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The Curios – Videos Galore
We have added The Curios to our YouTube Channel and wanted to share the playlist with you here on the blog! Just click play, or click the arrows to move to different videos in the playlist!
Upcoming Release Videos
On Monday and Tuesday we told you about TWO NEW RELEASES for September 14th, so today we’re getting you ready by sharing the talents of these musicians! Our first release on FRESH! From Reference Recordings will be “Pillow Book” by The Curios:The Curios – “Kiss and Tell”We will also be releasing a new Jazz album featuring flautist Jim Walker and pianist Mike Garson on the album “Pied Piper.”Jim Walker performs “Vanilla Sky” with Paul McCartney…
FRESH! From Reference Recordings Present The Curios
Earlier this month we told you about FRESH! From Reference Recordings, but we didn’t tell you who, what, or when the first release would be, but that changes today! Our first release will be PILLOW BOOK from the alternative folk/rock group The Curios! Remember, FRESH! features things we believe are appealing, a little quirky, and well recorded. So, PILLOW BOOK fits that bill perfectly! The Curios create a quirky and beautifully complex musical universe. Others…
Upcoming New Jazz Release – Pied Piper
We’ve been hinting at it for awhile, but today we’re telling you straight out, we’ve got a new Jazz release coming out next month (9/14) featuring Mike Garson on piano and Jim Walker on the flute in a crystalline-pure recording of soothing, meditative jazz called PIED PIPER (RR-121)! The album will feature 12 original Mike Garson compositions, new high resolution digital remastering, and an eco-friendly digipak! For those that aren’t familiar with Jim Walker, he’s…
HDTracks 20%off Sale
We just wanted to let you know that HDTracks (high resolution downloads) has a special of the week, and this week all Reference Recordings albums are 20% off! So head on over to HDTracks.com and download away!
Tutti SACD Sampler review!
SA-CD.net has reviewed our Tutti! SACD Sampler: Review by Castor August 6, 2010Sonics: 5/5 Stars ‘Tutti!’ is Reference Recordings first release on SACD of a selection of excerpts from some of their many audiophile recordings made over the past fourteen years. The majority of those featured on this sampler date from 1996-7 and it is perhaps a shame that some more recent ones were not included. Unlike their first multi-channel release, Britten’s Orchestra – Michael…
FRESH! From Reference Recordings
FRESH! from Reference Recordings is a new offshoot of our respected 34-year-old independent classical and jazz audiophile label. Offering productions from all music genres, FRESH! will showcase artists and unique recordings that we think our fans and the wider market will enjoy. Most releases on FRESH! will not be recorded by the RR team, but RR will have input in the recording, editing, post production and/or mastering phases of production. FRESH! is part of our…
The LP Report Featuring Paul Stubblebine
We have spent a LOT of time and effort rebuilding and tweaking a vintage record mastering lathe and preparing a fall launch for LP titles from RR. For years, we tried other lathes and mastering methods but finally decided the only way to get the sound we want was for Keith Johnson to collaborate with Paul Stubblebine, and build a dedicated half-speed lathe to our quality requirements. We finally see the light at the end…
Concord Chamber Players – Line Drawings
We have told you that we are going to be doing a World Premiere Recording of Michael Gandolfi’s “Line Drawings” performed by the Concord Chamber Players. So, today we thought we would kick off your weekend by sharing a video of the Concord Chamber Players and Michael Gandolfi talking about the piece as well as playing some excerpts from it!
About the Concord Chamber Music Society
Today we thought we would share some more information on the Concord Chamber Music Society and the Concord Chamber Players which we will be doing a recording project with soon. The Concord Chamber Music Society, Inc. (“CCMS”) was founded by Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Wendy Putnam in January of 2000. CCMS presents a series of five chamber music concerts per year in Concord, MA and administers a diversified educational outreach program. The concerts and educational…
More Britten’s Orchestra SACD Reviews
The reviews for our Britten’s Orchestra SACD keep coming in, and we can’t help but share them with you! From Robert E. Benson at ClassicalCDReview.com: This is Reference Recordings first multi-channel SACD and it is a brilliant success. The label’s engineering staff headed by Producer David Frost and Recording Engineer Keith O. Johnson, has done a magnificent, imaginative job in capturing the sound of this American orchestra… The performances are first-rate, showing off the entire…
New Recording Project – Chris Brubeck
Yesterday we told you about our upcoming recording project with the Concord Chamber Music Society, and let you know that we will be doing a world premiere recording of Chris Brubeck’s piece Danza del Soul. So today we thought we would tell you a little more about the composer! Chris Brubeck: Christ Brubeck continues to distinguish himself as an innovative performer and composer. During the 70’s he began touring and recording with his father, Dave…
New Recording Project Announcement!
We are excited to announce that Reference Recordings will be doing a recording project with the Concord Chamber Players this September! This exciting project will include TWO World Premieres – “Danza del Soul” by Christopher Brubeck, and “Line Drawings” by Michael Gandolfi. Also on the project will be Lukas Foss’ “Central Park Reel.” These exciting modern pieces will be recorded in Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. Mechanics Hall is an internationally acclaimed hall well known…
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…
Some Positive Feedback from Positive Feedback Online
We just had to share these Positive Feedback reviews of Britten’s Orchestra SACD and Rachmaninoff HRx. So, enjoy the excerpts from the reviews below, and read the full article at positive-feedback.com. Positive Feedback Issue 50July/August 2010Reference Recordings SACD and HRxby Teresa Goodwin Britten’s Orchestra The bass is very deep and realistic with plenty of impact in both the Telarc and Reference Recordings SACDs. The bass drum has the slam one hears live in concert and…