(Almost) the only German at the Grammys

(Almost) the only German at the Grammys

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norman lebrecht

February 10, 2015

Burkhard Schmilgun and his CPO label, based in bucolic Osnabrück, were not just first-time winners in Hollywood: they are being celebrated in home-country media as the only German label to get a sniff of Grammy glory.

Their Charpentier album took the opera Grammy. How did they win it?

‘I knew nothing about the jury, or what went on behind the scenes,’ confesses Burkhard (pictured left). Read here (auf Deutsch).

 

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UPDATE: Hilary Hahn won. She was on DG. Er, what does the D stand for… ?

Comments

  • SDReader says:

    God, are there no dentists “in bucolic Osnabrück”?

  • RW2013 says:

    Excellent label.

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