Accentus Music
| Accentus Music | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Paul Smaczny |
| Genre | Classical |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Location | Leipzig |
| Official website | www |
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Accentus Music is a German classical record label and production company founded in March of 2010 in Leipzig Germany, where the company is based. The label produces audio recordings (CD) and video (DVD/Blu-ray).[1][2] The products include classical music recordings, high profile concert and opera performances as well as feature-length documentaries. Accentus Music's catalogue includes recordings of artists and ensembles such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Evgeny Kissin, Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.[3] The label has also had a close association with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Staatskapelle Berlin. Accentus works closely with major television production companies in Europe such as WDR, Arte, RBB, ZDF and numerous other broadcasters to produce special shows and documentaries for regularly scheduled programming. Accentus has over has over 160 commercial products available to date.[4] The company was honored in 2015 as "Label of the Year" in the International Classical Music Awards.[5]
History[edit]
Based in Leipzig, Germany, Accentus Music is an award winning record label, film and audio production company that was founded by film producer Paul Smaczny; he had worked for EuroArts the 20 years prior to Accentus.[6][7] Before initiating Accentus, he established himself as a documentary film producer and director winning an International Emmy Award 2006, FIPA D’OR Grand Prize 2007, 2007 Banff World Television Festival - Best Arts Documentary, Grand Prix Golden Prague and Temps d’Images Portugal Film Award.[8][9]
The company has its own staff of 12 producers, directors, camera operators, audio producers and editors. Establishing itself as a DVD/Blu-ray label on the classical music market in 2010, Accentus produces concert and opera recordings (audio and video) as well as feature-length documentaries and portraits. The DVD and Blu-ray releases include productions featuring artists such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Evgeny Kissin, Martha Argerich, the New York Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Berlin as well as many others.[10]
Accentus Music has made a reputation of documentary film making over the last decade in coordination/cooperation with television networks in Europe such as WDR, SWR, Arte, RBB as well as many others.[11][12][13] Productions by Accentus are regularly featured and film festivals around the world and have earned them numerous honors such as the 2017 "Czech Crystal", Gramophone Classical Music Award (2017), Label of the Year at the 2015 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) as well and many others.[14] Reviews of Accentus recordings are consistently featured in classical music publications and major journals including Der Spiegel, Fono Forum, Rondo, Wiener Zeitung,Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, the Guardian, Classic FM Magazine, Crescendo Magazine and International Record review.[15][16][17][18] The label has built and manages a YouTube channel which is viewed worldwide. Accentus also uses WildKat PR for their promotion and distribution.[19] The label's recordings and DVD's are offered through numerous sites such as Presto Classical and Naxos Records.[20][21][22][23]
Productions and distribution (partial lists)[edit]
Documentary[edit]
- Maestras – The Long Journey Of Women To The Podium (2016)[24]
- Music, War and Revolution – a three-part documentary series (2016)
- Arvo Pärt – The Lost Paradise (2015)
- Satiesfictions (2014)
- Sounds of the Sidewalk – On the Road with Buskers (2013/14)
- John Cage – Journeys in Sound (2012)
- A Year in the Life of the Boys Choir Leipzig (2012)
Live music video[edit]
- Lucerne Festival 2017 – Sir Simon Rattle’s farewell as principal conductor of Berliner Philharmoniker (2017)
- Mahler 8 – The Lucerne Festival Orchestra and its new music director Riccardo Chailly (2016)
- Berg’s Wozzeck with Christian Gerhaher at Zurich Opera House (2015)
- Vincenzo Bellini: Norma – From China NCPA Beijing (2015)
- St. Matthew Passion – St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig and Georg Christoph Biller (2012)
- Tango Buenos Aires – Café de los Maestros & Friends (2011)
Awards and honors[edit]
Awards for label[edit]
| Year | Award Received |
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| 2015 |
Awards for individual CDs, DVDs, documentaries and projects[edit]
| Year | Title of production | Genre | Notes | Awards received |
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| 2018 | Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies | 5 CD set | Produced by Accentus Music | |
| 2017 | Szymanowski: Overture op. 12, Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 4 | Concert Video: DVD |
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| Alban Berg: Wozzeck | Performance Video (Opera): DVD |
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| 2016 | Silenced - Composers in Revolutionary Russia | Documentary: DVD |
Produced for WDR/Arte by Accentus Music |
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| Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 | Concert Video: DVD |
Produced by Accentus Music | ||
| 2015 | Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations |
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| 2015 | Adam’s Passion – Arvo Pärt, Robert Wilson | Documentary: DVD |
Produced for WDR/Arte by Accentus Music Available on |
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| 2015 | Barbara Hannigan – Concert and Documentary | Concert/Documentary: DVD |
Produced by Accentus Music
Available on |
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| 2014 | Satiesfictions – Promenades with Erik Satie |
Documentary: DVD |
Produced for WDR/Arte by Accentus Music Available on |
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| 2013 | Isang Yun - In between North and South Korea | Produced for by Accentus Music
Available on |
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| 2012 | John Cage – Journeys in Sound |
Produced for WDR/Arte by Accentus Music |
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| Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | Concert Video: DVD |
Produced by Accentus Music |
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| Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 | Concert Video: DVD |
Produced by Accentus Music |
References[edit]
- ↑ CZECH CRYSTAL - DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMES DEDICATED TO MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATRE, wedsite
- ↑ Gramophone Music awards 2017, Wozzeck honored, produced by Accentus
- ↑ Clements, Andrew. The Guardian. Review - "Classical album of the week: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream/Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony. 5 Jul 2018
- ↑ Listing if Accentus CDs and DVDs from NAXOS retail site
- ↑ 2015 ICMA awards
- ↑ CZECH CRYSTAL - DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMES DEDICATED TO MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATRE, wedsite
- ↑ Interview: ECHO Klassik 2013 - Paul Smaczny nach der Preisvergabe
- ↑ Scherzinger, Martin. Music in Contemporary Philosophy. Routledge Publishing, 2016, pp. 164
- ↑ Kleinert, Annemarie. Music at Its Best: The Berlin Philharmonic: from Karajan to Rattle. Books on Demand. 2009, pp. 147
- ↑ Accentus Music, Leipzig, website profile
- ↑ Accentus Music, Leipzig, website "Partners"
- ↑ „Musikalisch wollte er sich zwischen alle Stühle setzen“ Frankfurter Rundschau 15.05.2016
- ↑ John Cage - Journeys in Sound, program on ARD TV Germany, 11.08.2017, 21:00
- ↑ Accentus Music, Leipzig, website "awards and honors"
- ↑ Mandel, Mark. OPERA NEWS. "PUCCINI/HAO: Turandot" RECORDINGS - EDITOR'S CHOICE, MARCH 2017 — VOL. 81, NO. 9
- ↑ Review. BBC Music Magazine. Poulenc: Figure humaine; Un soir de neige; Sept chansons. Accentus Music. 20 January 2012
- ↑ BBC Music Magazine. Monthly Choice. Daniel Barenboim conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 7, Accentus Music. 9 July 2014
- ↑ Saltzwedel, Johannes Saltzwedel, Review. Der Spiegel. Anton Bruckner: "Symphony No. 1" (Accentus Music). 29/07/2013
- ↑ ACCENTUS Music at WildKat PR
- ↑ Accentus Music with Presto Classical
- ↑ Accentus Music with Naxos Direct-Naxos Records
- ↑ Marketwired press release about Accentus Music in Roster of Distributed Labels by Naxos, November 08, 2010
- ↑ Buschmann, David. Review: Penderecki, Krzysztof - A Tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki, Klasik.com, June, 13, 2015
- ↑ D'Arcy, David. review. 'Almodóvar’s Women and a One-Man Pussy Riot'. Observer. 04/07/17 4:13 pm
- ↑ ICMA Winners 2015, Label of the Year: Aceentus
- ↑ International Television & Film Awards 2014: The Arts, Bronze Medaille- John Cage - Journeys in Sound
- ↑ The 2012 BBC Music Magazine Awards, DVD Award, MahlerSymphony No. 9 Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Claudio Abbado Accentus Music ACC20214
- ↑ 2012 Gramophone Award: DVD performance, Bruckner Symphony No 5, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Accentus ACC20243
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Accentus Music's channel on YouTube
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