This historic 2009 release sees pianist/conductor Vladmir Ashkenazy, the SSO's new principal conductor and artistic advisor, team with the orchestra's concertmaster Dene Olding on violin and English soprano Joan Rodgers, as well as the Australian-based Goldner String Quartet.

The fascinating program includes rarities and juvenalia like the two early string quartets, two sacred songs for soprano and piano plus the famous 'Vocalise' in its piano and cello arrangement, and a world premiere recording: 'The Youthful Romance' in A-minor for violin and piano.