Archive for LPs
New Reference Mastercuts LP!
Now available as a Reference Mastercuts LP: MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 and 24 EUGENE ISTOMIN, piano A legendary pianist! Inspired performances by one of America’s greatest musicians, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra Eugene Istomin’s illustrious career spanned some fifty years with over 4,000 orchestral concerts and recitals around the world. His performances of Mozart have been called “vigorous and full-bodied” by The Washington Post. He has collaborated with Gerard Schwarz on…
2012 In Review – New Reference Mastercuts LPs
2013 is quickly approaching, so take a look back though our 2012 releases! New Reference Mastercuts Releases RACHMANINOFF: SYMPHONIC DANCES; VOCALISE (RM-1504) Eiji Oue/ Minnesota Orchestra 33 1/3 rpm, Half-Speed Mastered, 200 gram virgin vinyl from Quality Record Pressings in gatefold jacket FIRST TIME EVER ON LP! Widely believed to be the finest orchestral recording RR has ever made. Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most beloved composers of the twentieth century. His music is…
Reference Mastercuts LPs Included in the Sale!
Don’t forget that our new Reference Mastercuts Series LPs are included in the End of Summer Sale! So buy two or more and save 20% on your entire order! Start Saving Today!
Available Now! Exotic Dances from the Opera Reference Mastercuts LP
RM-1505 Oue/MNO Exotic Dances from the Opera Single 33 1/3 rpm LP, half speed mastered, 200-gram disc from Quality Record Pressings, in gatefold jacket You will enjoy amazing sound on this deluxe half-speed mastered LP of favorites and rarities. This collection of exceptional performances from the Minnesota Orchestra has been a perennial favorite and best seller on CD, SACD and HRx, and NOW can be heard on LP! This recording is one of legendary engineer…
Why Dances in Opera? Exploring “Exotic Dances from the Opera” Mastercuts LP
As we approach Tuesday’s official release of our Exotic Dances from the Opera LP, we wanted to explore the reasoning behind focusing on dances within opera. Dance and Opera have an incredibly intertwined history and relationship, so much so that in periods throughout history it was an expectation to have a sections of ballet take up significant portions of an opera. To explore this relationship, and the reasoning behind the unique programming, take a look…
Exotic Dances from the Opera LP – Available for Pre-Order
New Reference Mastercuts release Exotic Dances from the Opera available for pre-order on ReferenceRecordings.com! RM-1505 Oue/MNO Exotic Dances from the Opera Single 331/3 rpm LP, half speed mastered, 200-gram disc from Quality Record Pressings, in gatefold jacket You will enjoy amazing sound on this deluxe half-speed mastered LP of favorites and rarities. This collection of exceptional performances from the Minnesota Orchestra has been a perennial favorite and best seller on CD, SACD and HRx, and…
Reviews for Yerba Buena Bounce
Check out what reviewers said of the original HDCD release of The Hot Club of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Bounce: “…violinist Evan Price and guitarist Paul Mehling leapt into the stratosphere with flurries of notes… Price’s tone was sweet and plangent. And, oh, momma, is Mehling ever one fast-fingered guitarist. Whooowee, what runs, what flurries.” —Wes Phillips, Stereophile 12/2007 “It’s the synergies, combination of highly competent execution, accessibility and the fact that they swing harder…
Listen to Yerba Buena Bounce on Spotify
We recently got into an interesting discussion on Facebook and Twitter about people in the audiophile world using Spotify to preview music before getting a recording in a higher audio format. So, with the release of our newest Reference Mastercuts LP we thought it would be fun to share the original recording as it appears on Spotify in case you don’t already have an HDCD or HRx copy. Take a listen and then get the…
New Reference Mastercuts Release – The Hot Club of San Francisco
New Reference Mastercuts LP! RM-2503 The Hot Club of San Francisco Yerba Buena Bounce 2 LP set, 45 rpm, 200-gram discs from Quality Record Pressings, in gatefold jacket “San Francisco has the earned reputation as a city that is unique and goes its own independent direction. I think that can also be said of the Hot Club of San Francisco, a creative band that masters Gypsy Jazz, but gives it new shape, sound, and inspiration…
New Reference Mastercuts Release – Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances;Vocalise
Reference Recordings is thrilled to present the next LP release in the Reference Mastercuts series: RACHMANINOFF: SYMPHONIC DANCES; VOCALISE (RM-1504) Eiji Oue/ Minnesota Orchestra 33 1/3 rpm, Half-Speed Mastered, 200 gram virgin vinyl from Quality Record Pressings in gatefold jacket FIRST TIME EVER ON LP! Widely believed to be the finest orchestral recording RR has ever made. Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most beloved composers of the twentieth century. His music is redolent of…
Mastercuts Review
Musicangle.com has a thorough review of the Reference Mastercut Series release Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/The Song of the Nightingale, and considering we are just a few days away from the third Mastercuts Series release, we think it’s a great time to share what people think of the first one! “Reference Recordings Returns to Vinyl With a Bang!”by Michael Fremer of musicangle.com “With the advent of high resolution digital downloads and USB DACs, Reference was able…
RR LP News
In January we will be releasing another new Reference Recordings Mastercuts LP — Rachmaninioff! RACHMANINOFF Symphonic DancesÉtudes-Tableaux (orch. Respighi)Vocalise Eiji Oue, ConductorMinnesota Orchestra Grammy® Nominated 2003Category 90– Best Engineered Album – ClassicalKeith O. Johnson, engineer Selected by SoundStage!.com as one of the “Best Recordings of 2001” Chosen by THREE reviewers of The Absolute Sound magazine as one of the best releases of 2001.Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most beloved composers of the twentieth century.…
RR Holiday Sale!
Holiday Sale! It’s time for the best Reference Recordings sale of the year! Starting NOW until NOON (PST) on Monday, January 2, 2012 — Order Two or more items and receive a 20% discount on EVERYTHING in our catalog (except already discounted sets). As always…THE MORE YOU ORDER – THE MORE YOU SAVE!!! Visit ReferenceRecordings.com today! LP News!: Our Reference Mastercuts LPs (RM-1502 & RM-2502) are back in stock! Order securely…
A fun look back
We’ve shared this interview before, but with our new LP releases, it’s rather fun to once again take a look back at the fantastic interview between our Tam Henderson and Stereophile‘s John Atkinson. The 1989 interview focuses a lot on RR’s move from LP to CD, so it makes for a rather interesting reference as we begin releasing LPs again. Take another look, or a first look if you haven’t yet read it, and pay…
Reference Recording LPs: The Reference Mastercuts Series
LP Release Day! Reference Recordings LPs: The Reference Mastercuts Series RM-2501 Dick Hyman From The Age of Swing2 LP set, 45 rpm, 200-gram discs from Quality Record Pressings, in gatefold jacket “Jazz piano master Dick Hyman, with some of the greatest jazzmen who lived and played through The Age of Swing: Phil Bodner, Urbie Green, Milt Hinton, Butch Miles, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joe Temperly, Frank Wess and Joe Wilder.” 4.5 Stars – Downbeat A longtime student…