“Wait for me, And I’ll be back. But please, just wait.” One evening in the summer of 2001, Delos founder Amelia Haygood and I were relaxing with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Constantine Orbelian in a Moscow restaurant after a recording session for Dmitri’s Verdi Arias album (DE 3292). Dmitri and Constantine began describing some of their favorite…
Our American patriotic month is the perfect time to shine the spotlight on our wonderful Great American Composers 6-CD Box set. These reflect the best of our American heritage — our spirit of freedom, respect for fellow human beings, and reverence for our natural environment. Get the box set for the low price of $19.98…
In 1973, I began recording for the fledgling Delos label with Szymanowski’s Masques and Etudes. Delos was the brainchild of the remarkable Amelia Haygood, then a practicing psychologist, who was also a lifelong classical music devotee. Amelia’s mission in forming Delos was to give American artists an international platform. (Everyone in the classical music business…
Below is an excerpt from Delos Director Carol Rosenberger‘s new memoir, To Play Again, about when she first came across the music of Mark Abel: As I continue as caretaker of Delos, there are always exciting developments on the horizon—some carefully planned and others completely unexpected. And I always wish I could share them with…
“Nothing is better than music… and when the enchantment has ceased, we are still bathed in its clarity… and the certitude of finding something again, that which lives forever in music” —Nadia Boulanger Pre-Order Dear friends, News flash! The legendary Nadia Boulanger, known primarily as mentor to some of the most famous 20th century composers,…
When a family member grieves, we grieve. Here at Delos, our hearts go out to the great pianist Vadym Kholodenko, at this time of unspeakable tragedy in his life. Vadym became a member of our Delos family very early in his career, when he made two treasurable recordings for us. And now we are all…
Dear friends, Have you ever heard an opera about people who could be living right down the street from you? Welcome to Mark Abel’s Home Is a Harbor. In this spellbinding work, he has created characters that belong to OUR world; we recognize them as being like us. An especially poignant part of the story…
Each concerto recording in this collection originally appeared as the solo turn on a symphonic album conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Jerry and I both relished the chance to present piano-and-orchestra repertoire that was “right” for the symphonic program and in some cases under-served on recording. It was some time after all six had appeared in…
My Mozart roots go back to early childhood, as do those of most pianists, and include long and happy associations with a number of his incomparable piano works, especially the concerti, in my touring years. A longtime bond with the Sonata in A Major, K. 331 began when I played the third movement at around age seven. In my sheet music it was…
I recorded this Themes & Variations program in 1997, as a “Companion Disc” for a children’s album entitled “…such Stuff as Dreams…” the children’s CD itself was a sequel to the earlier “Perchance to Dream,” which had been the beginning of the Delos Young People’s Series a few years earlier. The repertoire for both children’s…
Napa Valley Festival del Sole (an annual celebration of music, wine, food, the arts and wellness) featured Delos artists Ildar Abdrazakov and Constantine Orbelian in a spectacular concert with violinist Midori. Midori was magical in the first half, and after intermission Ildar and Constantine brought the house down repeatedly. As an encore, they did “Toreador”…
“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send…
Richard Rodney Bennett and I first worked together on his Delos albums My Keyboard Friends (DE 6002) and I Never Went Away (DE 5001). We stayed in close touch and became good friends. One evening when we were having dinner together in NYC, I mentioned to him that I was going to record a Barcarolle…
For Amelia Haygood, Delos was a labor of love. As James Jolly of Gramophone wrote at the time of her death: “Her zeal and desire for excellence created a label with a strong personality that not only attracted a host of major performers but which also gained plaudits for its technical excellence (John Eargle, Delos’…
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