Discography
Marin Alsop conducted her first recording in 2000 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a selection of works by Samuel Barber, which was released as part of the American Classics Series on Naxos. This disc was followed by four more released between 2001–2004 dedicated to the works of Samuel Barber.
In 2003, Marin Alsop released her first disc of Leonard Bernstein which she recorded with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. This featured the Symphonic Suite from the film On The Waterfront as well as Three Dance Episodes from On The Town. Following this in 2005, Alsop’s fully staged production of Bernstein’s Candide with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra was nominated for an Emmy Award (DVD: PBS Great Performances/ Image Entertainment). In June 2006, during her tenure as music director designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Alsop led the Orchestra and violinist Joshua Bell in John Corigliano’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, The Red Violin, recorded by Sony Classics and released in September 2007. Also in her designate term, she conducted the Orchestra in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, an acclaimed performance that became the Orchestra’s first-ever live-recording release on iTunes and quickly became the number one classical download.
One of Alsop’s first projects as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was the Dvořák symphonic cycle, recorded on the Naxos label. The first disc in the series, featuring Symphony No. 9, From the New World, and Symphonic Variations, was released in February 2008. Of this release, BBC Music Magazine said, “It is rare to be able to say that a performance forces one to listen to a work anew, but this is exactly what Alsop’s reading achieves.” The disk was also nominated for BBC Music Magazine’s 2008 Album of the Year.
Other highlights of Alsop’s recording collaboration with Naxos include a Brahms symphony cycle with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and an ongoing series of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra recordings, which include Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and the symphonies of Kurt Weill.
In 2009, Marin released a critically acclaimed recording of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra that earned a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Album and in 2010, Marin Alsop‘s recording of Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and soloist Colin Currie(2008) won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition.
Other recent releases include Dvorak symphonies 7 & 8 with Baltimore, “Nixon in China” and works by Harris, Copland and Barber, all on the Naxos label.
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