Jess Gillam Releases Second Album 'Time' On Decca Classics On September 25, 2020
15 June, 2020
Following her debut album RISE, which reached No.1 in the UK Classical chart, Classic BRIT Award-winning saxophonist Jess Gillam releases TIME on Friday 25 September on Decca Classics.
Physical pre-order is available now and the first single, Luke Howard's Dappled Light - written especially for Gillam ...
| John Rutter Announces 'The Piano Collection'
15 June, 2020
For the very first time, John Rutter CBE has arranged eight of his best-loved choral works for solo piano, in a new collection released on Decca Records across digital platforms on 31st July 2020.
This period of lockdown inspired John to return to some of his most cherished works and re-score them ...
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Kronos Quartet Releases Short Film For Zachary Watkins' "Peace Be Till," In Which Dr. Clarence B. Jones Reads From Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail
09 June, 2020
The Kronos Performing Arts Association has produced a short film edited by Evan Neff scored to Kronos Quartet's performance of an excerpt of Peace Be Till, which Oakland-based composer Zachary Watkins wrote for the group in 2018.
In the piece, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, the former personal counsel, speechwriter, ...
| Dazzling New Release In Unique Collaboration Between Disney Music Group & Decca, Disney Goes Classical
31 May, 2020
Decca Records and Disney Music Group's Walt Disney Records are thrilled to announce the release of Disney Goes Classical, a brand new album evoking the colour, emotion and pure joy of Disney music on a whole new scale.
Featuring the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a host of celebrated ...
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Andrea Bocelli Confirms COVID-19 Diagnosis And Recovery
27 May, 2020
Renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli revealed today that he tested positive for novel coronavirus COVID-19 in March and has since made a "full and swift recovery."
The singer was diagnosed as the pandemic first began but did not reveal his condition "out of respect for those for whom contracting the virus ...
| Christian Li Releases New Single & Video Inspired By His Chinese Heritage
24 May, 2020
Australian-Chinese violin sensation Christian Li releases his second track, 'Fisherman's Harvest Song', out now on Decca Classics. To accompany the release, Christian features in a brand new video featuring footage from his recording sessions, filmed earlier this year.
'Fisherman's Harvest Song' ...
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"I Still Play," Album Of New Piano Pieces Written For Longtime Nonesuch President Bob Hurwitz, Out Now
24 May, 2020
I Still Play, an album of eleven new solo piano compositions written by artists who have recorded for Nonesuch Records, is now available on Nonesuch. The pieces were written in honor of the label's longtime President Bob Hurwitz on the occasion of his 2017 shift into the Chairman Emeritus role after ...
| The Piano Guys Release New Video For Their Rendition Of "Pictures At An Exhibition"
22 May, 2020
With nearly 2 billion views on YouTube for their strikingly original and self-made music videos, THE PIANO GUYS today premiere a new visual for their new cello and piano arrangement of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" - watch here. Originally recording "Pictures at an Exhibition" for their 2014 ...
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Eighth Blackbird Plays Music Of David Lang, Michael Gordon, And Julia Wolfe On New Album
22 May, 2020
Chicago-based new-music sextet Eighth Blackbird, winners of four Grammy Awards for their previous Cedille Records albums, are heard in the world-premiere recording of Singing in the Dead of Night, a collaborative, all-instrumental program created for the ensemble by American composers David Lang, Michael ...
| Michael Vincent Waller Releases EP As Solo Performance Debut
21 May, 2020
On June 17th, 2020, composer Michael Vincent Waller is releasing a solo performance debut EP on the deep listening series, Longform Editions.
"The understated work of Michael Vincent Waller becomes a thing of minimalist beauty on his solo piano composition, A Song. This lyrical, impressionistic ...
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New Arvo Part Album - #5 On The Billboard Classical Charts - Gloriae Dei Cantores
21 May, 2020
Arvo Pärt's music crosses all boundaries - from classical to jazz to pop and everything in between. There is something about the music of Arvo Pärt - his music affects all who listen. Whether you are searching for refreshment, find yourself in an impossible situation, or ache in a deep place beyond ...
| Judy Collins To Re-Release Her Historic Recording Of "Amazing Grace" Joined By A Choir Of Singers Across The Globe - Out May 29
14 May, 2020
Judy Collins will re-release her historic rendition of "Amazing Grace" on Friday, May 29. Originally released 50 years ago, her version became a global sensation. It remained on the U.S. charts for 70 weeks, becoming an indelible song in America during the Vietnam War. For this new version of the recording, ...
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Jeremy Denk Concludes Greene Space Series With "How To Think Like Bach"
13 May, 2020
Jeremy Denk led the third and final event of Bach's Well-Tempered Lens, his online series for WNYC/WQXR's The Greene Space in New York City, with "How to Think Like Bach." From his barn in upstate New York, Denk performed pieces by Bach and led a distanced discussion about what happens to our brains ...
| At Home With... Series Features Yuja Wang And Thomas Wilkins Next In The Lineup
08 May, 2020
At Home With..., the series launched by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Classical KUSC (Los Angeles), and Classical KDFC (San Francisco), offers its latest installment - a split week featuring celebrated pianist Yuja Wang and Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, ...
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Katherine Jenkins OBE Performs At The Royal Albert Hall Bringing The Country Together For VE Day 75
08 May, 2020
For the first time in its 150-year history, the world-famous Royal Albert Hall in London plays host to a very special Katherine Jenkins concert behind closed doors, set to boost the morale of millions of people worldwide.
The event will mark the VE Day 75th anniversary on Friday 8 May, while bringing ...
| Critically Acclaimed Composer Dr. Mark Lomax, Ii Releases Digital Curriculum To Enhance Understanding Of Afrikan History
07 May, 2020
Critically acclaimed composer, recording artist, drummer, activist and educator Dr. Mark Lomax, II is releasing a new educational resource that enhances the understanding of Afrikan history and takes a wholistic look at the triumphs and falls of the Afrikan people from pre-colonial Afrika to Afro-Futurism. ...
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Korean Cultural Center New York Presents "Gugak Wednesdays: Online Korean Music Concerts" In Partnership With The National Gugak Center
04 May, 2020
Korean Cultural Center New York (KCCNY), a branch of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of the Republic of Korea, is pleased to announce the launch of "Gugak Wednesdays: Online Korean Music Concerts" in partnership with the National Gugak Center to offer audiences the opportunity to ...
| Lambert Shares "Tegel" Out Today
02 May, 2020
Following up his stunning True album of last year, Berlin-based composer and pianist Lambert is set to release an exquisite new EP Alone II via Mercury KX on July 3rd. Listen to "Tegel" from the forthcoming EP BELOW, it is inspired by his favourite airport, as Lambert explains:
"We all know we have ...
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Grammy & Oscar Nominated Composer/Producer Stephan Moccio Shares New Single "Whitby"
02 May, 2020
With his last single 'Fracture' racking up an impressive 1.2M streams on Spotify in just two weeks, acclaimed composer and producer for Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion and The Weeknd, Stephan Moccio returns with his stunning new track 'Whitby' out today.
Stephan's music explores some of life's more profound ...
| Pianist And Composer Chad Lawson Releases Major Label Debut EP "Stay"
02 May, 2020
The composer and pianist Chad Lawson announces the release of his major label solo piano debut EP, Stay, via Decca Records US. A collection of peaceful and transfixing music the five-track set is available worldwide now.
Where minimalism and melody meet, the set is a paean to inner peace and a clarion ...
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