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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th August 2022
4th Aug 2022
The latest jazz releases include a reissue of Dave Holland's seminal Conference of the Birds, London collective Kokoroko's Could We Be More, and Italian library music-inspired tunes from Lorenzo Morresi & Tenderlonious.
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Gabriel Fauré: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano
4th Aug 2022
Numbering more than one-hundred in total, Gabriel Fauré’s songs form the single most influential contribution to the field of French art song. The final volume of Edition Peters' award-winning and complete critical edition of Gabriel Fauré’s works for voice and piano is now available. Find out more here.
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Weber’s Bassoon Concerto turns 200!
3rd Aug 2022
Our in-house Instrument Repairer Alex Preston (also a freelance woodwind player) celebrates 'one of the two titans' of the bassoon concerto repertoire, and selects some favourite recordings.
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The Presto Chart - July 2022
2nd Aug 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, with Ronald Brautigam's recording of piano concertos by Johann Wilhelm Wilms on BIS in first place...
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Introducing SAM-Klang
2nd Aug 2022
Conceived by Danish arranger and conductor Morten Schuldt-Jensen, SAM-Klang is an exclusive collection providing accessible and quality choral repertoire arranged for Soprano, Alto, and Men. Find out more here.
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Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers - Introducing Glyndebourne Encore
1st Aug 2022
This summer's landmark production of Smyth's neglected opera (centring on a Cornish community which survives by luring ships to a rocky doom) is now available on the Sussex festival's new subscription streaming-service.
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The Jazz Chart - July 2022
1st Aug 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, including new entries from Jasmine Myra, Steve Baker and Gard Nilssen.
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Presto Editor's Choices - July 2022
30th Jul 2022
World premiere recordings of works by Jörg Widmann, Lennox Berkeley and John Frederick Lampe, plus an outstanding Respighi recital from Timothy Fallon & Ammiel Bushakevitz.
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Chamber music from the Mendelssohns
29th Jul 2022
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective performs early works by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, complemented by one of Fanny's last-ever compositions.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th July 2022
29th Jul 2022
Haydn from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Mysliveček violin concertos from Shizuka Ishikawa and Libor Pešek, Bach harpsichord concertos from Andrew Arthur and The Hanover Band, and the world premiere recording of John Luther Adams's Houses of the Wind.
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Blind Spot, 'Frontmirror'
29th Jul 2022
The guitar-led jazz trio bring formless ambient and psychedelic blues rock sounds to their JazzSick Records debut, led by up-and-coming axeman Philipp Wisser.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th July 2022
28th Jul 2022
This week's pick of new jazz releases includes the debut of young nu-jazz duo DOMi & JD BECK, two archival releases of MPS Records, and reissues from Marcus Miller.
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Mozart Requiem: New Completion
28th Jul 2022
Michael Ostryzyga has undertaken a completion of Mozart’s famous Requiem fragment in the style of Mozart, attempting to find solutions that the composer could have written in 1791. This new completion constitutes a valuable well-founded alternative to the traditional Süßmayr edition. Find out more.
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Boxed Set Selections - July 2022
27th Jul 2022
July heavyweights include Vladimir Ashkenazy's complete solo recordings on Decca, Reinhard Goebel's complete recordings on Archiv Produktion, a celebration of Eugene Ormandy's five-year stint in Minneapolis, and the collected works of John Adams on Nonesuch.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - August 2022
26th Jul 2022
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the August 2022 issue include London collective Kokoroko's debut album, ACT Music's Charles Mingus centenary concert, and Steve Tibbetts' Hellbound Train anthology.
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New Presto CDs from Deutsche Grammophon
26th Jul 2022
Gidon Kremer playing Mozart and Karl Böhm and Rafael Kubelik conducting Wagner are amongst the latest additions to our Presto CD range.
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Anna Lapwood on Celestial Dawn
25th Jul 2022
The organist and conductor discusses her new recording with The Pembroke College Girls’ Choir, featuring music by composers including Nadia & Lili Boulanger, Kristina Arakelyan, Wayne Marshall and John Dankworth.
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New Music Book Publications - 25th July 2022
25th Jul 2022
The 2023 edition of Boosey & Hawkes's music diary; a biography of Minna Wagner; a reappraisal of twentieth-century music through the lens of ten figures who altered the course of music history; the story of the American national anthem; a lavishly-illustrated guide to opera; a biography of choreographer Bronislava Nijinska; and a celebration of the seventy-fifth birthday of conductor Philippe Herreweghe.
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J Jazz and Beyond: Favourites from Barely Breaking Even (BBE) Music
24th Jul 2022
We take a look at some of our favourite jazz releases from British independent label Barely Breaking Even, from their J Jazz Masterclass series to archival reissues and new music from current artists.
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Adapted and reconstructed Bach concertos from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d'Oro
22nd Jul 2022
Francesco Corti continues his series of Bach harpsichord concerto recordings with an album of double concertos - including his own collaborative reconstruction with Francesco Zimei of a tantalising fragment.
