The Australian Chamber Orchestra and ABC Classics have teamed up to release what has been billed as the first Australian-produced classical vinyl release in two decades. The new LP will pair Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood’s Water – written following his tenure as ACO Composer in Residence in 2012 – with Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

Greenwood’s piece – which is scored for  strings, flutes, keyboard, piano and two Indian tanpura – was premiered as part of the ACO’s UK tour in 2014, receiving its Australian premiere in October that year. Limelight’s reviewer Sascha Kelly described it as a highlight of the orchestra’s Tognetti’s Beethoven tour, highlighting the work’s “layered, pulsing violins” and “grinding bass ostinato”. This will be its world premiere recording.

The LP will feature a live recording from the Sydney Opera House and the cover artwork has been provided by photographer and ACO collaborator Bill Henson.

^{A 2014 interview with Jonny Greenwood and Richard Tognetti.}

The pairing of Greenwood’s Water, which was inspired by Philip Larkin’s poem of the same name, with Mozart’s ever-popular Eine Kleine Nachtmusic highlights a deliberate contrast.

“We have chosen an outrageous combination...