Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Releases Third Recording on ASO Media

Today, Tuesday, October 25, 2011, the Grammy® Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra released its third recording on its record label, ASO Media, for physical distribution. Distributed by Naxos of America, this all-Rachmaninov release features Music Director Robert Spano leading the Orchestra in Piano Concerto No. 3 with Garrick Ohlsson, a frequent guest and friend of the Orchestra - this release marks Mr. Ohlsson's first-ever recording of the concerto. Also on the recording is Symphonic Dances, a signature Robert Spano/Atlanta Symphony collaboration, as Mr. Spano has led the work on tour, as well as repeatedly in Atlanta with the Orchestra.

Music Director Robert Spano and the Orchestra will perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Mr. Ohlsson on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The Orchestra's inaugural release on ASO Media, which was launched in February 2011, featured Mr. Spano leading the Orchestra in Atlanta School of Composers member, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Jennifer Higdon's new concerto, On A Wire, featuring the chamber ensemble eighth blackbird. A new choral work of Michael Gandolfi, also an Atlanta School member, was on this recording - his QED: Engaging Richard Feynman highlights the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, which celebrated its 40th anniversary during the 2010-11 season. Both works were commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony, and given world-premiere performances in June 2010 at Atlanta Symphony Hall.

In June 2011, the Orchestra released its second recording on ASO Media, featuring Music Director Robert Spano leading the Orchestra in Atlanta School of Composers member Christopher Theofanidis's Symphony No. 1 and the late Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs with mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor.

The ASO Media label is one of the many legacies of Mr. Spano's tenure with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The 2010-11 season, which marked his 10th year as Music Director, also celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Atlanta School of Composers, a continuing commitment by Mr. Spano and the Orchestra to nurture and champion contemporary music through multi-year partnerships with a new generation of American composers, including Michael Gandolfi, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, and Adam Schoenberg. Since the beginning of Mr. Spano's tenure in 2001, he and the Orchestra have performed more than 100 concerts featuring contemporary works (composed since 1950).

ASO Media is the latest in a growing list of American orchestras to bring their own labels to Naxos for distribution. The ASO Media production team includes long-time Atlanta Symphony Orchestra collaborators Elaine Martone and Michael Bishop.

 

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