Richard King
Wins
3
Nominations
23
Category
Biography
"My job as a recording engineer is basically to make things sound pretty so the producer doesn't get fired."
- King was first nominated for a GRAMMY Award for 1997 for Best Engineered Album, Classical for his work on Herrmann: The Film Scores. He was nominated in the same category the following year for Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor.
- King received his first GRAMMY win for Best Classical Crossover Album for 2000 for Appalachian Journey, beginning a consecutive four-year streak of GRAMMY wins.
- In addition to his impressive work as an engineer, King is also an associate professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal.
- King has been a presenter and panelist at the AES Audio Engineering Society Convention, and he speaks at various university level recording programs on a regular basis.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Richard King
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Best Engineered Album, Classical
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears
Richard King
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Winner
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears
Emanuel Ax, Steven Epstein, Richard King, Yo-Yo Ma
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo Winner
Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite
Steven Epstein, Richard King, Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru
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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Bass & Mandolin
Bob Ludwig, Richard King, Dave Sinko
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Best Engineered Album, Classical
Adams, John: City Noir
Richard King, Wolfgang Schiefermair
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Adams, John: City Noir
Friedemann Engelbrecht, Richard King, David Robertson
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Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Winner
Bass & Mandolin
Edgar Meyer, Richard King, Chris Thile, Dave Sinko
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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Winner
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Richard King
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Best Folk Album Winner
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Steven Epstein, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan, Richard King, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile
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Best Musical Theater Album Winner
Once: A New Musical
Steven Epstein, Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti, Richard King, Martin Lowe
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Best Engineered Album, Classical
Glazunov: Complete Concertos
Richard King
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Classical Album
Bernstein: Mass
Marin Alsop, Steven Epstein, Jubilant Sykes, Richard King
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Winner
Verismo Arias
Renee Fleming, Mike Hatch, Richard King, David Frost
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Classical Crossover Winner
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace
Steven Epstein, Richard King, Yo-Yo Ma
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Classical Album
Homage: The Age Of The Diva
Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Renee Fleming, Mike Hatch, Richard King, David Frost
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Best Engineered Album, Classical Winner
Obrigado Brazil
Richard King, Todd Whitelock
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Classical Crossover Winner
Obrigado Brazil
Steven Epstein, Jorge Calandrelli, Richard King, Yo-Yo Ma, Todd Whitelock
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr Winner
Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos
Thomas Frost, Hilary Hahn, Richard King, Neville Marriner
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Best Engineered Album, Classical Winner
Bernstein (Arr. Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.)
Richard King
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Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television) Winner
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Steven Epstein, Xu Gou Qin, Tan Dun, Richard King, Lu Xiao Xing
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Classical Crossover Winner
Appalachian Journey
Steven Epstein, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor, Richard King, Yo-Yo Ma
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Best Engineered Album, Classical
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor (Album)
Richard King
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Best Engineered Album, Classical
Herrmann: The Film Scores (Vertigo: Suite; Torn Curtain; Marnie: Suite, Etc.) (Album)
Richard King
