Label Look: How Modern Recordings Is Redefining Classical Music

On Nov. 18, when BMG’s emerging jazz and classical imprint, Modern Recordings, announced it had signed jazz legend Pat Metheny to a recording contract, it became the the guitarist and composer’s first new label home in over 20 years.
Metheny’s signing was the biggest yet for Modern Recordings, which was established in November 2019 under the leadership of senior vp Christian Kellersman, who served in the classical and jazz department at Universal Music in Germany for over 13 ye