New Release: Elgar Enigma Variations Vaughan Williams: The Wasps/Greensleeves
ELGAR Enigma Variations VAUGHAN WILLIAMSThe Wasps / Greensleeves RR-129HDCD Kansas City SymphonyMichael Stern A Magnificent New Symphonic Recording A new symphonic tour-de-force from the Kansas City Symphony! This colorful, beloved English music has been captured in brilliant HDCD sound by GRAMMY®-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson The Kansas City Symphony garnered tremendous critical acclaim for their first project on Reference Recordings, incidental music for The Tempest by Sullivan and Sibelius (Shakespeare’s Tempest, RR-115). Their second release…
New Reference Mastercuts LP!
Now available as a Reference Mastercuts LP: MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 and 24 EUGENE ISTOMIN, piano A legendary pianist! Inspired performances by one of America’s greatest musicians, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra Eugene Istomin’s illustrious career spanned some fifty years with over 4,000 orchestral concerts and recitals around the world. His performances of Mozart have been called “vigorous and full-bodied” by The Washington Post. He has collaborated with Gerard Schwarz on…
Holiday Sale Ends Tomorrow!
The RR Holiday Sale ends TOMORROW at Noon (Pacific)! So make sure to get in on the savings while you still can! Order two items or more and save 20% on your entire order – including HDCD, HRx, and LP releases! Save while you still can!
Reference Recordings at THE Show – Las Vegas
Heading to Vegas for The Home Entertainment Show in January? Make sure to stop by the Acoustic Sounds booth in the basement of the Flamingo Hotel. They will have Reference Recording titles and all NEW RR LPs!!! For more information visit http://theshowlasvegas.com!
2012 Year In Review – Traveling Sonata
2013 is quickly approaching and we’re taking a look back through our 2012 releases! Traveling Sonata: European Music For Flute & Guitar Viviana Guzmán, fluteJérémy Jouve, guitar An adventurous program of European masterworks for flute and guitar, from scintillating young artists VIVIANA GUZMÁN and JÉRÉMY JOUVE. Their outstanding performances have been captured brilliantly by Grammy®-winning recording engineer Keith O. Johnson. A winner for all audiophiles and music lovers! This album is a musical journey full…
2012 Year In Review – Dallas Wind Symphony
2013 is quickly approaching and we’re taking a look back through our 2012 releases! 2012 saw not one, but TWO new Dallas Wind Symphony releases! Playing With FireMusic by Frank TicheliThe Dallas Wind SymphonyConducted by Jerry JunkinFeaturing the Jim Cullum Jazz Band An all-American collaboration, The Dallas Wind Symphony and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band team up on this new sonic spectacular from Reference Recordings, PLAYING WITH FIRE! The five pieces presented here offer a…
2012 Year In Review – FRESH Releases Doin’ What It Takes
2013 is quickly approaching and we’re taking a look back through our 2012 releases! FRESH From Reference Recordings releases a new hit Blues Release! New Fresh! ReleaseDoin’ What It TakesLloyd JonesFR-704 REVIEWS “Doin’ What It Takes is full of tremendous songwriting and performances. Lloyd may be Doin’ What It Takes, but believe me he doin’ it right. Outstanding. Destined to be yet another Northwest blues classic, and hopefully far beyond as well. Lloyd Jones is…
2012 Year In Review – Delibes: Sylvia and Coppelia
2013 is quickly approaching and we’re taking a look back through our 2012 releases! DELIBES Sylvia/Coppélia Martin WestSan Francisco Ballet Orchestra Extended Suites From the Ballets Producers Victor and Marina Ledin’s 2012 portfolio (including Delibes: Syliva and Coppélia) has been nominated for the 2013 Producer of the Year (Classical) GRAMMY Award! REVIEWS: “Both scores receive first-rate performances… [Martin West] obviously knows the scores like the back of his hand… As such, both Coppélia and Sylvia…
2012 In Review – New Reference Mastercuts LPs
2013 is quickly approaching, so take a look back though our 2012 releases! New Reference Mastercuts Releases RACHMANINOFF: SYMPHONIC DANCES; VOCALISE (RM-1504) Eiji Oue/ Minnesota Orchestra 33 1/3 rpm, Half-Speed Mastered, 200 gram virgin vinyl from Quality Record Pressings in gatefold jacket FIRST TIME EVER ON LP! Widely believed to be the finest orchestral recording RR has ever made. Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most beloved composers of the twentieth century. His music is…
Doug MacLeod Nominated 2013 Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year
The Blues Foundation has released their 2013 Blues Music Awards nominees, and there is a familiar name up for Acoustic Artist of the Year — Doug MacLeod! Doug MacLeod will be releasing his next recording, There’s A Time, on Reference Recordings in March 2013, and he isn’t the only artist on the coming CD on the list. There’s A Time drummer, Jimi Bott is nominated for the “Instrumentalist – Drums” award! So congratulations to Doug…
Stereophile Reviews Horns for the Holidays
Stereophile.com‘s Jason Victor Serinus has a wonderful review on Dallas Wind Symphony release Horns for the Holidays, and even includes an interview with Keith O. Johnson! “As you can well imagine, Johnson, who has something like nine Grammy nominations for Engineering and one Grammy Award for Best Surround Recording to his credit, takes full advantage of this opportunity to show what Reference Recordings can do. Even heard without the advantage of Johnson’s HDCD decoding, Horns…
Jérémy Jouve Plays Duplessy
Traveling Sonata artist Jérémy Jouve performs composer Mathias Duplessy’s Cavalcade for solo guitar on the recording, and here he performs the composer’s Nocturne, No. 1 for guitar: Watch on YouTube Purchase Traveling Sonata during the Reference Recordings Holiday Sale and Save 20% when you purchase one other recording!
Reference Recordings Holiday Sale!
It’s The Best Reference Recordings Sale of the Year! Starting Now until Noon on Wedneday, January 3, 2013, Order Two items or more and get 20% off EVERYTHING in our catalog* — THE MORE YOU ORDER THE MORE YOU SAVE!!! Start Saving Today! *all items except already discounted sets
The Audio Beat gives Horns for the Holidays the Highest Praise
The Audio Beat‘s John Crossett weighs in on new Dallas Wind Symphony release Horns for the Holidays, and his end quote is about all the endorsement one should need: “This is a special recording on a number of different levels… the arrangements of these familiar tunes veer just far enough away from tradition to keep listeners engaged. You’ll always recognize the melody, but in an almost jazz-inspired way. Junkin and the Dallas group take this…
Wind & Rhythm Features Horns for the Holidays This Weekend!
Wind & Rhythm will feature new Dallas Wind Symphony Christmas release Horns for the Holidays this weekend! Check out the preview: Episode 214: Santa’s Sousaphone It was July in Dallas when the Dallas Wind Symphony gathered to do a recording session. It was over a hundred degrees outside and inside the awesome Meyerson Symphony Hall everyone wore shorts and t shirts. The staff had put up Christmas decorations but at first it was hard to…