Prince Sign of Times

Emancipation was as expansive an album as anything Prince had ever released. A triple album constituting exactly three hours of music, Emancipation found Prince celebrating the release of music solely on his terms. “This is my most important record,” he proclaimed upon its release. “I’m free, and my music is free.”

Prince: one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century, creator of countless hits and just as many classic albums, and an enigma with a seemingly endless vault of masterpieces only now seeing the light of day. We had to pay tribute to this one-of-a-kind artist. We’re proud to deliver thirteen string quartet renditions of our favorite songs from The High Priest of Pop's catalogue. From “Raspberry Beret” to “Purple Rain,” we’ve got the best, but trust us, it wasn’t easy choosing.

Resurrexi!, recorded in 2021 in the Victorian splendour of Keble College Chapel, celebrates Easter in music – a full mass sequence based around Mozart’s Spaurmesse K. 258, interspersed with plainchant and a treasury of Viennese classical sacred music by Joseph and Michael Haydn. The result offers an imaginary recreation of an opulent service that might have been heard at Vienna’s Stephansdom, or at the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg’s court.