The Chateau releases aim to provide
listeners with maximum direct and profound musical contact,
consistently operated and conducted based on the artist's own
perspective and vision. The slogan is "high quality audio sound
& new vision of classical music". Upon realizing that the
old system of the music industry business that we have been relying
on is slowly dying, Chateau was born from the people with voices
which aspire to something new, individual and
different.
Chateau's purpose is also, to provide highly artistic
products which pursue projects of pure interest, revealing new
aspects of music. Spotlighting neglected and undiscovered unique
music, and continuing to work on tasteful cross-over category
repertoire, we seek new possibilities of performance, giving
new meaning to the concept of compact disc recording. Our goal
is to release CDs which overthrow existing concept and accepted
ideas. In our age, we are experiencing many changes and overturn to
the things in the past which were supposed to be and expected to be
in a certain way. While recording industry business used to focus on
only the famous composers and works until recently, people are
gradually getting interested in obscure and infamous repertoire they
have not heard. Many people might feel quite offended by this Mahler
CD and its transcription concept, however, at least we can feel "our
work has just begun" because a stone to present the room for
argument has been thrown in the lake. Beethoven once said there is
no rule which cannot be broken for the sake of more beautiful thing,
that is our motto.
Chitose Okashiro's view as a producer
" I love a work as
a producer, I am doing all producer's job by myself for my
recording, and I do not want anybody else to do it. Having great
takes at session is essential, but after-session job could be also
crucial to the quality of CD and the quality of performance.
Usually, I try 4 or 5 different interpretations at session, and take
enough time for choosing takes and pondering how to combine them at
studio. This process makes possible to see the whole image of music
as picturesque construction which I am never able to see at live
concert. That is to say, more similar to the process of work as a
writer or painter. When a painter is at his work, he often times
takes his time to go back to grasp the whole image he has painted so
far. It is impossible at live concert with "time" art of music, but
it is possible at recording. Recording and live concert are two
totally different art forms. Each has different standpoint of view
and advantage. "
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