Just in: Daniel Barenboim ties his future to DG
mainHe signed an extensive deal in Berlin today to make recordings with the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Staatsoper unter den Linden, the Boulez Ensemble and members of the Barenboim-Said Akademie.
‘I welcome this exclusive relationship with Deutsche Grammophon and believe that it will introduce the philosophy of the Pierre Boulez Saal, with its vision of the ‘thinking ear’ and of active, engaged listening, to a large new audience,’ said Barenboim. ‘We want to share what happens when performers explore music on all levels – emotional, sensory, spiritual, intellectual – and open minds to the understanding and insights that this can bring to our lives. There is so much that music can teach us about being human, about healing division and harmonising the rational and the irrational, the logical and the intuitive.’
DG says it will develop three recording series: Barenboim, the Pianist and Conductor, Barenboim the Chamber Music Player and Barenboim, the Educator and Innovator.
‘Daniel Barenboim has done so much to communicate the highest values of classical music to audiences around the world,’ said Dr Clemens Trautmann, President Deutsche Grammophon. ‘The Maestro made his first recording for the yellow label over forty-five years ago and we are delighted to continue the relationship with this new collaboration, one that reflects his passions as musician, humanist, educator and innovator. We look forward to exploring a wide spectrum of music with one of the greatest and most versatile classical musicians of all time and sharing his art with an equally wide global audience.’
DG are so happy they bought him a new hat, with matching coat and wall.
photo © Paul Schirnhofer / DG
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