[78-L] Deutsche Grammophon 111 year anniversary Press Release

[Steve Ramm]

I just got this press release and thought the classical folks would find the info interesting,

 

Steve

 

Celebrating 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon 
 
55-CD Box Set and More To Be Released October 20 
 
Dedicated Website www.dg-111.com To Go Live September 12
 

 
            New York, NY (September 11, 2009) -- Deutsche Grammophon, the distinguished “Yellow Label,” celebrates its 111th anniversary with a dedicated website, limited edition box set CD releases, downloads, DVDs, and more. 
            Since its founding in 1898, Deutsche Grammophon has been considered the leader in the classical music recording industry offering the most technologically advanced, highest quality recordings of the newest, brightest, as well as prominent, well-established artists. Deutsche Grammophon’s 111th anniversary celebration recognizes and commemorates the label’s rich history and forward-thinking ideology. 
            Deutsche Grammophon’s president Michael Lang said, “Deutsche Grammophon remains the preeminent classical recording company – presenting the finest in recorded music by the best artists – while anticipating and fulfilling the evolving interests of its old and new audiences. Deutsche Grammophon is poised for a vibrant future as remarkable as its storied past.” 
            Christopher Roberts, president of Classics and Jazz for Universal Music Group International also stated, “With 111 years of history behind it, Deutsche Grammophon remains the world’s largest and proudest classical music label. Since its 100th anniversary eleven years ago, it has continued to thrive in an especially challenging global environment for recorded music.”  Mr. Roberts added, “Deutsche Grammophon flourishes because it has never lost sight of its underlying philosophy: Support the artist with the means to make great music and deliver this great music to the public in a beautiful package with creative ideas.” 
            
www.dg-111.com
            Designed exclusively for the label’s 111th anniversary, Deutsche Grammophon will launch a new website, www.dg-111.com, on September 12, 2009. Visitors to the website can explore the Deutsche Grammophon catalog (including buy links to Deutsche Grammophon’s online store, www.dgwebshop.com, customized for the U.S. consumer) and browse a detailed overview of the label’s 111-year history. The website will remain live for 111 days from September 12 through December 31, 2009, and each week will feature a different complete recording from The Collector’s Edition 55 CD box set, available for streaming at no cost over the duration of the entire week. The website will also include numerous interactive elements including a “Hall of Fame” in which users vote for their favorite DG recordings and user-uploaded stories and photos. Users can also register to win prizes including a grand prize luxury Mediterranean cruise with Hapag Lloyd Cruises and USB sticks containing the 111 Classic Tracks (described below). 111 winners will be chosen through a random drawing with no purchase necessary. 
 
The Collector’s Edition
            This premier limited edition CD box set includes iconic, classic recordings, bestsellers, popular hits and masterworks from the Deutsche Grammophon catalog on 55 discs jacketed in their original cover art with a 144-page booklet. Each album is complete, as originally programmed, and several include additional material. With works chosen to comprise a musical reference library, an anthology of this breadth and scope is the first of its kind and features music from Monteverdi to Arvo Pärt, Furtwängler to Dudamel, with Kleiber conducting Beethoven, Bernstein conducting West Side Story, Pollini playing Chopin, the Emerson String Quartet playing Bach, and Magdalena Ko¾ená singing Handel, to list only a very few. 
 
111 Classic Tracks
            This six-CD set offers 111 single tracks including one from each of the 51 distinguished artists featured in the The Collector’s Edition plus 60 more. From historical early recordings of Caruso, Richard Strauss, and Hans Hotter, to the very new recordings of Measha Brueggergosman and Yuja Wang, the collection is the most complete, compact survey of the record label ever assembled. Track listings are also attached.
            
            The Collector’s Edition and 111 Classic Tracks will be available for download as LossLess (CD-quality) files from Deutsche Grammophon’s online web shop, www.dgwebshop.com, as well as from iTunes, beginning October 20, 2009.  The box sets can be pre-ordered online prior to October 20. 
 
11 Classic Videos on DVD
            Deutsche Grammophon’s third 111th anniversary release, 11 Classic Videos on DVD, features 11 films, considered some of the best performances ever released on video by Deutsche Grammophon, on 13 DVDs. This compilation from the Unitel Classica catalog ranges from Wilhelm Furtwängler’s 1954 Don Giovanni with Cesare Siepi and Lisa della Casa to Mozart Violin Concertos performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter to The Making of West Side Story, with a bonus DVD of Claudio Abbado’s interpretation of Peter and the Wolf narrated by Sting.
 
State of the Art – The Story of Deutsche Grammophon
            State of the Art – The Story of Deutsche Grammophon, is a limited edition 224-page hardcover book published by Verlhac, detailing the exhaustive history of the world’s oldest record label.  Tracing Deutsche Grammophon’s progress from founding to current day, State of the Art – The Story of Deutsche Grammophon imparts the label’s impact on the recording industry and technology, and includes over 200 photos, historical documents, interviews and contributions from the artists, historians, producers, engineers and employees who have played a vital role in the label’s success.
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