Michael Joseph Bishop (June 14, 1951 – March 29, 2021) was an American

recording engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

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record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

. 1972–1978, Bishop worked as a recording and mastering engineer at Cleveland Recording Company, Cleveland, Ohio. 1978–1988, Bishop was a recording & mastering engineer and studio manager at Suma Recording Studios, Painesville, Ohio. Bishop's first sessions for Telarc Records began in 1978 as a disk mastering engineer on the Lorin Maazel/Cleveland Orchestra direct-to-disk release: Direct From Cleveland, the first modern direct-to-disk orchestral recording. 1978-1988, Bishop worked as a freelance recording and mix engineer on a number of Telarc Records recording sessions. From 1988 to 2008, Bishop worked as the Chief Recording Engineer for

Telarc Records Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label has had a long associ ...

, keeping Telarc at the technical forefront with 20- & 24-bit recording, surround recording, DTS surround releases, 192 kHz pcm recording, DSD recording technology, DVD-Audio releases, and SACD releases.

Concord Music Group Concord Music Group was an American independent music company based in Beverly Hills, California, with worldwide (including the U.S.) distribution through Universal Music Group. The company specialized in recordings ( Fearless Records, Concord R ...

closed Telarc's Production Department in December 2008, ending the run of the last full-service in-house production staff at a record label. In 2009, a few members of the original Telarc team, including Bishop, created Five/Four Productions. He was the recipient of ten

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Best Engineered Album, Classical The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes: *In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record (Classical) *From 1960 to 1962 it was awarded as Best Enginee ...

for ''Copland: The Music Of America (Fanfare For The Common Man; Rodeo)'' *2002:

Best Choral Performance The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been awarded since 1961. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time: *In 1961 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio) *Fro ...

for ''Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)'' *2002:

Best Classical Album The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes: *From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical *In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...

for ''Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) '' *2002:

for ''Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) '' *2004:

for ''Berlioz: Requiem'' *2006:

for ''Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes '' *2007: Best Classical Crossover Album for ''A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane '' *2008:

Best Surround Sound Album The Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album (until 2018: ''Best Surround Sound Album'') was first awarded in 2005, as the first category in a new "Surround Sound" field. This field currently holds the Best Immersive Audio Album award as its s ...

for ''Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina '' *2009:

for ''Transmigration'' *2015:

for "Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Michael John American audio engineers 1951 births 2021 deaths Music of Cleveland People from Cleveland Grammy Award winners