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Archive for Respighi

Respighi LP Gets Five Stars from Audiophile Audition

Our latest Reference Mastercuts LP, Respighi, gets a five-star review from Audiophile Audition‘s John Sunier: “This is fantastic orchestration and impressing sonics that are of demonstration quality. Engineer Keith O. Johnson’s efforts on this got a Grammy nomination for the Best-Engineered Classical Album. Also lovely artwork on the LP cover and plenty of space inside for detailed notes in large enough print to actually read.” —John Sunier, Audiophile Audition Read the full five-star review on… 

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Looking Back on Respighi Reviews

Now that our Grammy Nominated Respighi recording is available as a Reference Mastercuts LP, we wanted to take a look back at what critics were saying when it was first released! “Oue plays each piece to the hilt; I cannot imagine more precise, more lovingly conducted performances. As for the recording, I’m running out of superlatives – it is brilliant and weighty, with tremendous undistorted dynamics.”–Peter Aczel, THE AUDIO CRITIC “The sound given to this… 

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RESPIGHI — Reference Mastercuts LP Available NOW!

RM1509 – Our Newest 33 1/3 rpm LP release — available NOW! RESPIGHI Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra Grammy® Nominated: Best Engineered Album, Classical Keith O. Johnson, Engineer “Dazzling orchestral colors,” is one one way to describe the music of Ottorino Respighi. “Belkis, Queen of Sheba” was conceived as an evening-long ballet with singing whose lavishness has kept it from view since its La Scala premiere. This is only the second recording of a… 

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Happy Birthday Respighi

Today is Ottorino Respighi’s birthday! He would be 131 years old today! So to celebrate, we wanted to highlight one of our albums. And you guessed it, it’s the Grammy Nominated recording of Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra performing Respighi! RESPIGHIGrammy® Nominated: Best Engineered Album, ClassicalKeith O. Johnson, Engineer “Dazzling orchestral colors,” is one one way to describe the music of Ottorino Respighi. “Belkis, Queen of Sheba” was conceived as an evening-long ballet with… 

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Respighi HRx – Minnesota Orchestra

We continue to highlight our recent HRx releases today with “Respighi”: RESPIGHI Eiji OuiMinnesota Orchestra Grammy® Nominated: Best Engineered Album, ClassicalKeith O. Johnson, Engineer “Dazzling orchestral colors,” is one one way to describe the music of Ottorino Respighi. “Belkis, Queen of Sheba” was conceived as an evening-long ballet with singing whose lavishness has kept it from view since its La Scala premiere. This is only the second recording of a suite prepared by the composer… 

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FOUR New HRx Titles!

If you’re a Reference Recordings Facebook Fan, or you follow us on Twitter, you’ll know that yesterday we promised some big news. Well, today we hope not to disappoint. We’re announcing that we have FOUR newly released HRx albums! That’s right — FOUR! View all of our HRx releases on ReferenceRecordings.com. Stravinsky Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra RESPIGHIEiji OuiMinnesota Orchestra ReveriesEiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Organ Sensation Felix Hell

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