by soundmirror | Aug 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
We are thrilled to have not one, but two albums in the top ten of the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart this week! Congrats to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with their critically-acclaimed Dvorak/Janacek SACD (ranked #2) and the Benedictines of Mary...
by soundmirror | Jul 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is an absolutely marvelous release both in terms of its thrilling performances and wonderful sound quality. Manfred Honeck, as on his first disc for Reference Recordings of Strauss tone poems, Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung, Till Eulenspiegel –...
by soundmirror | Jul 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
These days, American symphony orchestras are looking for young and exciting music directors who can breathe new life into what has become a staid art form that mostly appeals to septua- and octogenarian audiences. In 2009, the LA Phil accomplished this with a lot of...
by soundmirror | Jun 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Opera America Magazine, Summer 2014 Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera will initiate a series of concert productions and recordings of the works of Carlisle Floyd beginning in the 2014-2015 season. The project launches with Floyd’s Wuthering Heights, sponsored...
by soundmirror | Jun 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
John and Blanton are recording with Robert Simpson and the Houston Chamber Choir this week at St. John the Divine Church in Houston. The pieces to be recorded are “A dome of many-coloured glass…” by Dominick DiOrio; “soft blink of amber...
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