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An upcoming Curtis Institute of Music orchestra concert will be recorded for commercial release. Ondine Records will distribute Hindemith’s Klaviermusik mit Orchester and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”), to be recorded April 27 in a concert with Christoph Eschenbach at the Kimmel Center. "Curtis will record, edit, and produce, while Ondine will manufacture and distribute the final product to an international market," a Curtis release says.
Eschenbach pal Kevin Kleinmann will be executive producer.
The soloist in the Hindemith is Leon Fleisher (pictured) in what Curtis says is the first-ever commercial release of the work (though we tend to be wary of such emphatic statements).
Curtis last worked with a label in 1995. With EMI Classics, they recorded a Vaughan Williams release conducted by André Previn. Pop and commercial father-figure Phil Ramone (Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Stan Getz, Quincy Jones) was the producer.
The Ondine recording is scheduled for release in Spring 2009.