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4/10/2012 - Rave review for

4/10/2012 Here's another great review for the Oregon Symphony disc that we recorded, written by Micheal Miller of the Berkshire Review.

Link:Review


3/8/2012 - Casavant Freres Organ Dedication Concert

Dirk is in Kansas City this week to record the Casavant Fr res Organ Dedication Concert with James David Christie in Helzberg Hall. Cannot wait to hear it!

Link:http://tickets.kauffmancenter.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=4066
3/8/2012


2/29/2012 - Born This Way Foundation

2/29/2012 The two Jesses are at Harvard right now to provide the audio for Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation announcement. Here is a link? to the live stream starting at 3:30pm: Bornthiswayfoundation.org/live

Link:bornthiswayfoundation.org - Video


2/27/2012 - Review - Stanislav Pronin's

A nice review of Stanislav Pronin's solo disc "Violin For One" which Soundmirror recorded in Austin, TX.

Link:exacteditions.com - Review
2/27/2012


2/16/2012 - Heading to Oregon

2/16/2012 John and Blanton are back in Oregon this week recording the Oregon Symphony.


2/13/2012 - Grammy awards!

John Newton, Byeong-Joon Hwang, and Jesse Lewis won the Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Classical for "Elmer Gantry"! We are thrilled for the guys and wish to also congratulate Blanton Alspaugh who was our producer. It was a team effort! Congrats to Florentine Opera Company and Bob Aldridge for an outstanding opera recording!!!


2/9/2012 - "Northern Lights" Pt. II

John's turn to talk about the Phoenix Chorale and "Northern Lights".

Link:Youtube.com - Northern Lights


2/7/2012 - Phoenix Chorale's "Northern Lights"

Here's a video featuring our own Blanton Alspaugh speaking about the Phoenix Chorale's "Northern Lights" album that Soundmirror recorded :)

Link:Youtube.com - "Northern Lights"


1/20/2012 - Gregorian Chant Recording

John and Blanton returned from another great recording at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. They recorded Gregorian Chant and it sounds awesome :) Looking forward to hearing the finished master!


1/13/2012 - Brooklyn Rider

Check out the Kickstarter page for one of our awesome clients, Brooklyn Rider!

Link:Kickstarter.com - Brooklyn Rider


1/11/2012 - 2 Discs in Best of 2011 List

Woo hoo! We must be doing something right - we have 2 albums listed on Audiophile Audition's Best of the Year Discs for 2011. Congrats Oregon Symphony and Boston Symphony Chamber Players!

Link:audaud.com - List


1/10/2012 - Back to work!

Mark and Jesse have been recording The Knights this past weekend in NYC and John plus J2 are back at Symphony Hall to record the BSO. Dirk just left for Kansas City and Blanton will be leaving for Milwaukee tomorrow. Here's to a busy and successful year!


12/23/2011 - Happy holidays!

We wish everyone a joyous holiday filled with peace and love!


12/20/2011 - Audiophile Audition recognizes "Music For a Time of War"

The Oregon Symphony recording is "Multichannel Disc of the Month" at Audiophile Audition!

Link:audaud.com - Article


12/5/2011 - Review - "The Chants of Christmas"

Check out this review of "The Chants of Christmas" by our good friends at Gloriæ Dei Cantores Schola. Mark mastered it for SACD and it sounds awesome!

Link:audaud.com - Review


12/1/2011 - Wolf Trap blog post

Check out Kim Witman's blog post about us yesterday!

Link:http://www.wolftrapopera.org/2011/12/02/boston-part-1-community/


12/1/2011 - Grammy nominations

We have 3 Grammy nominations this year including Producer of the Year, Classical for our very own Blanton Alspaugh! So thankful for the support and amazing clients we work with everyday :)


11/26/2011 - "Music For A Time of War" released!

Just released yesterday and only 15 left in stock at Amazon.com! We are very proud of this disc so please order one today and let us know what you think! Featuring the Oregon Symphony and Carlos Kalmar.

Link:http://www.amazon.com


10/11/2011 - Recent projects

After a couple of crazy weeks recording various projects such as Paul McCartney's "Ocean's Kingdom" ballet, Bela Fleck's banjo concerto with the Nashville Symphony, as well as the opening weeks for Kansas City Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, and Pacific Symphony, we're finally taking a moment to breathe! So thankful and honored for the work :)


9/13/2011 - Review of Beethoven Sonatas

wow - check out this review for the Beethoven sonatas box set!

Link:www.sa-cd.net - The Complete Beethoven Sonatas by Peter Takacs


8/10/2011 - Joyce Yang - Video Teaser

Here is a video teaser for pianist Joyce Yang whom Dirk recorded earlier this spring and is working on post production. Enjoy!

Link:Joyce Yang - "Collage"


8/3/2011 - Working on chorales

We've been busy with post production for a bunch of chorales: Phoenix, Kansas City, and South Dakota. All of them sound amazing!


7/5/2011 - Article on BJ Hwang

A very nice article about our colleague, BJ Hwang, at Soundmirror Korea.

Link:www.korea-focus.or.kr


6/21/2011 - CD Review - ByeongJoon Hwang-

An excellent review for an SACD recorded and produced by our colleague, ByeongJoon Hwang of Soundmirror Korea. Please check it out!

Link:sa-cd.net


5/23/2011 - New record from NOW Ensemble

A new record by NOW Ensemble on New Amsterdam records. Produced by Judd Greenstein and Jesse Lewis at Soundmirror. A GREAT new album. Available now on iTunes and Amazon, and soon in 2-channel and 5-channel HD on HDTracks, LinnRecords and HIGH RES AUDIO.

Link:NPR Review


4/21/2011 - Heading Down to Wolf Trap

Blanton and Dirk are heading down to VA today to start setting up for Wolf Trap Opera's recording of "The Inspector" by John Musto. This is the world premiere performance and we're thrilled to be a part of it!                            

Link:The Inspector


4/15/2011 - Some Great Recordings Coming Up

We're starting to get the truck packed for our upcoming busy period consisting of the following recordings: Wolf Trap Opera, Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, South Dakota Chorale, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Goriae Dei Cantores, and Phoenix Chorale. It's going to be a full truck!


4/13/2011 - Kogarashi - For the People of Japan

We recorded the audio for this special video made by our good friends at onedotzero of the Silk Road Ensemble at Sanders Theatre. Beautiful performance by Kojiro Umezaki - enjoy!

Link:Kogarashi on YouTube


4/11/2011 - Boston University Symhony Orchestra Recording at Symphony Hall

The two Jesses are recording the BU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus tonight with CFA Audio for a live video broadcast of Mendelssohn's Elijah. Blanton will be the on-air host. Busy day!

Link:BU CFA


3/18/2011 - Silk Road Ensemble Recording for Film

Our ongoing recording audio for film of the Silk Road Ensemble starts up again next week. This time, it's local - Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. It's going to be lots of fun as always!

Link:Silk Road Ensemble


3/11/2011 - Hope for Japan

Our hearts go out to the victims and survivors of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. The people of Japan are in our thoughts.  


3/11/2011 - The Secret Agent Recording

We'll be recording Michael Dellaira's new opera "The Secret Agent" presented by the Center for Contemporary Opera next week in NYC. We're looking forward to it!

Link:Center for Contemporary Opera


2/14/2011 - Grammy Wins for Dirk and Mark!

Congratulations to Mark and Dirk who won the Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Classical last night!
We would also like to congratulate Blanton, Michael Daugherty and the Nashville Symphony on the wins for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition. 


12/16/2010 - Boston Gay Men's Chorus recording

Dirk and Mark are prepping for a recording of the Boston Gay Men's Chorus this weekend. It's the holiday recording season!


12/8/2010 - Holiday Pops Recording

Mark is recording the Boston Pops today and tomorrow for a special holiday release.


12/2/2010 - Grammy Nominations

Congrats to Soundmirror producer/engineer Blanton Alspaugh for his Grammy nomination last night for Producer of the Year - Classical! In all, Soundmirror earned 11 nominations :) We are deeply honored and congratulate our talented clients who made this possible - Thank you!!!


10/14/2010 - Rio de Sangre recording

We're gearing up for our second collaboration with the Florentine Opera next week - "Rio De Sangre", composed by Don Davis. Very exciting!

Link:Rio de Sangre


9/15/2010 - Copland/Aldridge Clarinet Concertos Review on Musicweb-International

An excellent review of Aaron Copland and Robert Aldridge's album of clarinet concertos, engineered by Jesse Lewis.

Link:Musicweb-International


9/7/2010 - Buffalo Philharmonic

Another great review from ClassicsToday.com

Link:ClassicsToday.com


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

7/23/2010 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!

Link:www.bso.org


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! 

Link:eMastering


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. 

Link:Elmer Gantry


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

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! 9/15/2009


9/10/2009

9/10/2009 Mark is mastering mandolin expert John McGann's latest project today.


8/31/2009

We're working hard on another Mariinsky label album! 8/31/2009


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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