Bach, J.S. / Rhodes: Fuck Digital - VINYL LP

Bach, J.S. / Rhodes: Fuck Digital - VINYL LPTitle: Fuck Digital Artist: Bach, J. S. Rhodes Label: Signum Classics Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 635212015308 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2018 11 09 Number of Discs: 1 James Rhodes has no formal academic musical education or dedicated mentoring. The title of the debut album "Razor Blades Little Pills and Big Pianos", hints at the suffering that dogged Rhodes's childhood and early adult life. Classical music became his solace and key to his

Title: Fuck Digital
Artist: Bach, J.S. / Rhodes
Label: Signum Classics
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 635212015308
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-11-09
Number of Discs: 1

James Rhodes has no formal academic musical education or dedicated mentoring. The title of the debut album "Razor Blades Little Pills and Big Pianos", hints at the suffering that dogged Rhodes's childhood and early adult life. Classical music became his solace and key to his survival. It was Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, not Faith Hope and Charity, that offered comfort. In 1993, mental health issues stopped him taking up a scholarship to the Guildhall. Suffering further setbacks due to health issues it was not until 2008, when Rhodes met his present manager, Denis Blais, that he was encouraged to record his first album. This enabled him to bare his soul and put many of the ghosts of the past to rest. With Blais, Rhodes also created a distinctive and unique approach to how the classical piano repertoire should be presented. Uncomfortable with the austere and traditional 'white tie and tails' recital they decided it was time for the performer to communicate directly with the audience. Rhodes was going to introduce his own programme notes and share what it takes to perform these works of art using fascinating anecdotes about the composers and his own life experience. Delivered in his unique trademark stand-up style he creates an immersive experience that has won him and classical music a dedicated new following. His new album, presented here, shows the same no-holds-barred approach to these time-honored classics.

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