“Santtu conducts Sleeping Beauty” is the second digital release by Philharmonia Records, showcasing a selection of music from Tchaikovsky’s fairytale ballet, ‘The Sleeping Beauty’. Conducted and arranged by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, this performance, held at the Royal Festival Hall in 2023, highlights Santtu’s favourite excerpts, from the serene Garland Waltz to the dramatic climax ‘Apotheose’.
“Santtu-Matias Rouvali gives us, for Christmas, a refreshing and vibrant Sleeping Beauty Suite. His album production is so dizzying as the quality of their records. Again, maximum recommendation.” – Ritmo
“The playing is big and bold, with plenty of bass-drum welly in the Carabosse elements in the Introduction, a percussive ending to the Rose Adagio that sounds positively martial, plus pomp and glitter aplenty in the Apotheosis, all vividly recorded.” – Gramophone