Archive for Reference Recordings LPs – Page 2
RR in RMAF News
After a fantastic weekend (more on our weekend experience soon), everyone in the Audiophile world is still raving about people, equipment, and their time at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest this weekend. Here are a couple of RR-Related tidbits: From Stereophile In the Joseph Audio Room “…the beauty of Reference Recordings’ LP version of Vaughan Williams’ The Wasps confirmed the superiority of both the equipment chain and the Keith Johnson/Sean Martin recording team.” In the ApexAudio…
Analog Planet Reviews There’s A Time LP
Michael Fremer of Analog Planet reviews the new Doug MacLeod LP, There’s A Time: “Recording engineer Keith O. Johnson, best known for the spacious, wide sound stages and thunderous dynamics found on References classical music recordings, shows here that he can capture the enormous Skywalker space without losing the players in a watery reverb grave … Johnson is well known for capturing an orchestra’s lower registers. Here he perfectly gets the string pluck and body of…
Now Available – Doug MacLeod There’s A Time LP!
Doug MacLeod There’s A Time NOW available as a 200-gram vinyl two-LP set, 45 rpm, half-speed mastered and pressed at Quality Record Pressings (RM-2507) ‘Prof.’ Keith Johnson’s first blues recording! 13 new MacLeod originals highlight this richly detailed recording, done at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA. by Reference Recordings’ Grammy® winning engineer. Also featuring Doug’s longtime bassist Denny Croy and Jimi Bott, one of the most recorded, awarded and respected blues drummers in the…
What Others Are Saying About Istomin Mozart Piano Concertos
After the release of Eugene Istomin’s wonderful recording of Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 21 and 24 on LP, we’re taking a look back at what Amazon customers have said about other formats of this recording: “historic great recordings of Mozart’s C major (No. 21) and C minor (No. 24) readings…invaluable – and what better way to commemorate the late maestro Istomin’s 70th birthday in 1996 than to record them on state of the art HDCD…
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…
Reference Recordings at THE Show – Las Vegas
Heading to Vegas for The Home Entertainment Show in January? Make sure to stop by the Acoustic Sounds booth in the basement of the Flamingo Hotel. They will have Reference Recording titles and all NEW RR LPs!!! For more information visit http://theshowlasvegas.com!
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…
The Truth Behind The Hot Club of San Francisco
Now available on HRx and LP, not quite as small of a “small plastic disc,” but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous. Learn about the true story of The Hot Club of San Francisco from the original Yerba Buena Bounce liner notes: BEWARE: The small plastic disc you hold in your hands is one dangerous item It’s a time machine, and as the first notes jump out from the guitars and violin of the…
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…
Audiophile Audition reviews From the Age of Swing LP
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…