He recorded this version for Nimbus with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra in 2006 at the Lucerne Festival. In 2007, Axelrod recorded Holocaust - A Music Memorial Film, directed by James Kent on the grounds of Auschwitz BBC TWO with Sinfonietta Cracovia, performing Mozart's Requiem, Gorecki's Symphony 3, with soprano Isabel Baryakdarian and the Kaiser's aria from Kaiser von Atlantis with baritone Gerald Finley . in 2005, the documentary won an international Emmy Award During the summer of 2009 Axelrod made a unique European and North American tour at the invitation of Chinese pianist Lang Lang and legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock, performing in such venues as the Montreux Jazz Festival Arena di Verona, Royal Albert Hall, the Ruhr Piano Festival, Rotterdam North Sea Jazz, the Ravenna Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the Mann Center, Massey Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl. From 2009 to 2011, Axelrod was the music director of the annual red carpet broadcast event in the Konzerthaus Vienna Hollywood in Vienna with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Viena, performing film music by such composers as John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, Howard Shore, Alan Silverstri, Max Steiner, Erich Woflgang Korngold and many more. In 2017, Axelrod made history walking down the steps dressed as Darth Vader at Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, performing Star Wars by John Williams. In 2012, Axelrod, as music director of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, recorded with French Mezzo Soprano Véronique Gens works by Berlioz and Ravel, for Ondine. With the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, he also recorded made the first recording by a French orchestra of L'Eventail de Jeanne for Naxos. With this orchestra, he also recorded with Swiss violinist Rachel Kolly d'Alba works by Chausson and Ravel for Warner Classics, released in 2011. This CD won the "ICMA 2012 Award" in the "concertos" category (International Classical Music Awards). In 2011, Axelrod achieved critical acclaim for his Salzburg Festival debut with percussionist Martin Grubinger in a reprise of the marathon Concert they performed in 2006 in Vienna's Musikverein. Since then, Axelrod has made many tours with professional youth orchestras, including Accademia della Scala, Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, and the Wiener Jeunesse Orchester. Soloists whom Axelrod has often worked with include: Julia Fischer, Veronique Gens, Martin Grubinger, Thomas Hampson, Dietrich Henschel, Daniel Hope, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Lang Lang, Sabine Meyer, Fazıl Say, Lilya Zilberstein, and Chen Reiss. Axelrod has premiered