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Ian Bostridge on Tormento d'amore
28th Mar 2022
The English tenor discusses his recent album of arias from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian operas, featuring music by composers including Cavalli, Vivaldi, Cesti, Stradella and Sartorio.
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Beethoven violin sonatas from Rachel Podger and Christopher Glynn
25th Mar 2022
Three snapshots from the beginning, middle and end of Beethoven's career trace his development of the violin sonata form from its Classical roots into new directions.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th March 2022
25th Mar 2022
Fanny Hensel & Felix Mendelssohn from Chen Reiss, Stravinsky from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius from Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic, and the culmination of Le Compagnia del Madrigale's Gesualdo cycle.
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Brad Mehldau, 'Jacob's Ladder'
25th Mar 2022
Brad Mehldau combines the sounds of contemporary jazz and classic progressive rock on his conceptual new record.
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Fenella Humphreys on Caprices
24th Mar 2022
The violinist talks to Katherine about how her new album sprang in part from conquering childhood demons about Paganini, and how commissioning a host of composers to contribute to a new set of micro-variations on his Caprice No. 24 for the project 'brought some absolutely brilliant people into her life'.
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Caprices
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th March 2022
24th Mar 2022
The latest jazz recordings at Presto include the newest instalment of Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad's Jazz Is Dead series, a long-lost reissue from Brazilian jazz samba player Jose Roberto Bertrami, and a double reissue of late-50s Ornette Coleman.
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Women Composers: A Graded Anthology for Piano
24th Mar 2022
An indispensable addition to lessons and concerts, this three-volume series of piano music by women composers is a progressive compendium of educational literature. Featuring repertoire from the 17th century to the present day, each work includes additional biographical notes on the composers. Find out more here.
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2022
23rd Mar 2022
March heavyweights include two Hans Knappertsbusch anthologies on Decca Eloquence, Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy's complete recordings for Columbia Graphophone. a celebration of the Ballets Russes, and a collection of solo piano works by female composers from the eighteenth century to the present day.
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Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition
Soloists, Jan Preece, Sena Jurinac (soprano), Deszö Ernster, Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (mezzo-soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass), Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Günther Treptow (tenor), Karl Dönch, Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), George London (bass-baritone), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Martha Mödl (soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Irene Dalis (mezzo-soprano), Maria Reining, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - April 2022
23rd Mar 2022
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the April 2022 issue include Brad Mehldau's Jacob's Ladder, Danilo Pérez's Crisálida, and a double reissue from Ornette Coleman.
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Ophélie Gaillard on A Night in London
22nd Mar 2022
The French cellist talks to Katherine about her new album centring on three composer-cellists who made their mark on the English capital in the mid-eighteenth century: the Italians Nicola Porpora and Giovanni Battista Cirri, and the Scotsman James Oswald.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2022
21st Mar 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a St. Matthew Passion from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon which offers 'glowing inner vitality and penetrating observations'.
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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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New Music Book Publications - 21st March 2022
21st Mar 2022
A biography of Rachmaninoff; essays exploring the life and work of Berlioz; an assessment of the choral works of Vaughan Williams; a collection of correspondence between John Cage and Peter Yates; activities designed to enrich and diversify primary school music; and a new edition of a classic textbook on psychology for musicians.
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Ruth Slenczynska and a Life in Music
18th Mar 2022
The pianist's return to the recording studio at the age of 97 offers us a bridge to the bygone era of composers and virtuosos who shaped her career.
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Ruth Slenczynska - My Life In Music
Ruth Slenczynska (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 18th March 2022
18th Mar 2022
Bach's St Matthew Passion from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, orchestral works by James Lee III, Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass, and a film version of Vivaldi's Stabat Mater from Jakub Józef Orliński.
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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Melissa Aldana, '12 Stars'
18th Mar 2022
Melissa Aldana's Blue Note debut acts as a new beginning for the Santiago-born saxophonist, exploring ideas of family and self-acceptance.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2022 Choices
17th Mar 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Elisabeth Leonskaja's complete Mozart piano sonatas on Warner...
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 17th March 2022
17th Mar 2022
The latest jazz releases include the prog rock-influenced Jacob's Ladder by Brad Mehldau, Norwegian guitar trio Boarding Completed, the debut of Dutch jazz vocalist Jessica de Boer, and the first authorised biography of American guitarist Bill Frisell.
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Nadine Sierra on Made for Opera
16th Mar 2022
The American soprano talks about her new album on Deutsche Grammophon (featuring snapshots of Verdi's Violetta, Donizetti's Lucia and Gounod's Juliette), how the #MeToo movement has played out in the opera world, and the women who've empowered her in her career.
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Music listening survey
15th Mar 2022
Tell us about your music listening habits, and your thoughts on music streaming, to be in with a chance of winning £50 to spend at Presto Music.
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Martin James Bartlett on Rachmaninov and Gershwin
14th Mar 2022
The pianist talks about his new album that draws links between two giants of the early twentieth century, via Earl Wild and the New York jazz scene in the 1920s.
