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Thinking About Bix on A Prairie Home Companion
Last Saturday legendary pianist, Dick Hyman was featured on American Public Media’s “A Prairie Home Companion” hosted by Garrison Keillor. And Dick Hyman didn’t just perform any old music off of our release “Thinking About Bix,” he performed the title track! So in case you missed it, we thought we would share it with you today! Click to Play “Thinking About Bix” by Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke on the May 9, 2010 broadcast of…
Special Celebration Sale!
We have recently released our first Multichannel SACD, FOUR new HRx releases, a Jazz Sampler (Jazz Kaleidoscope), and a remastered HDCD from analogue (Letters from the Equator)! So we want to celebrate! Our celebration is your savings. Buy 3 or more of our new releases and save 15% on your entire order! These titles only: Britten’s Orchestra: RR-120HDCD, RR-120SACD and HR-120;Jazz Kaleidoscope: RR-910HDCD Letters from the Equator (newly remastered from analogue with HDCD): RR-56HDCD and…
Our First Multi-Channel SACD Release!
We’ve been hinting at it for awhile now, but everything is in order and we can finally announce that we have available our very first multi-channel SACD release! BRITTEN’S ORCHESTA Michael Stern / Kansas City SymphonyRR-120SACD Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra Sinfonia da requiemPeter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia This production has garnered top notch reviews in more than 15 publications for the compact disc release – most recently in…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Throw a Fiesta!
To help our neighbors to the south commemorate this fun holiday, today we’re featuring our album “Fiesta!” Fiesta! features the conductor Howard Dunn and the Dallas Wind Symphony. FIESTA!South-of-the-border music for band by Gould, Reed, Williams, Nixon and Perkins. “Exceptional in dynamic range, transient response, overall clarity, and–most of all–realistic differentiation of instrumental timbres.”—Fanfare Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by purchasing Fiesta! Track listing: La Fiesta Mexicana: Prelude and Aztec Dance La Fiesta Mexicana: Mass La…
A Fun Timeline by J. Gordon Holt
We just wanted to share this fun timeline published originally by J. Gordon Holt of Stereophile Magazine. We just thought some timeline perspective would be fun as we prepare to roll back out LPs this year and as we prepare to launch our very first…we can’t spoil that surprise yet sorry… Where We Are and How We Got Here By J. Gordon Holt • March, 1982 As another Consumer Electronics Show rolls around, we are…
Some praise for World Keys!
Last month, Reference Recordings artist Joel Fan performed in Oakland, CA, and a few of us from Reference Recordings were able to make it out to the concert (Read our feedback here). But of course, we weren’t the only ones there! Today we wanted to share an article from the San Francisco Classical Voice written leading up to the concert. Another reason we like the article so much is that she talks about our first…
Organ Sensation Felix Hell HRx!
Today we finish telling you about our recent HRx releases, but these are just the beginning! We’ve got tons of exciting news to bring you in the near future! Organ Sensation Felix Hell Prof. Johnson brilliantly captures the spectacular sounds of the massive Schoenstein Organ of First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln Nebraska. Felix Hell is one of the most exciting and remarkable organists on today’s concert scene. His virtuosity and dazzling technique, and his profound understanding…
Reveries HRx – Minnesota Orchestra
We continue to highlight our new HRx releases today with “Reveries:” REVERIES Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra “The Absolute Sound Super Disc List” Relaxing,beloved classics by Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Faurè, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and more, beautifully played by one of America’s great orchestras. A balm for jangled nerves, and excellent music for unwinding and dining! The pace of the human heartbeat so appealed to the composers on this program that they harnessed their music to it. Yet…
Respighi HRx – Minnesota Orchestra
We continue to highlight our recent HRx releases today with “Respighi”: RESPIGHI Eiji OuiMinnesota Orchestra Grammy® 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 singing whose lavishness has kept it from view since its La Scala premiere. This is only the second recording of a suite prepared by the composer…
Stravinsky HRx – Minnesota Orchestra
We’ve released FOUR new HRx discs, and one of those releases was the Minnesota Orchestra recording, “Stravinsky.” Stravinsky Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra 1997 Grammy® Nominee“BEST ENGINEERED, CLASSICAL”The Rite of Spring, The Firebird Suite and The Song of the Nightingale have never sounded more magical or more dynamic! “This HDCD has more detail than any live performance I have attended. The orchestra and the hall sound simly glorious. Put it on, sit back, and be amazed!”…
FOUR New HRx Titles!
If you’re a Reference Recordings Facebook Fan, or you follow us on Twitter, you’ll know that yesterday we promised some big news. Well, today we hope not to disappoint. We’re announcing that we have FOUR newly released HRx albums! That’s right — FOUR! View all of our HRx releases on ReferenceRecordings.com. Stravinsky Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra RESPIGHIEiji OuiMinnesota Orchestra ReveriesEiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Organ Sensation Felix Hell
A Fun Vote from Stereophile Magazine
We wanted to share a link from our friends at Stereophile Magazine for their Vote section. The Vote is “What is the source component you use most in your home system?“ And you have to choose from: CD player ComputerMedia serverDVD-Audio or SACD playerTurntableTunerOther So, we thought it would be a good one to share. So make sure to go to the Stereophile Magazine Vote section and submit your vote! You can tell US your…
The Red Norvo Quintet
As you should know by now, we have recently released the compilation Jazz Kaleidoscope. On this release, the very first track features the Red Norvo Quintet performing Rhee Waahnee. So today we thought we would tell you a little about the album this track comes from, and share a great video we came across on YouTube! THE FORWARD LOOK The Forward Look was one of our early releases (1981), and is a live performance captured…
Some Insight from Jim Brock
We recently released a re-mastered, HDCD version of master percussionist Jim Brock’s album “Letters from the Equator” and today we thought we’d share a brief statement from Jim Brock about the album: After the success of Tropic Affair, I was asked to make another recording for the San Francisco based label Reference Recordings. I thought how nice it would be to do a co-bill with the guitarist Van Manakas. Van and I were fortunate to…
Happy Easter from Reference Recordings
We wanted to feature a couple of releases of ours that might help you to celebrate this Easter weekend. Both albums feature the renowned Turtle Creek Chorale. PSALMS“The Absolute Sound Super Disc List” SING HALLELUJAH! The ancient wisdom of the Psalms has been inspiration for great composers for 3000 years. A unique program of world-premiere recordings is by living composers, many of whom have a long-standing relationship with the Turtle Creek Chorale. The world-renowned group…