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7/29/2010 - 10/10 Review from Classics Today

ClassicsToday.com recently gave a 10/10 review for artistic and sound quality of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Berlioz "Symphonie fantastique" conducted by Marek Janowski. Mark Donahue and Dirk Sobotka made the recording and did all of the post production with Pentatone's Job Maarse as producer. We are thrilled with this review!

Link:">ClassicsToday.com


7/23/2010 - BSO/Levine live recording

We are happy to announce the release of the BSO/Levine live recording of Mozart Symphonies 14, 18, 20, 39, and 41 "Jupiter". Soundmirror recorded the performances in February 2009 and did all of the post production. The symphonies are available as a SACD or Digital Download. Enjoy!

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5/6/2010 - eMastering Now Available!

We are delighted to announce eMastering has gone live on our site! Clients can now upload their tracks in the comfort of their own home/office/studio and within 5 days, we will send back their professionally mastered project. eMastering is fast, easy, secure, and budget friendly! 

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3/30/2010 - Next Large Recording

We are pleased to be working again with the San Francisco Symphony next week as we record the world premiere of a suite of songs from Duncan Sheik's musical Whisper House. Mark and Dirk will be on hand for the recording, produced by Jack Vad. 

For more information, please follow the link below.


Link:">San Francsico Symphony


2/24/2010 - Elmer Gantry Opera Recording

We are thrilled to be working with the Florentine Opera Company on their upcoming March recording of Elmer Gantry. Elmer Gantry is a new American opera based on a 1927 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis, which was composed by Robert Aldridge and libretto by Herschel Garfein. Performances will be held on March 19 and 21 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee. Blanton will be producing the recording and John will be the recording engineer along with our Soundmirror Korea colleague, Byeong-Joon (BJ) Hwang. 

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2/12/2010 - Busy February

We have survived a particularly busy recording period in the last two weeks. We are thrilled to be a part of so many great recordings and look forward to creating more! 


2/1/2010 - Congrats to the BSO on their Grammy Win

We would like to congratulate James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra on their Grammy win for Best Orchestral Performance on the recording of Ravel's complete Daphnis et Chloé. Soundmirror engineers John Newton, Jesse Lewis, Dirk Sobotka, and Mark Donahue contributed their talents for the SACD recording.


12/3/2009

 We are so proud and grateful for the 13 Grammy nominations Soundmirror projects received this year. Congratulations to all of our clients and our amazing engineers!


9/15/2009

" alt="9/15/2009" border="1"> Busy! Mark is recording in Canada this week while Dirk is editing BSO material and the rest of the guys are getting ready for the opening week for 3 orchestras!


9/10/2009

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8/31/2009

" alt="8/31/2009" border="1"> We're working hard on another Mariinsky label album!


8/27/2009

Mark is mastering a huge marimba album today with 24 pieces by 8 different players…wish him luck!


8/17/2009

A "killer" quote from the Former President of Sony/BMG Masterworks When I first got the job at BMG Classics I began looking into the options for perfectly preserving the "jewels in the crown" of the legendary RCA Living Stereo line. I wanted to utilize the SACD high definition playback and was also intrigued by the prospects of using the 5.1 surround to project the original 3 track masters across the front three speakers (most of these recordings were three track masters - left - right - & center... mixed later to two track stereo).


8/12/2009

Hot hot hot: Corpus Christi, TX. The chorus is sounding big and beautiful and the orchestra can truly play. We've got a spectacular acoustic space, an excellent chorus and some real, honest musicianship. We're connection with some great new people making great music. This will be a breath of fresh air for Christmas.


8/12/2009

Mark is mastering the new Fox Pass album today. Rock on!


8/11/2009

Blanton and Jesse are down in Corpus Christi, TX this week recording the Corpus Christi Cathedral Choir. Hope it doesn't get too hot!


8/5/2009

Mark is mastering a new Boston Pops album today!


7/16/2009

We have a ton of Grammy submissions this year - thanks to all of the amazing musicians we've worked with over the past year! Wish us luck ;)


7/15/2009

More Rehearsal Arts recording today! It's been a busy week…


7/8/2009

Dirk is recording Rehearsal Arts material today.


7/1/2009

Blanton and Mark are mixing/mastering with JoAnn Falletta and John Corigliano today.


6/25/2009

SA-CD.net review of "The Nose"


6/24/2009

BBC Music Magazine review excerpt of "The Nose" - DISC OF THE MONTH


6/24/2009

The world of recording companies can celebrate at the announcement of a new sister label. In the latest weeks, the Mariinsky Theatre has launched a new label, simply call Mariinsky.


6/17/2009

Mark is working with Porter Smith today.


6/9/2009

Mark is making a transfer of a BSO Pops tape with Julia Child as a guest narrator on it…hilarious.



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