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Baroque, Harpsichord,
Piano and Chamber Music
Value
Priced 2-CD Sets
Complete Track Listing by Catalogue Number
BAROQUE
1998 Grammy® Nominee -- "BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE"
NICHOLAS McGEGAN and the PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
"The country's leading early-music orchestra" --The New York Times
VIVALDI for Diverse Instruments
America's most exciting original-instrument ensemble makes an auspicious RR
debut with the infectious music of Antonio Vivaldi. These six concertos,
some of which are otherwise unavailable on CD, showcase the virtuosity
of the orchestra's wind players and violin soloist Elizabeth Blumenstock.
The sound of the High Baroque has never has never been more vivid!
"A many splendored recording." --The New York Times
REVIEWS
RR-77 HDCD $16.98
Value Priced 2-CD Sets
To kick off RR's 25th Anniversary reissue program,
"Prof." Johnson's greatest successes-- at half price!
BAROQUE FAVORITES
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
The Helicon Ensemble
RR's all-time bestseller from Canada's Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (including
the Pachelbel Canon); also Bach and Vivaldi from Albert Fuller's Helicon
Ensemble, featuring violinists Jaap Schroeder and Stanley Ritchie.
REVIEWS
RR-2101 HDCD -- $16.98 - Two CDs for the price of one!
Additional Value Priced 2-CD Sets
HARPSICHORD
Albert Fuller Plays Bach and Rameau
Two of RR's most critically-acclaimed harpsichord CDs, for the price of one! For
the past 30 years, Albert Fuller has been a major force in America's
original-instrument movement, and an influential teacher at the Juilliard
School and Yale. He was the first to record the complete keyboard
works of Rameau, and his Bach is unrivalled.
Rameau: Suite in A; Eight Pièces de Clavecin
Bach: Italian Concerto, French Suite No. 6 and more
RR-2105 NOTE: This NOT HDCD -- $16.98 - Two CDs for the price
of one!
PIANO
Reference Recordings proudly presents JOEL FAN,
pianist extraordinaire in an exquisite HDCD audiophile recording.
One of RR’s primary missions is to find and introduce great new
artists. We are full of enthusiasm for WORLD KEYS.
World Keys made its debut on the
Billboard Classical chart at #3! (July
8 issue). This is the highest
chart appearance ever for a Reference Recordings title.
Fan is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and has appeared
with the Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington,
DC, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as on the television shows Good
Morning
America and David Letterman.
A native New Yorker (b.1969), Fan studied at the Juilliard School,
Harvard University and the Peabody Conservatory. Acclaimed as "a
soaring talent" (Los Angeles Times), “superb” (Boston
Globe),“extraordinary” (Village Voice),
and “a
versatile and sensitive pianist” (Washington Post) - Joel
Fan combines astounding virtuosity with a rare gift for lyricism.
Joel
Fan's Wikipedia page
REVIEW: "...an entertaining presentation that invites thoughts about music's underlying relationships and shows this pianist as an expressive and intelligent artist, as well as a sophisticated citizen of the world. Reference's sound is clean and transparent, with a resonant luster that is highly effective in the quiet pieces." - All Music Guide - (4 1/2 performance/4 1/2 sound - out of 5)
RR-106 HDCD - $16.98 - AVAILABLE NOW!
REVIEWS
"You go from one encounter to another, dazzled by this musician, whose
sensitivity allows him to give to each piece the color of the country that
inspires him... The production of this HDCD recording is superb." --
Reine Lessard, Ultra High Fidelity
"Fan plays it all authoritatively with sensitivity to the unique
flavor of each work. He leaves the listener hankering for more of everything...There's
excellent percussive attack without claustrophobia and a wonderful
sense of the body of the instrument." --Andrew Quint, The Absolute
Sound
" Unexpected, variety and immediately appealing
are probably the best words to describe why I find the selections so
enjoyable...As would be expected from the well-known team of Keith
Johnson and Tam Henderson the audio quality is supremely enjoyable." --Karl
Lozier - Positive Feedback
"He has selected works of great musical interest, and switches
from one style
to another quite contrasting one with the greatest aplomb. His playing
of the 18-minute Schumann Sonata is right up there with the classic
keyboardists." --John Sunier, Audiophile Audition -- complete
review
"Fan plays beautifully, turning all the spice and pizzazz into pure
pleasure. He is especially good, though, in bringing out the swagger
in Franz Liszt's Rigoletto Paraphrase. Fan also brings real joy
to Prokofiev's third
sonata.
--Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
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here for Amazon.com customer reviews - then scroll down.
TRACK LISTING: A.
Adnan Saygun: Sketch on Aksak Rhythm; Prokofiev: Sonata #3; Dia Succari:
La Nuit
du Destin; Halim El-Dabh: Sayera; Qigang Chen: Instants
d’un opera de Pekin; Liszt: Concert Paraphrase of Verdi’s “Rigoletto”;
William Bolcom: . . . la belle rouquine; Peter Sculthorpe: Nocturnal;Schumann: Sonata #2 in G Minor; Peteris Vasks: Kantate
EUGENE ISTOMIN, piano
The return of a legendary pianist! Two new recordings by one of America's
greatest musicians, in honor of his 70th birthday.
with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony
MOZART Concertos Nos. 21 and 24
"The Absolute Sound Super Disc List"
Istomin and Schwarz have performed these immortal concertos many times, and
insisted on recording them in long, complete takes in order to capture
the live experience. "Prof." Johnson's HDCD wizardry pays
large dividends in natural, high-resolution string textures and huge,
three-dimensional soundstage. "RECORDING OF THE MONTH" --Stereophile,
May 1996
RR-68 HDCD $16.98
THE RETURN
OF MINORU NOJIMA!
GOOD NEWS: two of the gems from
our catalog, long out of print, are back by popular demand! Nojima
plays Liszt (RR-25) and Nojima plays Ravel (RR-35)
have been newly remastered from the original analogue tapes with HDCD
encoding.
Connoisseurs of great piano playing will love these classic reissues. Nojima
Plays Liszt was named “Best Recording of the Month” by Stereo
Review when it was released in 1988. It was described as “A stunning
demonstration of technique put at the service of profoundly musical ends.” Minoru
Nojima, one of Japan’s most internationally respected pianists, also
created magic in Nojima Plays Ravel, originally released in
1990.
RECENT REVIEWS: "I can say only good things about the sound. It is impeccable, with a stable image, and all it takes to please the most demanding audiophile." --Lessard, Ultra High Fidelity
"These performances, on a Hamburg Steinway, earned Nojima raves from the musical intelligentsia: rare virtuosity, remarkable brio, and a wonderful expressivity. Thanks to Reference for having re-released it, this time in HDCD." --Lessard, Ultra High Fidelity
Albert Goldberg of the Los Angeles Times said, “The pianistic
hurdles leaped with incredible fleetness and lightness, punctuated by
volcanic outbursts of power and majesty. It was the sort of impossible
thing rendered possible only by genius. Repeat: genius." More
Information.
RR-25 track listing--LISZT: Mephisto
Waltz #1; La Campanella; Harmonies du soir; Feux Follets; Sonata
in B minor
RR-35 track listing--RAVEL: Miroirs
(Noctuelles; Oiseax tristes; Une barque sur l'ocean; Alborada del
gracioso); Gaspard de la Nuit (Ondine; Le gibet; Scarbo)
RR-25 NOJIMA PLAYS LISZT - $16.98
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RR-35 NOJIMA PLAYS RAVEL - $16.98
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CHAMBER
KRONOS QUARTET
IN FORMATION
Ever heard a string quartet play the blues? A program of encores, all
especially written for this chart-busting group. Their first recording! "Highly
recommended." --Pulse
RR-9 CD $16.98
CHICAGO PRO MUSICA
The Medinah Sessions
The complete RR recordings by the Grammy® award-winning group
from the Chicago Symphony --originally on three CDS -- for the
price of ONE! Facade Suite by Walton, The Soldier's Tale by Stravinsky,
The Threepenny Opera Suite by Weill and much more, available
for the first time in HDCD sound!
REVIEWS
RR-2102 HDCD -- $16.98
Two CDs for the price of one!
EDDIE DANIELS and the COMPOSERS QUARTET
BRAHMS & WEBER Clarinet Quintets
Leonard Bernstein called Eddie Daniels "a well-bred demon." He is
equally at home in classical music as in jazz, where he is a chart
artist. This is his first classical recording. "...My God, what
a lovely recording. If more sessions were recorded this well, reviewers
could spend more time discussing the music, and listeners everywhere
would enjoy music significantly more." --Stereophile
RR-40 CD $16.98
JOHN BRUCE YEH
and the DePAUL UNIVERSITY JAZZ & WIND ENSEMBLES
EBONY CONCERTO
Classical composers take on jazz in the original crossover charts! GRAMMY®
Award-winning clarinetist John Bruce Yeh gives a knockout performance,
recorded in the flawless acoustics of Medinah Temple. "The playing
is spectacular, and so is the recording." --Stereophile
RR-55 HDCD $16.98
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