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Exactly Like This a “Masterpiece”
Cashbox Canada‘s Iain Patience calls Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This a “masterpiece” in his pre-release review: “MacLeod…is easily one of the most accomplished and admired acoustic bluesmen of his generation…’Exactly Like This’ is his latest release, an eleven track masterpiece, choc full of recognisable and nimble fretwork on resonator guitar and careening slippery slide sounds that are his hallmark. His voice seems to improve with age, like a fine Malt whiskey or an expensive vintage…
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…
Capital Public Radio Sound Advice Features Bruckner
Capital Public Radio host Kent Teeters talks about his favorite new recordings, beginning with our new Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Bruckner release: This release is the third in the highly acclaimed “Pittsburgh Live!” series of multi-channel hybrid SACD releases on the FRESH! Series from Reference Recordings. Manfred Honeck – conducting! FR-713SACD – Bruckner 4 – Manfred Honeck / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – HYBRID SURROUND SOUND SACD (also plays on CD players) – Order NOW!
Special RR Sale!
Starting NOW! Until NOON on Thursday, March 12, 2015, get 15% OFF These New and Selected Sales Titles: EXACTLY LIKE THIS Doug MacLeod Doug MacLeod is a unique, powerful guitarist with a rich and soulful voice, singing original songs based on his own life and experiences. His new album EXACTLY LIKE THIS is his third release with Reference Recordings. This is ‘Genuine Original Acoustic Music’ at its very best, in a richly detailed recording by…
Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner “Simply Tantalizing”
Brian Wigman of Classical.net has been “anticipating this release since the beginning of Pittsburgh’s partnership with Reference Recordings” because “the prospect of Bruckner was simply tantalizing.” His review: “The opening instantly establishes this as Honeck’s own performance. … It’s quite magical.… About 10 minutes in, the strings and brass work so thrillingly together that it effectively captures everything right about this disc. … At about the same speed on EMI, Herbert von Karajan finds markedly…
Pittsburgh Symphony Among the Best in the World — Stereo Times
Stereo Times critic Russell Lichter was “intrigued by the hoopla” around the new Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Bruckner release. Did it live up to the hype? “I really did not know the PSO’s music-making ability nor was I familiar with Manfred Honeck, but I know them now and in my view this orchestra and conductor are up there with the very best in the world. This particular performance, this amazing performance, is very special…
Audiophilia Reviews Bruckner
Audiophilia says to keep the FRESH releases coming! Audiophilia Magazine’s Anthony Kershaw adds Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Bruckner release to his “must have” pile in his latest review: “Each Fresh! release gets better. The entire team — players, conductor, recording company, engineers, all seem to be finding their groove. And, in this new Bruckner 4, the team has captured something quite special. … But let’s forget all the scholarship this and that.…
Doug MacLeod on YouTube
We’ve updated our Doug MacLeod Playlist on YouTube just in time for the March Exactly Like This release! Watch now and pre-order via Amazon!
Dvořák & Janáček on Fanfare Want Lists
Fanfare Magazine critics Merlin Patterson, Huntley Dent and Andrew Quint had one album in common on their year-end “Want Lists” — the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck Dvořák & Janáček SACD! “Under music director Manfred Honeck, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is increasingly recognized as an ensemble to reckon with. … . In addition to a propulsive and thoughtfully structured account of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, there’s also an effective synthesis of music from Janáček’s…
Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner Gets “Highest Recommendation”
Film Music: The Neglected Art critic Thomas Kiefner gives the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Bruckner release his “highest recommendation.” “Listening to the new live recording from Reference Recordings of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 is as close to being there as you’ll ever experience. … On the very first play you’ll hear that the Pittsburgh Symphony under Honeck’s direction play this work as if they’ve played it a 1000 times. … The Pittsburgh Symphony has brought…
The Banner Saga Nominated for Three BAFTA Awards!
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2015 Game Awards nominees have been released and The Banner Saga was nominated for three! Nominated Categories include: Audio Achievement Music Debut Game Full Nominee List The Banner Saga Austin Wintory, composer The Dallas Wind Symphony Maluka and Peter Hollens, vocals; Taylor Davis, violin Composer Austin Wintory created an earthy, multi-layered orchestral score for the single player role-playing tactical game from Stoic Studios, currently available on…
Is The Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner the Best Ever?
Audiophile Audition‘s Steven Ritter asks, is the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck release “The best Bruckner Fourth ever recorded?” “There have been many fine recordings of this work, but none to my mind holds a candle to Karl Bohm’s 1973 Decca reading. I can honestly say that Honeck and the superb Pittsburghians have given us a performance in phenomenal—underline that—surround sound that launches this rendition to the absolute top of the pile. The…
New Release — Bruckner: Symphony No. 4!
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra FR-713SACD Thrilling live performances from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in brilliant audiophile sound! Anton Bruckner is known as a deeply religious composer whose Catholic spirituality is prominent in his music, particularly his later symphonies. However, his Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (“Romantic”) is one of his most secular, most influenced by nature and most popular works. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck…
Tune in the GRAMMY Awards This Sunday!
Don’t forget that the 2015 GRAMMY Awards are this Sunday and the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Dvořák & Janáček SACD is nominated for the Best Orchestral Performance GRAMMY! Below, stream tracks from the GRAMMY-nominated release as well as the new Bruckner album (coming next week) and the first in our Pittsburgh Live! Series, Strauss:
It’s Gonna Sound Exactly Like This…
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