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Music: “Allegro” from Symphony No. 6 in G minor
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Artist: Jan Kraybill
Album: Organ Polychrome: The French School
Instrument: The Julia Irene Kauffman Organ, Casavant Freres Op. 3875, 2011
Venue: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri

Premiere Solo Recording - The Julia Irene Kauffman Organ, Casavant Freres Opus 3875, 2011 - This program of French masterworks was designed to showcase all the colors and nuances of this outstanding new instrument. Florent Schmitt: Prière (Prelude in G minor), Op.11 (1899). Gorgeous HDCD sonics by Grammy-winning engineer Keith Johnson will thrill organ music lovers and audiophiles of all persuasions, especially those with powerful subwoofers!

Reference Recordings is proud to offer these brilliant performances by the organist who knows this instrument best, Jan Kraybill. She regularly plays and oversees the care of the three largest pipe organs in the Kansas City metro area: the Community of Christ Auditorium's 113-rank Aeolian-Skinner (installed in 1959) and Temple's 102-rank Casavant (1993), and the 102-rank Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant (2011) at the Kauffman Center's Helzberg Hall.

At the Kauffman Center, she performs and hosts guest organists in both solo and collaborative musical events, including regular appearances with a major tenant of the Center, the Kansas City Symphony and Chorus. As a junior in high school in Colby, Kansas, Jan Kraybill performed her first European piano recital in Andover, England. She earned education and piano performance degrees from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, and her doctorate in organ performance is from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2010 she earned the Fellow certificate from the American Guild of Organists, the highest certification available for organists. Dr. Kraybill maintains an active concert career, having appeared as a soloist and collaborative artist throughout the United States and in Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, South Korea, and Tahiti; she has been featured at regional and national conventions of the AGO and other musicians'
organizations. She has recorded three solo CDs on Community of Christ's instruments, and this disc is the first on the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant.

ORGAN POLYCHROME — Widor: Allegro from Symphony No. 6 in G minor

Music: Valse-Caprice in A-flat Major, Op. 76 ("Wedding Cake")
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Artists: Joel Fan, piano; Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, director
Album: Joel Fan: Dances for Piano and Orchestra

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Pianist Joel Fan is one of the most dynamic and accomplished musicians performing before the public today! He is consistently acclaimed for his recitals, recordings, and appearances with orchestras throughout the world. His concerts attract a wide range of audiences, as he has eagerly embraced traditional piano literature as well as an eclectic range of repertoire, including new music commissioned especially for him, world music, and his own transcriptions. Joel Fan is recognized for his work with cellist Yo-Yo Ma as a member of the Silk Road Ensemble, with performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and on the television programs Good Morning America and Late Night with David Letterman. Fan has also collaborated with numerous other ensembles, including the Shanghai Quartet, Imani Winds, and A Far Cry. Mr. Fan's engaging personality, technical assurance, lyricism, and sheer musicality win over audiences wherever he performs. This release follows two outstanding solo albums on Reference Recordings: RR-106 World Keys and RR-119 West of the Sun.

This CD is Northwest Sinfonietta’s first release with Reference Recordings, and to quote them: they are “thrilled and honored with their collaboration with long-time partner and phenomenal pianist Joel Fan.”  

Northwest Sinfonietta, under the leadership of Founding Music Director Christophe Chagnard, is a vital part of the Pacific Northwest cultural scene and is recognized for its extraordinary performances, innovative programming and collaborations.

Since its first performance in December 1991 honoring the bicentennial  of Mozart’s death, Northwest Sinfonietta has held a unique place as the region’s only professional chamber orchestra. In 2012 and 2013, Chagnard led the orchestra on tours to Cuba as only the third professional American orchestra to visit Cuba since the 1959 revolution.  After 24 years at the helm, Maestro Chagnard will step down in 2015. Northwest Sinfonietta will become the fourth professional chamber orchestra in the world to adopt its new Artistic Partner Leadership model. Northwest Sinfonietta is excited for the time of transition and growth and will celebrate its 25th season—and Mozart’s 250th birthday—with an electrifying mix of special guest artists and new leadership.

----TRACK LISTING
1  Gabriel Pierné: Fantaisie-Ballet, Op. 6  11:33
2  Ricardo Castro Herrera: Vals Capricho, Op. 1  7:57
3  Fryderyk Chopin: Krakowiak in F Major, Op. 14  13:57
4  Camille Saint-Saëns: 
Valse-Caprice in A-flat Major (“Wedding Cake”), Op. 76  6:20
5  Carl Maria von Weber / Liszt: Polonaise Brillante, Op. 72 (S.367)  9:53
6  Louis Moreau Gottschalk / Kay: Grand Tarantelle, Op. 67   8:09
7  Charles Wakefield Cadman: 
Dark Dancers of the Mardi Gras (Fantasy for Orchestra with Piano)  11:08
Northwest Sinfonietta
Christophe Chagnard, Music Director


Saint-Saëns: Valse-Caprice in A-flat Major ("Wedding Cake"), Op. 76

Music: “Picture Etudes” for Solo Piano: Three Pierrots
Composer: Adam Schoenberg
Artist: Nadia Shpachenko
Album: Woman at the New Piano: American Music of 2013
Label: FRESH! From Reference Recordings
Street Date: November 11, 2014

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World Premiere recordings of new works for piano, chamber instruments and electronics from 4 notable modern composers: Tom Flaherty, James Matheson, Adam Schoenberg, and Peter Yates

Featuring Nadia Shpachenko-Gottesman: piano, percussion;
with Genevieve Feiwen Lee: piano, toy piano, electronics

This innovative project of new compositions brings together piano repertoire representing the diversity of today’s American classical music. With sounds and textures both new and familiar, both tumultuous and contemplative, all the pieces touch on themes of transformation, of resonances across time, and of cycles of rebirth. The four composers present a snapshot of the many facets of piano music in 2013, the beginning of a new era of pianism.

Steinway Artist Nadia Shpachenko-Gottesman has performed extensively in solo recitals and with orchestras in major venues across North America, Europe and Asia. Described by critics as a "truly inspiring and brilliant pianist... spellbinding in sensitivity and mastery of technique," Nadia enjoys bringing into the world things that are outside the box – powerful pieces that often possess unusual sonic qualities or instrumentation. Nadia’s concert highlights include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as well as numerous appearances as a soloist with orchestras in Europe and the Americas. An enthusiastic promoter of contemporary music, she has been chosen to give world and national premieres of more than 50 works by Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Tom Flaherty, Annie Gosfield, Leon Kirchner, Amy Kirsten, Hannah Lash, James Matheson, Harold Meltzer, Adam Schoenberg, Lewis Spratlan, Iannis Xenakis, Peter Yates, and others. Winner of more than a dozen piano competitions, Nadia currently serves on the faculties of Cal Poly Pomona and Claremont Graduate Universities.

This album is produced by six-time GRAMMY® nominees Marina and Victor Ledin, engineered and edited by the uncompromising and innovative engineer, Barry Werger-Gottesman. Recorded at Pomona College, Claremont, California, July 11-14, 2013

FRESH! is part of Reference Recordings’ mission to encourage new artists and give them a strong platform for promotion and sales nationally and internationally.

Adam Schoenberg: Picture Etudes for Solo Piano: Three Pierrots

Music: Excerpts from “Nothin' 'Bout Me”, “IONO”, and “She Lies Herself to Sleep”
Artist: Robert Moore
Album: Outta My Soul
Label: FRESH! From Reference Recordings
Street Date: November 11, 2014

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Outta My Soul leaves one moved in head, heart, hand and hind...” —Tim DuRoche

New to our Fresh! series is Robert Moore, jazz vocalist, composer, trumpet and harmonica player based in Portland. He has evolved a sound uniquely his own, mixing his Southern roots, influences of soul and gospel into his own distinct interpretations of bebop and swinging jazz.

Outta My Soul showcases six originals and six compositions from diverse writers including Frank Loesser, Sting, Gene Ammons and King Pleasure — one instrumental and eleven vocals from delicate to scat to blues proclamation. There’s even a Ken Nordine-esque spoken ‘word jazz’ number.

Produced by Robert and recorded in high-res digital by innovative engineer Bob Stark, the album combines creative arrangements and outstanding performances by many of Portland's best musicians in a wide variety of settings from two to twelve.

Moore started his singing career in a Southern Baptist church, and that early heartfelt gospel truth can still be heard in the soulful delivery of his music. 

After stints as a public schools music teacher, he began his performance career, settling in Birmingham, Alabama. After 25 years there, he moved his scene to Portland, Oregon, finding a home and a following among the knowing jazz fans of that musically sophisticated city. 

His music has steadily grown in depth, passion and honesty during his 60 years on the planet. Robert’s well-seasoned, finely-honed chops on vocals, trumpet, and harmonica are bringing joy to a wider audience than ever. 

“Robert Moore is a vintage Jazz hipster and possibly the coolest one in town. A singer, a trumpeter and a composer who has a maverick streak and takes no mess. This honesty and willingness to speak his mind has not endeared him to everyone in the music biz...but it has to music fans.” —Tom D'Antoni, Oregon Music News

FRESH! is part of Reference Recordings’ mission to encourage new artists and give them a strong platform for promotion and sales nationally and internationally.


Robert Moore: Outta My Soul

Music: Symphony No. 4 — I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell (excerpt)
Composer: Anton Bruckner
Artists: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra;
Album: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

FR-713SACD 
Street Date: February 10, 2015

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Thrilling live performances from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in brilliant audiophile sound!

Anton Bruckner is known as a deeply religious composer whose Catholic spirituality is prominent in his music, particularly his later symphonies. However, his Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (“Romantic”) is one of his most secular, most influenced by nature and most popular works. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck offer a bold new interpretation of this great music, breaking Bruckner out of the strictly interpreted box in which he is often placed. Here, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Honeck present the 1878/80 version, the same version that was used for the symphony’s premiere in 1881.

This release is the third in the highly acclaimed “Pittsburgh Live!” series of multi-channel hybrid SACD releases on the FRESH! Series from Reference Recordings. The previous release, “Dvořák/Janaček” (FR-710SACD), has received a Grammy® nomination along with numerous critical accolades.

For more than 119 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been known for its artistic excellence, a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens. Past music directors have included many of the greats, including Fritz Reiner (1938-1948), William Steinberg (1952-1976), Andre Previn (1976-1984), Lorin Maazel (1984-1996) and Mariss Jansons (1995-2004). This tradition of outstanding international music directors was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

The orchestra has been at the forefront of championing new American works, and gave the first performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” in 1944.  The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast on the airwaves coast-to-coast and in the late 1970s it made the groundbreaking PBS series “Previn and the Pittsburgh.”  The orchestra has received increased national attention since 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International, produced by Classical WQED-FM 89.3, which are made possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

This release and the entire “Pittsburgh Live!” series are recorded and mastered by the team at Soundmirror, whose outstanding orchestral, solo, opera and chamber recordings have received more than 70 Grammy nominations and awards! Soundmirror has recorded for every major classical record label, now including Reference Recordings.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 — I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell (excerpt)

Song: "Bend in the River"
Artist: Lloyd Jones
Album: Doin' What It Takes
Label: Fresh! From Reference Recordings


This soulful new release from Pacific Northwest Blues legend LLOYD JONES and his band Lloyd Jones Struggle offers exciting originals by Lloyd Jones, which blend his guitar and vocals with B3 organ, piano, drums,percussion, bass, trumpet and saxophones! Look for Doin' What It Takes July 3, 2012, which will coincide with Lloyd's appearance at the prestigious Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, OR!


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Lloyd Jones: Bend In The River

Playing With Fire
Music by Frank Ticheli
The Dallas Wind Symphony
Conducted by Jerry Junkin
Featuring the Jim Cullum Jazz Band

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SAN FRANCISCO - 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 musical panorama from composer Frank Ticheli (b.1958). Light to dark, to joyous jazz celebration, it is all here for the listener. The first four pieces are among the best by this famed concert band composer. The final composition, PLAYING WITH FIRE combines the mighty Dallas Wind Symphony with enthusiastic playing by the 7-piece Jim Cullum Jazz Band! Wind band fans and traditional jazz enthusiasts will revel in these splendid performances.

Conducted by Jerry Junkin and recorded in the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas TX, the great music and its exceptional sonic palette are expertly captured by Reference Recordings' world-renowned team of engineer Keith Johnson and producer Tam Henderson. 

FRANK TICHELI is well known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. He has appeared as guest conductor of his music at Carnegie Hall, at many American universities and music festivals, and in cities throughout the world. Ticheli joined the faculty of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition. His music has been described as “optimistic and thoughtful” (Los Angeles Times), “lean and muscular” (New York Times), and “brilliantly effective” (Miami Herald).

Organized in 1962, the JIM CULLUM JAZZ BAND is known worldwide for playing classic jazz plus music by great American composers. Since 1987, the weekly Riverwalk radio broadcasts (PRI) have featured the ensemble with distinguished musical guests. 

Conductor JERRY JUNKIN is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony, as well as Director of Bands at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds the title of University Distinguished Teaching Professor. 

America’s premier professional wind band, the DALLAS WIND SYMPHONY was founded in 1985 and has made over 15 recordings. Consisting of woodwinds, brass and percussion, they perform and record in the I. M. Pei-designed Meyerson Symphony Center.

Playing With Fire: Music by Frank Ticheli (Sampler)

Reference Recordings announces a new album from blues/roots singer-songwriter 
Doug MacLeod: "There's A Time"

RR-130HDCD

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Genuine Original Acoustic Music!

SAN FRANCISCO - 'Prof.' Keith Johnson's first blues recording! 13 new MacLeod originals highlight this richly detailed recording, done at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA. by our Grammy® winning engineer.

Also featuring Doug's longtime bassist Denny Croy and Jimi Bott, one of the most recorded, awarded and respected blues drummers in the world.

Doug says: "Making this album was different than any other one I've done in the past," recalls MacLeod about the sessions. "They put Jimi, Denny and me on this huge soundstage at Skywalker Sound in Marin County and we sat around in a circle where we could see each other. We played live, no overdubs, just three guys playing some music together."

Track Listing: - 1 Rosa Lee, 2 Black Nights, 3 The Up Song, 4 My Inlaws Are Outlaws, 5 The Entitled Few, 6 A Ticket Out, 7 Run With The Devil, 8 St. Elmo's Rooms and Pool, 9 I'll Be Walking On, 10 East Carolina Woman, 11 The Night Of The Devil's Road, 12 Dubb's Talking Religion Blues, 13 Ghost .

Doug MacLeod – guitar, vocals – Denny Croy, bass – Jimi Bott, drums 
All songs written by Doug MacLeod published by Gaslight Square Music, administered by BMG/Chrysalis

Doug MacLeod - There's A Time - Sampler

Track: East Carolina Woman
Artist: Doug MacLeod
Album: There's A Time
Label: Reference Recordings

Reference Recordings announces a new album from blues/roots singer-songwriter 
Doug MacLeod: "There's A Time"

RR-130HDCD

Purchase: http://bit.ly/Ynlm5T

Genuine Original Acoustic Music!

SAN FRANCISCO - 'Prof.' Keith Johnson's first blues recording! 13 new MacLeod originals highlight this richly detailed recording, done at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA. by our Grammy® winning engineer.

Also featuring Doug's longtime bassist Denny Croy and Jimi Bott, one of the most recorded, awarded and respected blues drummers in the world.

Doug says: "Making this album was different than any other one I've done in the past," recalls MacLeod about the sessions. "They put Jimi, Denny and me on this huge soundstage at Skywalker Sound in Marin County and we sat around in a circle where we could see each other. We played live, no overdubs, just three guys playing some music together."

Track Listing: - 1 Rosa Lee, 2 Black Nights, 3 The Up Song, 4 My Inlaws Are Outlaws, 5 The Entitled Few, 6 A Ticket Out, 7 Run With The Devil, 8 St. Elmo's Rooms and Pool, 9 I'll Be Walking On, 10 East Carolina Woman, 11 The Night Of The Devil's Road, 12 Dubb's Talking Religion Blues, 13 Ghost .

Doug MacLeod – guitar, vocals – Denny Croy, bass – Jimi Bott, drums 
All songs written by Doug MacLeod published by Gaslight Square Music, administered by BMG/Chrysalis


Doug MacLeod: There's A Time - Track 10: East Carolina Woman

Track: Danza lejana
Composer: Jaume Pahissa
Artist: Roberto Moronn Peréz
Album: Andrés Segovia Archive
Label: Fresh! From Reference Recordings

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The genesis for this unique project is a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia's home in Spain. These pieces were dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him, involving composers from eight countries. They were subsequently published as “The Segovia Archive Series” by Edizione Musicale Bèrben.

Guitarist Roberto Moronn Pérez researched these newly recovered works and found some pieces that had never been recorded, and those that had were handicapped by poor visibility in the marketplace and limited distribution. This realization sparked the thought that here was an opportunity: a series of recordings organized around the nationalities of the composers in the Segovia Archive. The Spanish composers recorded here are the first in the series,to be followed soon by an album of the French composers.

Spanish-born Roberto Moronn Pérez studied in Madrid, Italy and the UK, graduating with first-class honours and a degree in Musicology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He completed a postgraduate program at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London,where he received the Julian Bream Prize and was selected to participate at the Wigmore Hall Award. A prize-winner of many international competitions, Roberto has appeared as soloist in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany and Japan, and in concert with numerous Spanish orchestras. Recently, he played the famous Concierto de Aranjuez with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.

This new album was recorded in the lovely acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, U.K. It was produced, recorded and edited by the outstanding U.K. engineer John Taylor. Mastering is by Reference Recordings’ own Grammy®-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson.

Roberto Moronn Pérez - Andrés Segovia Archive - Track 15: Jaume Pahissa - Danza Lejana

We at RR believe that how a recording sounds is as important as the music itself. "Prof." Keith O. Johnson, our chief engineer and Technical Director, is a true audio legend, having designed and patented many innovative products in the professional and consumer fields. The RR Sound comes from his singular methods and equipment, hand-built or extensively modified by him. Microphone techniques range from single-point Blumlein to spaced omnis to complex studio mixes, depending on the musical forces and the performing space involved. Our goal is to recreate the sound of real musicians making music in real space.