Joshua Bell Releases New Album 'At Home With Friends'

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - On Joshua Bell's new album, 'At Home With Friends', the Grammy Award-winning violinist fulfills a life-long career dream of recording a CD of instrumental and vocal duets with a diverse group of artists including Chris Botti, Sting, Josh Groban, Kristin Chenoweth, Regina Spektor, Anoushka Shankar, Marvin Hamlisch, Tiempo Libre, among others.

Bell is one of America's most celebrated violinists and has changed the face of classical music since he first appeared on stage with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 14.

Among the more than 30 CDs Bell has recorded, his performances for Sony Classical film soundtracks also include The Red Violin, which won the Oscar for Best Original Score; the Classical Brit-nominated Ladies in Lavender; and the Academy Award-winning film Iris, in an original score by James Horner.

Bell's most recent soundtrack recordings for Sony Classical are Angels & Demons and Defiance. He also appeared as himself in the film Music of the Heart, starring Meryl Streep. Bell also was selected as one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People. All the while, he's been an advocate for bringing music programs to inner-city schools and devotes his time to visiting with the students and explaining the importance of music.
You can go to www.joshuabell.com for more information on the album and to see his tour dates.