Archive for West of the Sun
HD Tracks features Reference Recordings!
In HDtracks‘ newest newsletter, we were excited to see quite the presence of our recordings! Many thanks to HDtracks! First was the feature of Joel Fan’s album West of the Sun now available as an 88kHz/24bit Audiophile Download! Visit HDtracks.com for more information! HDtracks is getting into the Holiday Spirit with a “Classic 100” list! HDTracks presents its Classic 100 list of high-resolution recordings, compiled from our amazing collection of albums featuring the most popular…
Keeping Up With Joel Fan
Reference Recordings artist Joel Fan has been performing all over recently. He performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. this past weekend, and will be performing in Sacramento in two weeks (info here). Joel also closed out the Knoxville Symphony season and got the following glowing review: “Pianist Joel Fan joined the orchestra on the second half of the program for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Like many of…
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…
Three Questions with Joel Fan
In their excitement for Joel Fan’s performance with the Las Vegas Philharmonic on November 21st, Las Vegas Weekly did a feature with our artist Joel Fan that we thought we’d share with you: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)Pianist Joel FanThe Billboard top-10 classical artist will accompany the Las Vegas Philharmonic for Gershwin’s “Piano Concerto in F” as part of the second concert in this season’s Masterworks Series.What attracted you to “Concerto in F,” and…
FREE HRx Downloads!
We wanted to let our readers know that we have provided some complimentary HRx downloads to Computer Audiophile, and they are available on their website! You will have to go to the Computer Audiophile website to download them. The downloads are the Gottschalk: Suis Moi! –Caprice from Joel Fan’s newest release West of the Sun, and Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa: Hopak from the Minnesota Orchestra album Exotic Dances from the Opera. Here is the information from the…
Reference Recordings News!
Today we would just like to give some news on what is going on at Reference Recordings. First and foremost, our End of Summer SALE is still going on! So, if you wanted to expand your libraries with some HRx recordings, or HDCD recordings, or check out our two new SACD releases, now is the time! Or if there have been some recordings you had been thinking about getting, now is when you should load…
Minnesota Public Radio Review of West of the Sun by Joel Fan
Greetings Readers: We wanted to share this review with you of Joel Fan’s latest album West of the Sun from Minnesota Public Radio. We are including the full audio segment and the written review. We hope you enjoy the review, and if you still haven’t purchased your own copy of this album you are truly missing out! by Julie Amacher, Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. — Joel Fan’s new disc explores music by North…
More Joel Fan Reviews
Once again, couldn’t help but share some of these reviews for this fantastic album! Here is a review from The Star and they give the album 4 Stars (though not sure out of how many): JOEL FAN West of the Sun (Reference): New Yorker Joel Fan will have managed to squeeze three decades of performance in by the time he turns 40 this summer. The frequent guest of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble won the…
Joel Fan West of the Sun Reviews
Greetings readers! We are pleased to bring you a couple more reviews from the recent Joel Fan release West of the Sun: Music of the Americas! From Classics Today, the album received a 10/10 rating, meaning 10s in both Sound and Artistic Quality! Here is that review: In contrast to Joel Fan’s previous mixed recital for the Reference label (World Keys), West of the Sun focuses on composers of the Americas, stopping short of Canada.…
Audiophile Audition Review of “West of the Sun” by Joel Fan
Joel Fan, piano – West of the Sun, Music of the Americas – Reference Recordings Fan has created an album with more programming innovation than most such piano recitals. Joel Fan, piano – West of the Sun, Music of the Americas – [TrackList below] Reference Recordings RR-119, 67:17 [Distr. by Allegro] ***** [Release date: Apr. 14, 09]: We liked Joel Fan’s previous CD for Reference Recordings – World Keys – and similarly find this new…
Best Classical Releases of 2009 – Joel Fan!
Today’s big news is all about Joel Fan! The new album West of the Sun: Music of the Americas was featured as one of the “Best Classical Releases of 2009 (so far)” by allmusic.com. The article features the allmusic.com review of the album as well as two audio clips. Here is the link: http://blog.allmusic.com/2009/07/03/best-of-2009-so-far/ And here is the review link: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=43:185116 Congratulations to Joel Fan for this recognition!!!
Joel Fan: West of the Sun New Album!
Greetings Reference Recordings Followers! Let’s explore some information about Joel Fan’s newest album West of the Sun: Music of the Americas and tomorrow we will see what people are saying about it. Joel Fan’s second recital for RR further solidifies his reputation for innovative programming anddazzling keyboard technique. Drawing on composers from North and South America, nativeNew-Yorker Fan makes brilliant work of major sonatas by Ginastera and Barber, along with“entertainments” by Gottschalk, Piazzolla, and Villa-Lobos.…