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Oliver Knussen (1952-2018)
9th Jul 2018
The British composer and conductor, best known for his two children’s operas Where The Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! and for his tireless championing of music by his contemporaries, has died aged 66.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th July 2018
6th Jul 2018
Haydn from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Mozart from Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato and Marina Rebeka, a Philip Glass premiere, and Spanish polyphony from Robert Hollingworth and De Profundis.
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The Presto Chart - June 2018
2nd Jul 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with Buxtehude's Abendmusiken from Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis and Ensemble Masques in first place.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th June 2018
29th Jun 2018
Handel from Christopher Purves and Grace Davidson, a second instalment of Stravinsky from Ilya Gringolts, Suk from Jonathan Plowright, and Brett Dean’s Hamlet on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2018
19th Jun 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with an ingenious exploration of the young Mozart's visit to London in the top spot as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th June 2018
15th Jun 2018
Beethoven from Cuarteto Casals, Stravinsky from the LSO Chamber Ensemble, a Verdi rarity from La Scala, and a centenary documentary on the great Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson.
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BBC Music Magazine - July 2018 Choices
13th Jun 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Choir of St John’s College Cambridge, the Silesian Quartet, and Emmanuel Pahud.
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Boxed Set Selections - June 2018
6th Jun 2018
A collection of RCA Victor and Columbia recordings celebrating Bernstein the pianist, Beethoven cycles from Philippe Herreweghe and Quartetto di Cremona, and boxes devoted to Tchaikovsky, Gounod and Reger.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st June 2018
1st Jun 2018
Elgar from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Das Rheingold from Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé, La clemenza di Tito from last summer’s Glyndebourne Festival, and a dream-inspired recital from Stephen Hough.
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The Presto Chart - May 2018
31st May 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Keith Warner's 2017 Covent Garden production of Otello (starring Jonas Kaufmann in the title-role) in the lead...
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New Release Round-Up - 25th May 2018
25th May 2018
New recordings from artists including Jakub Hrůša, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Jacques Imbrailo & Alasdair Hogarth, plus a ravishing Rameau rarity from György Vashegyi.
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Brett Dean's Hamlet and other forthcoming highlights
23rd May 2018
The world premiere of the Australian composer’s spellbinding new Shakespearian opera, filmed at Glyndebourne last summer with Allan Clayton in the title-role, plus new releases from Joshua Bell, Steven Osborne and Cuarteto Casals.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2018
21st May 2018
Three delightful early nineteenth-century clarinet concertos (directed by the soloist) are top of the pile this month, with other featured artists including Trio Wanderer, Alfred Brendel, and Marc-André Hamelin.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th May 2018
18th May 2018
Schubert from Isabelle Faust and friends, Wolf-Ferrari from Vasily Petrenko, and Vaughan Williams from The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge.
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2018 Choices
16th May 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Rachel Podger, the Gabrieli Consort, Fretwork, and Stéphane Degout and Pygmalion.
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2018
15th May 2018
A centenary celebration of Birgit Nilsson, two sixtieth-birthday collections from Harmonia Mundi, a budget box of Massenet operas, and an anthology of early performances of Debussy.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th May 2018
11th May 2018
New recordings from artists including Ádám Fischer, Sophie Pacini, Boris Giltburg, and Fabio Bonizzoni.
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Francesco Piemontesi's Liszt and other forthcoming highlights
9th May 2018
The Swiss pianist embarks on the first of Liszt's 'Years of Pilgrimage', Thomas Quasthoff teams up with a big band for his second jazz album, and Philippe Jaroussky goes to hell and back.
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Presto CD - 20 new DG Archiv titles
7th May 2018
Recordings by Trevor Pinnock, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Kenneth Gilbert and Robert Levin feature in the latest batch of Presto CDs.
