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New Era Arrives! PO 2021 Season Opens with New Chief Conductor Rouvali! The Philharmonia Orchestra will start the year 2021 with R. Strauss! The opening concert of the 2021 season heralds the arrival of the Löwvari era! The Philharmonia Orchestra and its conductor, Santu Matthias Löwvari, have been releasing masterpieces born out of their solid relationship of trust. Now the 2021 season begins, and the orchestra enters the era of its new chief conductor, LOUVARI! The "Alpine Symphony" and the symphonic poem "Zarathustra" on this disc are a fitting opening to the Louvali era from the Salonen era. The Guardian (UK) said, "In a phenomenal performance by the Philharmonia Orchestra, Rouvali proved himself to be an excellent conductor of R. Strauss's works. His approach was immense and his attention to detail and color meticulous. The music of Santu-Matthias Rouvali has the same clarity and excellent balance of detail that we heard in his previous Prokofiev (SIGCD669) and his previous Tchaikovsky (SIGCD648).One cannot help but look forward to a new tag team between him and the Philharmonia Orchestra, which has repeatedly performed with many great masters. Tokyo M-Plus