Gadfly

‘Inspiration’ reflects Sheku’s own inspirations and influences, featuring a broad range of music from Bob Marley and Jacqueline du Pre to Shostakovich, including some of Sheku’s own arrangements.

One of the brightest young stars in classical music, teenage cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, teams up with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla for his debut album.

Collins Classics is your home for the best in Classical music. Here you can find the entire repackaged and remastered catalogue of works from London’s most renowned orchestras including the London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and Consort of London. Covering a wide range of quintessential masterpieces ranging from Bach and Britten through to Shostakovich and Sibelius, the works of Collins Classics play an undeniably important role in the preservation of Classical history.

Born in East Berlin, he studied first with his father Peter Vogler and subsequently with Josef Schwab in Berlin, Heinrich Schiff in Basel and Siegfried Palm. At the age of 20 he won the principal cello position of the Staatskapelle Dresden, becoming the youngest player in the history of this orchestra to hold that position. He left the position in 1997 to pursue a solo career, moving to New York with his wife, violinist Mira Wang and their two children. There he befriended Bill Murray who joined him in 2017 for a musical recital in the Palace of Culture in Dresden. The program, titled "New Worlds", was recorded for Decca Records, Murray's debut album, and toured in Germany and America, including the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Since its founding in 2003, the Poulenc Trio has established itself as one of the worlds finest ensembles in the lesser-known domain of double-reed chamber music. The Trios members are not only first-rate ensemble players but are also prominent virtuosos of their respective instruments. In the groups second release on Delos, the idiomatic qualities of double-reed instruments are particularly well-served by the pair of trios by Francis Poulenc and Jean Francais.

For his international debut album on the Yellow Label, the brilliant young violinist Nemanja Radulović proposes a journey throughout the musical traditions of Eastern Europe. The selection contains all-time favorites, both classical and popular, from Eastern Europe, ranging from core classical pieces to traditional folk melodies to film music – among them Brahms’ Hungarian Dance, Dvořák’s Songs my mother taught me and William’s music from the film Schindler’s list.

Music has been making a big influence on our lives in many different scenes when we are happy, angry, sad and joyful. Music is our common language globally. I believe that we can share the “Beauty of Music” with all the people in the world beyond boundaries. I am very interested in making collaborations with many people in various genres, and I am enthusiastic very much to expand my musical career further. No Life, No Music!