On August 3, composer extraordinaire Joseph Bertolozzi will celebrate the tenth anniversary of his unprecedented and absolutely unique Bridge Music album (DE 1045) that was released on Delos in 2009. Two years in the making, this stunning program actually featured the use of a large suspension bridge over the Hudson River in New York (The…
Composer John Knowles Paine (1839 – 1906)—also an acclaimed organist, choirmaster, pianist and pedagogue—is primarily known as the first American to earn recognition for his larger-scale symphonic and choral-orchestral works: music that has attracted renewed interest in recent decades. Of lesser renown are his choral, chamber and keyboard compositions. Recordings devoted to his beautifully crafted…
A recent announcement on the OPERAWIRE website revealed that the voice contest in the upcoming 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition (beginning June 17) will offer a special new prize in memory of legendary operatic baritone and Delos Artist Dmitri Hvorostovsky. The prize will include an award of $15,000 USD and a performance in the Russian city…
On May 6, it was announced that “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, in partnership with the All-Star Orchestra (ASO) under the baton of prolific Delos recording artist Gerard Schwarz, had won this year’s Emmy® Award in the Special Event Coverage (Other than News and Sports) category. This was the seventh Emmy® won by…
In “Rag of Ragnar,” Mass Transmission’s bonus track, Mason Bates has remixed elements of Mass Transmission’s choral and electronic sound-worlds into a beguiling “mashup” meant as a tribute to his friend and collaborator Ragnar Bohlin, who made this recording possible. Pre-Order Delos Music Amazon ArkivMusic
Lawrence Brownlee—considered by many to be the greatest bel canto tenor of our time—celebrated his latest birthday on Saturday, 24 November. His two albums for Delos thus far have been universally acclaimed, and glowing reviews just keep popping up —witness the rave below, published on Nov 25: “Lawrence Brownlee, a full-blooded Bel Canto tenor with…
You may already be aware that the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are Europe’s rough equivalent to the classical end of our own Grammys, with distinguished jury members representing 16 different countries ranging from Turkey to Russia. Delos has been honored to receive eight ICMA nominations from 2016 to 2018, making Delos one of the handful…
Some of you are no doubt already aware that Donald Hall—the former U.S. Poet Laureate whose verses were masterfully set by two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Herschel Garfein—passed away on Saturday, June 23. Readers of this blog know that the resulting song cycle, Mortality Mansions (DE 3548), was released on Delos just this month. We’d like…
It has just been announced that Delos artist Ragnar Bohlin, GRAMMY-winning choral conductor extraordinaire, has received Chorus America’s 2018 Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art: one of the world’s most prestigious awards for excellence in professional choral singing. Chorus America’s mission statement says it all: Chorus America is the leading…
Within the broad spectrum of chamber music repertoire, pairings of harp and piano are rare. Perhaps that’s because the sometimes subtle differences between the sounds of a piano and a harp in tandem made many composers question the practicality of partnering the two. Yet upon hearing both instruments together, many listeners have been captivated by…
Ding-Dong, Delos! We are excited to start the Christmas season, and to kick it off, we’ve got an updated playlist on Spotify and a sale on our entire Christmas album collection! Now through December 17th, save 25% on all of our Christmas recordings! It seems that nothing ushers in the Christmas season and promotes holiday…
Universally beloved baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky lost his valiant battle with brain cancer on Wednesday, November 22, in hospice care in London, at the age of 55 surrounded by those who knew and loved him most intimately. It is with shock, infinite sadness and deepest personal grief that we at Delos humbly offer this eulogy to…
Order Now “The great Nadia Boulanger was a pianist, organist, conductor, composer and a legendary pedagogue and composition teacher. … Out of the 37 works offered here, 13 are world premiere recordings, including 11 unpublished works (eight art songs and 3 piano pieces) that were transcribed From Boulanger’s manuscripts. Altogether, we’re speaking of performances of…
Order Now ForumOpera has a great new review for Angelique Zuluaga’s Poldowski Art Songs! “After having given Nadia Boulanger an infinitely well-deserved homage, the American label is further pursuing the defense and illustration of the French mélodie with another unjustly neglected female composer: Poldowski, alias Irène Régine Wieniawska, AKA Lady Dean Paul (1879-1932). … here…
Order Now Listen Now Les martyrs grew out of Donizetti’s original three-act, Italian-libretto version Poliuto. Set in ancient Roman-occupied Armenia, its “sacred” theme of early martyrdom of a Christian saint at the hands of the pagan Romans ran afoul of the notoriously touchy Neapolitan censors, and—ultimately—the reigning king. Enraged at the banning of his creation…
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