It should come as no surprise to see us reimagine fifteen of 9-time Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish’s most intriguing tracks. Our string rendition of “bad guy” remains one of our most streamed tracks on Spotify and last year, we turned her latest single, “LUNCH,” into classical crossover magic for VSQ Performs The Hits of 2024. And while “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” was climbing to the most streamed song of 2024 on Spotify, we were busy celebrating the alt-pop superstar’s musical prowess, VSQ-style, in preparation for a full-length album. The result: VSQ Performs Billie Eilish, which features a diverse set of Eilish’s songs arranged for strings, from “ocean eyes”—the one that started it all—to three tracks off of her latest album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.

"The Very Day" is a forthcoming solo album by Steve Porcaro (Toto), scheduled for release on October 3, 2025, and licensed exclusively to Green Hill Productions. The album features a 11-track list, including collaborations with Michael McDonald and Jude Cole, with the first single being "Miss Jane Sinclair".

On her upcoming album Cuban Christmas, Sarah Willis, horn-player of the Berliner Philharmoniker teams up with the Sarahbanda. Together they inject the colourful, contagious energy of Cuban music into a selection of timeless holiday classics. The album further includes works by Bach and Tchaikovsky – these too reimagined with Cuban flair. “Cuban Christmas is a celebration of culture, connection, and the music that makes the season magical,” says Willis. “I truly hope it brings as much happiness to your home as it brought to mine while creating it.”

Rachael Yamagata is proud to announce her new studio album in almost ten years, Starlit Alchemy, due out on October 3rd via Jullian Records. A fiercely independent artist with a voice both instantly recognizable and emotionally unflinching, Rachael Yamagata first emerged in the early 2000s with her critically acclaimed debut Happenstance. Over the next two decades, she built a loyal following on the strength of her raw, cinematic songwriting and soul-baring live performances – releasing a string of beloved records including Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart, Chesapeake, and Tightrope Walker. Known for pairing bruising vulnerability with wry humor and unabashed grit, she’s worked with artists as varied as Liz Phair, Toots and The Maytals, Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Adams, and Bright Eyes, while consistently forging her own path outside the major label system. Now, she’s returned with her most intuitive yet intentional work yet. Starlit Alchemy isn’t a collection of singles or an algorithmic playlist; it’s a “deep dive record,” as Yamagata calls it – a body of work meant to be heard in full.”

Mozart’s magnificent setting of the Requiem Mass needs no introduction. One of his last works and a landmark of choral music, it is paired on this album with a new and complementary work by the pianist and composer Fazıl Say: Mozart ve Mevlana.

‘This work has accompanied me like a secret, an almost silent meditation on what the viola means in my life. Through it I have experienced how much this instrument connects me to listening, to patience, to inwardness. Here Morton Feldman is not composing in order to shine, but so as to make us hear the infinitesimal, the unspeakable – that is what has touched me profoundly, and I want to share it with the listeners.’

Viral guitar sensation Alexandra Whittingham is proud to present her debut album on Decca Classics. Repertoire by some of France’s best-loved composers alongside pieces which you may be discovering for the first time. From melancholy miniatures to the soaring melodies of French chansons, this is an album which gives us the space to contemplate, marvel and hope. Features seven specially commissioned new arrangements, guest appearances from other musical stars and two arrangements by French guitarist and composer Roland Dyens, one of Alexandra’s idols.

What would you do if you knew the world was ending in five months?
This profound question lies at the heart of Arjen Lucassen's latest creation, Songs No One Will Hear. A sonic trip that follows humanity's final days as a catastrophic asteroid barrel toward Earth, the album blends dark humor, raw emotion, and the chaotic, surreal nature of the end times. Some people panic, some throw parties, others fall apart - but a few find peace amidst the chaos. “It’s tragic, it’s absurd, it’s the soundtrack to the apocalypse.” Songs No One Will Hear is an eclectic masterpiece, drawing from a broad range of styles - rock, prog, pop, electronic, and acoustic - infused with both light-hearted moments and deep, emotional intensity. It explores the full spectrum of human emotion, from intense panic to unexpected serenity, with Arjen’s signature blend of complexity and accessibility…