 Top tracks by Dick Hyman, Clark Terry, Red Norvo, Mike Garson, The Hot Club of San Franciso, Jim Brock and The Blazing Redheads. Jazz covers a lot of musical territory, and many of its varied styles are represented here. Stride piano from the 1920s rubs shoulders with swing from the 1940s, classic combo sounds from the 1950s, salsa-flavored dance music, and recently-created pieces that stretch the very boundaries of jazz.  RR-909 [HDCD] At last, a collection of the very best tracks from all Reference Recordings releases with The Dallas Wind Symphony, America's only full-time professional wind band! All wind music enthusiasts need to have these knockout performances, conducted by the legendary Frederick Fennell, Jerry Junkin and Howard Dunn.  Here Reference Recordings offer a generous helping of primo tracks from recent releases, featuring the Minnesota Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, organ legend Virgil Fox and organ prodigy Felix Hell, great American pianist Gary Graffman, and our latest piano whiz, Joel Fan.  Eiji Oue Showcase RR-907 [HDCD] Eiji Oue's fresh and dynamic interpretations with the Minnesota Orchestra have been preserved for posterity by Reference Recordings' "Prof." Keith Johnson in state-of-the-art HDCD® sonics. Showcase contains highlights from these critically-acclaimed recordings - plus the first release anywhere of the orchestra's sizzling new performance of Richard Strauss' Don Juan!  RR-906SACD [HDCD] Now available in Hybrid SACD/HDCD form. Fourteen sensational tracks from Reference Recordings' critically acclaimed orchestral HDCD recordings by the Minnesota Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, Czech State Philharmonic, Dallas Wind Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and more. This CD also contains a composition by Eiji Oue available nowhere else!  RR-906 [HDCD] Fourteen sensational tracks from Reference Recordings' critically acclaimed orchestral HDCD recordings by the Minnesota Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, Czech State Philharmonic, Dallas Wind Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and more. This CD also contains a composition by Eiji Oue available nowhere else!  RR-905 [HDCD] Highlights from more recent HDCD releases, plus comparison tracks (HDCD vs. standard digital). Chadwick, Wills, Chesnokov, Hamlisch, Rutter, Janacek, Dick Hyman, and a taste of Artie Shaw's Concerto for Clarinet!  RR-S3 [HDCD] Highlights from the first four HDCD releases containing music by Nelybehl, Ron Nelson, Albeniz and Randall Thompson. This CD also features jazz by Mike Garson and Dick Hyman.  RR-S2 Music featuring Jim Brock, Blazing Redheads, Mat Catingub, Eileen Farrell, Mike Garson, Dick Hyman, Lincoln Mayorga, Airto Moreira, Marni Nixon, Mavis Rivers, Jim Walker and Joe Wilder.  RR-S1 Compositions by Copland, Pachelbel, Walton, Liszt, Respighi, Britten, Weill, Rameau, Rutter, Chihara, Stravinsky and Berlioz. | |
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