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January 2008: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in conjunction with Itunes releases a live, download only recording of Shostakovich's Symphony 5 with Myung Whun Chung
conducting. The Chicago Tribune described the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's September 2006 performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 under the direction of Myung-Whun Chung as an absorbing account, with playing of admirable gravity, depth, commitment, and power. The recording was produced and edited by Michael Fine at
Fine Sound Productions, and mixed and mastered by Michael Fine and
Wolf-Dieter Karwatky at BKL in Lueneburg, Germany.
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November 2007: The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra's Music Director Designate Yannick Nezet-Seguin
led the renowned Dutch orchestra in live recordings of Strauss' Tod
und Verklaerung and Beethoven's Eroica in orchestra's home venue, De
Doelen. The recordings, from four concerts, will be post-produced by
Michael Fine. Fine will produce the orchestra's next series of live
recordings in January. Meanwhile, Nezet-Seguin's recording of Maurice
Ravel's La Valse, Daphnis et Chloe, Suite 2, Valse Nobles et
Sentimentales, and Ma Mere L'oye recorded in sessions in June are in
the final stages of post-production. Nezet-Seguin succeeds current Music Director Valery Gergiev at the beginning of the 2008/9 season. Fine is the Senior Artistic Planning Advisor with the orchestra.
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November 2007: Black Box recordings has released our production of Paul Schoenfield's Four Parables along with his Cafe Music and Souvenirs. Pianist Andrew Russo recorded the demanding Parables in Prague's Rudolfinum with JoAnn Falletta leading the Prague Philharmonia. The two chamber works were recorded at Syracuse University with violinst James Ehnes and cellist Edward Aaron joining Russo. As Allmusic recently wrote: (Schoenfield's)
work receives superlative, committed performances on this CD featuring
pianist, Andrew Russo, the Prague Philharmonia, conducted by JoAnn
Falletta, violinist James Ehnes, and cellist Edward Arron, all of whom
play with warmth, deep feeling, and swinging rhythmic energy. Black
Box's sound is clean, open, and vibrant.
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Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony Orchestra recorded Zemlinsky's Lyric Sympony and Berg's Lyric Suite in Jones Hall with Michael Fine, producer, Rich Mays and Brian Peters, engineers. The recording will be released by Naxos. Soloists in the Zemlinsky were soprano Twyla Robinson and baritone Roman Trekel.
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Naxos, celebrating its 20th anniversary, will be releasing four recent recordings produced by Michael Fine, including two with cellist Mark Kosower and pianist Jee-Won Oh:
the complete music for cello and piano by Ginaster and a disc of
Hungarian literature by Bartok, Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Popper and Rozsa. The
recording took place in the Beethovensaal in Hannover, Germany. Also
scheduled for release by Naxos in March 2008 is the first volume of the solo piano music of
Ferdinand Ries with pianist Susan Kagan, recorded by Michael Fine in New
York's KAS Music and Sound. Last but not least, in January 2008 Naxos releases volume 2 of the music of Kenneth Fuchs including his new concerto, Canticle to the Sun, written for and performed on the new CD by the London Symphony's principal horn, Timothy Jones. JoAnn Falletta leads the London Symphony Orchestra in the recording made in LSO St. Lukes.
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Michael Fine, Senior Artistic Planning Advisor to the
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
begins his fourth season with theoOrchestra. Fine is responsible for artistic management,
programming the ensemble's extensive season and tours and for engaging
all guest artists. Concurrently, Michael begins his third season as
Senior Artistic Planning Advisor to Korea's leading orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic, Myung Whun Chung, Music Director, where he programs the orchestra's subscription concerts, engages soloists and conductors, and advises on a variety of topics including auditions, recruitment of musicians, media,marketing, and touring.
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A group of distinguished American clarinetists including Laura Ardan, Timothy Paradise, Ted Schoen and composer Evan Ziporyn recorded works of Zipporyn, John Harbison and Gunther Schuller at Minnesota Public Radio's St Paul studio with engineer Tom Mudge. The sessions, produced by Michael Fine, will continue wtih Ricardo Morales for Piazolla' L'Histoire du Tango for four clarinets and works by Elliot Carter and Meyer Kupferman. The recording will be released by Naxos.
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