Universal Music has partnered with Argentine-born pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim to launch digital-only label, Peral Music.

The new label will feature Barenboim’s work, which will be offered in iTunes’s Mastered for iTunes format. The first release is available from today through iTunes with a two-month exclusivity.

Max Hole, chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Group International said: “The label ‘legend’ is unquestionably overused, but in the case of Daniel Barenboim it couldn’t be more fitting. Daniel is one ...