Jim Atkins
Jim Atkins is a recording, editing and mastering engineer and producer whose sessions span classical and contemporary chamber music, folk song, brass and large-scale ensemble work.
His credits cover piano and chamber programmes such as Pianists of Excellence (MCD 029) and PianoWorks (MD 3233), contemporary collections including Redror (MD 3183) and In the Pipeline (TP095), and larger projects such as The Glass Soldier (MD 3318) and the three-disc set Immersion (TP246), which he also produced.
Further engineering includes Horn Concertos (TP042), WindSong (MD 3174) and Fortune My Foe (MCD 435), with mastering on The Fair Dinkum Matilda (MD 3175) and production on David Joseph Selected Works, Vol. 2 (MD 3302).
Sessions have been made at ABC facilities including the former Waverley Studios and the Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank, and at venues such as Hawthorn Town Hall.
Credits
The Glass Soldier
Music from Hannie Rayson’s play The Glass Soldier. Based on a true story, it is a sincere tribute to Australians who fought in the Great War: people who had little, yet gave everything.
David Joseph Selected Works, Vol. 2
The second volume of David Joseph’s selected works brings together the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of Melbourne, and pianist Michael Kieran Harvey in three substantial late-twentieth-century scores.
PianoWorks
Linda Kouvaras’s piano works respond to three places: Ormond College at Melbourne University, bayside St Kilda, and Bundanon on the Shoalhaven. Each set reflects lived experience of a distinct site.
Editing Engineer
Redror
Six chamber works by Australian composer Michael Whiticker, recorded by the Libra Contemporary Ensemble. The programme ranges from solo guitar to mixed ensemble and works with tape.
The Fair Dinkum Matilda
Songs of the Australian bush, including the first ever recording of the original Craigielea setting of Waltzing Matilda. Another disc of bush songs? You bet – and brought to life by one of Australia’s most respected folk singers, Denis Gibbons.
WindSong
Eric Klay brings his bass trombone centre-stage in a varied selection of stylish classic, contemporary, and big band pieces.
Fortune My Foe
Roger Heagney’s song cycle Fortune My Foe sets poems by Graeme Ellis. Soprano Merlyn Quaife and pianist Andrea Katz also perform Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39, on this fund-raising recital.
Pianists of Excellence
The Team of Pianists is acclaimed in Europe and Australia for vitality and freshness of technique. This recital presents solo piano works by Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms and Sculthorpe, played by four of its members.