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Britten’s Orchestra Review – Kansas City Star
Kansas City Symphony shines on ‘Britten’s Orchestra’ By STEVE PAULThe Kansas City Star Michael Stern (seated left) during the recording of the Kansas City Symphony’s new CD, “Britten’s Orchestra,” at the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence. The CD will be released Tuesday. The Kansas City Symphony of the Michael Stern era made its recording debut in 2008 with an inventive pairing of two works inspired by Shakespeare’s “Tempest.” The disc, featuring music by Sir…
RR on American Public Media’s “Composers Datebook”
An older Reference Recordings release with the Minnesota Orchestra was featured on American Public Radio’s program “Composers Datebook.” Here is the audio with A Ring of Time by Dominick Argento (b. 1927) from the album Valentino Dances (performed by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue) in the background of the program. Here is the full transcript from the show: At the dawn of the 20th century Teddy Roosevelt was president and America was in…
Britten’s Orchestra Review
We wanted to publish a review that has already come out from ClassicsToday.com even before Britten’s Orchestra has been released! Thank you to the Kansas City Symphony for directing us to this via Twitter & Facebook. Classics Today BENJAMIN BRITTENThe Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; Sinfonia da requiem; Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia Kansas City SymphonyMichael SternReference Recordings- 120(CD) This is an impressive recording of these frequently encountered pieces. The Young Person’s…
Pre-Order information for Britten’s Orchestra
Here is a link to Pre-Order Britten’s Orchestra straight from our distributor! Allegro Music Britten’s Orchestra Pre-Order
One Week to go for Britten’s Orchestra Release
We are less than one week away from the release of Britten’s Orchestra!!!! To help get you as excited as we are, here is a press release about it from the Kansas City Star. BRILLIANT BRITTEN!New Kansas City Symphony CD to be released November 10 (Kansas City) – The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, will release their second CD for award-winning audiophile label Reference Recordings on November 10, 2009. Titled Britten’s…
Britten’s Orchestra Programming
Many people wonder about, question, or critique the choices of the programming on classical music recordings. So, today we would like to give you a very brief explanation of the reasoning behind our choices on Britten’s Orchestra. Once again, the programming of the album is The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Sinfonia da Requiem, and the Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes. Benjamin Britten was recognized as the dominant British musical figure…
Raving Grainger Review
We have to interrupt our discussion about the upcoming Britten album to share this fantastic review of the Dallas Wind Symphony album Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Wind Band by Percy Grainger the review is because the album was featured as “Recording of the Month” on MusicWeb! Very Exciting, and we especially love you the review begins! Without further ado, here is the review: MusicWeb – Recording of the MonthBy Benn Martin This is more than…
The Music of Peter Grimes – Britten’s Orchestra
Though we aren’t getting into opera, we are doing the orchestral suite music from the opera Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten. Peter Grimes was writtten by Britten as a libretto adopted from a section of George Crabbe’s poem The Borough. First perfromed in London in 1945, Peter Grimes was Britten’s first opera to become a critical and popular sucess, and is now considered a staple of U.K. and U.S. repertoire. However, what is of most…
Sinfonia da Requiem
Continuing our effort to give you some information about the pieces on the upcoming album Britten’s Orchestra with the Kansas City Symphony, we want to give you a little information on Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20. However, this is just a taste as next week we may give more information from our Program Notes. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 was written by Benjamin Britten in 1940 when he was 26 years-old. It was commissioned by…
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
As the countdown to Britten’s Orchestra gets closer, we thought we would talk about the actual music that is going to be on the album. So, today we thought we’d start with “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” by Benjamin Britten. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, opus 34 was written by Benjamin Britten in 1964. It was orginially commissioned for an educational documentary film called The Instruments of the Orchestra, and featured…
Britten’s Orchestra Album Art
Hey Fans, today we thought we would share the Britten’s Orchestra album art with you! Also, while you are going through your various social networks this weekend, please remember to join our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter! But, also check out both the Kansas City Symphony on Facebook and Twitter, and the Dallas Wind Symphony Page on Facebook! Have a great weekend.
Meet Vauna – the Reference Recordings Mascot
Reference Recordings would like to officially announce and introduce you to our mascot – Vauna! A little background: Vauna is a 2 year old Papillon dog. She was rescued from being abandoned in Washington state, but that is another story. Her super-sensitive hearing destined her to be associated with the audiophile recording and music industry! She came to Reference Recordings to check to see if there was anything of auditory value, and once she made…
The Home Entertainment Show 2010 – Las Vegas
Okay Audiophiles, it’s time to mark your calendars! January 7th – 10th, 2010 is The Home Entertainment Show in Las Vegas! This is another great chance to see the world of everything hi-fi. Just like the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, we want to see you there, so we thought we’d give you all the information with enough time to make your plans! All information can be found at theshowlasvegas.comAbout The Home Entertainment Show T.H.E. Show has…
Britten’s Orchestra HRx!
November 10th is the release date for Britten’s Orchestra with the Kansas City Symphony, but you should already know that. What you don’t know, and should be excited about, is that this release will be one of our quickest turn-arounds for the HRx version of the album! It should be available by December, and would make a great Christmas present for audiophiles everywhere! And what if your computer audio system isn’t capable of 176.4 kHz/…
Michael Stern Talks about the Upcoming Release
Want a great quote from Michael Stern about the upcoming release of Britten’s Orchestra on Reference Recordings? Well, we have one…sort of. Here is a posting from the Kansas City Star: The subscription series winds up June 4 weekend with an all-Russian program and another premier piano soloist, Vladimir Feltsman. Among the works is Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, which marked the joyful end of World War II. The Symphony, of course, has an even broader…