MIKE GARSON The Bowie Variations RR-123 “Whatever Mike lends his hands to invariably becomes something magical.”–David Bowie. Beginning in 1972, super-versatile pianist Mike Garson performed, toured internationally and recorded with one of the most creative figures in popular music, David Bowie. Garson writes, “When I met David, I sensed that he was an immense artist and a songwriter with a flair for great melodies and unique harmonies. The Ziggy Stardust tour changed the course of…
In 2012, Reference Recordings will release a new album featuring renowned flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jeremy Jouve. The two just finished their recording session with Reference at the Skywalker Sound studio. Today we wanted to introduce you to the remarkable Viviana Guzman, as well as tell you about a very exciting Kickstarter Campaign she is running to create a music video for the album! Described by the New York Times as “an imaginative artist,”…
The musicians of the Concord Chamber Music Society are acclaimed chamber ensembles and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the clarinetist, Thomas Martin, is the BSO’s Associate Principal Clarinetist. Today we thought it would be fun for you to get to know Thomas Martin! Thomas Martin is associate principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Mr. Martin began his professional music career as a clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist…
Our good friends at Allegro Classical have released a FREE Summer Sampler at Amazon.com and eMusic. This is good news for Reference Recordings fans as the first track features the third movement of Chris Brubeck’s piece “Danza del Soul,” “Celebraçion de Vida.” Take a listen to a sample of “Celebraçion de Vida” and head on over to Amazon.com or eMusic.com to get some free downloads courtesy of Allegro Classical!
We’ve been posting about this release for quite some time (what can we say, we get excited about an album with TWO world premiere recordings), so we wanted to give a recap today in case you missed any of these previous posts! Album information and Samples of ALL the tracks! Pictures from the Recording Session Composer Lukas Foss Chris Brubeck’s “Time for Three” Michael Gandolfi talks about his work “Line Drawings” A post on the…
Here are some fun pictures the Concord Chamber Music Society took during the recording process! Keith O. Johnson Michael Gandolfi Recording Necessities The Hall CCMS Founder Wendy Putnam Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122 The prestigious Concord Chamber Music Society, featuring musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, mark their debut on Reference Recordings with two premiere recordings. These new works by Chris Brubeck and Michael Gandolfi, two of America’s most-commissioned composers, are both accessible and adventurous.…
The Concord Chamber Music Society Premieres New Recordings Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122 The prestigious Concord Chamber Music Society, featuring musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, mark their debut on Reference Recordings with two premiere recordings. These new works by Chris Brubeck and Michael Gandolfi, two of America’s most-commissioned composers, are both accessible and adventurous. Rounding out the program, the Lukas Foss duo for violin and piano, Central Park Reel, hints cheerfully at a kind…
Our “Tag Us” Contest is now over. Thanks to all who participated, it was a lot of fun for us! Our grand prize winner was Michael H. with his picture of his FORTY Reference Recordings albums! Congratulations Michael. Here is a look at all of our entries together:
Reference Recordings will be at The Home Entertainment Show (T.H.E.) this weekend (6/3-5) in the Marketplace/Catalina Ballroom! Make sure to stop by the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society Hospitality room on the 2nd floor beforehand and get a $5.00 off coupon available for any purchases at the RR booth! Exclusive: At T.H.E Show, RR will be selling the not-quite-released album from The Concord Chamber Music Society, and for the first time in more…
Want to win a Reference Recordings T-Shirt and/or CD-Sampler of your choice? Upload a picture of you with your Reference Recordings albums to Facebook and “Tag” the Reference Recordings Facebook Page (not profile) along with the names of the albums in the photo. The first 15 people to do this will win a Reference Recordings T-Shirt and the person that can fit the most Reference Recordings albums into one photo will win a Reference Recordings…
We are very excited about the world premiere recordings that are appearing on our upcoming Concord Chamber Music Society release, but there is another modern composer with a work on the album as well, and we wanted to introduce him today. Lukas FossFrom The Living Composers Project: Lukas Foss (b. August 15, 1922, Berlin – d. February 1, 2009, New York City, New York). German-born American composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and…
We are getting closer to our Concord Chamber Players release and as you know Chris Brubeck’s piece “Danza del Soul” will be on that recording. So today we’re sharing a fun video of Chris Brubeck playing “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue” by Fats Waller on the Jô Soares Show in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
For RR fans not tuned into our Twitter feed (@RefRecordings), we wanted to make sure that you knew there is a special 20% Off code for HDTracks.com this week. Just enter “genelec20” at checkout. According to the HDTracks Twitter feed (@HDTracks), it should work through Friday. So save on RR Hi-Rez downloads by visiting the RR section on HDTracks.com!
We’re looking forward to the weekend as the RR recording team has been hard at work this week in Kansas City. That’s right, we’ve been working on a new recording with the Kansas City Symphony to follow up the Grammy® winning, Britten’s Orchestra. Early reports are that the performances and sound are thrilling! Repertory includes Elgar’s Enigma Variations and The Wasps by Vaughan Williams. The project is again conducted by Michael Stern, produced by David…
We are getting very excited for the upcoming Mike Garson release on Reference Recordings. We came across this wonderful video today that we hope will get you as excited as we are!