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Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/zimerman-brahms ARTISTS TRACKLISTING In September 2003, two musical legends, pianist Krystian Zimerman and Sir Simon Rattle, joined forces for the Berliner Philharmoniker's season opening series in two unforgettable performances of Brahms's First Piano Concerto. The concerts both dazzled the audience and delighted critics. Inspired by these sensational live performances, Zimerman and Rattle took their collaboration to the recording studio, where they recreated their concert chemistry for this masterful recording of Brahms's First Piano Concerto. This new version of the work is the only Brahms recording currently available with Krystian Zimerman, whom his compatriot Artur Rubinstein has called a 'natural Brahms player.' 'Performing Brahms's First Piano Concerto together in complete accord and spiritually, in the truest sense of that word, they created the impression of Rattle being seated at some kind of orchestral piano to play four hands with Zimerman. The audience's acclaim was boundless.' The Berliner Morgenpost |
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ARTISTS TRACKLISTING Before embarking on his stellar solo career, James Galway held the position of principal flute at the Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan. This collection of orchestral recordings (plus some chamber music recordings made with fellow members of the renowned BP wind section) spotlights Galway's beautiful flute solos and documents his time in Berlin, to which he still fondly refers as 'the best time of my life'. The accompanying booklet contains historic photos from his time with the orchestra and liner notes telling the story of how the Irishman with the romantic flute tone (who turned up late for his audition!) became an integral part of the orchestra and how his time in Berlin lay the foundations for his successful solo career. In the liner notes Galway talks about Karajan, life in Berlin at the time of the Cold War and Berlin Wall and how he had to be persuaded to join the orchestra at the very beginning. The title 'Ich war ein Berliner' alludes to John F. Kennedy's famous quote from his speech in front of the Berlin Wall in 1963: 'Ich bin ein Berliner'. |
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Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/heppner-wagner ARTISTS TRACKLISTING Supreme heldentenor and Wagner specialist Ben Heppner presents the most compelling music from the Ring. Ben Heppner's new album features a selection of the finest excerpts for tenor voice from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Tracing the life of Wagner's ultimate hero Siegfried from his father Siegmund (Die Walküre) to Siegfried's youth (Siegfried) and death (Götterdämmerung), the album features famous excerpts including 'Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond' and 'Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert.' Though arguably one of the greatest Wagner tenors of our time, Ben Heppner has never before performed the roles of Siegfried or Siegmund on stage and has not yet recorded either complete role on disc. Supported by the excellent Staatskapelle Dresden and accomplished Wagner expert Peter Schneider, a regular guest conductor at the Bayreuth festival since the early 1980s with more than 100 conducted performances, Ben Heppner's approach to Siegfried life promises to be a supreme musical experience for every Wagner lover. |
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Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/thielemann-domingo-parsifal
Christian Thielemann conducts Plácido Domingo and Waltraud Meier in the ultimate Parsifal. Christian Thielemann, rightly seen as one of the last conductors to uphold the tradition of legends such as Furtwängler, Celibidache, and Karajan, presents his first complete recording of Parsifal from the Wiener Staatsoper. This is Wagner's last great opera in one of the finest interpretations to date. Christian Thielemann is joined by Plácido Domingo in the title role and Waltraud Meier as Kundry. Falk Struckmann (Amfortas) and Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz) are internationally acclaimed Wagner singers and have worked regularly with Maestro Thielemann. Reviews celebrated the three Parsifal performances in June 2005 as the highlight of the Vienna season: 'Other opera houses can only dream of a season finale like this one . . . Domingo . . . phrases gloriously and is intelligent enough to know where he needs to conserve his strength for the final attack . . . The real event of the evening is Christian Thielemann's conducting. No praise is too high for his first Vienna Parsifal, the way in which he gave Wagner time to breathe, how he inspired the orchestra to an incomparable transparency, how he made every detail of the score audible. Enormous acclaim for a great occasion.' Kurier This live recording is available in excellent sound quality because the recording of the three performances was completely remixed. |
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Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/vivaldi-dixitdominus ARTISTS TRACKLISTING World-premiere recording of DIXIT DOMINUS, a recently rediscovered Vivaldi manuscript. Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus, his third known setting of the text, is a large scale piece for six soloists, choir and orchestra, divided in 11 parts, a total of 20 minutes of the finest Baroque sacred music. The manuscript was rediscovered only in 2005 at the Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden, where it had gone unnoticed for more than 200 years, wrongly attributed to Vivaldi's younger contemporary Baldassarre Galuppi. Peter Kopp and the Körnerscher Sing-Verein and Dresdner Instrumental-Concert are renowned for their performances of many rediscovered masterpieces from the vast heritage of 18th-century music tradition at the Dresden court. They were joined by a handpicked cast of first-class Baroque vocalists, ensuring that the musical quality of these interpretations was of the highest level. World-renowned musicologist and Vivaldi expert Michael Talbot noted that the piece is 'in terms of sheer musical quality . . . the most important Vivaldi discovery for about 75 years'. The same musicians involved in the recording also gave the piece its modern-day concert premiere in Dresden on 22 April, also the date of the CD's international release. The Dixit Dominus is coupled with world-premiere recordings of three shorter psalm settings from the Dresden library, all written by Baldassarre Galuppi. Galuppi will enjoy increased attention from the music world in 2006, the year marking his 300th anniversary. This album features an important composition that has not been heard for over two centuries - a remarkable release no Baroque fan will want to miss. |
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Pepita Jiménez is a lyric comic opera that was set to an English text and written in 1905. This 2-CD world-premiere studio recording is conducted by José de Eusebio and features a starry cast including Plácido Domingo as Don Luis, Carol Vaness as Pepita Jiménez, Jane Henschel as Antoñona, the Orquesta e Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, and the Coro de Niños de la Comunidad de Madrid. |
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ARTISTS TRACKLISTING Giuseppe Sinpoli's sudden death on 20 April 2001 robbed the world of one of its most fascinating and controversial musicians. Now, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of this tragic event, Deutsche Grammophon is making available anew two of the maestro's most requested recordings with the Staatskapelle Dresden, with whom he enjoyed an extended and fruitful relationship, one that started, in discographical terms, with the recording of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony ('Romantic') in 1987 (423 677-2). As Principal Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden from 1992, Sinopoli was responsible for the famous Dresden Palm Sunday Concerts, and it is from one of these that the second CD is derived, with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony maintaining its rightful place within this venerable tradition (453 423-2). The present release is a live recording of the 1996 Palm Sunday Concert, marking the 150th anniversary of Wagner's historic performance of the work in 1846, now also a fitting tribute to Giuseppe Sinopoli's achievement with the orchestra. |
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Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/nilsson-tribute TRACKLISTING "A voice of steel and silver". As one journalist wrote in his tribute, "They don't make them like Birgit Nilsson any more". The most important opera singer of her era (with the exception of Callas) and the vocal phenomenon of the postwar epoch, Birgit Nilsson had no peer in the major roles of Wagner and Strauss, and has had no successor. Fortunately Deutsche Grammophon captured this great voice in a few of her greatest creations.
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ARTISTS TRACKLISTING Carlos Salzédo was a true musical renaissance man. As well as being a virtuoso harpist of the highest order, he was a fine pianist, a teacher of great renown, a composer, conductor and an important advocate in the dissemination of the contemporary music of his time. This disc features Alice Giles, acclaimed as one of the world's leading harp soloists. MARKETING PLANS |
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ARTISTS TRACKLISTING This compilation of The Australian Trio features a broad cross section of the repertoire for piano trio, from works by Brahms and Tchaikovsky, to more modern works by Bernstein and Australian composer Ross Edwards. The Australian Trio was born out of the enjoyment each of these artists derives from their musical collaboration. Each performer brings a wealth of musical experience and depth of interpretative power to their performances. Always searching for works outside the conventional repertoire, The Australian Trio, in addition to the major trios, performs and records works by contemporary Australian composers. |
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ARTISTS TRACKLISTING Far from being just a collection of character pieces, Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition represents a musical journey. The work was created as an act of homage to his friend, the artist Victor Hartmann, who had died in 1873 at the age of 39. One of the most famous works of the classical music repertoire, Pictures from an Exhibition first came to prominence not in its original form but in an orchestration by Maurice Ravel. This recording features the original epic piano work, along with five works by Sergei Rachmaninov including the world premiere recording of the Piano Piece in A-flat major, which was discovered by Scott Davie in the Library of Congress, Washington. Scott Davie is well known to audiences as a soloist in recitals and concertos. He has given concerts throughout Australia and his performances and recordings are frequently broadcast on radio. His first solo CD, Lilacs, featuring the music of Sergei Rachmaninov, was released by ABC Classics in 2002. MARKETING PLANS |
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ARTISTS TRACKLISTING One of Australia's lesser-known stars of the international operatic stage, Angelina Arena performed more than 50 operas, had a successful career at La Scala, and sang in many of the major theatres in Europe, sharing the stage with some of the 20th century's most famous singers. This CD celebrates her career with the essential recordings from works by Mozart, Verdi, Bellini, and more, accompanied by orchestras such as the Queensland Symphony, the Turin Radio Symphony, and the Milan Symphony Orchestra. A must for any lover of outstanding singing. MARKETING PLANS |
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Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/recomposed-arfmann TRACKLISTING Deutsche Grammophon Recomposed revisits a tradition that was already omnipresent in the time of Bach: reworking and re-processing a musical work in order to appeal to contemporary listeners Arfmann has chosen a number of prestigious recordings from DG's catalogue recorded by none other than Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker, including pieces such as Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 "From the New World", Wagner's Overture to "The Flying Dutchman", Albinoni's "Adagio" and Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". These great recordings were infused with baselines, rhythms, and in some cases, texts. The result is a soulful blend of familiar melodies in multiple sonic layers - a completely new take on beloved classical works that brings out their original beauty in a completely new way Vol. 2 of Deutsche Grammophon Recomposed is already in the making and will be produced by the Finnish jazz-funk-electro-musician Jimi Tenor. |
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TRACKLISTING RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sheherazade op. 35 - Symphonic Suite CD 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sheherazade op. 35 (Symphonic Suite) |
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