Peter McGrath

I'll deal with it because they're not there to serve my recording.

They're there to perform.

In a recording session, however, we could spend hours moving people around because I'm chief.

You know, you're going to have to figure out how to do this because I need you there.

And typically, that's how we did it.

I mean, we did a messiah, Handel messiah, Robina Young, my producer from Harmonia Mundi, with the Philharmonia Baroque from Berklee and chorus and organ and soloist with two mics.

You would never guess that it was done that way.

But it was a question of doing it, you know, making it work.

And I think it today singularly remains one of the most beautiful Messiahs.

It's on Harmonia Mundi, and it featured a wonderful soprano by the name of Lorraine Hunt, now known as Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.

And years ago, I don't remember how many, we were doing a project with the Philharmonia Baroque with the conductor Nick McGeegan, who is now their conductor emeritus.

That's how far back this was.

But he brought along this beautiful woman

who wanted to be auditioned by Robina Young, my producer from Harmonia Mundi.

And she was a former violist, but she also happened to have a talent for singing.

Little did we know the level of that talent.

And Nick, the conductor, brought us and said, we finished our session.

We were at Lucas Skywalker.

We finished our session.

We had a few hours left.