Re: Planned DG releases in 1999

George Murnu (gmurnu at erols.com)
Thu, 04 Mar 1999 00:09:15 -0500

This site is the online interview with Serge Ioan Celebidachi, the great
conductor's son. He mentions some details of the upcoming releases, and
they do include Bruckner.

http://www.swr-online.de/cgi-bin/celibidache/forum.cgi.

The site can also be accessed from the DG web site (
http://www.dgclassics.com/ ) but this is the direct link.

Regards,

George

> Bruce Morrison wrote:
>
> I've just received the DG Brahms set and the booklet includes some
> information about the planned releases during 1999. Three sets are
> listed as follows.
>
> Russian Repertoire (3 CDs):
>
> CD1:
> Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures At An Exhibition
> Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss (suite)
>
> CD2:
> Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherezade
> Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
>
> CD3:
> Prokofiev: Scythian Suite + Symphony No 5
>
> Richard Strauss and Respighi (2 CDs):
>
> CD1:
> Strauss: Don Juan + Tod und Verkl舐ung
>
> CD2:
> Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
> Respighi: Pines Of Rome
>
> French Repertoire (3 CDs):
>
> CD1:
> Debussy: La Mer + Three Nocturnes
>
> CD2:
> Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso + Rhapsodie Espagnole
> Debussy: Iberia
>
> CD3:
> Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite 2 + Tombeau de Couperin + La Valse
>
> There is no mention of a Bruckner set for 1999, although I believe
> this has been indicated as a planned release in Japan. So perhaps the
> European releases will not exactly follow the Japanese ones.
>
> If any of our Japanese friends have more information on this, it would
> be interesting to hear it.
>
> --
> Bruce Morrison (bruce.morrison at dial.pipex.com)