Record news: Cellist gets label deal
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Pentatone are proud to announce the engagement of an uprising talent, rock-star cellist Johannes Moser as one of our exclusive artists. The collaboration launches on 1 September 2015 the release of DVORAK & LALO Cello Concertos with conductor Jakub Hrusa and the Prague Philharmonia.
Small question: if he’s a rock star, what’s he doing on a boutique classical label?
Congratulations, Johannes! I look forward to stellar releases with interesting repertoire!
Fabulous on all fronts: artist, conductor, rep. One for the collection.
the expression is stupid – but a “boutique label” if serious as Pentatone is preferable and more clever as a choice to many others…
He could have signed with Naxos 🙂 !
It would seem that “rock star” was being used as an adjectival phrase, meaning more good-looking, young and up-and-coming than a new Mick Jagger! It’s sad that any attempt to broaden the appeal of classical music to the young is mocked – why shouldn’t he sign to a so-called “boutique” label?