Simon Cowell's glamorous string quartet Escala bows out of a Christmas release

Alas for Simon Cowell, it takes more than short skirts and pretty faces to make a great classical record. Escala, Cowell's favourite all-girl string quartet, have postponed the release of their debut album after deciding it's, well ... not good enough. Cowell plucked the quartet from ITV's Britain's Got Talent, signing them to his SyCo record label in a multi-million pound deal. Though the group only finished in fifth place, Cowell said he saw "star potential" in their violins, viola and cello -...

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