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Butterfly Lovers

GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell’s forthcoming recording Butterfly Lovers features one of the most renowned works in the Chinese classical violin repertoire, the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. Recorded with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) and conducted by Tsung Yeh, the work is a distinctive adaptation for an ensemble of traditional Chinese instruments. Available now for preorder, the new Sony Classical album will be released digitally and on CD on June 30, 2023.  The second track release - Massenet’s Méditation” from Thaïs - is out today – listen here.

The recording also features Bell as soloist in three popular Western Romantic works for violin and orchestra, all specifically arranged to be performed with the SCO’s virtuosic ensemble of Chinese instruments.

"I'm thrilled to have worked with the incredible Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Maestro Tsung Yeh on this recording, which includes the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto as its centerpiece,” Joshua Bell says. “It was a joy to collaborate with the SCO musicians, who brought this work to life through the expressive sounds of the traditional Chinese instruments.”

Inspired by a hauntingly romantic Chinese legend, the concerto was written in 1959 by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao. The original version, richly scored for a full Western symphonic orchestra, has achieved global popularity. For this recording, Bell performed an adaptation of the work by Yang Hui Chang and Ku Lap-Man for an orchestra of traditional instruments. “The music beautifully describes the classic Butterfly Lovers story, featuring themes of romance, star-crossed lovers, and friendship,” Bell adds.

Joshua Bell:

Tchaikovsky

Grammy-winning Violinist Joshua Bell takes a fresh look at the Tchaikovksy Violin Concerto in live performance on his new Sony Classical CD. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Berlin Philharmonic in all-new recording featuring Tchaikovsky's 'M ditation,' 'Dance Russe' from Swan Lake.

4 "New ADD's this week: 57 "Total Stations"
Syndicated includes: CPRN, NPR, APM
Direct: DMX, XM, Sirius
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Wash DC, San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle (ADI), Dallas, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Portland, Cincinatti, Denver, Kansas City, Austin, Indianapolis, Long Island NY, Dayton OH, Santa Fe



 

Joshua Bell:

At Home With Friends

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 colorful roster of musicians including Sting, Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Groban, Regina Spektor, Chris Botti, Anoushka Shankar, Marvin Hamlisch, and Tiempo Libre, among others. The concept was inspired by Bell's long-time practice of holding 'musical soires at his New York residence eclectic gatherings of musicians, actors, comics, literary figures and others who convene for the sheer joy of sharing their art in an informal setting.

7 New ON this week 191 Total
Synd: NPR/Diane Rehm, Voice Of America, Radio DeLuxe, Virtuoso Voices, Folkscene
Direct: SiriusXM / Boundaries, NPR Now & Pops, Music Choice
Markets include: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Wash DC, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Cleveland, St. Louis, Houston, Portland, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Salt Lake, Memphis, Long Is. NY, Berkeley CA, San Antonio
Online: Amazon, RadioIO, GURU, Muruch, Taintradio, Coolstreams, BBS

Joshua Bell:

Voice Of the Violin

Grammy winning violinist Joshua Bell has chosen enduring melodies from the world of opera and song, on his latest Sony Classical recording: Voice of the Violin. Following up on his Chart topping Romance of the Violin, here, accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, "Voice of the Violin" features Opera's hottest new star, soprano Anna Netrebko.

2 New "ON" this week: 83 Total "Stations/Shows"
SYND: Associated Press, CPRN, DMX Symphonic
Online: B&N, amazon
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Wash DC, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle, Minneapolis, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Denver, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinatti, Portland, Austin, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Austin, Salt Lake, Tampa, Albuquerque, Columbus OH

Joshua Bell:

Beethoven Symphonies No. 4 & No. 7 w/ASMF

Few new recordings of such canonical works as Beethoven symphonies can claim status as true events these days, but Joshua Bell's first recording as Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields is just that. Bell leads the London orchestra in Beethoven's Symphonies No. 4 and No. 7 – from the violin. He bothconducts and plays from the concertmaster chair, sometimes contributing to the fabric of sound with his instrument; other times lifting his bow to exhort and emphasize. On February 12 2013, Sony Classical releases the Beethoven recording, which follows Bell and the Academy's lauded version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons from 2008. Classics Today gave that album high praise, pointing how it "scorches and sizzles. . . Bell and his first-rate partners make beautiful music out of Vivaldi's conceptions."

32 New 'ON' this week:  125 Total
SYND: PRI/Classical 24
Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice, DMX
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Denver, Portland, Austin, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Albuquerque, San Antonio, Memphis, Madison
Online: RadioIO, Taintradio, WGOE

Joshua Bell:

Four Seasons

Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell, who has enchanted audiences for two decades with his breathtaking playing and tone of rare opulence, has recorded Antonio Vivaldi's concertos The Four Seasons. Widely considered as one of the premier violinist of his generation, Bell is joined on this studio release by the celebrated musicians of the Academy of St.Martin in the Fields, who toured the work with him prior to the recording sessions.

3 New 'ON' this week: 73 Total
SYND: PRI/C24
Direct: Sirius/Symphony Hall, XM: Classics, Music Choice/Classical Masterpieces, DMX/Chamber Music, Spafax
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Wash DC, Philadelphia, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Detroit, Denver, Atlanta, New Orleans, St. Louis, Berkeley CA, Indianapolis & Bloomington, Memphis, Salt lake City, Buffalo, Columbus OH

Joshua Bell:

Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends

With Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends, world-renowned violinist Joshua Bell recreates his family's tradition of having friends come to his home during the holidays and joining in on songs that celebrate the warmth, beauty and magic of the season. Following the concept of his critically acclaimed album, At Home with Friends, Bell collaborates with a variety of special guests including Gloria Estefan, Alison Krauss, Kristin Chenoweth, trumpeter Chris Botti, jazz greats Chick Corea and Branford Marsalis, opera stars Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming, Michael Feinstein, Frankie Moreno, a cappella group Straight No Chaser, and classical artists Steven Isserlis and acclaimed classical comedy duo Igudesman-Joo. Co-produced by Steven Epstein and David Lai, Musical Gifts is available from Sony Masterworks.

26 New 'ON'  173 Total
SYND: PRI/Classical 24, PubRadio
Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Dallas, Cleveland, Seattle, Atlanta, Seattle, Minneapolis, Houston, Baltimore, Portland, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Denver, New Orleans, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Austin, Albuquerque, San Antonio, Memphis, Long Island NY, Salt Lake, Albuquerque, Madison WI, Hartford CT., Wichita, Honolulu
Online: TheStandardsChannel, WGOE, Audiophile Audition
Joshua Bell:

Bach

Violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of today - renowned for his expressive, elegant, intelligent playing and his deep commitment to bringing the classical tradition to wider audiences. Over the past three decades he has recorded more than 40 albums including most of the great violin repertoire. Now, Sony Classical is excited to announce that Bell has for the first time recorded the masterpieces of J.S. Bachwith the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.  In his third season now as their music director, Bell performs Bach's sublime Violin Concertos No. 1 and No. 2, along with a never-done-before 'violin and orchestra' arrangement of the famous Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 (adapted from Mendelssohn's piano accompaniment), the Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 for solo violin (using Schumann's accompaniment), and the universally beloved 'Air on the G string'. 

39 NEW -  126 Total
SYND: Classical 24, CBC, Sunday Baroque, The Romantic Hours
Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice, Spafax, MOOD
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis, Seattle, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Portland, Detroit, Baltimore, Denver, Pittsburgh, Austin, New Orleans, Memphis, Louisville, Honolulu, Canada
Online: ClassicallyHip, Taintradio

Joshua Bell:

The Classical Collection

Sony Classical announces the release of Joshua Bell – The Classical Collection, a 14-CD set of albums of classical repertoire that the internationally acclaimed, Grammy® Award winning violinist has recorded for the label over the past twenty years.  The collection is available worldwide on August 18th, 2017. Displaying the unique breadth, versatility and breathtaking virtuosity, beguiling sensitivity and sheer tonal beauty that has made Bell an icon for audiences of all ages and musical tastes throughout the world, this new collection showcases Joshua Bell in cornerstones of the violin concerto repertoire, chamber music and concert pieces.

Joshua Bell:

Bruch - Scottish Fantasy w/ASMF

A new Sony Classical release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. Available June 22, the album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well as a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner. Now, as Music Director of the Academy, Bell both performs and directs the orchestra, and offers a fresh take on the Bruch Concerto in addition to a thrilling performance of the Scottish Fantasy.