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Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch
17th Sep 2021
The long-term Lieder partners are absolutely in their element on a recital which delivers both drama and delicacy in spades.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th September 2021
17th Sep 2021
Bach from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and two guest stars, opera arias from Georgian baritone George Gagnidze, Liszt from Charles Owen, and Jommelli from Ian Page and The Mozartists.
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Charles Owen on Liszt and lockdown
15th Sep 2021
The British pianist discusses his new recording of Suisse from Années de Pèlerinage (out this Friday on Avie Records), his role as a Steinway ambassador, and how his relationship with the 'three pianos in his life' shifted in lockdown.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th September 2021
10th Sep 2021
Shostakovich and Ronald Stevenson from Igor Levit, Rachmaninov from Robin Ticciati, Arvo Pärt from Renaud Capuçon in Lausanne, and Bartók, Mussorgsky and Brahms from Magdalena Kožená.
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Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries
9th Sep 2021
The Icelandic pianist talks to Katherine about his new album exploring 'one of the most incredible decades in any composer's life', and his mission to 'get rid of some my own preconceptions about Mozart by finding out more about the music of his day'.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd September 2021
3rd Sep 2021
Mahler, Ives and Grime from Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton, British oboe quintets from Nicholas Daniel, organist Anna Lapwood's first solo recording, and Strauss from François-Xavier Roth in Köln.
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Igor Oistrakh (1931 - 2021)
2nd Sep 2021
The Odessa-born violinist, who performed regularly with his father David as well as forging a significant independent solo career, has died aged 90.
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Presto Editor's Choices - August 2021
31st Aug 2021
A vividly-painted gallery of French Classical heroines from Véronique Gens, Bull and Byrd in glorious technicolour from Kit Armstrong, and a mesmerising recital of songs by Irish composer Ina Boyle.
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Teresa Żylis-Gara (1930-2021)
30th Aug 2021
The Polish soprano, whose wide repertoire encompassed rarities by Cavalieri, Chausson and Moniuszko as well as Mozart, Strauss and Verdi heroines, has died aged 91.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th August 2021
27th Aug 2021
Schubert from René Jacobs, Brahms from Alexander Melnikov, French baroque heroines from Véronique Gens, and seventeenth-century laments from Iestyn Davies and Fretwork.
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Cordelia Williams on Nightlight
25th Aug 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about her new playlist-style album on Somm Records, exploring different facets of night as depicted in works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Scriabin, Tomkins and Bill Evans.
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Cordelia Williams (piano)
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Sean Shibe's Camino
20th Aug 2021
The guitarist brings hypnotic, introspective beauty to a programme which explores connections between France and Spain via works by de Falla, Mompou, Ravel, Poulenc and Satie.
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Sean Shibe (guitar)
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Sean Shibe on Camino
20th Aug 2021
The Scottish guitarist talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week, which he describes as 'a profound spiritual journey'.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th August 2021
20th Aug 2021
Norwegian opera overtures from Oslo, Haydn's L'isola disabitata from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vivaldi's Four Seasons from thirteen-year-old violinist Christian Li, and Telemann cantatas for Hanoverian Kings.
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Boxed Set Selections - August 2021
18th Aug 2021
Marian Anderson's complete recordings for RCA Victor, a centenary celebration of Giuseppe Di Stefano, and a fiftieth-birthday collection from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th August 2021
13th Aug 2021
Chopin from Jan Lisiecki, Strauss from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, works for violin and piano by Louise Farrenc, and Francis Pott's mammoth 'Passion Symphony' Christus.
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Jan Lisiecki on Chopin
11th Aug 2021
The Canadian pianist, who made his first Chopin recordings in his early teens, talks to Katherine about his long-standing affinity with the composer's music and his new recording of the Nocturnes (released this Friday on Deutsche Grammophon).
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Peter Donohoe plays Busoni
6th Aug 2021
The British pianist is a clear-eyed but infectiously enthusiastic guide through the Italian composer-pianist's weird and wonderful world, taking in the 7 Elegien, Sonatina super Carmen, and two Toccatas.
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Peter Donohoe (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 6th August 2021
6th Aug 2021
A French-language Carnaval des animaux from Lille, British music from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Wagner, Mahler and Berg from Anja Harteros, and Chopin and more from Alice Sara Ott.
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Andrew Matthews-Owen on Taliesin's Songbook
5th Aug 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about a new anthology of Welsh song, featuring music by composers including Morfydd Owen, Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Grace Williams and Huw Watkins.
