Archive for Uncategorized – Page 18
Doug MacLeod Talks with Blues in the South
Blues In The South magazine’s Ian McKenzie interviews Doug MacLeod. Below is an example of the exchange, but find you can find the full interview online on BluesInTheSouth.com! Ian McKenzie: Let’s also move back just a little bit again to your acoustic playing, because – I think it was for five or six years, Doug, that you were nominated as the acoustic artist of the year in the Blues Foundation Blues Awards, and every year…
Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice is “truly excellent”
Blues Magazine features Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice in a new review by critic Iain Patience: “Fiona Boyes is that rare thing, a female blues guitarist/singer/songwriter and an Australian. ‘Box and Dice’ is her first release under the US Bay-area Reference Recordings label where she’s in good company alongside the likes of Doug MacLeod, Lloyd Jones and others. And, like most Reference recordings, the studio quality is high with a splendid warm, empathic sound and…
New BEETHOVEN Trailer!
BEETHOVEN: Symphony Nos. 5 & 7 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck Now Available for Pre-Order! Amazon.comiTunes The Authoritative New Beethoven Interpretation From Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, In Superb Audiophile Sound!
Fiona Boyes on Blues Radio International
Fiona Boyes joins Blues Radio International for a live performance of “Louisiana” from Box & Dice: Fiona Boyes — Box & Dice Get it Today! Order from RR!Order on Amazon.comListen on Apple MusicListen on Spotify
Pre-Order Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 TODAY!
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Now Available for Pre-Order! Amazon.comiTunes The Authoritative New Beethoven Interpretation From Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, In Superb Audiophile Sound Conductor Manfred Honeck writes in his fascinating and thorough music notes: “A recording of Beethoven is always a great occasion and event. The marrying of the music’s historic interpretation with the brilliance of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s playing and the fantastic technique of…
Kansas City Symphony Challenges the New York Philharmonic!
Once again an orchestra is throwing down the gauntlet during the World Series, and after Game One at least, it’s looking good for the Kansas City Symphony:
Miraculous Metamorphoses HRx Receives Highest Recommendation
Blu-Ray Definition gives the Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses HRx its “Highest recommendation.” “The demands placed on the players are substantial and the KC forces handle the dynamics and colors of each piece extremely well. Of course, much of the credit must go to Maestro Stern who has a clear affinity for this repertoire. Whether it is the rousing conclusion of the Hindemith Metamorphoses, the infernal scene of the Prokofiev suite or the buzzing string…
Joel Fan: Dances for Piano and Orchestra HRx Review
Blu-RayDefinition.com gives a top rating to Joel Fan: Dances for Piano and Orchestra! “Pianist Fan endows each selection not only with his fabulous technique but his knowing musicianship. Maestro Christophe Chagnard, founding director of the Northwest Sinfonietta, supplies sensitive accompaniment that partners the piano perfectly in each of these true showpieces for the keyboard. … I happened to have on hand an HDCD version of this program that Joel gifted me last Christmas. While it…
BBC Music on Far In The Heavens
True Concord Voices and Orchestra’s Far In The Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus is reviewed in BBC Music‘s “Brief Notes” section: “…Prayers and Remembrances is the main work here. It marked the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and receives an appropriately sincere, reflective performance by the choir that commissioned it.” Terry Blain, BBC Music Order & Listen Now: ReferenceRecordings.comAmazonArkivMusicApple MusicSpotify
Mahler Symphony No. 1 is a Welcome Back Party for Utah
Classical.net critic Brian Wigman calls the new Mahler Symphony No. 1 recording a “‘welcome back’ party” for the Utah Symphony: “…there is…much to admire. Whatever reservations I have with that Scherzo, the closing bars of it are thrilling. And the third movement strikes me as very well paced, with plenty of color and gorgeous woodwind solos. … And the Finale is marvelous…the climaxes are exciting as you could wish, with the final pages an absolute…
The Age Music Victoria Nominates Box & Dice for Best Blues Album!
The Age Music Victoria Awards have announced their nominees for the best albums across 11 genres and Fiona Boyes’ Box & Dice is a Best Blues Album nominee! The Age Music Victoria Awards celebrate Victoria’s best music of the year! An Awards committee from The Age and Music Victoria select a panel of 30+ industry judges from radio, music blogs, print media, record stores, festivals and more to submit a long list of up to…
Making A Scene Interviews Fiona Boyes
Making A Scene has an exclusive new interview with Box & Dice artist Fiona Boyes: Get Box & Dice Today: Order from RR!Order on Amazon.comListen on Apple MusicListen on Spotify
True Concord Does Stephen Paulus Proud
From MusicWeb International: “This is a fine disc. I appreciated the quality of the performances very much. The documentation is comprehensive and good. The sound quality is very pleasing also. … the sound is clear and pleasing and shows both the performers and the music to good advantage. All concerned, performers and technicians, have done Stephen Paulus proud with this release and I’m sure he was delighted by what he heard at the sessions. It’s…
First Listen — Pittsburgh Symphony: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 & 7
Get a first listen to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck’s latest recording, BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 & 7 on the RR SoundCloud channel before its November 13 release!
True Concord Voices and Orchestra and the Utah Symphony in Gramophone Magazine!
Utah Symphony’s Mahler Symphony No. 1 and True Concord Voices and Orchestra’s Far In the Heavens both get Gramophone Magazine features in the October 2015 issue! Far In The Heavens “… abundantly lyric, soothingly consonant works…True Concord’s…vocal blend gilds the unaccompanied works especially with a halo of resonance.” —Alexander Coghlan Order & Listen Now: ReferenceRecordings.comAmazonArkivMusicApple MusicSpotify Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “…the orchestra acquits itself with distinction. The opening dawn chorus is notable for its hushed…