Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics are delighted to announce the signing of a wide-ranging recording agreement with conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim. Music director of Berlin's Staatsoper and Staatskapelle and Maestro Scaligero at Milan's Teatro alla Scala - with projects including a new Ring production at both houses - Barenboim will record with both labels in extensive plans stretching beyond 2012, when the artist celebrates his 70th birthday.
Among the many important releases are Barenboim's first-ever recordings of the Chopin and Liszt piano concertos, a new Beethoven symphony cycle with his inspiring West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and a new Bruckner recording with the Staatskapelle, as well as several solo piano recordings. Many of these recordings are coproduced by Barenboim's long-term partner UNITEL.
The first releases on Deutsche Grammophon - early in 2011, to mark the 60th(!) anniversary of Barenboim's performing debut - will be devoted to Chopin: a solo recital recorded in Warsaw as well as the two concertos with Barenboim accompanied by the Berlin Staatskapelle under Andris Nelsons. Later in the year, a new recording with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will appear on Decca Classics to coincide with their annual tour: Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony and Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra.
"What makes me particularly happy is that this unique collaboration allows me to prioritize my work with the Staatskapelle and the West-Eastern Divan in equal measure," said Barenboim in a statement.
For further information see:
www.deutschegrammophon.com/barenboim
www.deccaclassics.com/barenboim
Photo Credit: Stefan Hoederath/Universal Music 2010
前に、すごく感動したYou Tubeの動画が削除されてしまっていてがっくりです。彼がイスラエルのクネセト(国会)でWolf賞を受賞した時の記念スピーチの動画です。イスラエルの国会で、自分の国家の憲法を引用して、パレスチナへの非人道的な国家の態度を強く批判し、憲法の原点に立ち返れと呼びかけたあの格調高い演説が見れなくなってしまいました。本当に残念。前は Daniel Baremboim wolf prize speech といれればすぐに出てきたのに・・・。どなたかあの名演説(イツァーク・ラビンが暗殺されたあのイスラエルで)がどこかにまだ動画として残っているか?ご存知の方いらっしゃいませんか?
"I really don't want to comment on that," Barenboim said. "Either you get the prize and you have to think hard about what to say about it, or you don't get the prize and then you should remain silent."
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