{"id":18437,"date":"2026-06-12T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/?p=18437"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:14:16","slug":"canellakis-netherlands-rachmaninoff-pentatone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/canellakis-netherlands-rachmaninoff-pentatone\/","title":{"rendered":"Karina Canellakis with Netherlands Radio Phil release \u2018Rachmaninoff: The Bells &#038; Symphonic Dances\u2019 on Pentatone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir, under Chief Conductor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/artists\/karina-canellakis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karina Canellakis<\/a>, present Rachmaninoff: The Bells &amp; Symphonic Dances, a powerful and deeply expressive interpretation of these late masterpieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff. In The Bells, radiant choral textures and richly coloured orchestration trace a journey from youthful shimmer and lyrical warmth to ominous tolling, overwhelming drama and a final vision of serene transcendence.<\/p>\n<p>The outstanding soloists \u2013 Dmytro Popov, Kristina Mkhitaryan and Alexander Vinogradov \u2013 bring vocal brilliance and emotional depth, while the choir illuminates the text with clarity and a glowing, golden sound. In Symphonic Dances, rhythmic vitality and earthy drive give way to moments of nostalgia and introspection, culminating in a bold and exhilarating finale that captures the composer\u2019s unmistakable voice in his final orchestral work.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally acclaimed for her emotionally charged performances, technical command and interpretative depth, Canellakis has become one of the most in-demand conductors of her generation. She returns to PENTATONE as Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, further expanding a recording partnership that began with GRAMMY-nominated Bart\u00f3k: Concerto for Orchestra (2023) and continued with Bart\u00f3k: Duke Bluebeard\u2019s Castle (2025).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentatonemusic.com\/product\/rachmaninoff-the-bells-symphonic-dances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir, under Chief Conductor Karina Canellakis, present Rachmaninoff: The Bells &amp; Symphonic Dances, a powerful and deeply expressive interpretation of these late masterpieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff. In The Bells, radiant choral textures and richly coloured orchestration trace a journey from youthful shimmer and lyrical warmth to ominous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/canellakis-netherlands-rachmaninoff-pentatone\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3636,3613,4188,7517,3686,3637],"class_list":["post-18437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-album","tag-conductor","tag-karina-canellakis","tag-netherlands-radio-philharmonic","tag-orchestra","tag-pentatone"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18439,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18437\/revisions\/18439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/18438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}