#TitanTuesday — The Tradition Continues
Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony became recognized as a leading American ensemble largely through the efforts of Maurice Abravanel, Music Director from 1947 to 1979. During his tenure, the orchestra undertook four international tours, released numerous recordings and developed an extensive music education program. A pioneering cycle of Mahler Symphonies conducted by Abravanel was recorded between 1963 and 1974 and included the first commercial stereo recordings of the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies. These recordings…
Doug MacLeod on Blues Radio International!
Click to listen to Doug MacLeod on Blues Radio International via SoundCloud! EXACTLY LIKE THIS Doug MacLeod Buy the HDCD! Buy the Vinyl LP! Doug MacLeod is a unique, powerful guitarist with a rich and soulful voice, singing original songs based on his own life and experiences. His new album EXACTLY LIKE THIS is his third release with Reference Recordings. This is ‘Genuine Original Acoustic Music’ at its very best, in a richly detailed recording…
Utah Symphony Mahler in the New York Times!
The Utah Symphony’s September release of Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan” gets a feature in the New York Times Classical Playlist: “A cycle of Mahler symphonies was a nice way for the Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer, 57, who took over the Utah Symphony in 2009, to celebrate both its 75th anniversary (in 2015) and the memory of Maurice Abravanel, the orchestra’s great music director from 1947 to 1979.” —James R. Oestreich, New York Times Mahler:…
China Daily Features Joel Fan!
Joel Fan’s From China with Love: Connecting Cultures Through Music program is featured in China Daily! Click to read as a PDF “The Kennedy Center in Washington has heard many classics: but this summer pianist Joel Fan brought here something new. His performance in June, entitled “From China with Love: Connecting Cultures through Music“, included both Chinese favorites like Liuyang River and Castle in the Sky and complex Western classics, all intended to give audiences…
Utah Symphony’s Mahler Tradition
September 11 might mark their release of Mahler’s first symphony, but it’s not the Utah Symphony’s first brush with Mahler in their now 75-year history. From The Utah Symphony: The Utah Symphony’s first performance of a Mahler symphony came in 1951: In the Salt Lake Tribune the next day, Lowell M. Durham said it was “one of the most ambitious programs” yet attempted by Abravanel and the new symphony…The young ensemble met the challenge suprisingly…
True Concord Rehearses “Prayers and Remembrances” with Stephen Paulus
Enjoy video footage from True Concord Voices & Orchestra’s 2011 rehearsals with composer Stephen Paulus before the world premiere of Prayers and Remembrances: Far in the Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus World Premiere Recordings! Choral Music by beloved composer Stephen Paulus Far In The Heavens is comprised of recently composed and previously unrecorded works by Stephen Paulus, including two works that were commissioned and premiered by True Concord Voices & Orchestra: The Incomprehensible for…
Macallè Blues Reviews There’s A Time
Italian blues outlet, Macallè Blues reviews Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time: “…Accompanied by the devoted rhythmics of Jimi Bott and Danny Croy, already present in the previous There’s A Time, here the piano skills of Michael Thompson are added, also him back to family with MacLeod after the recent tours with the Eagles. The program that develops along the eleven tracks of the disk, moves from Rock ‘Till The Cows Come Home, homage to the…
Pre-Order September Releases Today!
September Releases Now Available for Pre-Order on Amazon! Far in the Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus World Premiere Recordings! Choral Music by beloved composer Stephen Paulus Far In The Heavens is comprised of recently composed and previously unrecorded works by Stephen Paulus, including two works that were commissioned and premiered by True Concord Voices & Orchestra: The Incomprehensible for their fifth anniversary season in 2009, and Prayers and Remembrances for the tenth anniversary of…
Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns a Gramophone Editor’s Choice!
Gramophone Magazine names the new Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording a September Editor’s Choice! “…the crucial test is not so much the volume of the organ but the way in which the orchestral context of the symphony as a whole is established. Here Michael Stern impressively injects impetus into the first section’s sinewy fabric, alert to instrumental colour and the contrapuntal discipline and intrigue of the writing. The organ, making its…
Stephen Paulus on “Prayers and Remembrances”
Prayers and Remembrances Prayers and Remembrances (2011) was commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy by True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Eric Holtan, Music Director, and Mrs. Dorothy Vanek, in loving memory of her husband, Robert Vanek, and in memory of friends of the Vaneks from United and American Airlines who were lost on September 11, 2001. The idea for Prayers and Remembrances began with Eric Holtan. He approached me a few years…
Doug MacLeod, Denny Croy and Jimi Bott Together at The Levitt Pavilion
Doug MacLeod, Denny Croy and Jimi Bott have recorded together on two Reference Recordings albums, There’s A Time and Exactly Like This, but the three of them have never played together in concert…until now! The trio will be performing Sunday, August 30 at the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena, CA! Find out more on the Levitt Pavilion website! EXACTLY LIKE THIS Doug MacLeod Buy the HDCD! Buy the Vinyl LP! Doug MacLeod is a unique, powerful…
RR at the 2015 California Audio Show!
It was great to see so many RR fans and friends at the California Audio Show this weekend. We were very happy to hear that everyone loves the new CDs and especially the LPs! Enjoy some photos from our booth and Keith Johnson’s seminar: Was great to see so many RR fans and friends at the California Audio Show this weekend. Happy to hear that everyone loves the new CDs and especially the LPs! Posted…
RR & Prof Johnson at the 2015 California Audio Show This Weekend!
RR heads to the California Audio Show this weekend! Come out to our booth in the Headmaster’s Ballroom and attend the “Prof” Johnson Seminar with Q&A Session in the Aspen Room on Saturday! For more details visit www.caaudioshow.com!
End of Summer RR “Mini” Sale!
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The Arts Desk Recommends Kansas City Symphony’s Saint-Saëns
Graham Rickson of The Arts Desk listens to the new Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns recording: “Saint-Saëns’s La Muse et le Poéte is the rarity here, a 15-minute piece for violin, cello and orchestra. A mixture of symphonic poem and concerto, it’s a real find. Muse and poet are represented by rhapsodic violin solo and an earthier cello, and the two voices slowly find a way to work together. It’s impeccably structured, brilliantly orchestrated and highly…