Reference Recordings proudly presents a unique album of one movement symphonies composed by Barber, Sibelius and Scriabin, in an outstanding interpretation from Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony. The album was produced by David Frost, seven-time winner of the Classical Producer of the Year GRAMMY® award. It was recorded by RR’s engineering team, comprised of GRAMMY®-winning engineer and Technical Director Keith O. Johnson, and multi-GRAMMY® nominated engineer Sean Martin. Music Director Michael Stern is in his second decade with the Kansas City Symphony, hailed for its remarkable artistic ascent, original programming, organizational development and stability, as well as the extraordinary growth of its varied audiences since his tenure began. The Kansas City Symphony has a vision to transform hearts, minds and its community through the power of symphonic music.
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Reviews
Orchestral Choice
Performance ***** Recording ****
“… this orchestra [Kansas City Symphony] offers here a classy standard of playing, plus the conductor and orchestra chemistry that’s needed to generate musical results as memorable as these, and in three very different works…”
Malcolm Hayes – BBC Music magazine – September 2021
“… Stern and the KCO at their very best; top-drawer sound, too.”
Dan Morgan – MusicWeb-International.com – 11 June 2021
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