SFCRC Notes
A Heartfelt Thank You – And Goodbye!
With the retirement of our Managing Director and Producer Job Maarse, the San Francisco Classical Recording Company (SFCRC) ceased its recording activities in 2025. We look back on more than seven wonderful years and would like to thank everyone who has joined us on our journey.
Collaboration with EuroArts and RIO
We are happy to announce the start of our collaboration with the Berlin based label EuroArts International which takes off with two releases by the recently founded Rachmaninoff International Orchestra (RIO) and its founder and artistic director Mikhail Pletnev. More releases with other internationally renowned artists will follow in the course of the upcoming months.
Lisette Oropesa signs exclusive contract with SFCRC
We are thrilled to announce that world-class lyric soprano Lisette Oropesa has signed a 5-year exclusive contract with our company. Topping the list of projects to be released exclusively under the PENTATONE label, is her solo album debut: a recording of Mozart concert arias with the orchestral ensemble “il pomo d’oro”, conducted by Antonello Manacorda and recorded at the Himmelfahrtskirche in Munich, Germany.
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Recording “Fidelio” in the time of COVID-19
In commemoration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, SFCRC had planned to capture two live performances of the composer’s only opera Fidelio at the Kulturpalast Dresden this past April 2020. Due to the devastating complications of the COVID-19 pandemic, these performances had to be cancelled, and SFCRC was tasked with finding a more innovative way to realize the recording.
Three new releases
Just in time for Easter, SFCRC’s recording of Pietro Mascagni’s short opera Cavalleria rusticana was released on PENTATONE. Marek Janowski conducts the Dresdner Philharmonie, with soloists including Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Brian Jagde, and Roxana Constantinescu.