Reference Recordings allows Opera enthusiasts to rediscover the neglected Carlisle Floyd operatic masterpiece ‘Wuthering Heights’ in this beautiful new quad-DSD-recorded SACD set.
Doug MacLeod: Exactly Like This HRx Review
Blues living legend Doug MacLeod turns in his usual stellar performance supported by an outstanding audio recording on Exactly Like This.
Miraculous Metamorphosis [Kansas City Symphony/Stern] HRx Review
A thrilling concert of three of the 20th century’s most powerful works for symphony orchestra in matchless performances by the Kansas City Symphony and maestro Michael Stern.
Joel Fan: Dances for Piano and Orchestra [Northwest Sinfonietta/Chagnard] HRx Review
A stunning program of virtuosic music for piano and orchestra superbly realized by Joel Fan and the Northwest Sinfonietta.
Organ Polychrome — The French School [Jan Kraybill] High-Resolution DVD-R Review
Organist Jan Kraybill makes her Reference Recordings debut with a recital of some spectacular pieces written by French composers of the last century and a half.
Elgar: Engima Variations/Vaughan-Williams: The Wasps, Greensleeves [The Kansas City Symphony/Stern] HRx Disc Review
Maestro Steinberg and his Kansas forces deliver an excellent account of these three British orchestral war horses, captured in sonic splendor by Prof. Keith Johnson’s audio team.
Richard Strauss: Tone Poems [Honeck/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra] Hybrid SACD Review
Strauss, a program of three symphonic tone poems, gets this new FRESH! series from Reference Recordings off to an auspicious start.
Exotic Dances from the Opera [Eiji Oue/Minnesota Orchestra] High-Resolution Music Download Review
Reference Recordings’ download of some of the most popular opera dance music gets the grand treatment by Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra
Nojima Plays Liszt: The Return of Nojima High-Resolution Music Download Review
Piano virtuoso Nojima, aided by superb audio recording, delivers a knockout performance of five Liszt knuckle busters on this Reference Recordings hi-res download.
Joel Fan: West of the Sun High-Resolution Music Download Review
Joel Fan’s recital of Western Hemisphere piano music from the Americas provides incredible virtuosity and over the top sound
