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Dave Holland - Another Land
4th Jun 2021
The veteran bassist produces a tour-de-force of funky guitar trio jazz.
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Elizabeth Llewellyn on Heart and Hereafter
3rd Jun 2021
The soprano talks to Katherine about her album of songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with pianist Simon Lepper, released last week on Orchid Classics.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd June 2021
3rd Jun 2021
This week’s picks for recent additions to the jazz catalogue include the latest recording by Norwegian tubist Daniel Herskedal, piano trio jazz from Maria Kannegaard, avant-garde big-band music from Alex Paxton, and afro-rock from South African quartet BLK JKS.
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The Presto Chart - May 2021
2nd Jun 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Alina Ibragimova's Paganini Caprices on Hyperion in first place...
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Linus Roth on Virtuoso Dances
1st Jun 2021
The violinist talks about his recent album of works putting virtuosic twists on dance music - from Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances to Piazzólla's Grand Tango.
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Virtuoso Dances
Linus Roth (violin), José Gallardo
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Presto Editor's Choices - May 2021
1st Jun 2021
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London spin a sensuous shaggy-dog story with élan, Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo bring Nero to life in all his monstrous glory, and Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper shine light on forgotten songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2021
31st May 2021
A centenary celebration of Dennis Brain, Stravinsky from Bernstein and Chailly, and highlights from the legendary concerts which Klemperer gave in Amsterdam between 1947 and 1961.
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Ben Goldscheider and the legacy of Dennis Brain
30th May 2021
Rising star horn player Ben Goldscheider discusses his new album exploring the musical legacy of the legendary Dennis Brain, born 100 years ago this May and killed at the age of 36 in a motoring accident.
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American Quintets from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
28th May 2021
An arresting debut album from the shape-shifting ensemble features piano quintets by Amy Beach and Florence Price, plus Samuel Barber's Dover Beach with bass Matthew Rose in superb voice.
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John Brancy and Peter Dugan on The Journey Home
28th May 2021
The American baritone and pianist talk to Katherine about their recital and film-project exploring the aftermath of war, released digitally today to mark Memorial Weekend.
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The Journey Home
John Brancy (baritone), Peter Dugan (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 28th May 2021
28th May 2021
Dutilleux from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Bach Partitas from Mahan Esfahani, Coleridge-Taylor from Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper, and a portrait of Nero from Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo.
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Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
28th May 2021
The Nigerien singer, songwriter and electric guitarist unleashes his fiery sixth full-length record, in some of the most spirited rock music you'll hear all year.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th May 2021
28th May 2021
This week’s pick of recent jazz releases include an unreleased live set from saxophonist Lol Coxhill, the debut recording by New York-based pianist Roy Gallon, and the latest album from seasoned bassist Dave Holland.
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The Year of the Organ
27th May 2021
Each year in Germany a new instrument is selected as the instrument of the year. This year is the year of the Organ, and in conjunction with this celebration we have compiled a collection of some of the most recent and bestselling organ publications.
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Ian Page on Arne's Artaxerxes
26th May 2021
The British conductor talks to Katherine about his 2010 recording of Thomas Arne's English-language opera seria about forbidden love and political skulduggery in Ancient Persia, re-released earlier this month on Signum.
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Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water
26th May 2021
A definitive 4 CD boxset collecting together all of the studio recordings, plus rare live recordings, made by one of finest British rhythm and blues groups of the sixties, The Graham Bond Organization.
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Episode 18: A Tale of Three Conductors with Rob Cowan
25th May 2021
Podcast regular Rob Cowan joins Paul to assess recent archival boxsets devoted to three émigré American conductors: Artur Rodzinski, Rafael Kubelik, and Eugene Ormandy.
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Anna Lucia Richter on Il Delirio della Passione
24th May 2021
The German soprano talks about her recent all-Monteverdi album with Luca Pianca and Ensemble Claudiana, and discusses the beginning of a new chapter in her vocal career.
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New Music Book Publications - 24th May 2021
24th May 2021
A biography of Russian composer, Nikolay Myaskovsky; the memoirs of Austrian conductor, Franz Welser-Möst; an updated edition of Ted Gioia's classic history of jazz; a critical companion to motets of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; an analysis of the shepherd's melody from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde; an examination of the historical role of the clarinet; and an intrepid tale of the booming sound of the foghorn.
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Vasily Petrenko conducts Russian and Austrian symphonies and orchestral works
21st May 2021
A double bill from the Russian-British conductor, with the Oslo Philharmonic performing symphonies by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and tone poems by Zemlinsky and Schreker with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
