We reveal who’s recording what and where...
Sony Classical recently signed Miloš Karadaglić. The popular guitarist has recorded for DG and Decca until now, but says he is ‘very excited to be joining Sony Classical and building a future together’.
His first project as part of the partnership is set to be a recording of Baroque repertoire, scheduled for release early next year.
Taking Milo ’s place at Decca is up-andcoming Brazilian classical guitarist Plínio Fernandes. The 27 year-old, whose hero is Andrés Segovia, says his signing to Decca Gold is ‘a dream come true’. His debut album, titled Saudade, is set for release on 8 July and features guest artists Sheku Kanneh-mason and Brazilian vocalists Maria Rita.
Chineke! Orchestra have also announced a major new partnership with Decca, which will see the label release all future recordings by the the trailblazing orchestra. The first, out in August, features music by Samuel Coleridge-taylor, including his Violin Concerto and Ballade in A minor, plus a premiere recording of a work by his daughter, Avril Coleridge-taylor.
Opera Rara continues to present thrilling resorations of forgotten works, with recordings of Mercadante’s Il proscritto and O enbach’s La Princesse de Trebizonde planned, ahead of performances at the Barbican and Queen Elizabeth Hall in June and September. The recordings will be released in the spring and summer.
Another opera premiere is coming from Boston, where Odyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project are presenting Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcom X. The Strand Theatre, which is near to where a teenaged Malcolm Little (X) once lived, is the location for the performance and recording. Long since out of print, Davis’s opera will be available in a revised edition, to be released later in the year.