SwanStudios.nyc

05/17/2019

SwanStudios.nyc Recording Cantori New York at Saint Paul's in Brooklyn. Fantastic Sessions with Maestro Mark Shapiro. This was recorded using Sennheiser NYC 800 Twins as the main pair, followed by Schoeps Mikrofone for spots, Neumann TLM 170's on the Cellos, and DPA Microphones high voltage 4009's for ambiance. Reasoning for the Twin;s this time on the mains is I wanted post control of direct focus to rear capture. Found the sweet spot where the chorus sounds like a single instrument, and the spots are just gravy.... Love choral recordings! BTW - Mic pres are Millennia, Grace, and Rupert Nevet 5024's for the Twins, Solid State Logic (SSL) AlphaLink MADI converter. Nothing but the best for my clients.

05/09/2019

The Choral Society

We will be there recording! Join us! BTW - this is our first foray into video. Very basic set up with two cameras during dress rehearsal.

Fresh from last night's rehearsal, we're ready to bring Beethoven's great mass to New York City this Friday night at 8pm and Saturday afternoon at 3pm.
General Admission and Prime Reserved Tickets are still available (for WillCall pick-up only) at http://www.thechoralsociety.org/event-listing

05/08/2019

SwanStudios.nyc

Direct from the community to you. It doesn't get more real than this. Think about it as you enjoy the free entertainment. I am proud to have been a part of it with Mélomanie, Mark Hagerty.

SwanStudios.nyc production. Hoping for a Grammy Awards "Best Spoken World Album". Enjoy this powerful and entertaining project - for FREE! https://youtu.be/WqXA5SkblcE

05/08/2019

Twin Poets & Melomanie "United Sounds of America" Full Concert

SwanStudios.nyc production. Hoping for a Grammy Awards "Best Spoken World Album". Enjoy this powerful and entertaining project - for FREE! https://youtu.be/WqXA5SkblcE

Delaware's Poets Laureate, the Twin Poets Al Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha, combine forces with Mélomanie in "United Sounds of America," a collaboration of poe...

05/03/2019

Hilary Hahn releases “6 Partitas” by Antón García Abril | IMG Artists

More info on Hilary Hahn's latest release produced by use here at SwanStudios.nyc https://imgartists.com/news/hilary-hahn-releases-6-partitas-by-anton-garcia-abril/

Hilary Hahn releases “6 Partitas” by Antón García Abril 30 Apr, 2019 Following the widely celebrated release of Hilary Hahn Plays Bach on Decca Classics last fall, Hilary Hahn returns with a world premiere recording of Antón García Abril’s 6 Partitas, commissioned by Hahn for solo violin.....

04/30/2019

García Abril: 6 Partitas by Hilary Hahn

García Abril: 6 Partitas by Hilary Hahn

Preview, download or stream García Abril: 6 Partitas by Hilary Hahn

04/30/2019

SwanStudios.nyc

Yes, I did this at Gore Hall, University of Delaware. These were secret sessions last summer... it was nice to have the place to ourselves!

And yet another fantastic production from Swan Studios NYC for Hilary Hahn and Decca Classics! Available on limited vinyl too! Enjoy! https://decca.lnk.to/HHLove

04/30/2019

García Abril: 6 Partitas by Hilary Hahn

And yet another fantastic production from Swan Studios NYC for Hilary Hahn and Decca Classics! Available on limited vinyl too! Enjoy! https://decca.lnk.to/HHLove

Preview, download or stream García Abril: 6 Partitas by Hilary Hahn

04/15/2019

Swan Studios | Criterion Acoustics

Wonderful article on the new facility in New York City! http://criterionacoustics.com/project/swan-studios/

One of the world’s most famous musical addresses has a notable new addition: The accomplished mastering engineer Andreas K. Meyer has arrived in Harlem, bringing a multifaceted new audio facility to the neighborhood.

04/02/2019

서혜경 공연홍보영상

Proud to showcase this latest release recorded and produced by Swan Studios at the Academy of Arts & Letters here in NYC. Hai-Kyung is an amazing Deutsche Grammophon artist and if you get the chance don't miss her concert! https://youtu.be/SHAr1QJtqeY

03/15/2019

Click here to support Acting Like a Pianist Vinyl Release organized by Michael Kirkendoll

This is a fabulous project that will have a limited 500 unit double LP vinyl release. Absolutely going to become a collectors item. Please support!

This project has been a long time coming. I am finally releasing my new recording of Frederic Rzewski's 'De Profundis' and 'Marriage'. It has been an incredible journey and I am so excited to share the works in this audio format. I released the video versions of the work last November, direct to...

03/06/2019

Sometimes the job brings you to Paris. It was a successful session at Radio Paris.

03/06/2019

The Grammys are always fun, even when you don't win the trophy. Next year maybe....

02/26/2019

Illusion

Check out this fantastic composer we have mastered: https://youtu.be/I5Nu-r6uxkc

Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Illusion · Fatrin Krajka · Kara Rooney · Betsy Fagin · Laura Henriksen · Marine Cornuet · Kara Rooney Empire (feat. Kara Rooney...

02/20/2019

Mark Hagerty: "Facets" - Curt Cacioppo, piano

The Grammys are always fun but this project from a few years ago was a complete blast - great performance by Curt Cacioppo, and a monstrous masterpiece by composer Mark Hagerty. https://youtu.be/DzlnrfqOYdI

From Meyer-Media CD MM13025, THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. Andreas K. Meyer, Producer & Engineer Michelle Samour, artwork ("Emergence," pigmented handmade paper,...

01/12/2019

Programa Área Vip - Robert Hebert

Programa Área Vip - Robert Hebert

Robert Hebert é o convidado do programa Área Vip, produtor musical norte-americano do projeto "Legacy & Alchemy: Bossa Nova Noites" que faz um tributo ao leg...

01/11/2019

Interlochen native receives Grammy bid

Quote of the day: "“Most of the artists we work for are dead, so we don’t get to work with them,” she said."
Proud engineer interview here: https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/interlochen-native-receives-grammy-bid/article_7696d8c5-11f3-56d5-8c49-bc9f806e6352.html

INTERLOCHEN — Rebekah Wineman was speechless when she found out she was nominated for her first Grammy.

01/02/2019

Legacy and Alchemy LLC

Legacy and Alchemy LLC

Welcome 2019!

Stay tuned for our next single: Alexandra Jackson: "Veleiros Negros" composed by international superstar Carlinhos Brown - Tribalistas

https://www.legacyandalchemy.com/single-post/2018/04/22/Superstar-Entertainer-Carlinhos-Brown-is-on-a-SPECIAL-BONUS-TRACK-on-OUR-album

Featuring Paulo Calasans (Piano), João Castilho (Guitar), André Siqueira (Percussion) and Curtis King Jr (Vocals)

The track also features the legends Teo Lima (Drums) and the late Arthur Maia (Bass)

Producer: Robert Hebert

Arranger: Larry Williams

Co-Arranged by Paulo Calasans, Joao Castilho, Andre Siqueira, Curtis King, Jr., Teo Lima and Arthur Maia

Music Track Recorded by Flavio Neto Filho in Rio de Janeiro

Vocals Recorded by Luther Banks in Atlanta

Mixed and Mastered by Andreas Meyer in New York City

12/31/2018

Toccata

Happy New Year, and what's a better way to rock in 2019 that with this new video from organist Gail Archer! https://youtu.be/PzSophSPazM
You can purchase this recording and others here: https://meyer-media.com/gailarcher6/
Gail also recorded this Album on te same Vassar College Chapel: https://meyer-media.com/gailarcher4/index.shtml
Special thanks to @visualImagesMedia Enjoy and Happy New Year from @MeyerMediaLLC and SwanStudios.nyc

12/29/2018

Connectbrazil’s Album of The Year for 2018 - Connect Brazil

Happy to share this wonderful project we mastered! Congratulations to all involved!

Connectbrazil’s Album of The Year for 2018 is Alexandra Jackson’s Legacy & Alchemy. Read why this album is a musical milestone for Brazilian music.

12/21/2018

"AUTUMN WINDS" CAMPAIGN

"AUTUMN WINDS" CAMPAIGN

Help fund AUTUMN WINDS — a premiere recording of chamber music and song cycles by Kirk O'Riordan featuring pianist Holly Roadfeldt, violist Peter Dutilly & soprano Ann Moss CAMPAIGN GOAL: $3000 TOTAL...

12/07/2018

Congratulations to all nominee's for the grammy's and a special congrats to our own Rebekah Wineman for nomination as Mastering Engineer for Best Historical Reissue: Rhapsody in Blue - The complete Columbia Recordings of Oscar Levant!

11/27/2018

The Rose Elf, Recording - a Fractured Atlas sponsored project

ON this donation Tuesday and throughout the holidays, please consider a donation to this wonderful recording production fo David Hertzberg's "The Rose Elf" Thank you. https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=18070&fbclid=IwAR3pHjfDXgpWwXL8iS5dPoQ5Dj6AJqhzE9C_HGLG2zKw6uPb8pAILohI48M

Hailed as “The Opera Event of 2018” by WQXR, “The Rose Elf ”, a chamber opera in one act by David Hertzberg, premiered as the inaugural event of the new series The Angel’s Share, in an unprecedented presentation in the catacombs of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The opera, a lush, lurid ...

11/14/2018

Recording session for The Rose Elf Opera with the amazing composer David Hertzberg and featuring the wonderful Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano.

11/11/2018

NV Factory - NV Recording Studio

Listen tot his beautiful project we mastered SwanStudios.nyc

NV Musician, Sondra Tammam was selected as a teacher of the year for NJMTA. Congratulations!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/carnivals-songs-and-transcriptions/1383253686

11/09/2018

NV Factory - NV Recording Studio

NV Factory - NV Recording Studio

NV Musician, Sondra Tammam was selected as a teacher of the year for NJMTA. Congratulations!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/carnivals-songs-and-transcriptions/1383253686

11/04/2018

Legacy and Alchemy LLC

Legacy and Alchemy LLC

Maestro Larry Williams talks about his experience on "All One" and what it means to him, and also about the late Al Jarreau and the late Oscar Castro-Neves.

"All One" was one of our first big singles (Top 20 Billboard)!

Check out the concert video on all our social media pages and visit our site, www.legacyandalchemy.com.

Alexandra Jackson Harris: Artist / Co-Lead Vocalist

Al Jarreau: Duet Vocalist

Oscar Castro-Neves: Guest Appearance (on Vocals)

Executive Producer: Robert Hebert of Legacy and Alchemy LLC

Produced and Arranged by Larry Williams

Vocals Co-Produced by Chris Walker

Players:

Larry Williams (Keyboards and Flute)
Ricardo Silveira (Acoustic Guitar)
Darryl Jones bassist (Bass)
Teo Lima (Drums)
Armando Marcall (Percussion)
Chris Walker (Backing Vocals)

Engineered by: Erik Zobler, Guido Pera, Ricardo Dias, Danny Leake and Luther Banks

Mixed by: Steve Sykes

Mastered by @Andreas Meyer and Danny Leake

Our album, Alexandra Jackson : LEGACY & ALCHEMY is available now!

All Copyrights LEGACY AND ALCHEMY LLC 2018

11/04/2018

JS BACH Solo Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 (Hahn) | gramophone.co.uk

Brava Hilary Hahn! https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/js-bach-solo-violin-sonatas-nos-1-2-hahn
Wonderful to have produced and engineered this album for you!

10/24/2018

Nothing like a first class mastering studio to work and listen in. Give us a call to schedule up your next project here at Swan Studio NYC. Rupert Neve, Merging Technologies Bowers & Wilkins

10/06/2018

Hilary Hahn plays Bach - Out Now

Wonderful, personal insight to Hilary Hahn's connection with Bach Sonata's & Partita's. It was a pleasure to be your producer and engineer for this project. Brava!

At the age of nine, Hilary Hahn embarked on a lifelong musical exploration of the solo violin works of J.S. Bach. At seventeen, she released her debut album ...

09/27/2018

Amazon.com: Customer reviews: A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant

Grammy prediction from a top 100 reviewer on Amazon, lets hope it comes true! Great to work on this mastering project for Sony Masterworks. Special thanks to Michael Feinstein for the fantastic liner notes!

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

09/17/2018

And it just doesn't get better than this:

"I have just received a copy of the Oscar Levant complete recordings, and I'm thrilled. This is precisely the kind of production a collector could dream of with detailed production notes, state-of-the-art remastering and reproductions of original cover art. Bravo to you & your team!
Peter Bay
Music Director
Austin und Umgebung, Texas"

A SwanStudios.nyc production

09/14/2018

CELEBRATING OSCAR LEVANT

Fantastic review of the Oscar Levant set we mastered for Sony Masterworks: http://leonardmaltin.com/celebrating-oscar-levant/

Oscar Levant was one of a kind: a piano prodigy, Gershwin acolyte, songwriter, noted wit, radio and television personality, best-selling author, and even on occasion a screen actor. His fans are le…

09/07/2018

Listen Free to Alexandra Jackson - Corcovado (feat. Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim & Ivan Lins) Radio on iHeartRadio | iHeartRadio

Congratulations to Alexandra Jackson for getting into full world wide rotation on iHeart radio. It was a pleasure to master this album for you. Good luck at both the North American and Latin Grammys! https://www.iheart.com/artist/alexandra-jackson-831046/albums/corcovado-feat-miles-davis-antonio-carlos-56217524/

Create & stream a free custom radio station based on the album Corcovado (feat. Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim & Ivan Lins) by Alexandra Jackson on iHeartRadio!

09/06/2018

Soprano Fang Tao recording sessions at Academy of Arts & Letters NYC, with Attacca Quartet and Pianist Bryan Wagorn. Needless to say !00 degrees outside for days makes for very hot recording sessions with no AC.

08/22/2018

‘A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant’ Review

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-rhapsody-in-blue-the-extraordinary-life-of-oscar-levant-review-1534885851

Fantastic article in WSJ today of our Remastering work of Oscar Levant. Thank you Sony Masterworks for trusting us with your mastering needs.

The eight-CD set is an outstanding collection of epic showcases for classical keyboard and a celebration of the Gershwin canon.

08/21/2018

VERY slow wind for Sticky syndrome.

This is vintage 1951 3M tape of two different batches. Normally this vintage runs beautifully with no problems. Sometimes it is overly dry and you have to fix all the edits as they fall apart. But what you are seeing here is one of my fears when starting a new project. In combination of a poor batch of tape, bad storage, and too tight packing on its last run years ago, you get a sticky situation where the magnetic side sticks to the mylar back coat on the nexrt layer (you hear this immediately as in this video). Only "solution" that I have found is to bath the tape in lighter fluid, let it soak in from both sides, and then VERY slowly wind back. For most you can see it works and only pulls a little on the edges, but then I got to this section in the middle and a lot of center portion of the tape was lost. One point of luck was that this section of tape was an insert and the surrounding area had wind perfectly. My playback solution will be on a butterfly two channel headstack and then combine the two channels to minimze the loss of signal from the damage.

08/17/2018

Recording day two. On Fridays we make thunder.

08/16/2018

SwanStudios.nyc's cover photo

08/16/2018

The Wake World - World Premiere Opera recording by David Hertzberg

08/07/2018

It was an honor to record the Kingston Chamber Music Festival with such incredible musicians and Artistic Director Natalie Zhu. Folks, next year get yourself to the festival for some of the best performances of chamber music you will ever experience! Congratulations to all! http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180805/review-violinist-hilary-hahn-was-well-worth-wait-at-kingston-chamber-music-festival-finale

08/04/2018

Kingston Chamber Music Festival recording all concerts. Last night an engineers worst nightmare, 30 seconds into a World Premiere performance, all displays freeze and you have silence. You never feel more alone in a control room when that sound disappears and you are looking at the stage with musicians playing.... With deafening silence and a bead of sweat running down my spine, I begin diagnosing what went wrong. Long story short, I got the main system back up running a minute into the second act, but more important: we didn't loose a beat of the World Premiere work by composer Carl Schimmel thanks to our pre-planning backup system. RME Audio USA, I think I loved you a little more than my wife last night - Thank you for such great products!

06/22/2018

One of SwanStudios.nyc first major productions for #Decca and #HilaryHahn. Wonderful performance and recording co-produced and engineered by Meyer Media LLC's own Andreas Meyer. Enjoy!

03/22/2018

Busy month of March has seen us complete two Grammy contention titles for Best Historical next year: The complete George Szell Recordings, 106 CD worth of music, and The complete Columbia Records Oscar Levant recordings. Oscar is very much over due and most of this material has not seen issue since the original LP's / 78's.

01/30/2018

As SwanStudios.nyc comes on line, Andreas Meyer takes home two #Grammy Awards! Thank you all for your support and look forward to working with you to get your next recording on that Award stage next year!