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Britten’s Orchestra Countdown – Tempest Review
We have begun the countdown to the release of Britten’s Orchestra (see the countdown clock on the sidebar), and so to kick it off, we thought we’d share a great and fun review of the last Kansas City Symphony album Tempest.
Keeping Up With Our Artists – Dallas Wind Symphony
For those fans of the Dallas Wind Symphony albums on Reference Recordings, we wanted to give you a heads up on a DWS concert! If you are in the Dallas area tonight, you need to get over to the beautiful and amazing Meyerson Center tonight at 8pm for the concert “Snake in the Garden.” Tuesday, October 13, 2009 — 8:00pmDeborah Ungaro Fabian, clarinet Alfred Reed — A Jubilant OverturePaul Richards — Snake in the GardenPaul…
Keeping up with our Artists
In attempt to keep ourselves and our readers up-to-date with our Artists, sometimes we find them in unexpected places. This past weekend, Joel Fan took on the feat of performing two Liszt pieces with the Minot Symphony Orchestra in Minot, North Dakota during the symphony’s opening weekend! Check out the pre-concert story: Minot Symphony Orchestra opens its new season of ‘Myths and Legends’By CEECY NUCKER, Correspondent, [email protected] Daily News minotdailynews.com Maestro Dennis Simons will open…
More RMAF stories
Today is probably the last posting we will have about the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009. Again it should be of great interest to our Audiophile fans out there as it deals with some new equipment for playing our new HRx files! Thank you once again to Stereophile Magazine for giving us permission to re-post these blogs, and thank you to Jason Victor Serinus for blogging about the Festival! Paul McGowan Scores AgainPosted Tue Oct…
RMAF Reportings/Info for the Audiophiles
Today we thought we would share a blog with you that came from the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival that we recently attended! It includes some good information on how to play some of our HRx files. Bit-Perfect PlaybackPosted Wed Oct 7, 2009, 1:06 PM ETBy Jason Victor Serinus The sixth annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest had already closed when I finally had the time to stop by Reference Recordings’ booth to check out their latest…
Time Marches On – Post RMAF 2009
Time marches on. Sadly, we’ve learned of the passing of two of high-end audios most colorful founding fathers and mothers. So at the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival 2009, we gathered with a large group to toast (with martini’s, his favorite cocktail) the founder of Stereophile Magazine, the late J. Gordon Holt. And we also raised our glasses to one of our most controversial and entertaining writers, the late Enid Lumley who passed several years ago.…
Live from Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009
We are currently at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009 in Denver, CO! We are already having a great time. We will be posting some blogs, but have limited internet access. However, we will be doing some live tweets, so make sure you are following us on Twitter! @RefRecordings
Yo-Yo Ma talks about Joel Fan
Check out this really interesting interview with Yo-Yo Ma in which he briefly talks about the talents of our artist Joel Fan!
Gearing up for Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2009
We are beginning the countdown to the Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2009 and are only 4 days away! Click on the banner below for more information
Britten’s Orchestra Progress
We wanted to let our readers/followers know where we are at with the Britten’s Orchestra album. It is finished and the master has been sent to pressing! This is a cause for extreme excitement. We were racing the clock in order to make our deadlines so that the album will be released in November! So, this is good news for you as there won’t be any prolonged waiting. “Prof” Johnson had to pull an all-nighter…
Fun Something for you Audiophiles
Okay, since most of our fans consider themselves to be “Audiophiles” we thought we would share a find with you – especially since they used one of our recordings! The Star Tribune (a Minneapolis, Minnesota Paper) has a blogger who is hosting a contest to test your audiophile ears. We think you might find this enjoyable, and are equally interested in the results. So, here is the write-up from Randy Salas: Can you tell the…
Benjamin Britten
Well, in order to get you prepared for our upcoming Kansas City Release, we thought we would give you a little background information on Benjamin Britten. So, in good taste we are going to steal a bit from Wikipedia. To see the original Wikipedia source click HERE. Britten was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of a dentist and a talented amateur musician. He showed musical gifts very early in life, and began composing prolifically…
News and Announcements
Today’s News and Announcements! First and foremost the End of the Summer Sale ends tomorrow! So, if you still haven’t taken advantage of our 20% off EVERYTHING when you buy two or more items promotion, your time is limited so do it NOW! Just click HERE and start saving! We are a little over a week away from the Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2009, and we would love to see you there! Remember the Dates are…
Concerts
Well today we wanted to give our artists a plug and let you know of some upcoming concerts in case you are in the areas where they will be! First the Dallas Wind Symphony Just finished a major performance earlier this week of Carmina Burana, Ron Nelson’s Savannah River Holiday Overture, Jonathan Newman’s As the scent of spring rain…, and Nehlybel’s Trittico (which is an RR release)! The DWS has their next performance on Tuesday,…
Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2009
So, since this is a consumer audioshow, we would really like to see all of our audiophile friends that can make it! We love meeting our fans face-to-face! Here are the prices of attendance for adults: Standard 3 Day Pass $25.00 Standard 2 Day Pass $20.00 Standard 1 Day Pass $10.00 Student tickets are half price. So what besides us will you be getting? The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest will be held at the Denver…