EMI Music will be releasing an anniversary edition of the Deepest Purple compilation in late October. The album originally went straight to #1 in the UK when it was first released in 1980. The anniversary release will include a bonus DVD featuring a range of video clips presented by Jon Lord. This is a provisional … Continue reading Jon Lord to host new Deep Purple DVD
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Jon Lord's new album, To Notice Such Things, continues to attract favourable reviews around the world. See below for full reviews from Australia's national paper, The Australian, and BBC's Music Mag. See also our focus page on To Notice Such Things.
Jon Lord's new album has entered the UK's official classical chart at an impressive no. 4.
Jon Lord is the third most loved living classical composer. A study of Classic FM's Hall of Fame 2010 reveals that Jon Lord sits firmly in the top 10 of living composers. His Durham Concerto is no. 3 and Boom of the Tingling Strings is no. 6. See the full top 10 list below. Numbers … Continue reading Jon Lord in Top 10 Living Composers
Classic FM is featuring Jon Lord's new album, To Notice Such Things, as their CD of the week starting today, April 6. Praising Jon Lord as 'a former rock musician who, over the last few years, has really proved his worth as a classical composer,' Classic FM's Simon Bates will play music from this CD … Continue reading To Notice Such Things is Classic FM’s CD of the week
Jon Lord's Durham Concerto has reached no. 28 in this year's Classic FM Hall of Fame, it was revealed Monday afternoon. Durham Concerto is Jon Lord's highest placed entry this year, with Boom of the Tingling Strings reaching no. 79. Both pieces first entered the Classic FM Hall of Fame last year; Durham Concerto reached … Continue reading Durham Concerto no. 28 in Classic FM Hall of Fame
Jon Lord's Boom of the Tingling Strings has been voted into Classic FM's Hall of Fame 2010, it was announced Sunday evening. Making it to no. 79, the album has climbed an astonishing 119 places since last year. This makes Boom of the Tingling Strings this year's highest climber in Classic FM's Hall of Fame. … Continue reading Jon Lord enters Classic FM Hall of Fame – again
Hitting the streets. On its first day of release, Jon Lord's new album To Notice Such Things, raced up Amazon's Movers And Shakers index, nestling nicely at no. 12 at the end of the day. Amazon's Movers & Shakers index identifies, by category, the biggest gainers in sales rank at Amazon.co.uk in the past 24 … Continue reading Jon Lord’s new album attracts great sales