To kick off the Easter weekend we’re bringing you the Turtle Creek Chorale performing Ave Maria. The Turtle Creek Chorale, America’s finest male chorus, has a long history with RR. Starting in 1992, they gave a spine-tingling performance of Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, and continued with four more critically-acclaimed CDs including one of RR’s all-time best sellers, the Requiem by John Rutter. Serenade Psalms Testament Postcards Times of the Day Rutter Requiem
It’s becoming a theme for us to preview upcoming releases on Friday, and we aren’t stopping this week. The next Reference Recordings release will feature the Concord Chamber Music Society and two World Premiere Recordings from Michael Gandolfi and Chris Brubeck. You can listen to a preview of the Chris Brubeck piece on the Concord Chamber Music Society’s Website. To get a sense of the “style” of Chris Brubeck, here is a fun video of…
Monday we told you about our new recording of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, so today we wanted to share a little more about the ensemble’s conductor, Martin West. Martin West is acknowledged as one of the foremost conductors of ballet, garnering critical acclaim throughout the world. Born in Bolton, England, he studied math at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University, before studying at the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music and London’s Royal Academy of Music.…
Things are really moving here at Reference Recordings. Not only did we just release our first HRx Sampler, and our third Fresh! release “Brand New Eyes“, we are also doing a new recording this week of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Grammy-nominated producers Victor & Marina Ledin join Grammy winner, Keith O. Johnson at Skywalker Sound. Martin West conducts the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra through suites from Léo Delibes’ Coppelia and Sylvia. Martin West, conductorSan…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. To celebrate, we’re featuring our Dallas Wind Symphony recording that includes Irish Tune from County Derry. The album is Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band By Percy Grainger. Another track from that recording, The Gumsuckers March also happens to appear on our new HRx Sampler. Percy Grainger’s LINCOLNSHIRE POSYperformed by the Dallas Wind Symphony Showcases the wind band music of Percy Grainger, including favorites Lincolnshire Posy and Irish Tune from County Derry…
We’re happy to bring you our very first HRx Sampler. If you have been thinking about jumping on the high-resolution bandwagon, this is your best opportunity! HRXSAMPLER $22.98! A Classical & JazzHigh ResolutionSPECTACULAR! TRACK LISTING CLASSICAL: Arnold: A Sussex Overture— excerpt 4:59 Malcolm Arnold / London Philharmonic Orchestra from Arnold Overtures, HR-48 (analogue master); 2 Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 467 — finale 6:47 Eugene Istomin / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz from…
Two Major Announcements A New Release with Blues Master Doug MacLeod!BRAND NEW EYES (FR-703).It is our newest release on FRESH! from RR!10% discount if you order by March 20 (official release date March 8) MacLeod has been a beacon of unquestionably honest roots-music since the 1970s. On Brand New Eyes, he presents 11 original songs. He is the rare artist who writes and sings songs that are based on his own life and experiences. A…
Jack Renner and “Prof” Keith O. Johnson UltraAudio published a fantastic article about “The Role of the Recording Engineer” and included our own Keith O. Johnson. “One of Professor Keith O. Johnson’s favorite recording spaces is the Meyerson Symphony Center, in Dallas, Texas. I asked Johnson, renowned recording engineer for Reference Recordings and Director of Engineering for Spectral Audio Inc., for his candid opinion on why he considers this to be a world-class hall, and…
Posted by Tam Henderson Most of last week, Keith Johnson, Sean Martin and I were in Charlotte, NC recording a new project at Reflection Sound Studios, scene of several RR past successes. The music is a new genre for us, featuring a talented young Brazilian singer-songwriter-guitarist, Reinaldo Brahn. The songs sound to me unusually rich and complex for “popular” music, with tasty arrangements for woodwinds, trumpet, electric guitar, keyboards (piano & synth), electric bass, drums,…
Posted by Marcia Martin We had a great weekend, starting with attending the very moving Special Merit Awards ceremony (where Lifetime Achievement Awards, Trustees Awards, Technical Grammy Award, Grammy Hall of Fame awards etc. are given out). It was a thrill to see these legendary figures , including the beautiful Julie Andrews, accept their awards at the Ebell Theater on Saturday 2/12. There was an elegant Nominees reception there afterwards with terrific food. On Sunday…
2010 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own “Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSON and DAVID FROST have received a 2010 Grammy Award! Category 94 Best Surround Sound Album For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings} Click to order RR-120SACD BTW: This is RR’s first release…
It’s friday, so we thought we would leave you with something fun for the weekend. Doug MacLeod – “You Can’t Take My Blues”: The Curios – “Pickle”: RR artist Joel Fan has been making news lately because of his tour with A Far Cry Orchestra. Here’s a video of him talking and performing for children during an educational concert:
Valentine’s Day is less than a week away. Do you have a gift for the special someone? Or perhaps you’re looking for a little background music for a romantic dinner? We have the perfect album suggestion for your celebration — Mike Garson and Jim Walker’s album “Pied Piper.” Music is always a perfect gift, but even if you’ve already got your gift, Pied Piper makes for a fantastic Valentine’s Day album. With track names like…
Here at RR we’ve got some recording projects up our sleeves, so we thought we would drop a hint at one of those today: That’s the only hint you’ll get today…
Sometimes a ditty just gets stuck in your head, and the other day, the ditty happened to come from the first Fresh! From RR release “Pillow Book” by The Curios. The song we were so enthralled with was an instrumental track called “Pickle”. So for fun, we thought we would share it with you, and created this video featuring both the recording of Pickle and live audio and video from The Curios working on the…