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CMS and Deutsche Grammophon Announce Major Collaboration

THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER JOINS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON’S DIGITAL DG CONCERTS SERIES

Debut release Debussy and the Moderns – Six Sonatas for Diverse Instruments features music by Debussy, Stucky, Saariaho, and Dalbavie

Deutsche Grammophon’s pioneering initiative for recording and releasing concert performances will now broaden its scope. While DG Concerts have successfully partnered with such illustrious orchestral collaborators as the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, it now adds a top-drawer chamber-music series to the digital mix.

DG Concerts takes pride in announcing that The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) has signed on to our popular new venture. The first recording of three to be released during the 2006-2007 is available beginning February 6.

Learn more about the release and download it now!

The first project of this new DG Concerts collaboration features one of this season’s most stimulating and critically acclaimed CMS programs. The three chamber sonatas of a planned cycle of six that Claude Debussy was able to compose before his death in 1918 are coupled with the “completion” of the French master’s ambitious project by three of the most exciting creative voices on the current musical scene: French composer Marc-André Dalbavie, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, and American composer Steven Stucky.

“We are proud to welcome America’s premier chamber-music repertoire company to our DG Concerts roster,” says Michael Lang, President of Deutsche Grammophon. “The Chamber Music Society, with its outstanding artists and adventurous projects, is a perfect fit for our new concept in presenting classical music.”

Matthew Cosgrove, Deutsche Grammophon’s Vice-President of Artists & Repertoire, added: “I am delighted that the CMS will be joining Deutsche Grammophon. Its founding in 1969 marked the beginning of a new era for chamber music in the United States, and its involvement in DG Concerts with inspiring programs such as this ‘complete Debussy chamber sonata cycle’ will usher in a new era of chamber-music enjoyment for audiences worldwide.”
About the contract, CMS Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han said: “We are truly excited to become a DG Concerts partner. Deutsche Grammophon’s unwavering and visionary commitment to the future of recording mirrors the Chamber Music Society’s devotion to serving our art at the highest level. As the exciting future of recording unfolds, we look forward to working with DG Concerts to ensure an engaged and growing audience for great music.”

The next recording by the CMS for DG Concerts to be released this spring will include Baroque repertoire.

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