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New contracts announced at the press conference include a new exclusive
agreement with the Celibidache family which will make Deutsche
Grammophon the Celibidaches' sole authorized partner worldwide for release
and exploitation of Sergiu Celibidache's legacy of unreleased recordings. In
the course of the next five years Deutsche Grammophon plans to issue The
Celibidache Edition, a comprehensive edition of Celibidache's work from all
major periods of his career. The Edition is to comprise a total of 60 CDs
- 12
per year over the next five years - to be released in boxed sets and later
individually. The first sets are scheduled to appear in 1999, thanks to an
agreement with Suddeutsche Rundfunk, and will document the conductor's
work with the SWR Stuttgart Radio-Symphony Orchestra from 1972 to 1983.
The first 3-CD set, to be released in February 1999, is devoted to the
complete Brahms Symphonies and includes a fourth, bonus CD featuring a
remarkable rehearsal of the first movement of the Fourth Symphony. Two
more sets will follow later in 1999, consisting of repertoire by Russian and
French composers with whom Celibidache was strongly associated. As with
the Brahms, both these sets will be accompanied by bonus CDs of
rehearsals.
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Gene Halaburt
genehal at csi.com