Disc five in the Seattle Symphony’s new in-house label, reflecting the highly acclaimed partnership between French conductor Ludovic Morlot and his American orchestra. + Composer...

Disc five in the Seattle Symphony’s new in-house label, reflecting the highly acclaimed partnership between French conductor Ludovic Morlot and his American orchestra. + Composer Alexander Raskatov is gathering an increasingly impressive international reputation, with performances of his opera A Dog’s Heart at English National Opera, Netherlands Opera and Milan's La Scala. + His new Piano Concerto, written for pianist and performance artist Tomoko Mukaiyama and commissioned by the Seattle Symphony, is a major addition to the repertoire. + By turns dramatic, poetic, startling and tender, it’s a journey into new sound worlds, inspired by a childhood walk in the forest surrounded by butterflies. + The work is appropriately coupled with innovative sounds from a previous Russian generation – Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring – captured live in an electrifying performance in June 2014 in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.