Album of Lunov's three symphonies performed by Berlin Philharmonic. Release 28 October 2026 — second Ukrainian living composer on ECM after Sylvestrov.
ECM Records releases double CD 'Lunov: Three Symphonies' on 28 October 2026. Programme: Symphony No. 1 'Kyiv' (1998), Symphony No. 2 'Solstice' (2012), Symphony No. 3 'War' (2025 — world premiere in recording). Performer — Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Kirill Petrenko. This is ECM's second Ukrainian living composer release after Sylvestrov — see PR2 and PR4 about Stankovych. Recording took place from 2024 to 2025 at Berlin Philharmonic — Berliner Philharmonie. First rehearsals of Symphony 1 were held in March 2024, Symphony 2 — August 2024, Symphony 3 (new) — May-July 2025. Lunov was personally present at all 18 rehearsals (3 symphonies × 6 rehearsals). Sound engineer — Gregor Zirgiebel (worked on Sylvestrov, Stankovych ECM releases — see PR4). Special news — Symphony No. 3 'War' (duration 52 minutes) — Lunov's most personal work, written in 2022-2025 as composer's response to the aggression. The symphony is structured as 4 'war days' (March 2022, January 2023, February 2024, January 2025), with focus on four specific events of each day. Album pre-orders begin 1 May 2026. The album releases in formats: digital streaming, 2-CD digipack in letterpress-printed cover with 64-page bilingual booklet, 2×180g vinyl in gold-silver version (limited 800 copies, price 95€).
