Archive for Reference Recordings – Page 9
Happy 34th Birthday To Us!
It’s our 34th Birthday! So to celebrate we’re sharing some past, present and future! STEREOPHILE magazine online has just reprinted an historic 1989 interview (by editor John Atkinson) with our founder and President J. Tamblyn Henderson Jr. (click link to read). Reference Recordings was only 13 years old at the time, and doing great things. 2010 is our 34th year, and we’ve released about 100 more titles since that interview. We’re continuing our history of…
Jon Atkinson Interviews Tam Henderson (1989)
This interview of Reference Recordings’ Tam Henderson by Stereophile Magazine‘s John Atkinson was done in 1989. But, we came back across it today when speak3raudio.com tweeted it today, so we thought it would be fun to share it here!Tam Henderson, Reference RecordingsBy John Atkinson – June, 1989——————————– When we met, I had intended to ask Tam about a major project Reference Recordings had undertaken to record Fats Waller stride-piano pieces both direct-to-CD and direct-to-DMM-LP. Both…
Reference Recordings Google Search Story Video!
Just for fun we decided to make a Google Search Story Video, and thought we would share it! If you’re feeling inspired, make your own Reference Recordings search story and share it with us on Facebook and Twitter! We’d love to see what you can do!
Check out our New Facebook Page
Have you ever been on the Reference Recordings Facebook Page and been reading our blog, or checking out a cool new audiophile article, or looking at some RR news and wished there was a way to browse our website/store right on Facebook? Well, now you can! We’re launching our new Facebook page which has our recent releases that you would find on our homepage, a whole tab devoted to our SACDs, a tab with all…
Some Friendly Advice from Reference Recordings
We came across a New Zealand ebay-esque site that was trying to sell our Mike Garson Jazz Hat album, and we were a little surprised to see that they were selling it for more than what you would pay buying directly from ReferenceRecordings.com. So, we thought we would bring that up with you to remind you to buy directly from us as much as possible! 🙂 Plus we’re still pretty proud of this album, and…
Celebration Sale!!!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! We’ve got releases encompassing all of our available formats and genres in this sale. And today our featured sale item is our recent sampler Jazz Kaleidoscope! JAZZ KALEIDOSCOPE RR-910 HDCD – Now Available Top tracks by Dick…
Celebration Sale!!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! We’ve got releases encompassing all of our available formats in this sale. And today our featured sale item is a remastered HDCD! LETTERS FROM THE EQUATOR RR-56 – newly remastered with HDCD Master percussionist Jim Brock features…
Our Celebration Sale!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! The first and featured item in the sale is our first ever multichannel hybrid SACD of Britten’s Orchestra! Britten’s Orchestra Michael Stern – Kansas City Symphony Click for more information and track listing. You will enjoy amazing…
Thinking About Bix on A Prairie Home Companion
Last Saturday legendary pianist, Dick Hyman was featured on American Public Media’s “A Prairie Home Companion” hosted by Garrison Keillor. And Dick Hyman didn’t just perform any old music off of our release “Thinking About Bix,” he performed the title track! So in case you missed it, we thought we would share it with you today! Click to Play “Thinking About Bix” by Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke on the May 9, 2010 broadcast of…
Special Celebration Sale!
We have recently released our first Multichannel SACD, FOUR new HRx releases, a Jazz Sampler (Jazz Kaleidoscope), and a remastered HDCD from analogue (Letters from the Equator)! So we want to celebrate! Our celebration is your savings. Buy 3 or more of our new releases and save 15% on your entire order! These titles only: Britten’s Orchestra: RR-120HDCD, RR-120SACD and HR-120;Jazz Kaleidoscope: RR-910HDCD Letters from the Equator (newly remastered from analogue with HDCD): RR-56HDCD and…
Our First Multi-Channel SACD Release!
We’ve been hinting at it for awhile now, but everything is in order and we can finally announce that we have available our very first multi-channel SACD release! BRITTEN’S ORCHESTA Michael Stern / Kansas City SymphonyRR-120SACD Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra Sinfonia da requiemPeter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia This production has garnered top notch reviews in more than 15 publications for the compact disc release – most recently in…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Throw a Fiesta!
To help our neighbors to the south commemorate this fun holiday, today we’re featuring our album “Fiesta!” Fiesta! features the conductor Howard Dunn and the Dallas Wind Symphony. FIESTA!South-of-the-border music for band by Gould, Reed, Williams, Nixon and Perkins. “Exceptional in dynamic range, transient response, overall clarity, and–most of all–realistic differentiation of instrumental timbres.”—Fanfare Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by purchasing Fiesta! Track listing: La Fiesta Mexicana: Prelude and Aztec Dance La Fiesta Mexicana: Mass La…
A Fun Timeline by J. Gordon Holt
We just wanted to share this fun timeline published originally by J. Gordon Holt of Stereophile Magazine. We just thought some timeline perspective would be fun as we prepare to roll back out LPs this year and as we prepare to launch our very first…we can’t spoil that surprise yet sorry… Where We Are and How We Got Here By J. Gordon Holt • March, 1982 As another Consumer Electronics Show rolls around, we are…
Some praise for World Keys!
Last month, Reference Recordings artist Joel Fan performed in Oakland, CA, and a few of us from Reference Recordings were able to make it out to the concert (Read our feedback here). But of course, we weren’t the only ones there! Today we wanted to share an article from the San Francisco Classical Voice written leading up to the concert. Another reason we like the article so much is that she talks about our first…
Organ Sensation Felix Hell HRx!
Today we finish telling you about our recent HRx releases, but these are just the beginning! We’ve got tons of exciting news to bring you in the near future! Organ Sensation Felix Hell Prof. Johnson brilliantly captures the spectacular sounds of the massive Schoenstein Organ of First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln Nebraska. Felix Hell is one of the most exciting and remarkable organists on today’s concert scene. His virtuosity and dazzling technique, and his profound understanding…