Julian Anderson is one of the UK’s most exciting living composers. He has been described by The Times as ‘a composer to cherish’ and by the Evening Standard as ‘one of the finest composers of his generation’. His work 'Harmony' opened the 2013 BBC Proms. This season he also starts a three-year post as Composer in Residence at Wigmore Hall.

Anderson has been the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Composer in Residence since 2010. This is the first album of his works performed by the orchestra, and includes one world premiere performance and two world premiere recordings.

This world premiere performance of The Discovery of Heaven won a 2012 Sky Arts Award in the Classical category.

This disc is conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, the LPO’s Principal Conductor, and young British conductor/composer Ryan Wigglesworth (The Discovery of Heaven), who is rapidly making a name for himself on the international scene.

Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 19 March 2011 (The Crazed Moon), 3 December 2011 (Fantasias) and 24 March 2012 (The Discovery of Heaven).