The annual Grammy awards for 2009 were announced last week. For those of you care and are still picking over what's left of our depleted choices on the new release schedules...whew.
...and the nominees for Best Surround Sound Album of the year are NOT David Gilmour's " On An Island" found in the 5 disc edition of "Live in Gdansk", don't look for No-Man's "Schoolyard Ghosts" either, Porcupine Tree's "Lightbulb Sun", nope, no "Watershed" for Opeth and not a single album from the 2nd box set release from Genesis...instead...take a breath...RINGO DID?!...the horror..go Mussorgsky...I guess...
Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)
- Divertimenti
Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)
[2L]
- Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
[Telarc]
- 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]
- Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection
Bruce Sugar, surround mix engineer; Chris Bellman, surround mastering engineer; Bill Crowley, Ringo Starr & Bruce Sugar, surround producers (Ringo Starr)
[Koch]
- Sensurround + B-Sides
Toru Takayama, surround mix engineer; Ryuichi Tanaka & Yu Yamaguchi, surround mastering engineers; Keigo Oyamada, surround producer (Cornelius)
[Everloving]
