We reveal who’s recording what and where...
Julian Bliss has just recorded an allrachmaninov programme at Sa ron Hall in Essex. The clarinettist performs an arrangement of the composer’s Cello Sonata with pianist Julien Quentin and the pair have also captured previously unrecorded arrangements of songs including the Op. 21 ‘Zdes Khorosho’. The album will be released by Signum Classics.
There’s more Rachmaninov, this time from pianist Martin James Bartlett and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. They record the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in Liverpool later this month, under the baton of Joshua Borenstein. Warner Classics will release the recording later this year.
Sarah Class is currently working on a new classical concept album called Natural High, which finds the British composer musing on Mother Nature in all her guises. It follows the recent release of a single and EP called Green Man, featuring Class on piano and guest vocals by the 2012 winner of BBC Radio 2 Chorister of the Year, Isaac Waddington. The album will be released in the coming months.
Following their acclaimed recordings of Les Troyens and La damnation de Faust, conductor John Nelson and mezzo Joyce Didonato have returned to Berlioz for a live recording of Roméo et Juliette, made over two evenings at Strasbourg’s Palais de la musique et des congrès. The disc will be released on Erato in November.
Sony recently announced the exclusive signing of 19-year-old Polish guitarist Marcin Patrzalek, who rose to fame a er winning television talent shows in Poland and Italy and reaching the semi-final of America’s Got Talent. The label will oversee releases throughout the year, including new arrangements of classical repertoire.
All above plans are subject to change.