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Music for Independence Day – Strictly Sousa
The final album for our “Music for Independence Day” Series once again features the wonderful Dallas Wind Symphony, this time conducted by Jerry Junkin on the album, “Strictly Sousa!” STRICTLY SOUSA Dallas Wind SymphonyJerry Junkin No marches are quite as inspired as those by America’s beloved March Master. Jerry Junkin leads the renowned Dallas Wind Symphony through the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights of every windband! Recorded by “Prof.” Johnson…
Music for Independence Day – Testament
Continuing our “Music for Independence Day” series, we introduce an older Reference Recordings recording (RR-49 in fact) of the Turtle Creek Chorale performing “Testament.” TestamentTurtle Creek ChoraleDallas Wind Symphony An inspiring collection of Americana, with texts by Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost, including The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson. “The precision of the Turtle Creek Chorale is something to hear, and the Dallas Wind Symphony asserts its authority at every turn.” –H&B…
Music For Independence Day – Marches I’ve Missed
Yesterday we began our “Music for Independence Day” series with Dick Hyman’s “Thinking About Bix.” Today, we continue the series with a recording of the Dallas Wind Symphony conducted by Frederick Fennell on the album “Marches I’ve Missed.” MARCHES I’VE MISSEDFrederick Fennel/Dallas Wind Symphony Essential Americana! The Godfather of Wind Bands conducts 18 great “footlifters” all new to the extensive Fennell discography, in sizzling performances by the Dallas Wind Symphony at its best! “Fennell catches…
Music for Independence Day – “Thinking About Bix”
Since we are only 5 days away from the 4th of July holiday here in the U.S., we wanted to get you in the festive mood by doing a “Music for Independence Day” blog series! First up in the series is Dick Hyman’s recording “Thinking About Bix.” Having this recording as an Independence Day recording might strike you as odd, but we have good reasons for including it in the series! First, Jazz is very…
Two More Complimentary HRx Downloads!
We have provided TWO MORE FREE HRX DOWNLOADS on ComputerAudiophile.com! The tracks are ‘Tain’t So! from Dick Hyman’s Thinking About Bix and Satie, arr. Debussy: Gymnopedie No. 1 from the Minnesota Orchestra’s Reveries. So visit http://computeraudiophile.com and download away! From Computer Audiophile: Two More Complimentary 24/176.4 HRx Downloads Courtesy of Reference Recordings Once again CA supporter and industry leader Reference Recordings has supplied two complimentary high resolution audio tracks for Computer Audiophile readers. The first…
Catching Up with Joel Fan!
We decided to catch up with what the fabulous Joel Fan will be doing this summer and came across a fun festival concert that we just had to mention. Also in our search we found some great customer reviews of “West of the Sun: Music of the Americas” on Amazon.com that we hadn’t seen before! On July 22, Joel Fan will be performing with the Northport Community Band at the 45th Annual Huntington Summer Arts…
Just Need to Brag…
We might be 34 years old, but we still get excited when our releases are popular! It’s especially exciting when it’s a new format for us! Our first multi-channel SACD Hybrid of Britten’s Orchestra is really gaining ground! For instance we just saw today that Britten’s Orchestra SACD is currently #21 on Amazon.com’s New Releases bestsellers list! And it’s up there with pretty good company. This is very exciting for us to see that people…
Happy 34th Birthday To Us!
It’s our 34th Birthday! So to celebrate we’re sharing some past, present and future! STEREOPHILE magazine online has just reprinted an historic 1989 interview (by editor John Atkinson) with our founder and President J. Tamblyn Henderson Jr. (click link to read). Reference Recordings was only 13 years old at the time, and doing great things. 2010 is our 34th year, and we’ve released about 100 more titles since that interview. We’re continuing our history of…
Jon Atkinson Interviews Tam Henderson (1989)
This interview of Reference Recordings’ Tam Henderson by Stereophile Magazine‘s John Atkinson was done in 1989. But, we came back across it today when speak3raudio.com tweeted it today, so we thought it would be fun to share it here!Tam Henderson, Reference RecordingsBy John Atkinson – June, 1989——————————– When we met, I had intended to ask Tam about a major project Reference Recordings had undertaken to record Fats Waller stride-piano pieces both direct-to-CD and direct-to-DMM-LP. Both…
Reference Recordings Google Search Story Video!
Just for fun we decided to make a Google Search Story Video, and thought we would share it! If you’re feeling inspired, make your own Reference Recordings search story and share it with us on Facebook and Twitter! We’d love to see what you can do!
Check out our New Facebook Page
Have you ever been on the Reference Recordings Facebook Page and been reading our blog, or checking out a cool new audiophile article, or looking at some RR news and wished there was a way to browse our website/store right on Facebook? Well, now you can! We’re launching our new Facebook page which has our recent releases that you would find on our homepage, a whole tab devoted to our SACDs, a tab with all…
Some Friendly Advice from Reference Recordings
We came across a New Zealand ebay-esque site that was trying to sell our Mike Garson Jazz Hat album, and we were a little surprised to see that they were selling it for more than what you would pay buying directly from ReferenceRecordings.com. So, we thought we would bring that up with you to remind you to buy directly from us as much as possible! 🙂 Plus we’re still pretty proud of this album, and…
Celebration Sale!!!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! We’ve got releases encompassing all of our available formats and genres in this sale. And today our featured sale item is our recent sampler Jazz Kaleidoscope! JAZZ KALEIDOSCOPE RR-910 HDCD – Now Available Top tracks by Dick…
Celebration Sale!!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! We’ve got releases encompassing all of our available formats in this sale. And today our featured sale item is a remastered HDCD! LETTERS FROM THE EQUATOR RR-56 – newly remastered with HDCD Master percussionist Jim Brock features…
Our Celebration Sale!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! The first and featured item in the sale is our first ever multichannel hybrid SACD of Britten’s Orchestra! Britten’s Orchestra Michael Stern – Kansas City Symphony Click for more information and track listing. You will enjoy amazing…