Debut Album with Deutsche Grammophon

HK Phil Releases Debut Album with Deutsche Grammophon
Richard Wagner’s The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure
Conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) proudly announces the release of its debut album on Deutsche Grammophon on 20 March 2026 (Friday), featuring Richard Wagner’s The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure (arranged by Henk de Vlieger), conducted by its incoming Music Director, Tarmo Peltokoski. This landmark collaboration with the world’s most historic classical label marks a new chapter in the HK Phil’s international recording profile.

Arranged by Dutch composer and percussionist Henk de Vlieger, The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure is a condensed yet thrilling symphonic journey that captures the drama and grandeur of Wagner’s monumental cycle. It was recorded live at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall on 28 June 2025. In 2019, HK Phil became the first orchestra in Asia to receive Gramophone Magazine’s Orchestra of the Year Award, in recognition of its recordings of Wagner’s complete Ring cycle.

The full digital album will be available on all major streaming platforms from 20 March 2026 (Friday). For more details, please visit www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/tarmo-peltokoski. The vinyl album, set to release worldwide in July, will go on pre-order simultaneously through Universal Music Hong Kong's official online store.

The live performance is also available on Deutsche Grammophon’s streaming platform STAGE+ at www.stage-plus.com.

Tarmo Peltokoski, Music Director Designate of the HK Phil, said: “I’m honoured to present the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s first album on Deutsche Grammophon, with the Ring adventure by de Vlieger who has combined the infamous bleeding chunks into a symphonic journey from the depths of the Rhine to the burning Valhalla. The orchestra is specialised in Wagner, and we are also excited to embark on the European tour in November and December playing this very piece, happy to be sharing our musicmaking also with audiences overseas.”

Featuring Richard Wagner’s The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure (arranged by Henk de Vlieger), conducted by its incoming Music Director, Tarmo Peltokoski.