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Exactly Like This — First Listen
Listen to a sampler from the new Doug MacLeod release, Exactly Like This and Pre-Order on Amazon.com before the March 10th release!
Joel Fan and Dances for Piano and Orchestra Featured in Gramophone
Gramophone Magazine’s February issue features a wonderful new interview with Joel Fan about his latest Reference Recordings release as well as a wonderful review from Gramophone critic, Donald Rosenberg: “Fan sounds perfectly at home in these virtuoso novelties, which are probably known to few musicians other than intrepid pianists. … turn up the volume to appreciate the fervour and dynamism Fan brings to his challenging duties. He immerses himself in a series of colourful collaborations…
Textura Magazine Reviews Woman At The New Piano
Textura Magazine reviews the new Nadia Shpachenko release, Woman at the New Piano in their February issue: “An exceptional recording of newly composed piano works… Shpachenko is that special musician who possesses the ability to execute technically challenging contemporary works but also bring out the emotional dimension of the material. … Given the involvement of multiple composers, Woman At The New Piano is naturally diverse, yet it’s cohesive, too. Though dramatic stylistic contrasts between works…
Organ Polychrome A MusicWeb Recording of the Month!
MusicWeb International names Jan Kraybill’s Organ Polychrome a January Recording of the Month! “The Allegro from Widor’s Organ Symphony No. 6 headlines this new album, which features Kansas City’s Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant (2011). At the console of this magnificent 102-rank instrument is Jan Kraybill, who tackles Widor’s daunting structures with aplomb. Even at this early stage the organ’s tonal subtlety and range of colours are very much in evidence; whether Kraybill’s dissembling quietly or…
Dvořák & Janáček a Record To Die For!
Stereophile Magazine’s February “Records to Die For” include Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Dvořák & Janáček recording! “Well, this year [the Pittsburgh Symphony] trumped themselves with even more idiomatic performances and an even more naturally dynamic recording. … The realization and performance of the suite from Janáček’s Jenufa is brilliant…Conducted and played with appropriate style and verve and recorded in the best and most thrilling sound, this new disc immediately goes to the top…
Audiophile Audition Best of 2014
Two RR releases land on the Audiophile Audition Best of 2014 list: Dvořák & Janáček “Interpretatively and sonically, this is one of the best releases of the Dvorak 8th I have ever heard.” —Steven Ritter Read the full review Mephisto & Co. “A 45 rpm 200-gram vinyl version of the orchestral favorites album which has been on the TAS Super Disc List since its CD release in 1998.” —John Sunier Read the full review See…
Amazon Approves of Organ Polychrome
Amazon reviewers give Organ Polychrome five stars! “Jan…is a masterful performer who has the chops of the most seasoned organ artists. Her playing is passionate and her technical proficiency is impressive. Jan is a great gift to music and especially to the organ world. Kansas City, MO is fortunately to have her in the city and our cultural lexicon.” —Mario M. Pearson “Jan Kraybill does justice to the organ at the Kauffman. Excellent choice of…
Organ Polychrome Gets “Booming” Praise
In a recent CNET review for the Outlaw Audio Ultra X12 subwoofer, Steve Guttenberg praises Jan Kraybill and her recent Organ Polychrome recording: “My entire listening room was energized by Jan Kraybill’s “Organ Polychrome” album that features Ms. Kraybill playing an organ at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri. Not only were the deepest notes shaking my room, the sense of the instrument’s pipes moving a lot of air was palpable.…
Preview Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 on RR Radio
Stream an excerpt from the newest Pittsburgh Symphony release, Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 via SoundCloud and Pre-Order on Amazon today!
Doug MacLeod on Blues Radio International
Yesterday (1/18/15), Blues Radio International broadcast Doug MacLeod’s performance at the 2014 Blues Music Awards! Doug MacLeod’s new recording Exactly Like This comes out March 10, 2015! Listen to the broadcast below:
See Nadia Shpachenko and Woman at the New Piano Live
Nadia Shpachenko will be performing compositions from her Woman at the New Piano recording in a series of upcoming solo concerts: Fresno State University, CA, Fresno, 1/21/15, 8 pm (Fresno New Music Series) Valley Christian High School, CA, San Jose, 1/23/15, 1 pm California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 1/28/15, 8 pm California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, 2/2/15, 7:30 pm Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2/4/15, 4:15 pm Biola University, CA, La…
Amazon Reviewers Praise Nadia Shpachenko’s Woman at the New Piano
Nadia Shpachenko’s Woman at the New Piano American Music of 2013 gets Five Stars across the board from Amazon critics: “This is a beautiful and exciting album, with pieces that represent the wide range of contemporary classical piano repertoire. The pieces range from thoughtful to silly-grin-inducing to chaotic, thunderous, and dramatic. I can picture a number of these pieces becoming part of the standard repertoire. The performance is beautiful, and at times seemingly impossible –…
WQXR Reviews Dances for Piano and Orchestra
WQXR reviews the new Joel Fan and Northwest Sinfonietta Dances for Piano and Orchestra release and named it one of last week’s albums of the week! “American pianist Joel Fan is a veteran of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project whose tastes extent well beyond the standard repertoire. He has made several enjoyably eclectic recordings for San Francisco’s Reference Recordings label, the latest featuring an almost-forgotten genre, the single-movement dance piece for piano and orchestra. Hearing…
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Available for Pre-Order
Now Available for Pre-Order on Amazon: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, conductor Thrilling live performances from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in brilliant audiophile sound! Anton Bruckner s Symphony No. 4 in E flat major ( Romantic ) is one of the composer s most popular works. Manfred Honeck and the PSO offer us a fresh and powerful new interpretation of this great music on third release in the Pittsburgh Live! series…