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Carlisle Floyd’s “Wuthering Heights” is Now Available!
Our First Ever Opera Release! Florentine Opera Company Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Joseph Mechavich, conductor Buy It Today! Reference Recordings Amazon iTunes ArkivMusic The Florentine Opera Company® brings American opera composer Carlisle Floyd’s operatic masterpiece, based on the classic English novel by Emily Brontë, to life. Floyd’s score takes you to the heart of Catherine and Heathcliffe’s devastating love story. Carlisle Floyd’s canon of operas is amongst the most performed by any living American opera composer,…
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 & Dvořák Rusalka Fantasy Available NOW!
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 Dvořák: Rusalka Fantasy (arr. Honeck/Ille) Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraManfred Honeck, Music DirectorFR-720 Reference Recordings Amazon iTunes Native DSD Arkiv Music A brilliant new interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, a work of great originality and power, in superb audiophile sound! Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky said of his Symphony No. 6: “But I absolutely consider it to be the best, and in particular, the most sincere of all my creations.…
Utah Symphony: Dawn To Dust — Now Available!
Dawn To Dust World Premieres of Three Works Commissioned by the Utah Symphony Utah Symphony Thierry Fischer, Music Director DAWN TO DUST contains live recordings of three significant and adventurous works by leading composers Augusta Read Thomas, Nico Muhly, and Andrew Norman. World-renowned percussionist Colin Currie performs on Andrew Norman’s “Switch.” The Utah Symphony, celebrating its 75th anniversary in the 2015-16 season, is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in…
Available Now! Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck — BEETHOVEN: Symphony Nos. 5 & 7
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Now Available! Amazon.comiTunes The Authoritative New Beethoven Interpretation From Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, In Superb Audiophile Sound Conductor Manfred Honeck writes in his fascinating and thorough music notes: “A recording of Beethoven is always a great occasion and event. The marrying of the music’s historic interpretation with the brilliance of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s playing and the fantastic technique of Soundmirror have…
Now Available from FRESH — Marc Regnier: Tempo do Brasil
We are pleased to announce a new FRESH From Reference Recordings release: Tempo do Brasil Solo & Chamber Works for Guitar Marc Regnier Tacy Edwards, flute Marco Sartor, guitar Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano Natalia Khoma, cello Showcasing the Versatility and Beauty of the Guitar! Buy TODAY Grammy® nominated classical guitarist Marc Regnier has won the attention and respect of critics, producers, and musicians for over three decades as a performer, recording artist and educator. This unique…
Kansas City Symphony: Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ” Now Available!
We are pleased to announce a new release from The Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern: Saint-Saëns Smphony No. 3 “Organ” The Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern Jan Kraybill, organist Noah Geller, violin Mark Gibbs, cello Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 28 La muse et le poète for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra, op. 132 A Superb New Orchestral Release Buy Today Composed at…
New Release — Doug MacLeod: Exactly Like This
Exactly Like This Doug MacLeod Doug MacLeod is a unique, powerful guitarist with a rich and soulful voice, singing original songs based on his own life and experiences Buy Now! Doug MacLeod’s new album EXACTLY LIKE THIS is his third release with Reference Recordings. This is ‘Genuine Original Acoustic Music’ at its very best, in a richly detailed recording by Grammy-winning engineer Keith Johnson, made at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA. In live performance,…
New Release — Bruckner: Symphony No. 4!
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra FR-713SACD Thrilling live performances from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in brilliant audiophile sound! Anton Bruckner is known as a deeply religious composer whose Catholic spirituality is prominent in his music, particularly his later symphonies. However, his Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (“Romantic”) is one of his most secular, most influenced by nature and most popular works. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck…
Now Available — Woman at the New Piano: American Music of 2013!
Woman at the New Piano: American Music of 2013 Nadia Shpachenko World Premiere recordings of new works for piano, chamber instruments and electronics from 4 notable modern composers. Featuring Nadia Shpachenko-Gottesman: piano, percussion; with Genevieve Feiwen Lee: piano, toy piano, electronics The new works were composed as a celebration of a newly transformed world, for the new 5,125 year cycle of the Mayan Calendar- inspired by the happy fact that the world did NOT end…
Now Available — Robert Moore: Outta My Soul
Outta My Soul Robert Moore FRESH! From Reference Recordings “Outta My Soul leaves one moved in head, heart, hand and hind…” —Tim DuRoche New to our Fresh! series is Robert Moore, jazz vocalist, composer, trumpet and harmonica player based in Portland. He has evolved a sound uniquely his own, mixing his Southern roots, influences of soul and gospel into his own distinct interpretations of bebop and swinging jazz. Outta My Soul showcases six originals and…
New Release — Joel Fan: Dances for Piano and Orchestra
Dances for Piano and Orchestra Joel Fan Northwest Sinfonietta Christophe Chagnard, Music DirectorPierné • Castro • Chopin • Saint-Saëns • Weber • Gottschalk • Cadman Buy Today! Pianist Joel Fan is one of the most dynamic and accomplished musicians performing before the public today! He is consistently acclaimed for his recitals, recordings, and appearances with orchestras throughout the world. His concerts attract a wide range of audiences, as he has eagerly embraced traditional piano literature…
New Release — Organ Polychrome
Now Available in Stores and Across the Web — Organ Polychrome Organ Polychrome: The French School Jan Kraybill Premiere Solo Recording — The Julia Irene Kauffman Organ, Casavant Freres Op. 3875, 2011 This program of French masterworks was designed to showcase all the colors and nuances of this outstanding new instrument. It includes the world premiere recording of an important piece by beloved composer Florent Schmitt: Prière (Prelude in G minor), Op.11 (1899). These sonic…
Now Available — The Pittsburgh Symphony: Dvořák & Janáček!
Dvořák • Janáček Manfred Honeck Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraFR-710 SACD Antonin Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Leoš Janáček Symphonic Suite from “Jenůfa”(Conceptualized by Manfred Honeck, realized by Tomáš Ille) Thrilling Live Performances From The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, In Brilliant Audiophile Sound! This release is the second in the “Pittsburgh Live!” series of multi-channel hybrid SACD releases on the FRESH! series from Reference Recordings. For more than 116 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra…
New Release — Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Featuring Robert Moronn Pérez
Now Available — Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Roberto Moronn Pérez, Guitar Following his successful debut album of Spanish composers, Roberto Moronn Pérez performs selected works from the “Andrés Segovia Archive”, this time showcasing the French composers. The genesis for this unique project is a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia’s home in Spain. These pieces were dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him, involving composers from eight countries. They were subsequently…
Now Available on 200-Gram vinyl — Mephisto & Co.
MEPHISTO & CO. Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue Jorja Fleezanis, violin solos One of RR’s all time favorite recordings, available for the first time on vinyl! RM-2510 – NEW 45 rpm LP release NOW AVAILABLE. ORDER NOW!(2-LP set, half-speed mastered by Paul Stubblebine, 200-gm vinyl from Quality Record Pressings in deluxe gatefold jacket) Ghosts, goblins, spirits and demons run amok in this program of infernal orchestral favorites: MEPHISTO WALTZ (Liszt), NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (Mussorgsky), TAM O’…