This is certainly a piece of good news for the CBSO (and of course, Mirga):
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From Stephen Maddock, CBSO Chief Executive
Dear xxxx
We are excited to be able to share news of the CBSO’s recording plans with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla as part of today’s announcement that Mirga has become the first female conductor to sign with the prestigious record label Deutsche Grammophon. She joins a select group of other world-leading conductors who already record on the label – Gustavo Dudamel (Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Music Director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra), and former CBSO Music Director Andris Nelsons.
Our first recording together will feature a collection of orchestral works by Polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg, whose centenary falls this year. The album’s centrepiece will be Weinberg’s Symphony No.21 “Kaddish” featuring the CBSO, Kremerata Baltica and CBSO artist in residence Gidon Kremer – and it also includes the early Symphony No.2 performed by Kremerata Baltica. Future plans include an album of major British works which will be released over the orchestra’s centenary period.
Announcing the partnership, Deutsche Grammophon President Dr Clemens Trautmann commented “Mirga has made a profound impression with the CBSO, introducing new repertoire and shining new light on works from the symphonic mainstream. I’m sure her first DG recordings will reach out to new audiences and set benchmarks for innovative programming.”
Mirga added “It’s very exciting that our partnership will document some of the musical adventures that the fabulous CBSO and I are about to embark on together and will celebrate the orchestra’s centenary with an album of landmarks of 20th-century British music. I look forward to this thrilling collaboration with DG and to the musical discoveries we can make together.”
This is great news for Mirga and by extension for the CBSO. Deutsche Grammophon is arguably the world’s most prestigious record label, so we’re thrilled to be announcing these plans while also maintaining other recording projects including our ongoing Schubert symphonies cycle with Edward Gardner on Chandos.
Read the full story on our website.
With best wishes
Stephen Maddock
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From Stephen Maddock, CBSO Chief Executive
Dear xxxx
We are excited to be able to share news of the CBSO’s recording plans with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla as part of today’s announcement that Mirga has become the first female conductor to sign with the prestigious record label Deutsche Grammophon. She joins a select group of other world-leading conductors who already record on the label – Gustavo Dudamel (Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Music Director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra), and former CBSO Music Director Andris Nelsons.
Our first recording together will feature a collection of orchestral works by Polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg, whose centenary falls this year. The album’s centrepiece will be Weinberg’s Symphony No.21 “Kaddish” featuring the CBSO, Kremerata Baltica and CBSO artist in residence Gidon Kremer – and it also includes the early Symphony No.2 performed by Kremerata Baltica. Future plans include an album of major British works which will be released over the orchestra’s centenary period.
Announcing the partnership, Deutsche Grammophon President Dr Clemens Trautmann commented “Mirga has made a profound impression with the CBSO, introducing new repertoire and shining new light on works from the symphonic mainstream. I’m sure her first DG recordings will reach out to new audiences and set benchmarks for innovative programming.”
Mirga added “It’s very exciting that our partnership will document some of the musical adventures that the fabulous CBSO and I are about to embark on together and will celebrate the orchestra’s centenary with an album of landmarks of 20th-century British music. I look forward to this thrilling collaboration with DG and to the musical discoveries we can make together.”
This is great news for Mirga and by extension for the CBSO. Deutsche Grammophon is arguably the world’s most prestigious record label, so we’re thrilled to be announcing these plans while also maintaining other recording projects including our ongoing Schubert symphonies cycle with Edward Gardner on Chandos.
Read the full story on our website.
With best wishes
Stephen Maddock
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