l Moray West, who is now 18 and was described by Simon Cowell as "probably the best singer I've ever heard" when he recruited him for his choir-boy group Angelis, is releasing an album of recordings he made as an 11-year-old boy treble.
Scotland Boy, which also features the Orchestra of Scottish Opera and conductors David Danzmayr, Christopher Bell and Tim Dean, will raise funds to support the care of Ciaran Pryce, a colleague of West's in the NYCoS National Boys Choir who was left paralysed a rugby injury. The album includes classics by Bach, Mozart, Purcell and Mendelssohn, Scots songs, and one written for West by his father, music teacher and former principal cor anglais with the RSNO, Stephen West. The album is available to order via the Amazon website and will be on general release from April 8. www.scotdisc.co.uk
l Pianist Peter Donohoe, who prepared the definitive scores for the sonatas of Sergei Prokofiev for Boosey and Hawkes almost 30 years ago, and has played all nine in recital during his illustrious career, has now embarked on project to record all of them for the SOMM label. Although he recorded Sonatas 6, 7 and 8 – the "War Sonatas" – for EMI in 1990, the first of the SOMM releases, featuring numbers one to five, is his first recording of the earlier pieces and will be released in May. New versions of Sonatas five to nine will follow. www.somm-recordings.com
l The final night of the Glasgow Americana Festival this year will be a tribute to singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, who died 40 years ago this year. The Grievous Angel, on Sunday October 9, will feature Canadian duo Madison Violet, Irishman Ben Glover, Glasgow's own Roddy Hart, John Hinshelwood's City Sinners and The Parsonage Choir. Glasgow Americana will take place at venues across the city and runs from October 2 to 6. www.glasgowamericana.com
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