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Reference Recordings 50th Anniversary Sale

Until 5th August, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Reference Recordings, by offering up to 25% off CDs and SACDs, and up to 50% off downloads.

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Showing 1 - 10 of 18 results
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

    Special offer. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    Honeck’s Bruckner Ninth is the greatest I’ve heard since Giulini, and for me it surpasses any current rival. Bruckner collectors are known for being fiercely partisan about the conductors they... — Fanfare, January/February 2020More…
    • Release Date: 13th Sep 2019
    • Catalogue No: FR-733
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 63 minutes

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    Original price ($18.75) Reduced price $15.00

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  • Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances

    New. Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    Honeck has that rare ability to make even the most well-worn works sound engagingly fresh...Simon's riotously colourful Four Black American Dances (2023) makes an apt coupling. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2026More…
    • Release Date: 3rd Jul 2026
    • Catalogue No: FR-769SACD
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 58 minutes

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    Original price ($18.75) Reduced price $16.87

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  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    This is one of the best new Tchaikovsky Fifths I’ve heard for ages...even if this Fifth came with no coupling, I’d still recommend it. — Gramophone Magazine, Setpember 2023More…
    • Release Date: 4th Aug 2023
    • Catalogue No: FR-752SACD
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 60 minutes

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  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Bates: Resurrexit

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    It's undoubtedly one of the best recordings of the symphony in the digital era...It’s a glowing testament to the high levels of synergy and mutual comprehension that Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 19th Jul 2024
    • Catalogue No: FR-757SACD
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 77 minutes

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  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Steven Stucky: Silent Spring

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    The energy in the Peasants’ Merrymaking and Storm is fiercely controlled, and the final Thanksgiving, if also on the fast side, moves steadily towards its conclusion, with colourful sonorities... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…
    • Release Date: 10th Jun 2022
    • Catalogue No: FR-747
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 57 minutes

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  • Brahms: Symphony No.4 & MacMillan: Larghetto for Orchestra

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    In this outstanding performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, Manfred Honeck draws a wonderfully rich, almost Central European string sound from the Pittsburgh Symphony, matched by equally mellifluous... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 22nd Oct 2021
    • Catalogue No: FR-744
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 53 minutes

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  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 & Barber: Adagio for Strings

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    Honeck’s Shostakovich sounds magnificent. From intense pianissimos to the shrieking upper register and full bass thwack of a grand peroration – which Honeck takes surprisingly at face value... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 8th Sep 2017
    • Catalogue No: FR-724
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 60 minutes

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  • Beethoven: Symphony No.9

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    Christina Landshamer (soprano), Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Shenyang (bass-baritone), Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    In terms of sound and precision, the performance is meticulous, immaculate and even. That’s not to say that Honeck doesn't occasionally play a little loose…Everything about this performance... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…
    • Release Date: 12th Feb 2021
    • Catalogue No: FR-741
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 62 minutes

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  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Leshnoff: Double Concerto

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    f Honeck’s interpretative tendency is to emphasise the score’s purely symphonic credentials, he still keeps one foot in the ballet theatre – witness the way he magics the slow movement’s long... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…
    • Release Date: 22nd May 2020
    • Catalogue No: FR-738
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Length: 61 minutes

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  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'

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    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

    the sleek, sweetly yielding strings of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its characteristically full-throttle brass section [offer] playing that calls to mind the halcyon days of William... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015More…
    • Release Date: 2nd Feb 2015
    • Catalogue No: FR-713
    • Label: Reference Recordings
    • Series: Pittsburgh Live!
    • Length: 66 minutes

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