Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Preface

Part I Getting Started

 1 Introduction

 2 How to Listen: Loudspeakers, Headphones, and Listening Environment

 3 Understanding Microphones

Part II Recording Orchestra

 4 The Orchestra and Its Various Iterations

 5 The Hall, and How to Deal with It

 6 Main Microphone Systems—How to Record It

 7 Recording Strings

 8 Recording Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion

 9 Recording Harp, Piano, Celeste, and Organ

10 Recording Orchestra and Chorus

Part III Variations on a Theme

11 Recording Concertos: Balancing Solo Instruments with Orchestra

12 Recording Solo Voice and Orchestra

Part IV The Recording Session

13 The Role of the Producer in Classical Music Recording

14 How to Carry Out a Successful Recording ...