Dallas Symphony Inks Deal with Naxos

Dallas — Today the Dallas Symphony Orchestra announced an international distribution partnership with Naxos, a major distributor of classical music recordings. The symphony's label is called DSO Live, and its recordings will be available for download beginning April 1, 2012.

"This agreement will put our superlative recordings in the international market place," said Interim President and CEO David Hyslop. "Naxos is a pipeline to vendors throughout North, Central and South America, in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. This partnership will also allow music lovers around the globe to download Dallas Symphony recordings."

The agreement covers all of the recordings with Music Director Jaap van Zweden that have been released or are scheduled for release on the DSO Live label during the contract.

"Naxos' interest in the Dallas Symphony is proof of the tremendous artistic growth of this orchestra," van Zweden said. "This international exposure will reflect well not only on the musicians of the Dallas Symphony, but on the city itself as a major cultural center. We are proud to serve as cultural ambassadors for Dallas through this new partnership."

The recordings to be distributed initially include Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh Symphonies; Tchaikovsky's Fourth and Fifth Symphonies; Capriccio Italien and Mozartiana Suite; and Steven Stucky's August 4, 1964, an acclaimed work for soloists, chorus and orchestra about the Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson. The Stucky is scheduled for release in late February, 2012. Future recording projects will include Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony and Rococo Variations, which will be recorded live at concerts in February and May of this year.

Celebrating 25 years in 2012, Naxos has evolved from its beginnings as a budget label to a leading classical music group. Headquartered in Hong Kong with distribution and marketing subsidiaries in 15 countries, the group distributes its Naxos, Naxos AudioBook and Marco Polo labels, while providing distribution and licensing services to more than 200 independent and major CD and DVD labels. The Naxos group is also an industry leader in music education, boasting a wide range of physical and digital education products. Operating across six platforms, the Naxos Group's digital products include the Naxos Music Library, Naxos Spoken Word Library, Naxos Video Library subscription service, and the ClassicsOnline download platform.