Archive for #ThrowbackThursday
What Critics Have Said about Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights
A “throwback” 1993 review from a performance of Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights in The Christian Science Monitor: “American composer Carlisle Floyd has wrapped music admirably around the Bronte story. He gives the drama added intensity with a score that is timed to the characters’ moments of passion, scorn, and rage. The music is stark and brooding, but for a contemporary piece (it was commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera in 1958), it is multilayered enough…
Utah Symphony #TBT!
Celebrate #ThrowbackThursday with Varujan Kojian’s Utah Symphony recording of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique! Utah Symphony Recordings on RR Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan” The Utah Symphony, celebrating its 75th anniversary in the 2015-season, is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, and recording legacy. Reference Recordings is pleased to announce the release of this new…
ThrowbackThursday — J. Gordon Holt Interviews Keith O. Johnson
Stereophile Magazine recently republished a wonderful interview between Keith O. Johnson and J. Gordon Holt from the 1984 Winter CES in Las Vegas. Read the entertaining lead note from J. Gordon Holt below, and click the link to read the full interview (Note: The much-mentioned Däfos recording has been out of print for many years): “ After a couple of scheduling foul-ups, I managed to corner Reference Recordings’ Keith O. Johnson at the 1984 Winter…
#ThrowbackThursday — Mary Preston: Organ Odyssey
As we look forward to next month’s “Organ Polychrome” release featuring organist Jan Kraybill, here’s a #ThrowbackThursday feature for one of our recent organ recordings, “Organ Odyssey” featuring Mary Preston on the Fisk Op. 100, Lay Family Concert Organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas!
#Throwback Thursday — The Curios “Cherries on the Ground”
With the recent surge in FRESH! From Reference Recordings releases including two from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Moronn Pérez, and The Banner Saga Soundtrack, here’s a #ThrowbackThursday post to our first of the FRESH! Releases — The Curios: Pillow Book! Order Today!