Grammy Nominations!

[mpdonahue]

From the shameless self promotion department: Immediate dispatch-
The Grammy nominations are out and it has been yet another bumper crop nominations here at Soundmirror.
Four records, all mixed and mastered by yours truly, have been honored with the following nominations:

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year
October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008

Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works
John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue, surround mastering engineers; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
[Chandos]

Best Engineered Album, Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana
John Newton, engineer (JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
[Naxos]

Best Classical Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)

O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare)
[Harmonia Mundi]

Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Jonathan Cooper, mastering engineer
[Chandos]

Best Choral Performance
(Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)

O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare)
[Harmonia Mundi]

Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works
Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
[Chandos]

Best Small Ensemble Performance
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))

Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale
[Chandos]

All the best,
-mark

[Plush]

Nice work, nice going Mark and pros at Soundmirror.

I'm pleased to see you all working for Chandos. I'm not so pleased to see anyone working for the depressing Naxos.

Since the Grammy Awards are Amero-centric, perhaps your American recordings have a good chance.

Nothing here this year. But wait till next year!!

best from Chicago,

PhLUSH

[videoteque]

Mark you have so many nominations, that only Plush dares to enter this thread!!!

Congratulations!!!

And now I escape...

[Jimbo]

I just wanted to congratulate you on that impressive list of nominations.

...and now I can claim that I have communicated with you.

May I lick your boots now?

[Larry Elliott]

Great effort Mark

[JoeyM]

Congratulations, God I love happy endings, or even happy pitstops

I think my dream project would be jamming power chords along with a Southern Baptist Choir, sneak a quadruple shot of Jack, but I'd really need a smoke

[JoeyM]

Surround mastering engineer Mark Donahue arrives at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center on February 8, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mark Donahue
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America)

[dbssound1]

Congrats!!!