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Though she said she wasn’t surprised when her record company, EMI Classics, told her about the nomination, Chang said she was happy to hear the news...
...Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (EMI...
...string quartet Bond (2 million albums sold and counting). Skittishly sexy is also fine, a la Myleene Klass, the English Popstars siren turned classical pianist (also signed by Universal, reportedly for €1.4 million-plus). Smoldering sulkiness is equally bankable, as bad-boy Croatian pianist Maksim is finding out (EMI has signed him for five albums). Even a rap persona can work, as demonstrated by "Tony Henry," the new name of once-legit operatic tenor Anthony Garfield Henry, now reborn and rehyped as the €4.3 million contracted "P. Diddy of opera." Judging by this crowd, you might think...
...Twenty years after Rattle's emergence, there are fewer opportunities for mainstream classical artists to build big careers. But there are still ways. Competitions, famous mentors, and serious but well- promoted labels like EMI's Debut series prevent crossovers from completely crowding out serious talent. And every so often someone with that indefinable touch of brilliance comes along. Time has chosen three new sensations from the current crop: twentysomethings with the interpretive insight, technique and, yes, charisma to sell records for the next 50 years - and become truly great artists along the way. Lang Lang, 21, China. Lang Lang plays...
...flashy part that's too often just belted out. Lemalu is on the cusp of stardom. His first album last year, a rich collection of favorite songs like Schubert's Der Wanderer and Finzi's Rollicum-Rorum, won him the Gramophone magazine award for best newcomer. Although EMI are cagey about the figures, it sold tens of thousands - extremely good for an unknown singer - persuading the label to sign him to a five-year contract. His triumph in New Zealand music competitions led famous judges Sarah Walker and Tom Krause to recommend him to London's Royal College of Music...