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Stravinsky HRx – Minnesota Orchestra
We’ve released FOUR new HRx discs, and one of those releases was the Minnesota Orchestra recording, “Stravinsky.” Stravinsky Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra 1997 Grammy® Nominee“BEST ENGINEERED, CLASSICAL”The Rite of Spring, The Firebird Suite and The Song of the Nightingale have never sounded more magical or more dynamic! “This HDCD has more detail than any live performance I have attended. The orchestra and the hall sound simly glorious. Put it on, sit back, and be amazed!”…
FOUR New HRx Titles!
If you’re a Reference Recordings Facebook Fan, or you follow us on Twitter, you’ll know that yesterday we promised some big news. Well, today we hope not to disappoint. We’re announcing that we have FOUR newly released HRx albums! That’s right — FOUR! View all of our HRx releases on ReferenceRecordings.com. Stravinsky Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra RESPIGHIEiji OuiMinnesota Orchestra ReveriesEiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Organ Sensation Felix Hell
Happy Belated Birthday to Mozart
So in honor of Mozart’s birthday yesterday, we thought we would send him warm birthday wishes by featuring our recent HRx release of his piano concertos! The performance quality alone would have made Mr. Mozart happy as it features legendary pianist Eugene Istomin. But the sonic qualities and purity of the performance in an HRx format would have been even more pleasing. So Happy Belated Birthday Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! EUGENE ISTOMIN, pianoA legendary pianist! Two…
Featuring Keith O. Johnson
We can’t believe we haven’t shared this with you before, but it came up again in a recent feed, so we weren’t going to miss the opportunity this time! This is a feature on our very own “Prof” Keith O. Johnson on UltraAudio.com Prof. Keith O. Johnson Gives Digital a Soul Who is KOJ? Most of us lesser mortals struggle through life, clinging tenaciously to the base of Jim Carroll’s proverbial pyramid, hoping to fashion…
New HRx Releases!
Greetings Audiophiles, we are pleased to announce that the recent release Britten’s Orchestra is available as an HRx disc in time for the holidays! It’s the perfect gift for the audiophile on your list. We also have another HRx that we are releasing &mdash Eugene Istomin (piano) with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart Concertos Nos. 21 and 24! Click HERE to purchase! Here are the details: EUGENE ISTOMIN, pianoA legendary pianist!…
Some Exciting News and Announcements
NEW HRx TITLES176.4 kHz / 24 bit MUSICComing Soon – November 17th MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS #21 AND #24Eugene Istomin / Gerard Schwarz / Seattle Symphony (HR-68) BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRA (HR-120)Order HRx Titles Securely Online! www.ReferenceRecordings.com——————————————- THE ABSOLUTE SOUND Magazine2010 High-End Audio Buyers’ GuideBEST AUDIOPHILE LABEL RECORDINGS: Copland: Third Symphony – Minnesota Orchestra / Eiji Oue (RR-93)“The best recording since Bernstein’s of a great American symphony. Gloriously impactful sonics” Janácek: Opera Excerpts – Czech State Philharmonic /…
Raving Grainger Review
We have to interrupt our discussion about the upcoming Britten album to share this fantastic review of the Dallas Wind Symphony album Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Wind Band by Percy Grainger the review is because the album was featured as “Recording of the Month” on MusicWeb! Very Exciting, and we especially love you the review begins! Without further ado, here is the review: MusicWeb – Recording of the MonthBy Benn Martin This is more than…
The Music of Peter Grimes – Britten’s Orchestra
Though we aren’t getting into opera, we are doing the orchestral suite music from the opera Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten. Peter Grimes was writtten by Britten as a libretto adopted from a section of George Crabbe’s poem The Borough. First perfromed in London in 1945, Peter Grimes was Britten’s first opera to become a critical and popular sucess, and is now considered a staple of U.K. and U.S. repertoire. However, what is of most…
Britten’s Orchestra HRx!
November 10th is the release date for Britten’s Orchestra with the Kansas City Symphony, but you should already know that. What you don’t know, and should be excited about, is that this release will be one of our quickest turn-arounds for the HRx version of the album! It should be available by December, and would make a great Christmas present for audiophiles everywhere! And what if your computer audio system isn’t capable of 176.4 kHz/…
More RMAF stories
Today is probably the last posting we will have about the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009. Again it should be of great interest to our Audiophile fans out there as it deals with some new equipment for playing our new HRx files! Thank you once again to Stereophile Magazine for giving us permission to re-post these blogs, and thank you to Jason Victor Serinus for blogging about the Festival! Paul McGowan Scores AgainPosted Tue Oct…
RMAF Reportings/Info for the Audiophiles
Today we thought we would share a blog with you that came from the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival that we recently attended! It includes some good information on how to play some of our HRx files. Bit-Perfect PlaybackPosted Wed Oct 7, 2009, 1:06 PM ETBy Jason Victor Serinus The sixth annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest had already closed when I finally had the time to stop by Reference Recordings’ booth to check out their latest…
Things to Remember over Labor Day Weekend
Here are a couple of things for you to remember as you are enjoying your Labor Day Weekend. First, when you are out looking at all the store sales, remember that your favorite record label is having some sales of its own! We are still doing our “End of Summer SALE” which as you should recall means that if you buy two or more items you’ll SAVE 20% on EVERYTHING! And best of all, EVERYTHING…
FREE HRx Downloads!
We wanted to let our readers know that we have provided some complimentary HRx downloads to Computer Audiophile, and they are available on their website! You will have to go to the Computer Audiophile website to download them. The downloads are the Gottschalk: Suis Moi! –Caprice from Joel Fan’s newest release West of the Sun, and Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa: Hopak from the Minnesota Orchestra album Exotic Dances from the Opera. Here is the information from the…
UltraAudio – Audiophile Help
The following is an excerpt from an article found on ultraaudio.com from August 1. XLO/Reference Recordings Test & Burn-in CD It’s amazing how many of us fail to connect equipment properly. How many more do not read manufacturers’ instructions until a problem is encountered? For these and many other very sound technical reasons, the XLO/Reference Recordings Test & Burn-in CD (Reference RX-1000) should be an integral part of every audiophile’s gear. There are many similar…