Reference Recordings

Airto Moreira / Flora Purim / Joe Farrel - Three-Way Mirror (1985) {Reference Recordings}

Airto Moreira / Flora Purim / Joe Farrel - Three-Way Mirror (1985) {Reference Recordings}
EAC 1.0b1 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 319MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 139MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: World Fusion, Ethnic

Percussionist Airto Moreira, his wife, vocalist Flora Purim, and Joe Farrell (heard on flute, soprano and tenor) had teamed up several times through the years, most notably in the original version of Return To Forever. Farrell would pass away just eight months after this album, but is still heard in fine form on the interesting set.An atmospheric and at times haunting effort.
Percy Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy - Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin (2008) {Reference Recordings RR-117}

Percy Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy - Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin (2008) {Reference Recordings RR-117}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 329 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 177 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 15 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24bit mastering
© 2008 Reference Recordings | RR-117
Classical / Early 20th Century / Brass Band

"If you are any kind of fan of concert band music, you must get this disc." Another audiophile spectacular from Reference Recordings! This album showcases the wind band music of Percy Grainger, including favorites "Lincolnshire Posy" and "Danny Boy." Grainger's gems are performed to perfection by America's only full-time professional wind band, conducted by Jerry Junkin. Grainger specified many unusual, optional instruments, and this recording has them all. Hear these "original instrument" performances in the spectacular sonics captured by Reference Recordings' world-renowned team of engineer Keith Johnson and producer Tam Henderson.
Jim Brock, Van Manakas - Letters From The Equator (1993) {Reference Recordings}

Jim Brock, Van Manakas - Letters From The Equator (1993) {Reference Recordings}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC Image level 6 | Cue+Log | Full Scans 200dpi | 281MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 120MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Latin Jazz

Percussionist Jim Brock gets first billing on this CD that he co-leads with Van Manakas, but Manakas' guitar is the main solo voice, he contributed all nine originals, and he is largely responsible for the date's success. The music ranges from being classical-oriented to funky to atmospheric, and there is even a slight amount of straight-ahead jazz. Manakas dominates the proceedings and is joined on various selections by Brock (whose colorful sounds from his percussion set uplift the music), keyboardist Gary Marcus, electric bassist Steve Kim, drummer Rick Dior, Phil Thompson on reeds, and Alan Kaufman on accordion. This intriguing set is worth giving a few listens to.
Mike Garson - The Bowie Variations For Piano (2011) {Reference Recordings}

Mike Garson - The Bowie Variations For Piano (2011) {Reference Recordings}
EAC Rip | FLAC with auCDtect | scans | 220 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 117 mb
Genre: jazz

The Bowie Variations For Piano is a wonderful way to hear the music of David Bowie but done in solo piano form, this time by pianist Mike Garson. A wonderful tribute album, courtesy of Reference Recordings, which means it could be the best. No, it is the best.
V.A. - The Nordic Sound 2L audiophile reference recordings (2018) [SACD-R][DSD OF] PS3 ISO

V.A. - The Nordic Sound 2L audiophile reference recordings (2018) [SACD-R][DSD OF] PS3 ISO
Art Music, Classical, Jazz | SACD ISO: DST 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz
Run Time: 01:14:16 | 3.15 GB + 5% Recovery
Label: 2L - The Nordic Sound | Release Year: 2018

Sampler with works by Mozart, Carter, Vivaldi, Schoenberg, Haydn, Ives plus many more great artists and recordings. 19 tracks from the remarkable 2L catalog, and each varies greatly in character and sound design. Each tracks’ only common element is that its sound seems absolutely perfect for the music it conveys.
Two of the albums presented in this compilation is nominated for the GRAMMY Award 'Best Surround Sound Album'. Discover what the unique Nordic Sound is all about!
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet (2023)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 60:19 | 257 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Reference Recordings

Reference Recordings proudly presents Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in a significant new interpretation from conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. It is coupled with Erwin Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet, newly arranged for large orchestra by Manfred Honeck and Tomáš Ille. This album was recorded in beautiful and historic Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound. Maestro Honeck honors us again with his meticulous music notes, in which he gives us great insight into his interpretation as well as the history and musical structure of Tchaikovsky’s great Symphony No. 5. This release is the fourteenth in the highly acclaimed Pittsburgh Live! series of multi-channel hybrid SACD releases on the FRESH! imprint from Reference Recordings. This series has received numerous GRAMMY® Nominations, and its recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 /Barber Adagio for Strings won the 2018 GRAMMY® Awards for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Classical Album.

Keith Lockhart, Utah Symphony - Symphonic Dances (2006)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at May 1, 2023
Keith Lockhart, Utah Symphony - Symphonic Dances (2006)

Keith Lockhart, Utah Symphony - Symphonic Dances (2006)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:13:17 | 338 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Reference Recordings | Catalog: RR-105

Called Symphonic Dances, this disc serves a four-fold purpose. First, it serves the purpose of returning Keith Lockhart to the catalog. After landing a contract with RCA leading the Boston Pops Orchestra, Lockhart returns here leading the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Lockhart has clearly grown since his time with the Boston Pops: his conducting here is well-judged, well-balanced, and well-executed. Second, it serves the purpose of returning the Utah Symphony to the catalog.
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck - Beethoven & Stucky: Orchestral Works (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck - Beethoven & Stucky: Orchestral Works (2022) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [24bit-192kHz] +Booklet | 57:54 | 1,72 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Reference Recordings

Reference Recordings proudly presents the Symphony No. 6 of Ludwig van Beethoven, with Steven Stucky’s Silent Spring, in exceptional performances from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Honeck honors us again with his meticulous music notes. He gives rare insight into his conducting and interpretation, as well as the history and musical structure of Beethoven’s beloved Pastoral Symphony.Steven Stucky’s Silent Spring was commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book Silent Spring, the seminal work by Pittsburgh native Rachel Carson. It had its world premiere performance in February 2012. The composer generously includes his own album notes about this work, which like the book can be heard as a call to action to love and save nature and the earth before it is too late.
Bach Aria Soloists - Le dolce sirene (2023) [Official Digital Download]

Bach Aria Soloists - Le dolce sirene (2023) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [24bit-96kHz] +Booklet | 51:27 | 917 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Reference Recordings

Reference Recordings is proud to present a very special new release! Entitled Le Dolce Sirene to represent the all-women force of Bach Aria Soloists, this exciting new album includes works by Monteverdi, Handel, Mendelssohn and Bach, alongside a new transcription by BAS of Cecilia McDowall’s song cycle Four Shakespeare Songs. Hailed for producing 'surprising and brilliantly innovative collaborations,' Bach Aria Soloists delivers each year their acclaimed concert series presenting the genius and relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries, and those he inspired. BAS consists of Founder/Artistic Director and violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane, GRAMMY-winning soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Elisa Williams Bickers who plays Harpsichord, Organ and Piano, and cellist Hannah Collins.
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin - Migration (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/176]

University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin - Migration (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/176.4 kHz | Time - 78:48 minutes | 2.01 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

The University of Texas Wind Ensemble has firmly established itself as one of America’s elite wind bands. Active in the area of commissioning new music since 1988, the group has offered world premiere performances of works by many composers including John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, John Mackey and Dan Welcher. One of the guiding principles of the ensemble is contact with the leading musical minds of the twentieth and twenty-­first centuries.