Delos Diary

The dog days of August are here. Just ahead, we anticipate a busy autumn and cooler weather. Looking at the accomplishments of the last twelve months, I was surprised to see how many relatively unfamiliar composer's names pop up on our Delos releases and those of our distributed labels.

As well as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, etc., I see Ennio Morricone, Stanley Myers, Pierre Max Dubois, Phillipe Gaubert, Alexandre Tansman, Pierre Sancar, Raffaele Bellafronte, and Michael Daugherty, to name a few. Classical 20th century composers like Howard Hanson, David Diamond, Paul Creston, Walter Piston, and Vincent Persichetti are also represented. There's plenty of novelty to stimulate even the most jaded CD addict among these offerings. Check out DE 3318, AV 1527, DE 3324, DE 3291, and DE 3708 and you'll see what I mean. Lots of exciting, unfamiliar music to alleviate the BLAHS of late summer.