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New Release Round-Up - 7th October 2022
7th Oct 2022
A 'fan-letter' to György Kurtág from Víkingur Ólafsson, high-octane opera duets from Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier, French bel canto arias from Lisette Oropesa, and Bach Orchestral Suites from John Butt and the Dunedin Consort.
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Bruno de Sá on Roma Travestita
6th Oct 2022
The Brazilian soprano discusses his debut album on Erato (exploring the period of operatic history when women were forbidden from performing on the Roman stage) and the process of 'finding his own path' as a high-voiced male singer...
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Domingo Hindoyan on life in Liverpool
5th Oct 2022
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's new Chief Conductor talks about his debut recording of Debussy, Roussel and Dukas on Onyx, his relationship with his mentor Daniel Barenboim, and how being part of the original El Sistema in Venezuela has informed his approach to music education and community work.
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The Presto Chart - September 2022
3rd Oct 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with Hollywood Soundstage from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London (released at the beginning of the month on Chandos) in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - September 2022
1st Oct 2022
An irresistible Coleridge-Taylor collection from Chineke!, an exciting all-French programme from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under their dynamic new Music Director, and an almost unbearably poignant Schwanengesang from Ian Bostridge and Lars Vogt.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th September 2022
30th Sep 2022
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor from Chineke!, an all-French programme from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and their new Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan, Schubert from Ian Bostridge and the late Lars Vogt, and a celebration of neglected French composer Charlotte Sohy from new label La Boîte à Pépites.
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Peter Gregson on Patina
24th Sep 2022
As his forthcoming album Quartets: One - Four is announced, the cellist and composer reflects on his previous project Patina (an 'alternative version' of which was released this summer) and why he's keen to move away from 'the Instagram version of music'...
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Leoncavallo's Zingari on Opera Rara
23rd Sep 2022
Carlo Rizzi conducts a scintillating account of the Pushkin-inspired one-act opera from 1912, starring Krassimira Stoyanova and Arsen Soghomonyan.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd September 2022
23rd Sep 2022
Bruckner from Iván Fischer, an impressive, genre-defying debut album from South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage from Edward Gardner, and a sparkling collection of 'lost jewels' from Belgian soprano Jodie Devos.
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RIOPY on Bliss
22nd Sep 2022
The French-born pianist and composer explains how developing a daily meditation practice not only inspired the music on his latest album, but also transformed his life...
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Igor Levit's Tristan
16th Sep 2022
Hans Werner Henze's brilliant, baffling set of ‘Preludes for piano, electronic tapes and orchestra’ sits at the heart of this Wagner-inspired recital, which also includes music by Liszt and Mahler via Ronald Stevenson.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th September 2022
16th Sep 2022
Weinberg from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Bruckner from Simon Rattle, a stunning debut of Baroque rarities from Brazilian male soprano Bruno de Sá, and a Disney album from Lang Lang.
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Alison Balsom on Quiet City
14th Sep 2022
The trumpet-player discusses her new album of music by composers including Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and Ives, and reflects on the unique qualities of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie...
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New Release Round-Up - 9th September 2022
9th Sep 2022
Liszt, Wagner and Henze from Igor Levit, a wide-ranging song-inspired recital from Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a celebration of two hundred years of Brazilian classical music, and Monteverdi from Jordi Savall.
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Handel's Theodora from Maxim Emelyanychev and other autumn highlights
7th Sep 2022
Lisette Oropesa heads a starry cast on Il Pomo d'Oro's upcoming recording of Handel's dramatic oratorio about religious persecution in ancient Rome, plus Dvořák from Leif Ove Andsnes, Schubert from Ian Bostridge and the late Lars Vogt, and Ruth Gipps from the BBC Philharmonic.
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Lars Vogt (1970-2022)
6th Sep 2022
The German pianist and conductor, a superb chamber musician who was especially noted for his interpretations of Austro-German Romantic repertoire, has died of cancer aged 51.
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Fatma Said's Kaleidoscope
2nd Sep 2022
Featuring music by composers including Léhar, Gounod, Weill and Piazzolla, the Egyptian soprano's beguiling, wide-ranging invitation to the dance proves impossible to resist.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd September 2022
2nd Sep 2022
Bach from Mahan Esfahani, Brahms from Anna Lucia Richter & Ammiel Bushakevitz, John Adams from Paavo Järvi, and Haydn from the Takács Quartet.
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Presto Editor's Choices - August 2022
31st Aug 2022
Mahler from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles, a beguiling 'emporium of curiosities' from Sean Shibe, and Wolf Lieder in full orchestral technicolour from Benjamin Appl and the Jenaer Philharmonie.
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Randall Scotting on Senesino
31st Aug 2022
The American countertenor discusses his new album The Crown, exploring the star castrato's legacy beyond the Handel roles for which he is best known today...
