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Classical CD Choice Review for Utah Symphony’s Prokofiev
Classical CD Choice‘s Graham Williams reviews the Utah Symphony and Thierry Fischer’s Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky – Lieutenant Kijé Suite recording: “Discerning collectors are used to releases from the Reference Recordings label receiving effusive plaudits, not only for the high artistic level of the performances but especially for the thrilling audiophile sound quality that brings listening at home to a new level of enjoyment. This latest spectacular recording from Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony of…
Audiostream Review for Prokofiev
Audiostream Magazine reviews our high-resolution downloads for the Utah Symphony’s Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky – Lieutenant Kijé Suite: “I was given access to download the 24-bit/192kHz WAV files of Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky – Lieutenant Kijé Suite for listening, and was immediately blown away at the lack of any compression artefacting on the tracks – this recording sounds like it has a mile of dynamic headroom built into it. Regardless of whether I played it on my…
Gramophone Magazine Reviews Utah Symphony’s Prokofiev
Gramophone Magazine’s Mark Pullinger reviews Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony’s Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky – Lieutenant Kijé Suite in their February 2020 issue: “Thierry Fischer pairs two contrasting Prokofiev film scores in this Utah Symphony release: the gritty, rarely heard cantata Alexander Nevsky and the quirky, satirical Lieutenant Kijé. The latter is… guaranteed to raise a smile. … Nevsky is given a sober reading here, the University of Utah A Cappella Choir and University of…
Michael Cookson Reviews Utah Symphony’s Mahler Symphony No. 8
Critic Michael Cookson offers MusicWeb International‘s second review for Thierry Fischer, the Utah Symphony, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s recording of Mahler: Symphony No. 8. “Any performance of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ is an event, owing to the large orchestral and choral forces plus vocal soloists required to present the work. … The Eighth Symphony is Mahler’s pantheistic vision of life and the universe with which Thierry Fischer here conducts his vast…
MusicWeb International Reviews the Utah Symphony’s Mahler Symphony No. 8
John Quinn offers the second MusicWeb International review of Thierry Fischer, the Utah Symphony, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s recording of Mahler: Symphony No. 8. “I think it’s appropriate to start this this review by shining the spotlight on someone from the “back room” team. Step forward Mack Wilberg, Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The choral contribution to this performance is as fine as any that I can recall hearing. At a guess…
Fanfare Magazine Raves About Utah Symphony’s Mahler Eight
“Well, here is the symphony no one could capture—captured at last? I think so! Every music lover grayer than a few decades will recall how pervasive once was the notion of an “unrecordable piece,” a work destined to mock the best efforts of microphones and loudspeakers of the day. … The Mahler Symphony of a Thousand was a holy grail of sorts, attempted from time to time, but essentially out of reach. … I thought…
Textura Reviews Utah Symphony’s Mahler Symphony No. 8
Canada’s Textura magazine reviews the Thierry Fischer, Utah Symphony, and Mormon Tabernacle Choir recording of Mahler: Symphony No. 8: “How valuable is this recording? Great indeed, considering how modest in number are those available of the eighth and relatedly how rarely it’s performed. In both cases, the reasons have nothing to do with the work’s artistic merit, which is substantial; it’s simply that performances, whether it be for a live presentation or for a recording,…
Thierry Fischer Leads Royal Philharmonic in San Francisco
Thierry Fischer impresses The Bay Area Reporter‘s Philip Campbell while leading London’s Royal Philharmonic on a six-concert West Coast tour: “Fischer, who is music director of the Utah Symphony, has shown a personal taste for orchestral richness and dynamic contrasts… His Reference Recordings HDCD of Mahler’s mighty Eighth, with the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir… proves an overwhelmingly grand and beautiful listening experience. Fischer hasn’t just kept his eye on the past either, commissioning…
Gramophone Reviews Utah Symphony Mahler 8
Thierry Fischer, the Utah Symphony, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir‘s Mahler: Symphony No. 8 recording gets a rave review in Gramophone Magazine: “The Utah Symphony were the first American orchestra to record a complete Mahler cycle. Under Thierry Fischer, Utah’s music director since 2009, they have mounted another Mahler cycle in celebration of the orchestra’s 75th anniversary.…And a lovely thing it is. Thierry Fischer is clearly a Mahlerian to contend with, full of ideas and…
Thierry Fischer joins WCLV Ideastream
WCLV Classical hosts Utah Symphony’s Thierry Fischer to talk about Mahler Symphony No. 8. Listen on-demand at wclv.ideastream.org. https://ideastream-production.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/2018/01/180107%20Thierry%20Fischer.mp3 Order Now Mahler Symphony No. 8 The Utah Symphony is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, history and recording legacy. Here they join with the internationally-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir to present a thrilling…
Thierry Fischer Talks Mahler Symphony 8 on WQED
Thierry Fischer talks about his new Mahler Symphony No. 8 recording with the Utah Symphony and a potential visit to Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh on WQED’s Voice of the Arts: https://www.wqed.org/podcasts/voice_of_the_arts/2017/thiery_fisher_171212_podcast.mp3 Order Now Mahler Symphony No. 8 The Utah Symphony is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, history and recording legacy. Here…
Classical-Modern Music Heartily Recommends Utah Symphony’s Mahler 8
“As much as I’ve appreciated Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 over time, I have connected only tangentially to it on a personal level. Until now. Thierry Fischer directs the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in a brand new recording. … Fischer and the Utah contingent meet the challenges and bring us a single-hearted reading that perhaps is less Wagnerian (a problem with some readings) than Mahlerian, less strictly giganticistic and more focused than some.…
Utah Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony Receive Positive Feedback Award
We’re happy to be share that our latest recordings with the Utah and Pittsburgh Symphonies have been honored with a 2017 “Brutus Award” from audiophile magazine, Positive Feedback! “Reference Recordings has been a primo name among audiophile labels for many years now. I …was particularly struck by the Thierry Fischer/Utah Symphony/Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mahler 8. Recorded and mastered by the brilliant production and engineering team at Soundmirror, this SACD shines wonderfully. “My praise must be…
Classical CD Choice Reviews Utah Symphony’s Impressive Mahler 8
Barry Forshaw reviews the new Utah Symphony and Thierry Fischer recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 on Classical CD Choice: “It will hardly come as a revelation to those who have been collecting earlier Reference Recordings discs of the great masterpieces of the orchestral repertoire that this new reading of Mahler’s monumental Eighth Symphony is so impressive. … it’s clear that both the musical and recording values are (as usual) firmly in place. The singing,…
InfoDad Reviews Utah Symphony Mahler 1 and 8
Two Utah Symphony and Thierry Fischer Mahler Symphony reviews on the family-focused website InfoDad: Mahler Symphony No. 8 “Because of the unique sonic quality of Mahler’s music, the exceptional importance of getting both the quiet passages and the huge, noisy and sometimes deliberately crude ones right, the recording quality of Mahler performances is exceptionally important, most definitely so in the case of his Eighth, the “Symphony of a Thousand,” which really does require something close…