Richard Clayderman TITLE: Ballade Pour Adeline - The Masters Collection is a brand new label from BMG designed to give an introduction to an artist and their catalogue of work. A household name Richard Clayderman remains one of the most popular and consistent interpreters of well-known songs and has arguably done more than anyone else to popularise the piano in modern music. It is said that, at the age of six, Richard Clayderman could read music more adeptly than his native French. He still performs sell out shows all over the world and his music has a reassuring permanency for his legions of fans, as this collection amply demonstrates. Clayderman's international success has in the past seen him play as many as 200 concerts within 250 days.