NEWS
Vasily Petrenko & Oslo Philharmonic Release Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Works on Lawo Classics
After completing their much-appraised cycle of Richard Strauss’ orchestral works, Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic explore a selection of colourful and folklore-inspired works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. The album is available in stores and online now on Lawo...
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New Music from Vasily Petrenko & RLPO: Elgar – Sea Pictures, The Music Makers Out Now
Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO continue their critically acclaimed Elgar project with Sea Pictures and The Music Makers, with Kathryn Rudge as soloist. Sea Pictures is one of the composer’s most popular works and as an orchestral song cycle stands alongside those by...
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Vasily Petrenko and Oslo Philharmonic Release R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Tod und Verklärung
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko offer the third and last release in the series of recordings of Richard Strauss’s orchestral music. On this album, the listener is presented with the tone poems Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 and Tod und Verklärung, Op....
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Elgar - Sea Pictures, The Music Makers
Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
ABOUT
Vasily Petrenko was born in 1976 and started his music education at the St Petersburg Capella Boys Music School – the oldest music school in Russia. He then studied at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and has also participated in masterclasses with such major figures as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons, and Yuri Temirkanov. Following considerable success in a number of international conducting competitions including the Fourth Prokofiev Conducting Competition in St Petersburg (2003), First Prize in the Shostakovich Choral Conducting Competition in St Petersburg (1997) and First Prize in the Sixth Cadaques International Conducting Competition in Spain, he was appointed Chief Conductor of the St Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2007.
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