Just a friendly reminder that you still have Two Weeks Left to take advantage of our End of Summer Sale! End of Summer Sale! It is becoming an end-of-summer tradition — we’re having a SALE! Buy two or more items and save 20% on your entire order! EVERYTHING on our site is eligible* and the more you order, the more you save! Sale ends on the first day of autumn, September 23rd at NOON Pacific…
Reference Recordings LPs: The Reference Mastercuts Series TWO NEW RELEASES September 2, 2011 For many years, RR has been searching the world over for the best possible vinyl mastering, plating and pressing facilities so we could re-enter the LP market. We now have a production chain that will allow us to produce LPs to meet our high standards and satisfy our demanding customers, who have been waiting for these LPs for a long time! Assembling…
End of Summer Sale! It is becoming an end-of-summer tradition — we’re having a SALE! Buy two or more items and save 20% on your entire order! EVERYTHING on our site is eligible* and the more you order, the more you save! Sale ends on the first day of autumn, September 23rd at NOON Pacific Daylight Time! For other news and to order securely online, visit RR’s website *sale does not include sets that already…
Last Saturday, Chris Brubeck and his piece Danza del Soul, found on our Concord Chamber Music Society release, was featured on American Public Media’s program “Composers Datebook.” Take a listen: Composers Datebook (8/20): Chris Brubeck’s Danza del soul
Just wanted to share a quick review from the Burlington, Vermont radio station WRUV. You’ll notice the part that made us smile at the very end. Brubeck/Gandolfi/FossConcord Chamber Music Societyreview by Laima “Varied and interesting works by Chris Brubeck (son of Dave), Lukas Foss and Michael Gandolfi. Brubeck’s pieces are jazz inflected, Foss’ as the title suggests (Central Park Reel) is bluegrassy, and Gandolfi’s are abstract and lyrical. Play all!“ Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122…
As promised, we have a behind-the-scenes video from the the Dallas Wind Symphony recording sessions. We hope you enjoy it (and please remember that you’re hearing the audio as it was picked up from a digital camera’s microphone after coming through the monitor speakers).
The second day of the recording sessions went fantastically and were filled with great musical moments, fun, and a lot of hard work on the part of the RR staff, the DWS staff, and of course the DWS musicians. Here’s a look behind the scenes of today’s sessions: Getting ready for the next session Where the magic happens RR fans should recognize the logo on this… HDCD Getting ready to start again Warm-up time! Jerry…
Day one of the Dallas Wind Symphony recordings went extremely well, and as promised, we’ve got a look behind the scenes for you. The musicians warming up along with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band Just about to start Resetting the Stage A look at the Meyerson The famous organ of the Meyerson Keith changing the stage Backstage with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band RR Team hard at work Jerry Junkin and Tam Henderson after the…
If you’re not dialed into all of RR’s social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, this blog) already, now’s the time. We are in Dallas, Texas today through the weekend for recording sessions with the Dallas Wind Symphony, and we’re going to be taking you with us behind the scenes! We’ll be doing some live tweeting during the recordings (follow us and the hashtag #RRdws11), and posting pictures and information on the blog and Facebook Page. And…
We had a customer review on Amazon.com for the Concord Chamber Music release that had some great parts we just had to share! From “Dingane”: “I will start this off by saying please read the accompanying booklet. It provides insight into the Concord Chamber Music Society and the composers Brubeck, Gandolfi, and Foss. Additionally the back cover picture has a stunning picture of the Mechanics Hall venue. I would love to have a 16×20 of…
Boston.com (The Boston Globe) has published a quick review of RR’s recent Concord Chamber Music Society release. We’ll excerpt it here, and let you read the full thing on Boston.com. “In its first CD, the Concord Chamber Music Society, a fine group of Boston Symphony musicians (launched and directed by violinist Wendy Putnam), has enshrined pieces by three composers that have appeared on recent programs. All three composers have ties to the Boston area; two…
Just for fun, we started sharing some of the original David Bowie music videos for the tracks featured on Mike Garson’s “The Bowie Variations” on Twitter. They’ve been a real hit, and so we thought it would be fun to share them here on the blog as well. We posted the originals from the first five songs featured on “The Bowie Variations” on Wednesday, and for your weekend, we’ll feature videos from four more tracks.…
We are excited to give a “behind-the-scenes” look at one of our upcoming releases featuring flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jérémy Jouve. Making of Album of French Music with Viviana & Jeremy from Viviana Guzman TV on Vimeo. “Interview of the making of the album of French music with flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jeremy Jouve for the Audiophile Record Label, Reference Recordings at Skywalker Sound with Grammy Award Winning Sound Engineer, Keith O. Johnson.”…
Independent Ethos has an exclusive interview with Mike Garson and they are talking about none other than his newest Reference Recordings release “The Bowie Variations.” From Independent Ethos: “Now comes Garson to step forward with a tribute album to Bowie, entitled The Bowie Variations For Piano. There is probably no other side musician more qualified to interpret Bowie’s music than the classically trained jazz musician who happens to be, as Bowie once put it, ‘the…
BowieZone.com has done a fantastic interview with Mike Garson all about his new Reference Recordings release “The Bowie Variations.” We’ll give you some of the great quotes here, and give you the link to the full interview! From BowieZone.com: BowieZone: Your new album has been a long time coming Mike, as far as the content goes I mean. I personally have been waiting for many years for a Mike Garson album of Bowie songs. What…