Delos Diary

Our resident Janus (you know, the mythological character with two faces, pointing in opposite directions) would have to be Carol Rosenberger, Delos Vice President, A & R, and also one of the most recorded concert pianists in the business. In spite of a formidable load of executive decisions and details which chain her to the computer for many hours a week, she manages to keep her pianistic skills intact with relentless sessions at one of two majestic Bösendorfers which loom in stern rebuke not too far from the computers, printers, scanners, faxes, cell phones and other clutter necessary in today's business world.

Very soon she will have to tear herself away from the flickering screen for a series of live performances with Constantine Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in venues from Alaska to California. Also imminent is the release on Delos this fall of her new and much-anticipated recording of the Mozart Piano Concerto K. 271 and a Beethoven "Concertante" adapted from a piano and wind quintet for Carol and the MCO.

Meanwhile if you want to keep in touch with Carol's talent and are not on the receiving end of one of her concise and pointed daily business memos, try "Carol's Piano Collection" (DE 3306), a two-disc survey of piano classics by Haydn, R. Strauss, Hanson and Falla.