London born composer, pianist, and conductor Thomas Adès is known for his extensive work with world’s leading orchestras, opera companies, and festivals. This album features performances of three of his operatic and ballet suites conducted by Adès himself. The Luxury Suite is adapted from the opera Powder Her Face and was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic in 2018. Adès’s 1995 …

This album of world-premiere recordings is inspired by opera but without singing. As conductor Timothy Redmond says, it is “a distillation of the theatrical experience heard through the voice of the orchestra.” The repertoire includes Jonathan Dove’s Stargazer, subtitled “an opera for trombone and orchestra,” featuring virtuoso trombonist Peter Moore. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Thomas Adès’s opera …