Archive for David Frost
RR Producers Nominated for Grammy Awards!
Two of the five producers nominated for the 56th Annual Grammy Award for Producer Of The Year, Classical featured Reference Recordings releases! Victor Ledin and Marina Ledin: Bizet: Symphony In C; Jeux D’Enfants; Variations Chromatiques (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) Traveling Sonata – European Music For Flute & Guitar (Viviana Guzmán & Jérémy Jouve) Voyages (Conrad Tao) Zia (Del Sol String Quartet) David Frost: Andres: Home Stretch (Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis…
Technology behind the Grammys
Today we wanted to share an article highlighting Merging Technologies‘ Pyramix digital audio workstation. The workstation was used for mastering Britten’s Orchestra, and is used frequently by Britten’s Orchestra producer David Frost. Merging ‘Wins’ At The Grammys: King of the hill amongst the Pyramix-using winners at the prestigious ceremony was US-based classical producer David Frost who picked up no less than four Grammys during the evening. Next to country group Lady Antebellum, who bagged five…
Reference Recordings at the Grammys Recap
Posted by Marcia Martin We had a great weekend, starting with attending the very moving Special Merit Awards ceremony (where Lifetime Achievement Awards, Trustees Awards, Technical Grammy Award, Grammy Hall of Fame awards etc. are given out). It was a thrill to see these legendary figures , including the beautiful Julie Andrews, accept their awards at the Ebell Theater on Saturday 2/12. There was an elegant Nominees reception there afterwards with terrific food. On Sunday…
“Prof” Keith O. Johnson & David Frost Win a Grammy!
2010 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own “Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSON and DAVID FROST have received a 2010 Grammy Award! Category 94 Best Surround Sound Album For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings} Click to order RR-120SACD BTW: This is RR’s first release…
KC Metropolis interviews Keith Johnson and David Frost
A fantastic interview came out Tuesday in the KC Metropolis Journal, featuring our Britten’s Orchestra recording with the Kansas City Symphony. Today we want to share a little of that with you, and then encourage you to visit kcmetropolis.org to read the rest. It is well worth your time! From KCMetropolis.org:INTERVIEW: Achieving that Grammy SoundBy David Peironnet David Peironnet: “Dynamic range in its extreme” is a quote from your press release accompanying the Kansas City…
2010 GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Surround Sound Album
TM 2010 GRAMMY® NOMINATION FOR BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUMSAN FRANCISCO: Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own“Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSONhas received his eighth Grammy nomination! This is our first release in Surround Sound. Category 94Best Surround Sound AlbumFor vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings] We wish to extend our congratulations to…
Britten’s Orchestra SACD & the Grammys!
Prof. Keith Johnson was just nominated for a Grammy award in the Surround Sound category, for recent release RR-120 SACD Britten’s Orchestra! The producer, David Frost, was also nominated for Classical Producer of the Year and Britten’s Orchestra is the top one on his roster of the albums he produced in the last year.
Britten’s Orchestra
Here is a little sneak peak of information that will be included about the new Kansas City Symphony album Britten’s Orchestra to be released in November!: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is a virtuoso orchestral spectacular, which RR has wanted to record for many years. Sinfonia da Requiem is widely considered to be Britten’s finest orchestral inspiration, full of kaleidoscopic color and wide dynamic range. The music of Peter Grimes, Britten’s operatic masterpiece,…