Reference Recordings

10/27/2025

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck's recording of Brahms' Symphony No. 4 was selected as the BEST recording of the work in Saturday's BBC Record Review “Building A Library” segment!

Available on-demand to listen back at bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002l07x

10/23/2025

🙌 Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Requiem: Mozart's Death In Words And Music is now available for pre-order on Hybrid SACD! Available November 21.

Pre-order yours at referencerecordings.com

10/21/2025

More great reviews coming in for Between Somewhere and Goodbye. Available on all major platforms and my website for CDs, autographed CDs, downloads, and streaming.

…”Another album featuring those two amazing instruments Doug’s voice and guitar, still the very best in acoustic and original blues.” - Blues In Britain

“MacLeod’s music is filled with humor, love and personal vision. All done through his own heartfelt, eloquent lyrics, driven by his elegant acoustic guitar work. All colored with the many shades of the blues.” - Blues Roadhouse

“ Brilliant story-teller…..Honest handcrafted music….Powerful!” - Jazz ’n’ More Magazine- Switzerland

👉 https://www.doug-macleod.com/index.html

10/21/2025

Don't miss Marcia Martin’s interview, featured on the front cover of the newest issue of Magazine!

10/20/2025

Great to see this feature on William Skeen from his recent performance with the Seattle Bach Festival on The Strad!

William Skeen shares an authentic Bach performance, ahead of appearances for Seattle Bach Festival this weekend

10/20/2025

180-gram classical LPs from Reference Recordings! Pressed at Quality Record Pressings. Order: https://tinyurl.com/mby3s76k

10/17/2025

🚨 FLASH SALE! This Weekend only, save 20% on four select vinyl titles! Don't delay, the sale ends Monday, October 20th!

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“A-plus in every way, flatness, centering, surfaces… the new standard from Quality Record Pressings”.
—Tam Henderson, Reference Recordings Founder

10/16/2025

“Placing Mozart’s Requiem in a revealing or illuminating context… a dramatic performance… Undoubtedly fabulous” —Gramophone Magazine on Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Requiem: Mozart's Death in Words and Music.

Add it to your library ➡️ listn.fm/mozartrequiem

10/15/2025

Fun to see this “Déjà Review” from MusicWeb International for the Dallas Winds and Jerry Junkin's Lincolnshire Posy!

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Review of Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy on Reference Recordings

10/13/2025

“one cannot deny the quiet authority and intrinsic beauty of these gorgeously engineered performances.” —Jed Distler, ClassicsToday on William Skeen's “The Six Cello Suites of J.S. Bach”

10/10/2025

Always great to let Doug MacLeod serenade us into the weekend!

10/09/2025

Save up to 30% on Presto Music's “Classical Constellation” collection featuring their recommended recordings from across our entire catalog! On sale now at https://bit.ly/3J3vqVJ