Richard King is a multi-Grammy Award winner who specializes in recording classical, jazz and film score music. He is Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montréal, where he teaches in the Sound Recording area. A long-standing member and Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, Richard is a regular convention presenter and panelist, and he is frequently invited to speak at various university-level recording programs around the world.

Part 1: Getting Started 1. Introduction 2. How to Listen: Loudspeakers, Headphones, Listening Rooms 3. Understanding Microphones Part 2: Recording Orchestra 4. The Orchestra and Its Various Iterations 5. The Hall, as a Recording Venue 6. The Main Microphones 7. Recording Strings 8. Recording Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion 9. Recording Harp, Piano, Celeste and Organ Part 3: Variations on a Theme 10. Recording Chorus 11. Recording Concertos 12. Recording Solo Voice and Orchestra Part 4: The Recording Session 13. The Role of the Producer in Classical Music Recording 14. How to Carry Out a Successful Recording Session 15. Live Concerts, Live Opera and Productions with Video Part 5: Other Classical Music Ensembles 16. Recording Wind Symphony and Brass Band 17. Recording Chamber Orchestra 18. Recording String Quartet 19. Recording Woodwind and Brass Quintet 20. Recording Piano with Other Instruments 21. Recording Solo Piano 22. Recording Classical Crossover Projects Part 6: Post Production 23. Editing 24. Mixing 25. Final Assembly and Mastering Part 7: Multichannel Recording and Mixing 26. How to Listen in Surround Sound 27. Recording and Mixing for 5.1 Surround Sound 28. Recording and Mixing for Immersive/3D Content 29. Film Score Recording and Mixing Part 8: Case Studies 30. Recording Orchestra - Case Studies 31. Recording Chamber Music - Case Studies