All of our recordings are carried out on location rather than in the studio. This is because finding the right acoustic for a particular recording is probably the most important single stage in determining the quality of the final recording.
Patrick Allen who, in addition to being an experienced recording producer and balance engineer, is also a qualified acoustician, and his knowledge of acoustics has often proved invaluable in getting the best sound from difficult venues. For large-scale recordings, Patrick is assisted by a team of experienced engineers.
We have recorded a wide variety of artists in many different venues, from small recital halls such as the Wigmore Hall, and the Purcell Room through to vast spaces such as Kings’ College Cambridge and St Paul’s Cathedral, and we can usually suggest a suitable venue to suit the music being recorded.
Some of the venues we have worked in include:
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London
All Saints, East Finchley, London
All Saints, Tooting, London
Auditorium Paganini, Parma
Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi, Cremona
Barbican Hall, London
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
BBC Maida Vale
Beverley Minster
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
Cadogan Hall, London
Cheltenham Town Hall
Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
Conway Hall, London
Dusseldorf Tonhalle
Ely Cathedral
Eton College Chapel
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Gloucester Cathedral
The Great Hall, Swansea University
Henry Wood Hall, London
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Jacqueline du Pré Auditorium, Oxford
Kings College Chapel, Cambridge
LSO St Lukes
Menuhin Hall
Milton Court, Barbican
MUPA Palace of the Arts, Budapest
Musikverein, Vienna
Norwich Cathedral
Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival
Palazzo Turisi, Genoa
Peterborough Cathedral
Potton Hall, Suffolk
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre
Royal Festival Hall, London
Salle Gaveau, Paris
Sage, Gateshead
Snape Maltings
Southwell Minster
St Albans Abbey
St Augustine’s, Kilburn, London
St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London
St James’, Picadilly, London
St Judes, Hampstead, London
St John’s, Smith Square, London
St John’s College, Cambridge
St George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol
St Martins in the Fields, London
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
St Paul’s, New Southgate, London
St Silas’, Kentish Town, London
Symphony Hall, Ankara
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Temple Church, London
Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
University Concert Hall, Cambridge
University Concert Hall, Cardiff
Watford Colosseum
Westminster Abbey, London
Wigmore Hall, London
Wyastone Hall, Monmouthshire
