Alison Ames

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Producer for the label [l7703]. Also credited as a sleeve/liner notes translator.
Publicity director, Deutsche Grammophon, New York City, 1974-1976; product manager, Deutsche Grammophon, Hamburg, Germany, 1977-1980; label manager, Deutsche Grammophon, New York City, 1980-1989; executive producer, Deutsche Grammophon, New York City, 1989-1995; vice president, Electric and Music Industries Classics, New York City, since 1995.

ALBUMS

Musical Showstar 2008

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Polystar (3), ZDF,

Shostakovich* - Emerson String Quartet

The String Quartets

Modern/Chamber Music/String Ensemble

Samuel Barber - Cheryl Studer, Thomas Hampson, John Browning (2), Emerson String Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven, Krystian Zimerman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Klavierkonzert No. 5 »Emperor« Concerto

Leonard Bernstein

1991, CD, Promo, Deutsche Grammophon

APPEARANCES +

The Conductor: Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon And Decca

2022, 84xCD, Comp + 4xBlu-ray + Box, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Baroque/Romantic/Modern/Neo-Classical/Twelve-tone/Opera

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

2021, 55xCD, Comp + Box, Deutsche Grammophon,

Modern/Romantic/Baroque/Classical

Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

2019, 50xCD, Comp + Box, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Neo-Classical/Operetta/Choral/Oratorio

2018, Box, Comp + 26xCD + 3xDVD, Deutsche Grammophon,

Modern/Post-Modern

Leonard Bernstein

Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon & Decca

2018, 121xCD, Mono, RE, RM + 36xDVD-V, RE, S/Edition + B, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Neo-Classical/Modern/Choral/Opera/Impressionist

DG 120 - The Anniversary Edition

2018, 121xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Blu-ray, Blu-ray-A + Box,, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic/Modern/Baroque/Medieval/Choral/Early/Opera/Oratorio/Schlager/Twelve-tone/Radioplay

Bernstein*, Wiener Philharmoniker

Bernstein / Wiener Philharmoniker

2017, 8xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Modern/Neo-Romantic/Romantic

Boulez*, The Cleveland Orchestra

Boulez / The Cleveland Orchestra

2017, 8xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Modern/Contemporary/Neo-Romantic/Romantic/Impressionist

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Abbado*, Bernstein*, Dutoit*, Jochum*, Kubelik*, Nelsons*, Ozawa*, Previn*, Steinberg*, Tilson Thomas*, Williams*

Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

2017, 57xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic/Modern/Opera/Choral

Complete Concerto Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

2016, 22xCD + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Baroque/Contemporary/Romantic/Modern

Emerson String Quartet

Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern

The Early Years

2014, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Contemporary/Classical

A Life For Music

2014, 23xCD, Comp + Box, Deutsche Grammophon,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Choral

The Debussy Edition

2012, Box, Comp, Cla + 17xCD, Mono + CD, Bon, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca,

Impressionist/Opera

Jennifer Koh - Bach* / Ysaÿe* / Saariaho* / Mazzoli*

Bach & Beyond Part 1

2012, CD, Album, Cedille Records

Igor Stravinsky - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

The Firebird · Petrushka · The Rite Of Spring

Boulez* - Stravinsky*

Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky

2010, 6xCD + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon

Beethoven*, Emerson String Quartet

The String Quartets

2010, 7x CD, Box Set,

Romantic/Classical

Bartók* - Boulez*

Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartók

2009, 8xCD + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Isabel Bayrakdarian

Leonard Bernstein – Tchaikovsky*

Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 "Pathétique" / "1812" Overture / Romeo & Juliet / Francesca Di Rimini

2007, 4xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Bartók* / Stravinski* - Orquesta Sinfónica De Chicago*, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Concierto Para Orquesta / La Consagración De La Primavera / El Pájaro De Fuego

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Dig, RBA Coleccionables, RBA Coleccionables,

Neo-Classical/Modern

Debussy*, The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus*, Pierre Boulez, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

La Mer · Nocturnes · Jeux · Images I & II · Children's Corner

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Dig, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Mahler*, Leonard Bernstein

Mahler II – Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon: Symphonies Nos. 5 - 7 / Rückert Lieder / Kindertotenlieder

2005, 5xCD + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Mahler*, Leonard Bernstein

Mahler I – Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 / Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen

2005, 6xCD, Album, Comp, RE + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon

Boulez* / Stravinski*, Chœurs De La Radio De Berlin*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Berlin*

Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky

2005, 4xCD + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Neo-Classical/Modern

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Dutilleux* / Bartók* / Stravinsky*

Sur Le Même Accord / Violin Concerto No. 2 / Concerto En Ré

Obsessions (Wagner And Strauss Arias And Scenes)

Handel* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Concerti Grossi Op. 6 • Water Music • Music For The Royal Fireworks

2002, 3xCD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Stravinsky*, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boulez*

Le Sacre Du Printemps • The Firebird

Emerson String Quartet

The Emerson Encores

2002, CD Universal M&L Germany,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Back To The Future (Selected 20th-Century Violin Works)

2000, 4xCD, Comp, Ltd, Deutsche Grammophon,

Modern/Neo-Classical/Post-Modern

Shostakovich*, Emerson String Quartet

String Quartets

Prokofiev* - Andreas Schmidt (2), Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

7 Symphonies - Lieutenant Kijé-Suite

Beethoven* - Emerson String Quartet

String Quartets Op.59 No. 3 & Op.132

1998, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic

Leonard Bernstein

West Side Story / Candide / Trouble In Tahiti Excerpts

1998, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Contemporary/Musical

Mischa Maisky, J. S. Bach*, Martha Argerich, Vivaldi*, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

3 Cello Sonatas / 2 Cello Concertos

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Lynn Harrell

1997, CD, Album, EMI Classics

Dvořák* – Gil Shaham, Orli Shaham

Dvořák For Two

Jazz At The Musikverein

Contemporary Jazz/Swing

Mozart*, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Symphonies Nos. 29, 33 & 40

Violin Romances

Romantic/Classical

Handel*, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Concerti Grossi Op. 6

1996, 3x CD 4D Audio Recording,

Serge Prokofiev* – Gil Shaham, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Violin Concertos 1 & 2, Sonata For Solo Violin

Beethoven*, Emerson String Quartet

String Quartets · Op.18 No.3 · Op.130 & "Grosse Fuge"

Zoltán Kodály, Josef Suk (2) – Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Modern/Romantic

Richard Strauss - Gary Graffman, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn

Symphonia Domestica / Parergon

Shostakovich*, Mischa Maisky, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 = Cellokonzerte = Concertos Pour Violoncelle

1995, CD, Album, PMD, Deutsche Grammophon,

André Previn And Friends Play Show Boat

1995, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon

Debussy* / The Cleveland Orchestra • Pierre Boulez

La Mer • Nocturnes • Jeux • Rhapsodie Pour Clarinette Et Orchestre

Anton Webern, Emerson String Quartet

Works For String Quartet . String Trio Op.20

Britten* · Henze* · Kodály* · Berio*, Matt Haimovitz

The 20th-Century Cello

Bernstein* - Hadley* • Anderson* • Ludwig* • Green* • Gedda* • Jones* • Ollmann* • London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus* • Leonard Bernstein

Vivaldi* / Boccherini*, Mischa Maisky, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Cello Concertos = Cellokonzerte

Tschaikowsky*, Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

Symphonie Nr.5 · Ouverture »1812«

James Levine (2), The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*

Maestro of the Met: James Levine & Friends

Schumann* - Menahem Pressler · Emerson String Quartet

Piano Quintet Op.44 · Klavierquintett · Quintette Avec Piano / Piano Quartet · Klavierquartett Op.47

André Previn And Friends Play Show Boat

Jean Sibelius - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Staatskapelle Dresden, André Previn

Mozart*, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, David Garrett (4), Claudio Abbado

Violinkonzerte = Violin Concertos = Concertos Pour Violon K. 218 & 217a

1995, CD PMDC Germany,

Richard Strauss - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Kathleen Battle, Toni Morrison, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, André Previn

Vivaldi* - Gil Shaham, Orpheus*

1994, CD PMDC Pressing, CD PMDC Pressing,

Haydn* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Symphonies No. 53 "L"Impériale" • No. 73 "La Chasse" • No. 79

Shostakovich* / Schumann*, Gidon Kremer, Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa

Violin Concerto No. 2

Romantic/Modern

Mozart*, Emerson String Quartet

String Quartets K. 387 & 421 = Streichquartette = Quatuors À Cordes

Rossini* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Dvořák* - Emerson String Quartet, Menahem Pressler

Piano Quintet Op. 81 / Piano Quartet Op. 87

Charles Ives - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

A Set Of Pieces - Music By Charles Ives

Barber* / Korngold*, Gil Shaham, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Violin Concertos = Violinkonzerte / Much Ado About Nothing – Suite

Modern/Romantic

Mendelssohn* - Kathleen Battle • Frederica von Stade • Judi Dench • Tanglewood Festival Chorus • Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Betty Comden & Adolph Green*, Jerome Robbins, Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine, David Garrison, Kurt Ollmann, Evelyn Lear, Marie McLaughlin, Tyne Daly, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Michael Tilson Thomas

1993, Laserdisc, 12", Deutsche Grammophon,

Paganini* • Gil Shaham • Göran Söllscher

Paganini For Two

Richard Strauss

Rosenkavaliersuite / Vier Sinfonische Zwischenspiele / Capriccio / Salome

Respighi* • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Ancient Airs and Dances I & III • Three Botticelli Pictures • The Birds

Bartók* / Wolfram Christ, Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

Musik Für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug Und Celesta = Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta • Bratschenkonzert = Viola Concerto

Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green*, Jerome Robbins, Frederica von Stade • Thomas Hampson • Samuel Ramey • Cleo Laine • David Garrison • Kurt Ollmann • Evelyn Lear • Marie McLaughlin And Tyne Daly, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Leonard Bernstein, Jessye Norman, Tyne Daly, Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, June Anderson, Tatiana Troyanos, José Carreras, Thomas Hampson, Mstislav Rostropovich

Somewhere - The Leonard Bernstein Album

Modern/Musical/Score/Soundtrack/Theme

Felix Mendelssohn*, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Symphonies For Strings Nos. 8 • 9 • 10

Haydn* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Symphonies No. 60 "Il Distratto" • No. 91

Vivaldi* - Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

6 Flute Concertos Op. 10

Harbison*, Wernick*, Schuller*, Emerson String Quartet

American Contemporaries

Sibelius* : Wiener Philharmoniker • Leonard Bernstein

Symphonie No. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven, Krystian Zimerman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Die 5 Klavierkonzerte = The Piano Concertos = Les Concertos Pour Piano

Ives* · Barber*, Emerson String Quartet

American Originals (String Quartets)

Ludwig van Beethoven ‒ Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Streichquartette - String Quartets, Opp. 131, 135 Quatuors a cordes

Bruckner*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Symphonie No. 9

Igor Stravinsky - The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Pétrouchka · Le Sacre Du Printemps

Béla Bartók - Pierre Boulez, John Aler & John Tomlinson (2), Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*

Cantata Profana Sz 94 / The Wooden Prince Sz 60 (Op. 13)

Weber* / Rossini* - Charles Neidich • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Clarinet Concertos • Concertino / Introduction, Theme & Variations For Clarinet

Romantic/Classical

Bernstein* ∙ Beethoven* ∙ Britten*, Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Final Concert

Mozart*, Carol Wincenc, Emerson String Quartet

Flute Quartets Nos. 1–4 = Flöttenquartette = Quatuors Pour Flûte

Béla Bartók • Norbert Moret - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Violinkonzert No. 2 / En Réve

Mozart* - Emerson String Quartet

The "Haydn" Quartets • Les Quatuors Dédiés À Haydn

Tchaikovsky* : New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Symphony 4 / Francesca Da Rimini

Mozart*, Arleen Auger, Frederica von Stade, Frank Lopardo, Cornelius Hauptmann, Chor* & Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks*, Leonard Bernstein

Grosse Messe C-Moll KV 427; Exsultate, Jubilate KV 165; Ave Verum Corpus KV 618

Leonard Bernstein, Ned Rorem, David Del Tredici / New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Gidon Kremer, Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Various

Candide: Highlights From The Complete Recording

Aaron Copland - Stanley Drucker, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

El Salón México • Clarinet Concerto • Connotations • Music For The Theatre

Tchaikovsky* - Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic

Symphony No. 5 - Romeo & Juliet

Debussy*, Leonard Bernstein, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Debussy: La Mer • Images / Preludes A' L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune

Vladimir Horowitz - Liszt* · Scarlatti* · Schubert* · Schumann* · Scriabin*

The Studio Recordings - New York 1985

Leonard Bernstein, Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn Horne

West Side Story (Highlights)

Leonard Bernstein

West Side Story

Mozart*, Emerson String Quartet

String Quartets K. 428 & 464 = Streichquartette = Quatuors À Cordes

CD, Deutsche Grammophon

Leonard Bernstein, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic

Concerto For Orchestra ("Jubilee Games") / Dybbuk Suites 1 & 2

CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Contemporary/Modern

Mahler* - Thomas Hampson, Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker

Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen / Kindertotenlieder; Rückert-Lieder

Pierre Boulez, The Cleveland Orchestra, Debussy*

Images • Prélude A L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune • Printemps

Ludwig van Beethoven - Emerson String Quartet

Mittlere Streichquartette = The Middle Quartets = Les Quartuors De La Période Médiane

Classical/Romantic/Chamber Music/String Ensemble

Miró Quartet, Ludwig van Beethoven

Complete String Quartets Opus 18

Tchaikovsky*, Seiji Ozawa

The Nutcracker = Der Nussknacker = Casse-Noisette · The Sleeping Beauty – Suite = Dornröschen = La Belle Au Bois · Romeo & Juliet

Leonard Bernstein

West Side Story