“The National Symphony Orchestra will launch its own record label on February 21, the orchestra announced Tuesday,” writes Jane Recker in Tuesday’s (11/12) Washingtonian. “The first recording of the orchestra under the direction of conductor Gianandrea Noseda will feature Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid. Producing recordings in-house is another step up for the NSO…. One of Noseda’s goals has been to bring the symphony’s work to a wider, more diverse audience…. Noseda has brought an ‘electricity and energy’ to the group’s performances for the past two seasons, NSO Executive Director Gary Ginstling says. ‘We want to be able to document the legacy of [Noseda’s] artistic relationship with the orchestra,’ Ginstling says…. In a collaboration influenced by Noseda’s role as principal guest conductor for the London Symphony Orchestra, the British symphony’s record label—LSO Live—will distribute the NSO’s new label…. LSO Live [distributes] the work of groups like the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, to an international audience. The NSO will be the first American group distributed by the label.”
Posted November 14, 2019
