Harmonia mundi label announces record deal with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Their 1st album, Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, will be released on Feb. 2, 2024
French record label Harmonia mundi has announced a new, multi-disc agreement with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
This new collaboration follows the appointment of Spanish conductor Gustavo Gimeno as the TSO's latest music director. His tenure began in the 2020-21 season.
The first album to be released under this new partnership will be Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie with pianist Marc-André Hamelin and ondes Martenot player Nathalie Forget. It's scheduled to appear on Feb. 2, 2024.
That will be followed by Igor Stravinsky's Pulcinella (complete ballet) and Bela Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin.
Gimeno joined Harmonia mundi's roster in 2022, as chief conductor of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
The TSO has made nearly 100 recordings since its first release in 1942. Its survey of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, conducted by former music director Peter Oundjian, won a Juno Award in 2019. The following year, its recording of Massenet's Thaïs, under Andrew Davis, also nabbed a Juno. Both albums were released on the Chandos label.
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