Exotic Dances from the Opera is already becoming a true “reference” recording! Check out this quick line from Stereophile‘s California Audio Show report: “With Focal Scala Utopias elevated on stands to decouple them from the floor and make their immediacy available to a room filled with audiophiles, a tape of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Dance of the Tumblers from Reference Recordings’ Exotic Dances at the Opera sounded right on.” Make sure to get your copy of this recording…
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…
Audiophile Audition has a Five-Star review of RR Mastercuts LP release of Dick Hyman’s From the Age of Swing. From Audiophile Audition: “This collection of music from small and large instrumental groups from the late 1930s was originally released on CD by Reference Recording in 1994. It’s great now to have it on the ultimate analog format of 45 rpm vinyl—well worth the expense for those of us with high-quality turntable systems. “Of course the…
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…
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.…