Death of 10-Grammy classical winner
mainThe legendary Telarc engineer Michael Bishop died on March 29 of an unstated cause. He was 70.
His first recording was with Lorin Maazel and the Cleveland Orchestra in 1978, at the dawn of the digital age. He went on to be chief recording engineer for Telarc and last ran his own Five/Four Productions.
Here’s a roll of his classical Grammys:
1997: Best Engineered Album, Classical for Copland: The Music Of America (Fanfare For The Common Man; Rodeo)
2002: Best Choral Performance for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)
2002: Best Classical Album for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)
2002: Best Engineered Album, Classical for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)
2004: Best Choral Performance for Berlioz: Requiem
2006: Best Engineered Album, Classical for Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes
2007: Best Classical Crossover Album for A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane
2008: Best Surround Sound Album for Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina
2009: Best Surround Sound Album for Transmigration
2015: Best Engineered Album, Classical for “Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending”
Telarc have some wonderful recorded sound ! Remember getting some Atlanta Symphony recordings that made orchestra sound world class ! There is that premiere recording of Leroy Anderson piano concerto that is superb ! Thanks Mr Bishop
Thanks indeed! Telarc recordings still sound great, the performances caught are still among the best. But they should have done all of their recording in the US – somehow they didn’t seem to capture the same great sound in London and Vienna.
Agree their recordings are superb. I treasure the Robert Shaw recordings of Brahms’ Requiem and his works for chorus and orchestra.
Yes, I agree with that one – Shaw’s Brahms Requiem with the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus. It had Arleen Auger on it for the 5th mov. Bought it new and still great.