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The 2010s: 25 Great Recordings
7th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The sixth instalment of a series where the editorial team choose our must-have recordings of each decade - see what made our top 25 for the 2010s.
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Gramophone Awards 2021 - Recording of the Year
6th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The overall winner was revealed at an online ceremony last night, along with other special prizes including Artist of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Stuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
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The Presto Chart - September 2021
3rd Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with Víkingur Ólafsson's Mozart & Contemporaries on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason's first duo album and other forthcoming highlights
29th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The siblings team up for cello sonatas by Barber and Rachmaninov, Cecilia Bartoli mines her archives, and Ádám Fischer completes his acclaimed Mahler cycle from Düsseldorf.
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The 2000s: 25 Great Recordings
23rd Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The fifth instalment of a series where the editorial team choose our must-have recordings of each decade - see what made our top 25 for the 2000s.
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Adès: The Tempest
Simon Keenlyside (Prospero), Kate Royal (Miranda), Toby Spence (Ferdinand), Ian Bostridge (Caliban), Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), Philip Langridge (Alonso), Donald Kaasch (Antonio), Jonathan Summers (Sebastian), David Condier (Trinculo), Stephen Richardson (Stefano), Graeme Danby (Gonzalo) The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Thomas Adès
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Gramophone Awards 2021 - The Winners!
22nd Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The winning recordings in each of the eleven categories were revealed today.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2021
20th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Heavyweight collections of recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm and Igor Markevitch, plus Beethoven piano sonata cycles by Boris Giltburg and Rudolf Buchbinder.
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The 1990s: 25 Great Recordings
14th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The fourth instalment of a series where the editorial team choose our must-have recordings of each decade - see what made our top 25 for the 1990s.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2021
13th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Igor Levit's 'magisterial' accounts of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes & Fugues and Ronald Stevenson's On DSCH coming out on top as Recording of the Month.
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2021 Choices
7th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Sean Shibe's Camino (our best-selling title for August) as Recording of the Month.
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The Presto Chart - August 2021
6th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with guitarist Sean Shibe's Franco-Spanish recital Camino on Pentatone in first place...
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Gramophone Awards 2021 - The Shortlist
1st Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
This year's six contenders in each of the eleven categories were revealed today.
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Presto 20th Anniversary - Call-Out for Videos
19th Aug 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Be a part of the documentary we're producing about our story by sharing your experience as a Presto Music customer via a short video.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2021
16th Aug 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Korean violinist Sueye Park's 'Journey Through A Century' in pride of place as Recording of the Month.
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2021 Choices
9th Aug 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by 'near-definitive' accounts of the Beethoven Piano Concertos from Krystian Zimerman, Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.
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The Presto Chart - July 2021
2nd Aug 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, with Krystian Zimerman's complete Beethoven piano concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle in first place...
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Boxed Set Selections - July 2021
28th Jul 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Bernard Herrmann conducting his own film-scores, a multi-conductor Bruckner cycle from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Friedrich Gulda's complete recordings on Decca, and an anthology of live recordings from the Sydney International Piano Competition.
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Presto Music's new look
23rd Jul 2021by Chris O'Reilly
We’re thrilled to unveil our refreshed new look, coming very soon. Find out more about what inspired the rebrand, and what’s next at Presto Music.
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BBC Music Magazine - August 2021 Choices
21st Jul 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, with French pianist Lise de la Salle's 'invitation to the dance' on Naive as Recording of the Month.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2021
14th Jul 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with Mahler's Seventh Symphony from Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester first among equals.