Fifty Shades of classical music.

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Capitol Records has released "Fifty Shades of Grey--The Classical Album," with 15 tracks featuring music personally selected by author E.L. James and referenced in her best-selling Fifty Shades books. Says James of the album: "I am thrilled that the classical pieces that inspired me while I wrote the Fifty Shades trilogy are being brought together in one collection for all lovers of the books to enjoy."

The three novels in the trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed) are published by Vintage Books and have sold more than 20,000,000 copies in the U.S. (31,000,000 worldwide). The books' various references to classical music have spurred sales of the pieces mentioned--even going so far as to cause "Spem in Alium," a 16th-century motet for 40 voices by Thomas...