The great American pianist will release his latest album on the Yellow Label after more than four decades with Sony.

American pianist Murray Perahia, who will turn 70 next year, has left Sony to release his new album on Deutsche Grammophon. The landmark new partnership will be launched in October with a recording of Bach’s French Suites.

“I look forward to working with Deutsche Grammophon on projects that are dear to my heart,” said Perahia. “My exciting new relationship with Deutsche Grammophon means that I can share my interpretations with the widest global audience.”

Perahia intends to record key works from his repertoire, highlighting the insights he has gained over the course of his long career. “The recording process provides the chance to return to compositions – to uncover fresh ways of thinking and feeling about them – and to explore the masterworks of the keyboard repertoire at every stage in one’s development,” said Perahia. “There is something very special for me about revisiting music by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Brahms. Their inexhaustible art remains a constant source of inspiration to me.”

Perahia’s move follows a decades-long exclusive association with Sony Classical that began with its predecessor,...