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The Presto Chart - November 2024
2nd Dec 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, headed by Steven Isserlis's Boccherini album with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on Hyperion...
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Give Back Friday 2024
28th Nov 2024
For four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to three incredible charities that align with our passion for music and its power to transform lives: Making Music, London Youth Choirs and Orchestra of the Swan.
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Recordings of the Year 2024 - Special Category Nominees
28th Nov 2024
In advance of the final verdicts next Thursday evening, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Archive Project, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2024
25th Nov 2024
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by a 'stunning collection' of all Ravel's works with piano from François-Xavier Poizat, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Simone Menezes on Aparté.
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Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2024
21st Nov 2024
The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
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Fair play - How much do different streaming services pay?
5th Nov 2024
We've been analysing the various payment rates of different streaming services. Read about our discoveries and find out who pays the most (spoiler alert - it's not even close)
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The Presto Chart - October 2024
4th Nov 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, headed by Raphaël Pichon's augmented Mozart Requiem with Pygmalion on Harmonia Mundi...
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2024 Choices
29th Oct 2024
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by 'A Celebration of Women's Voices' from harpist Louise Thomson, the Corvus Consort and Freddie Crowley on Chandos.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2024
8th Oct 2024
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by a 'magnificent addition' to the Elgar Violin Concerto discography courtesy of Vilde Frang, Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin on Warner Classics.
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Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Winners!
2nd Oct 2024
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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The Presto Chart - September 2024
1st Oct 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's complete recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in first place...
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2024 Choices
17th Sep 2024
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by 'undoubtedly one of the best recordings of Bruckner 7 in the digital era' - courtesy of Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on Reference Recordings.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2024
9th Sep 2024
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by 'Beethoven-playing of rare vividness and technical aplomb' from the Calidore Quartet on Signum.
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Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Finalists
6th Sep 2024
The three finalists in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning, with Jonathan Tetelman, Hilary Hahn, Yunchan Lim and Timothy Ridout among those in the running...
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The Presto Chart - August 2024
2nd Sep 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with Shostakovich's Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 from the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä in first place...
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Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Shortlist
27th Aug 2024
The six contenders in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed on Friday.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2024
19th Aug 2024
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'polished but never slick' Kurt Weill triptych from Konzerthausorchester Berlin and its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Joana Mallwitz.
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2024 Choices
12th Aug 2024
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by 'a deeply felt celebration of the power of music' from Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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The Presto Chart - July 2024
1st Aug 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, with Mishka Rushdie Momen's debut album on Hyperion (featuring keyboard music by Byrd, Gibbons, Bull and Sweelinck) in first place...
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Boxed Set Selections - July 2024
31st Jul 2024
This month's heavyweights include Joan Sutherland's recital and oratorio recordings for Decca, a centenary celebration of Tatiana Nikolayeva, Smetana's complete operas on Supraphon, and Hansjörg Albrecht's survey of Bruckner's symphonies in transcriptions for organ.
