Critical Appraisals
Jeremy Limb: Essential Einaudi
“Recording with URM was a great pleasure. Eric produced a beautiful piano sound; exactly what we were looking for. URM were also fantastic in post-production and very patient with us in what turned out to be a rather more complicated job than we had anticipated! Many thanks for all your hard work and a great finished product!
Mikel, First Creative Ltd
What the press said
Classic FM CD of the Week
Emily Barker and Red Clay Halo: Despite the Snow (Everyone Sang)
“.. proud to say that this recording is our/my best recording to date. Eric has done a sterling job of capturing the intimacy of our folky quartet. A very up-close feel which is exactly what we were striving for ...
Emily
What the press said
...chamber-folk of the highest order. Nobody sounds quite like them, and there are moments of transcendence here when everything is just so perfect that it's all too much and a lump appears in the throat ... an album of quiet power.
Jeremt Searle - Rock and Reel (November December 2008)
with minimum technology giving the album a luxurious, warm organic feel the quality control does not slacken throughout the duration of the album.
With the release of ‘Despite the Snow’, Emily Barker has recorded as strong a collection of acoustic folk songs that I have heard for a long time.
Dan Wilkins AmericanaUK
... a stunning collection of songs and an album that stands alone in the atmosphere it creates.
Malcolm Carter Pennyblackmusic
Christianne Stotijn (Onyx Records): Schubert Lieder
“"The recording sessions with URM Audio were a relaxed and happy experience, and they captured a lovely sound ..." Paul Moseley MD, ONYX
What the press said
`Five Stars for Sound’ BBC Music Magazine, April 2006
Roderick Williams: Severn & Somme (SOMM Records)
“It's wonderful working with Eric at URM. He is a perfectionist and nothing is too much trouble when it comes to getting the "right" sound from recording to final mastering. Yet he is always patient, smiling and genial. Reviews of recordings he has engineered are unreservedly recommended Five Stars for sound.
Siva Oke
Director & Recording Producer
-- SOMM Recordings
What the press said
`Near –perfect recording … spacious. Five Stars for Sound’ BBC Music Magazine, September 2006
Karine Georgian: Britten/Shostakovich Cello Sonatas
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What the press said
There is very little with which to find fault in this release: the recording quality is excellent" - International Record Review, November 2007
"... unusually distinguished performances ..." Observer
Raymond Banning: Romantic Threesomes
““I was delighted with the attention to quality that URM displayed in their recording of my disc. I am very much a perfectionist when it comes to the particular sonorities I require and dislike the hard-toned, percussive sound discernible on some piano discs. URM provided me with the level of expertise that fully represents the qualities of tonal subtlety and colour that I strive for. I have no hesitation in recommending this company to other recording artists and fully intend to use them for my future recordings.”
What the press said
Raymond Banning is a piano soloist and recitalist who is attracting a large following for his playing, redolent of the golden age of the late Romantic pianists. His most recent Wigmore Hall was a sell-out, attracting celebrities from the music and wider arts world. His CD “Romantic Threesomes”, recorded by URM, has received unqualified acclaim, praised by many notable figures at the forefront of the music profession.
Karine Georgian: Solo Cello Recordings
“‘Working with Eric James as recording engineer and editor is for me the fulfilment of a dream: the capturing of my sound and my playing precisely as I hear it in the acoustic in which it is produced. One cannot ask for more.’
* Karine Georgian
What the press said
‘Rarely do forces of music, energy and idea find themselves so powerfully in alliance within a single individual. The most arresting feature of her playing is the strength of her bow arm – a consummately controlled for the outpouring of a musical mind that is passionate, inventive, spontaneous, yet carefully reasoned and serenely assured.’
* Boston Globe
‘Everything Georgian plays is presented with the most succulent, glowing tone, the phrasing boundlessly ample.’
* Financial Times
LiveWire Opera Company: The Rhythm of LiveWire
“"The recording session with URM Audio was fantastic, the whole day worked wonderfully and Eric made the whole experience one that we want to repeat....soon. Not only is his technical knowledge amazing but his musicality makes such a difference to the finished result."
Susan Booth, Artistic Director, Livewire Opera Company
What the press said
"Listening to their CD this is obviously an opera company that's definitely going places" Chris Goreham, BBC Radio Norfolk June 2006
John Willett - Circle Sound Services: Sequoia Music Editing Training
“The training day was excellent - worth every penny ... worth its weight in solid platinum in bringing you up to speed.
John Willett - Chairman of the British Sound Recording Assocation