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Caroline Dale (pictured), a former BBC young musician of the year finalist and performer at this year's Classical Brits, is the latest mainstream classical artist to address the massive passive market with her first release on the Instant Karma imprint. Such Sweet Thunder opens with Dale's arrangement of the Sarabande from Handel's Suite No.7, known to millions as the music used in Levi's most recent television campaign.
"It's sod's law that this music has been used by Levi's," says Dale. "It was always on the album. I just hope the interest in this track has created an audience which will listen to the work in its entirety."
Since graduating from London's Royal Academy of Music, the cellist has pursued a range of work that has neatly avoided the conventional pigeonholes reserved for classical artists. Her career credits include recital and concerto performances at such prestigious venues as the Barbican Centre and Wigmore Hall, arranging work for Peter Gabriel and Simply Red, finger double for Juliet Stephenson in Truly, Madly, Deeply, and soundtrack ...