Michel Glotz
Michel Glotz (1 February 1931 – 15 February 2010) was a French classical music record producer and impresario. Life Glotz was a student of Marguerite Long and accomplice of Francis Poulenc with whom he had a long correspondence. Artistic director of several record companies (EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, RCA Victor, Philips, Sony), he had more than a thousand discs recorded, including a hundred operas. In this capacity, he obtained several Grammy Awards in Hollywood including Beethoven's nine symphonies by Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1978, or the "most beautiful opera of the year" award for Bizet's Carmen in 1984. In 1966, he and his collaborator Thérèse Darras founded a concert agency called Musicaglotz. He then turned his attention to the careers of legendary artists such as Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan, Alain Lombard, Alexis Weissenberg. Glotz received the insignia of officier des Arts et Lettres, and chevalier de la Légion d'honneur en 2007. He died of a heart attack in 2010 at age 79. Artists represented Conductors: Serge Baudo, Sergiu Comissiona, James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach, Patrick Fournillier, James Judd, Herbert von Karajan, Alain Lombard, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Georges Prêtre, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Thomas Sanderling, Michel Tabachnik, Michael Tilson Thomas Pianists: Philippe Bianconi, Jean-Philippe Collard, Kun-Woo Paik, Ivo Pogorelich, Viktoria Postnikova, François Weigel, Alexis Weissenberg Violinists: Pierre Amoyal, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Tedi Papavrami Cellists: Natalia Gutman, Gary Hoffman, Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovich Sopranos: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Inva Mula, Leontyne Price, Katia Ricciarelli, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Shirley Verrett Mezzo-sopranos: Agnes Baltsa, Jane Berbié, Teresa Berganza, Susan Graham, Sophie Koch, Christa Ludwig, Marie-Ange Todorovitch Tenors: José Carreras, Laurence Dale, Placido Domingo, Chris Merritt, Kenneth Riegel, Michel Sénéchal Baritones: Gabriel Bacquier, Jean-Luc Chaignaud, Manfred Hemm, Nicolas Rivenq, Bryn Terfel Basses: Paata Burchuladze, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Tom Krause Recordings Franck's Symphony in D minor - Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram, for EMI (077776474724), November 1969 Tchaikovski's Piano Concerto n°1 op.23 - Alexis Weissenberg, piano, Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram, for EMI (3C06302044), February 1970 Brahms's Ouverture tragique op.81, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in the Jesus-Christus church of Berlin for EMI, September 1970 Bruckner's Symphony n°4 (Romantic), Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in the Jesus-Christus church of Berlin for EMI, September 1970 Bruckner's Symphony n°7, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in the Jesus-Christus church of Berlin for EMI, September 1970 Mozart's Symphony n°38 KV504, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus church of Berlin for EMI, September 1970 Mozart' Symphony n°39 KV543, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus church of Berlin for EMI, September 1970 Mozart's Symphony n°40 KV550, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus church of Berlin for EMI, September 1970 Mozart' Symphony n°41 KV551, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus church of Berlin for EMI, September 1970