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MORE ACCLAIMED RECORDINGS FEATURING CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF

For the complete discography of Christian Tetzlaff, please visit ondine.net.

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MORE NEW RELEASES ON NAXOS WORLD

Marin Alsop begun her tenure as Chief Conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra on October 24 when she conducted the opening concert of the orchestra’s subscription series at the Wiener Konzerthaus.

Widely acclaimed for the range of her repertoire and a refusal to accept the routine, Alsop’s opening concerts were no exception. Her first concert (October 24)  featured the world premiere of a work by Lera Auerbach, Eve’s Lament – O Flowers, That Never Will Grow, alongside Hindemith’s rarely performed one-act opera Sancta Susanna and his symphony Mathis der Maler. The following week, Alsop and the Vienna RSO opened the Wien Modern Festival with a performance of Agata Zubel’s Fireworks and Clara Iannotta’s Moult alongside works by Peter Ablinger and Jon Leifs. They were joined by The Swingle Singers to perform Berio’s Sinfonia (October 31).

Alsop is celebrated as one of the leading conductors of our time and one who has been a pioneer for greater opportunities for women conductors. Alsop becomes the first woman to take up the prestigious role of chief conductor of Vienna RSO and is also the first woman to have been appointed head of major American, British and South American orchestras. She made history when she became the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the BBC Proms in 2013.

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LATEST RECORDINGS FEATURING MARIN ALSOP

Visit naxos.com to view Marin Alsop’s complete discography.

On November 20, artists, engineers and producers from Naxos and its affiliated and distributed labels were honoured with seven GRAMMY nominations. The recordings are from the Naxos, Opus Arte and Ondine catalogues. The nominations are in the categories for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Opera Recording, Best Classical Compendium and Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Producer Of The Year (Classical).

The 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards winners will be announced on January 26, 2020. Congratulations to the nominees and everyone involved!

Recordings from the Naxos label and its affiliated labels were among the recently announced nominations for the 2020 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The Naxos Music Group received 37 nominations appearing in 11 categories.

We received six nominations in the Choral Music category, including the recordings of Beethoven’s only oratorio Christus am Ölberge and Elegischer Gesang (8.573852), Carl Loewe’s Das Sühnopfer des Neuen Bundes (OC1706), Tchaikovsky’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and nine sacred choruses (ODE1336-2), Sibelius’ Kullervo (ODE1338-5), and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir’s recordings featuring of Liszt’ Via Crucis, and Arvo Pärt’s sacred choral works (ODE1337-2), and Hans Werner Henze’s Das Floß der Medusa (SWR19082CD).

“The nominations in the Opera category go went to the recordings of Auber’s revolutionary grand opera La Sirène (8.660436), Franco Faccio’s Amleto (‘Hamlet’) (8.660454-55) and Marschner’s Hans Heiling (OC976). More nominations include two Weber’s works, Oberon (OC984) and Euryanthe (C5373), presented by Stadttheater Gießen and Theater an der Wien respectively.

We received four nominations in the Chamber Music category, the first for a programme of music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco (8.574003), including his Third Violin Concerto, String Trio and Sonata for Violin and Cello. The second nomination in this category is for an attractive programme of flute works by André Jolivet (8.573885), performed by Hélène Boulègue and François Dumont. Another nomination is for a programme of Zara Levina’s chamber works (C5356), featuring  pianists Maria Lettberg and Katia Tchemberdji, violinist Yury Revich, violist Gernot Adrion and cellist Ringela Riemke. Cellist Norbert Anger and pianist Michael Schöch also received a nomination in this category for their recording of works by Richard Strauss and Wagner (OC1701).

Naxos’ nomination in the Concertos section fell to the Brahms’ Violin Concerto and Double Concerto recording (8.573772), performed by acclaimed Naxos artists Tianwa Yang and Gabriel Schwabe conducted by Antoni Wit. Two Ondine recordings also received nominations in this category: star violinist Christian Tetzlaff’s recording of violin concertos by Beethoven and Sibelius (ODE1334-2) and a recording of works for horn and orchestra, performed by Markus Maskunitty, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo (ODE1339-2).

The Symphonic Music category saw seven nominations: Beethoven’s complete symphonies performed by the Danish Chamber Orchestra under Ádám Fischer (8.505251); Beethoven’s The Creatures of Prometheus by Leif Segerstam and the Turku Philharmonic Orchedtra (8.573853); the original 1915 version of El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla (8.573890); Nikolay Myaskovsky’s Symphonies Nos. 1 and 13, featuring the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Rudin (8.573988); Weinerg’s Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 performed by East-West Chamber Orchestra and Rostislav Krimer, celebrating the centenary of composer’s birth (8.574063); a special album of containing two recordings of Michael Gielen conducting Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, made 42 years apart (SWR19080CD); and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition performed by Dmitrij Kitajenko and Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne (OC469).

Three audiovisual recordings were nominated for the Video Performances category, including Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane (2.110584-85), Verdi’s Stiffelio (NBD0084V) and Barber’s Vanessa (OABD7258D). Another audiovisual recording Mstislav Rostropovich – The Indomitable Bow (NBD0082V) received the nomination in the Video Documentaries category.

A new classical supergroup of four leading European soloists, the Skride Piano Quartet is touring through Australia from 1 to 20 November, appearing in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaïde, Canberra and Hobart. Sisters, soloists and regular duo partners Baiba and Lauma Skride were joined by two of their favourite chamber music colleagues, Lise Berthaud and Julian Steckel.

The Skride Piano Quartet was formed in autumn 2016 by sisters Baiba and Lauma Skride, Lise Berthaud and founding cellist Harriet Krijgh, who has since left the group; she is replaced for this tour by Julian Steckel. Whilst maintaining their own high-profile solo careers, the four are united by their passion for chamber music. The quartet released their first disc together for the Orfeo label in April 2019, which featured piano quartet repertoire by Mahler, Mozart and Brahms.

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RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS

For more recordings by Baiba Skride, please visit naxos.com.

Soprano Ermonela Jaho stars as Violetta Valéry, with Charles Castronovo as her lover Alfredo and Plácido Domingo as Alfredo’s stern father Giorgio Germont, in The Royal Opera House’s much-loved production of Verdi’s La traviata.

One of the greatest of all operas, La traviata is based on the novel and play La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, inspired in turn by the life and death of the real Parisian courtesan, Marie Duplessis. The opera tells the profoundly moving story of a courtesan prepared to sacrifice everything for love, and contains some of Verdi’s most beautiful arias and duets.

Richard Eyre’s engrossing naturalistic production features stunning designs by his regular collaborator Bob Crowley. Italian conductor Antonello Manacorda conducts Verdi’s sublime score, which offers a wonderful showcase for the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus.

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