP a rating in Music and Sound: “Reference Recordings (RR) has catered to vinyl-playing audiophiles since the mid-1970s, and label CEO Tam Henderson has a solid grasp of what his finicky audience wants: recordings of acoustic music performed in actual concert spaces captured in holographic sound with a genuine sense of presence. And realistic…
Kansas City Saint-Saëns on Fanfare’s Want List
Fanfare critic Andrew Quint has named Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” to his 2016 year-end “Want List”: “San Francisco’s Reference Recordings, issuing musically worthy recordings in audiophile sound for more than three decades, continues its rewarding relationship with Michael Stern and the over-achieving Kansas City Symphony. This all-Saint-Saëns program is anchored by the well-worn “Organ” Symphony, played here with sure-footed metrical precision plus plenty of cinematic splendor. “Professor”…
New Hybrid SACD Release — Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ”
NEW HYBRID SACD RELEASE! 5.1 Surround and Stereo SACD, Stereo CD with HDCD Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ” Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28La Muse Et Le Poère for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra, Op. 132 Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern RR-136SACDStreet Date: July 8, 2016 PRE-ORDER NOW! The 2015 release on compact disc garnered a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Classical Engineering. We now present this recording in brilliant…
Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in The Audiophile Voice
George Graves features the Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 recording in the Winter 2016 issue of The Audiophile Voice: “The imaging on this recording is first rate with an excellent feeling for the huge space in which the recording was made. Reverb times are long and give a luscious, rich texture to the sound. As is usual with Johnson’s work, image specificity is spot on. It is possible to pick out each individual…
Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Now A Reference Mastercuts LP
GRAMMY® Nominated Kansas City Symphony recording Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” is now available as a Reference Mastercuts LP! First LP mastering of this work at 45 rpm! Details RM-1514 Single 45 rpm LP 180 Gram pressing from QRP in Deluxe Gatefold Jacket Michael Stern, conductorKansas City SymphonyJan Kraybill, organProducer: David FrostRecording Engineer: Keith O. JohnsonRecorded by: Sean Royce Martin, Half-Speed LP Mastering: Paul Stubblebine Composed at his artistic peak, Camille Saint-Saëns said of his…
HiFi+ Names Kansas City’s Saint-Saëns a Favorite
HiFi+ Magazine names the Kansas City Symphony’s new Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 recording one of their favorites: “Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 with organ, know as the Organ Syphony, is filled with virtuoso flourish, making for a sure fire showpiece for a hi-fi system. … Of the audiophile labels recording new works no label has ddone more for so long as Keith Johnson’s Reference Recordings. This is the fourth of Reference’s recordings with the Kansas City…
Topping the Charts!
Two releases are topping charts to end 2015 on a high note! Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice Box & Dice comes in at #1 on the Roots Music Reports Top Australia Albums Chart for the week of December 28, 2015! Get Box & Dice Today: Order from RR!Order on Amazon.comListen on Apple MusicListen on Spotify Kansas City Symphony — Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” The Kansas City Symphony and Jan Kraybill’s GRAMMY-nominated release is the…
Two Gramophone Recordings of the Year!
Gramophone Magazine has released their 2015 Recordings of the Year in a special free digital issue and includes two Reference Recordings releases! Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ” Jan Kraybill, organ; Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern “…the crucial test is not so much the volume of the organ but the way in which the orchestral context of the symphony as a whole is established. Here Michael Stern impressively injects impetus into the first section’s sinewy fabric,…
Kansas City Saint-Saëns a “Definitive Version”
Kansas City Symphony’s GRAMMY® Award Nominated Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording gets a rave review from Fanfare Magazine’s Jerry Dubins in their November/December 2015 issue: “…a disc for the most demanding audiophile and for the most discerning music lover, not that the two are mutually exclusive. … This, I believe, is the most astonishingly realistic and most stunningly awesome recording I’ve ever heard, which is why I said above that it was a disc…
Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns a Gramophone Editor’s Choice!
Gramophone Magazine names the new Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording a September Editor’s Choice! “…the crucial test is not so much the volume of the organ but the way in which the orchestral context of the symphony as a whole is established. Here Michael Stern impressively injects impetus into the first section’s sinewy fabric, alert to instrumental colour and the contrapuntal discipline and intrigue of the writing. The organ, making its…
The Arts Desk Recommends Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns
Graham Rickson of The Arts Desk listens to the new Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns recording: “Saint-Saëns’s La Muse et le Poéte is the rarity here, a 15-minute piece for violin, cello and orchestra. A mixture of symphonic poem and concerto, it’s a real find. Muse and poet are represented by rhapsodic violin solo and an earthier cello, and the two voices slowly find a way to work together. It’s impeccably structured, brilliantly orchestrated and highly…
Kansas City Symphony to Open Chiefs 2015 Season
The Kansas City Symphony will follow up their 2014 World Series National Anthem performance by leading The Star-Spangled Banner at the Kansas City Chiefs home opener on September 17! From the KC Star: The Kansas City Symphony has played at a number of venues, but this fall it will perform at Arrowhead Stadium for the first time. On Sept. 17, the KC Symphony will perform the national anthem for the Chiefs home opener against the Denver…
Five Star Kansas City Saint-Saëns Reviews
Amazon listeners are weighing in on The Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording: Best recording of Saint-Saen’s “Organ” Symphony I’ve heard so far. The dynamics are so amazing, especially in the last movement, that it gives me goosebumps listening to it. My listening equipment isn’t top end, so I can’t really hear the absolute low notes from the organ, but it’s still amazing. I can’t wait to hear this on a…
“Make Room” for Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns
ClassicalNet critic Brian Wigman reviews the new Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording: “Are we having fun yet? This is yet another fantastic disc. The Kansas City Symphony is one of America’s finest ensembles…And Michael Stern is one of America’s finest conductors…Stern gives his excellent first-desk soloists a chance to shine. The Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso sparkles here, and in outstanding sound.… The orchestra plays with total commitment and real power.… The…
Five Stars for Kansas City Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3
Kansas City Symphony’s new Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording gets a new Five Star review from an Amazon reviewer: “Beautiful recording. I have quite a few recordings of this Symphony and have actually played this myself in college days. I wanted this recording because the Kansas City Symphony is such an amazing “young” symphony. But, I’ll have to be honest, I wanted the recording to hear the organ in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman…