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Harmonia Mundi announces new recording partnership with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
under the direction of
Vasily Petrenko
We are delighted to welcome to our label one of Britain’s leading symphony orchestras, conducted by its Music Director Vasily Petrenko: “When you have the privilege to conduct a great orchestra, you get used to thinking big. Naturally, I do my best to aim high: to share with our audience the finest melodies, the strongest emotions, the most magnificent sounds. But for me, there’s another side to music-making and that is the ability to capture moments of shared magic in recorded form, allowing them to live in people’s hearts in perpetuity. I have always enjoyed the creative process of recording music, and I’m delighted to start a new chapter with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – and for our music to have the opportunity to be heard and enjoyed far beyond the concert hall.”
The first recording, planned for release this autumn, will feature Elgar’s symphonic study ‘Falstaff’ and Rachmaninov’s choral symphony ‘The Bells.’ Future planned releases include the music of R. Strauss, Bartók, and Stravinsky.
The RPO’s rich recording legacy includes collaborations with the likes of Sir Thomas Beecham, André Previn, Sir Charles Mackerras, Yehudi Menuhin, Antal Dorati, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yuri Temirkanov – and, more recently, Joe Hisaishi (RPO Composer-in-Association).
Huw Davies, Deputy Managing Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra adds: “We are delighted to be working with a new record label that has such pedigree and whose international audience reach is a natural fit for the RPO, following our recent performances in Germany, Vienna, Greece, Eastern Europe, USA, Dubai, India, China, and Saudi Arabia. We look forward to capturing the magic of our work with Vasily in recordings that people will be able to enjoy for years to come – and we are enormously grateful for the support and enthusiasm of the RPO’s President who has enabled us to embark on this exciting project.”
