Musica aeterna

The MusicAeterna Orchestra is one of the most in-demand Russian orchestras in the field of period performance, and works just as successfully with 20th-century music. It was founded in 2004 in Novosibirsk by Teodor Currentzis. The orchestra has appeared with Currentzis in Vienna, Amsterdam, London, Baden-Baden, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Perm. The orchestra released three CDs between 2008 and 2010: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14, and Mozart’s Requiem. The orchestra records exclusively on the Sony Classical label. During the 2012/2013 season the orchestra, under Teodor Currentzis, is recording a programme of works for Sony by French baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau and two Mozart operas – Le nozze di Figaro and Cosi fan tutte – featuring international star soloists. Future plans include a recording of another Mozart masterpiece: the opera Don Giovanni.