Andreas’ first two CD projects for Decca are suitably high-profile: in February he will record the title role in Handel’s Giulio Cesare with a stellar cast including Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, and Nathalie Stutzmann with Les Arts Florissants conducted by William Christie; and in April Andreas Scholl will record a solo album, his first recording of Purcell, with Accademia Bizantina directed by Scholl himself. Both recordings will be released in Autumn 2010.

Christopher Roberts, President of Universal Music Group International, Classics and Jazz, says: “Andreas Scholl’s return to Decca is a source of pride and pleasure for the label and me personally. As today’s outstanding countertenor, he has earned a unique position among the vocal artists of his generation. We now look forward to many more years of valuable collaboration with Andreas.”

Andreas Scholl comments: “I'm looking forward to realizing my artistic plans with Decca, whose team will help me develop not only my repertoire ideas but also express my entire artistic personality. I embark on this exciting new challenge with great joy”.

Over the years of their productive and prize-winning association, Decca has released a series of extraordinary solo recordings by this celebrated German countertenor, including Arias for Senesino, for which he won the 2006 Classical Brit “Singer of the Year” award; Heroes, a disc of arias by Gluck, Handel, Hasse, and Mozart; Robert Dowland’s A Musicall Banquet; Vivaldi motets with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Wayfaring Stranger, a selection of specially arranged English and American folksongs with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and Arcadia, a collection of rare and unpublished cantatas by composers from Rome’s Arcadian Circle.

Paul Moseley, General Manager of Decca, comments: “It’s a delight and honour to welcome Andreas Scholl back to Decca where he belongs. Andreas is the King of modern countertenors, but more than that he is a great singer, musician and thinker – and he is now at the height of his powers”.

Jocelyn Pook,  who composed the music for the film Merchant of Venice,  is writing a work based on the ancient, apocryphal document, the Gospel of Thomas, which has long been a subject of interest to Andreas Scholl. No dates, yet.