Santtu conducts Stravinsky

Santtu conducts Stravinsky is the third album from Philharmonia Records featuring two incredible works by Igor Stravinsky (The Firebird Suite and Petrushka (complete ballet, 1947) conducted by Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, recorded at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in 2023.

Founded in 1945, The Philharmonia Orchestra creates thrilling performances for a global audience and has premiered works by Richard Strauss, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Errollyn Wallen, Kaija Saariaho and many others. The Philharmonia has an extraordinary 77-year recording legacy, and has recorded around 150 soundtracks, with film credits stretching back to 1947. In the 2021/22 season the Orchestra performs in Romania, Spain, Finland, Greece and Germany.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali is a Finnish conductor and percussionist, and is currently principal conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Rouvali continues his relationships with orchestras across Europe, including with the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Munich Phillharmonic and the the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

“The Philharmonia are on fine form for Santtu with much brilliance coming from the woodwind and brass and bags of generosity from the strings” – Gramophone

ORCHESTRAL CHOICE ★★★★★ Performance ★★★★★ Recording “This is special indeed…such spectacular engineering…Rouvali draws exquisite colouring…(the Philharmonia Chorus) soprano power in the great climax has never blazed better” – BBC Music Magazine

★★★★★ “Vibrant version of the Second of Mahler. Powerful and emotional” – Ritmo