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Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and other forthcoming vocal highlights
4th Aug 2021
Autumn also brings an intriguing debut album from Italian-Canadian mezzo Emily D'Angelo, plus new recordings from Marianne Crebassa, Philippe Jaroussky, Ian Bostridge, and Jakub Józef Orliński.
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Presto Editor's Choices - July 2021
1st Aug 2021
An exhilarating debut recording from the C/O Chamber Orchestra in Ibert, Bartók and more, a loveable recital of love-song transcriptions from Angela Hewitt, and a superbly-paced Fidelio from Marek Janowski.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th July 2021
30th Jul 2021
A chaconne-themed solo recital from Ilya Gringolts, Busoni from Peter Donohoe, Bruckner from Juanjo Mena, and an anthology of Welsh song from Andrew Matthews-Owen and friends.
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Giuseppe Giacomini (1940-2021)
29th Jul 2021
The great but under-recorded Italian dramatic tenor, who excelled as Otello, Dick Johnson, Andrea Chénier and Pollione, has died aged 80.
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Korngold's Die tote Stadt from Munich
23rd Jul 2021
Jonas Kaufmann and Marlis Petersen both thrive under the camera's close scrutiny in Korngold's early opera about a volatile widower who attempts to refashion a new love-interest in his late wife's image.
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Korngold: Die tote Stadt (DVD)
Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marietta), Andrej Filonczyk (Frank/Fritz), Jennifer Johnston (Brigitta), Mirjam Mesak (Juliette), Corinna Scheurle (Lucienne), Manuel Günther (Gaston/Victorin), Dean Power (Graf Albert), Bayerische Staatsoper, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Stone (director)
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd July 2021
23rd Jul 2021
Lully from Les Talens Lyriques, Liszt from Olivier Latry, an avian song-recital from Roderick Williams and Andrew West, and new music for saxophone and piano by Thai and Australian composers.
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Charles Richard-Hamelin on Chopin
22nd Jul 2021
In the wake of his new recording of the 24 Préludes Op. 28 on Analekta, the Canadian pianist talks to Katherine about why playing Chopin's music always 'feels like coming home' to him.
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Mozart from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming instrumental highlights
20th Jul 2021
Late summer and early autumn also bring Shostakovich and Stevenson from Igor Levit, Haydn from Paul Lewis, and a Franco-Spanish album from Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe.
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Sir Graham Vick (1953-2021)
19th Jul 2021
The English opera director, who won widespread acclaim for his groundbreaking work with Birmingham Opera Company, has died aged 67 from complications arising from COVID.
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Verdi: Falstaff
Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Roberto Frontali (Ford), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mistress Quickly), Desiree Rancatore (Nanetta), Kenneth Tarver (Fenton) Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink, stage direction by Graham Vick
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New Release Round-Up - 16th July 2021
16th Jul 2021
Fidelio from Marek Janowski (with Lise Davidsen in the title-role), Beethoven from the Suk Trio, and baroque violin recitals from Nicola Benedetti and Théotime Langlois de Swarte.
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Beethoven: Fidelio
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski
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New Release Round-Up - 9th July 2021
9th Jul 2021
Beethoven concertos from Krystian Zimerman, Haydn from Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, Byrd and Bull from Kit Armstrong, and highlights from Porgy & Bess from Marin Alsop, with Angel Blue and Lester Lynch in the title-roles.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason on Summertime
8th Jul 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about her new all-American album (released tomorrow on Decca Classics), which features music by Barber, Coleridge-Taylor, Beach, Gershwin and Copland.
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Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)
5th Jul 2021
The Dutch composer and pianist, whose major works include the Dante-inspired opera La Commedia and Theatre of the World, has died aged 82.
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Sibelius from Edward Gardner, the Bergen Philharmonic, and Lise Davidsen
2nd Jul 2021
The Norwegian soprano combines drama and delicacy in the tone-poem Luonnotar, whilst the Bergen string sound in Tapiola, Rakastava and Pelléas & Mélisande is a thing to marvel at.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd July 2021
2nd Jul 2021
Love songs from Angela Hewitt, Beethoven's Hammerklavier and Eroica Variations from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Satie from Noriko Ogawa, and Schnittke and Pärt from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
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Randall Goosby on Roots
1st Jul 2021
The violinist talks to Katherine about his debut album on Decca, celebrating the influence which Black composers and performers have had on American music from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
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Presto Editor's Choices - June 2021
30th Jun 2021
A hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking debut from US violinist Randall Goosby, an illuminating musical tour of Vienna with pianist Alasdair Beatson, and a superb introduction to the orchestral music of Vítězslava Kaprálová.
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Kate Lindsey on Tiranno
29th Jun 2021
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her recent album exploring baroque depictions of Nero (and the women surrounding him), which features music by Monteverdi, Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti and Bartolomeo Monari.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th June 2021
25th Jun 2021
Debut recordings from violinist Randall Goosby and pianist Elena Fischer-Dieskau, a Viennese-themed recital from Alasdair Beatson, and a collection of orchestral works by Vítězslava Kaprálová.
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Hervé Niquet on La flûte enchantée
24th Jun 2021
The conductor talks to Katherine about his recording of a new French-language version of Die Zauberflöte with Le Concert Spirituel, following a spectacular production at Versailles last year.
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Mozart: La flûte enchantée
Mathias Vidal (Tamino), Florie Valiquette (Pamina), Marc Scoffoni (Papageno), Lisa Mostin (La Reine de la Nuit), Tomislav Lavoie (Sarastro), Olivier Trommenschlager (Monostatos), Pauline Feracci (Papagena) Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
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