Michel Glotz


Michel Glotz was a French classical music record producer and impresario. He was a student of Marguerite Long and accomplice of Francis Poulenc with whom he had a long correspondence. Artistic director of several record companies, he had more than a thousand discs recorded, including a hundred operas. Glotz won several Grammy Awards, including Beethoven's nine symphonies by Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1978 and 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

Recordings

1969–1970

  • Franck's Symphony in D minor - Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram, for EMI, 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, 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, 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

1971

  • Ravel's Boléro - Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram, for EMI, June 1971
  • Ravel's Alborada del gracioso - Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram, for EMI, June 1971
  • Ravel's La Valse - Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram for EMI, June 1971
  • Joseph Haydn: Symphony n°83 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Haydn: Symphony n°101 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole, Le Tombeau de Couperin - Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram for EMI, June 1971
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonie concertante KV 297b, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Mozart's Concerto pour flûte and harp KV299, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Mozart's Concerto pour flûte KV313, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Mozart's Oboe Concerto KV314, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Mozart's Clarinet Concerto KV622, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Mozart's Bassoon Concerto KV191, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the French church of Saint-Maurice for EMI, August 1971
  • Tchaikovski's Symphony n°4 op.36 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus Kirche of Berlin for EMI, September 1971
  • Tchaikovski's Symphony n°5 op.64 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at thea Jesus-Christus Kirche of Berlin for EMI, September 1971
  • Tchaïkovski: Symphony n°6 op.74 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus Kirche of Berlin for EMI, September 1971

1972–1973

  • Wagner's Tristan und Isolde - Chœur de l'Opéra allemand de Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus Kirche of Berlin for EMI, January 1972
  • Franck's Symphonic Variations - Alexis Weissenberg, piano, Benck's Variations Symphoniques - Alexis Weissenberg, piano, Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus Kirche of Berlin for EMI, September 1972
  • Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto n°2 - Alexis Weissenberg, piano, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Jesus-Christus Kirche of Berlin for EMI, September 1972
  • Strauss' Sinfonia domestica op.53 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded in Paris, Salle Wagram, for EMI, June 1973

1974

  • Bach's Mass in B minor - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon, 1974
  • Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, May 1974
  • Beethoven's Piano Concerto n°5 op.58 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, May 1974
  • Hummel's Concerto pour trompette - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, in May 1974
  • Leopold Mozart: Trumpet Concerto - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, May 1974
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, May 1974
  • Antonio Vivaldi: Trumpet Concerto - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, May 1974
  • Beethoven's: Piano Concerto n°4 op.58, Alexis Weissenberg - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1974
  • Strauss' Une vie de héros op.40 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, October 1974
  • Strauss' Don Quixote op.35 - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September and October 1974
  • Wagner's Preludes of Tristan and Isolde, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Vaisseau fantôme, Maîtres chanteurs de Nürnberg, Tannhäuser: Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, October 1974

1975

  • Joseph Haydn: Symphony n°104 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1975
  • Schubert's Symphony n°8 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1975
  • Mozart's Requiem - Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon, September 1975
  • A Vienne au temps des Strauss: Le Beau Danube bleu op.314, Valse de l'Empereur op.437, Annen-Polka op.117, Marche de Radetzky op.229, Ouverture de la Chauve-Souris, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka op.214, Ouverture du Baron Tzigane, Mouvement perpétuel op.257 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon, December 1975

1976

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto n°3 op.37, Alexis Weissenberg - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1976
  • Johannes Brahms: Variations sur un thème de Haydn op.56a - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September and October 1976
  • Jean Sibelius' Symphony n°4 op.63 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September and October 1976
  • Sibelius' Symphony n°5 op.82 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September and October 1976
  • Sibelius: En Saga op.9 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, December 1976
  • Sibelius' Lemminkäinen Suite op.22 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, December 1976
  • Sibelius' Finlandia op.26 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, December 1976
  • Sibelius' Tapiola op.112 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, December 1976
  • Tchaikovski's Piano Concerto n°1 op.23 - Lazar Berman, piano, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1976

1977–1978

  • Beethoven's Symphony n°1 op.21 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven's Symphony n°2 op.36 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven's Symphony n°3 op.55 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven's Symphony n°4 op.60 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon en 1977
  • Beethoven's Symphony n°5 op.67 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven's Symphony n°6 op.68 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven's Symphony n°7 op.92 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven: Symphony n°8 op.93 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven: Symphony n°9 op.125 - Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, José van Dam, Wiener Singverein) - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977
  • Beethoven's Piano Concerto n°1 op.15 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977
  • Beethoven's Piano Concerto n°2 op.19 Alexis Weissenberg - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977
  • Debussy's La Mer - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, June 1977
  • Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, June 1977
  • Bedřich Smetana: Ma Patrie - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1977
  • Schubert's Symphony n°9 D944 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, June 1977
  • Schubert: Symphony n°1 D082 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977 and January 1978
  • Schubert: Symphony n°2 D125 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977 and January 1978
  • Schubert: Symphony n°3 D200 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977 and January 1978
  • Schubert: Symphony n°4 D417 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977 and January 1978
  • Schubert: Symphony n°5 D485 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977 and January 1978
  • Schubert: Symphony n°6 D589 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, September 1977 and January 1978
  • Schubert's Rosamunde D797 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1978
  • Debussy's Pelléas and Mélisande - Choeur de l'Opéra allemand de Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, December 1978

1979

  • Hector Berlioz: Marche hongroise - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979
  • Bizet's L'Arlésienne - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979
  • Chabrier's: España - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979
  • Antonin Dvořák: Danse slave n°8 op.46 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979
  • Dvořák: Symphony n°8 op.88 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979
  • Dvořák's: Symphony n°9 op.95 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979
  • Charles Gounod: Ballet de Faust - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979
  • Smetana's La Moldau - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1979

1980–1981

  • Sibelius: Symphony n°2 op.43 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, November 1980
  • Jean Sibelius: Symphony n°1 op.39 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1981
  • Sibelius: Symphonies n°6 op.104 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1981
  • Sibelius' Karelia Suite op.11, Valse Triste op.44 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1981
  • Weber's Operture of Der Freischütz - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for EMI, January 1981

1985–1987

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni - Choeur de l'Opéra allemande de Berlin Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutsche Grammophon, January 1985
  • Tchaikovski's Symphony n°4 op.36 - Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, in 1985
  • Verdi's Requiem - Choeur de l'Opéra de Vienne, Choeur de l'Opéra National de Sofia, Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan conductor, recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, in 1985
  • Borodin's Prince Igor - Choeur de l'Opéra National de Bulgarie, Sofia Festival Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov conductor, recorded at the Palais des Congrès de Sofia for Sony from 14 to 20 July 1987

1991

1992–1994