http://www.bbtrust.com/blog/why-make-a-recording/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.bbtrust.com/blog/why-make-a-recording/comment-page-1/#comment-115105 Art Leonard Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:42:03 +0000 http://www.bbtrust.com/blog/?p=571#comment-115105 This is fascinating to read. I purchased the disc in a NYC retail store this week and listened this morning, after having heard Mr. Hopkins sing yesterday afternoon at NYC Opera. What a wonderful recording! And it sounds absolutely effortless, so reading this blog entry after hearing it is a bit startling. None of the stop-and-start quality of the recording process comes through on the finished product, which sounds like a fully-unified, through-performed recital. And that beautiful deep, rich voice is wonderfully captured, at least as it sounded to me listening on a portable CD player using Sennheiser noise-cancelling headphones, and well-balanced with rich piano sound in a pleasing acoustic space. I hope that this is a big commercial success and that ATMA proves eager to make more recital disks with Joshua Hopkins and Jerad Mosbey. This is fascinating to read. I purchased the disc in a NYC retail store this week and listened this morning, after having heard Mr. Hopkins sing yesterday afternoon at NYC Opera. What a wonderful recording! And it sounds absolutely effortless, so reading this blog entry after hearing it is a bit startling. None of the stop-and-start quality of the recording process comes through on the finished product, which sounds like a fully-unified, through-performed recital. And that beautiful deep, rich voice is wonderfully captured, at least as it sounded to me listening on a portable CD player using Sennheiser noise-cancelling headphones, and well-balanced with rich piano sound in a pleasing acoustic space. I hope that this is a big commercial success and that ATMA proves eager to make more recital disks with Joshua Hopkins and Jerad Mosbey.

]]> http://www.bbtrust.com/blog/why-make-a-recording/comment-page-1/#comment-108465 John Murphy Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:12:35 +0000 http://www.bbtrust.com/blog/?p=571#comment-108465 I really enjoyed this insight into the enjoyment, excitement, pain and fear associated with an artist preparing to record. This varied set of emotions only appears to be contained if the artist subjugates self awareness and "looses himself" in the music. I really enjoyed this insight into the enjoyment, excitement, pain and fear associated with an artist preparing to record. This varied set of emotions only appears to be contained if the artist subjugates self awareness and “looses himself” in the music.

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