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Miles Davis Box Set Reissues - The Complete Plugged Nickel Live 1965
29th Jan 2026
Celebrating the jazz legend's centenary, Legacy Recordings finally releases their reissue of the iconic 1965 performances at Chicago's Plugged Nickel Café.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026: Shortlist
29th Jan 2026
The nominations are just in and voting is open...
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Ralph Towner (1940-2026)
28th Jan 2026
The pioneering American guitarist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose distinctive acoustic voice helped redefine modern jazz and world music, has died at 85.
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Presto Team Choices - January 2026
28th Jan 2026
A vivid portrait of Kurt Weill from Katie Bray and friends, an autobiographical concerto from Chinese composer and pipa virtuoso Gao Hong, a barnstorming account of Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony from the BBC archives, and Vítězslav Novák's Piano Concerto from Oliver Triendl and the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava.
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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards - The Shortlist for 2026
27th Jan 2026
The contenders for this year's Awards (announced yesterday) include conductors Ellie Slorach, Domingo Hindoyan and John Wilson, and composers Richard Causton, Bushra El-Turk and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2026
26th Jan 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'revelatory' album of Johann Ludwig Bach's cantatas from Capella Sollertia on Ricercar.
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Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
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Julian Lage - Scenes From Above
23rd Jan 2026
Scenes from Above demonstrates Julian Lage’s expansive range as a performer and writer, bringing a new quartet to the table, each with their own unique voice that excels on the bandleaders’ fifth Blue Note release.
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Renaud Capuçon celebrates his fiftieth birthday with Bach
23rd Jan 2026
The violinist marks a milestone with a classy album of Bach's sonatas and partitas, swapping awestruck veneration for simple personal enjoyment.
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J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
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Asaf Harris on I Thought I Was Ready
23rd Jan 2026
The multi-instrumentalist shares how one Paul McCartney concert ignited the spark for his music career, and how his latest album incorporates a blend of musical languages to create his own unique sound.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd January 2026
23rd Jan 2026
Mahler from Vladimir Jurowski and François-Xavier Roth, Bach's Clavier-Übung III from British organist James McVinnie, and a compline-inspired EP from The King's Singers.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd January 2026
23rd Jan 2026
This week brings grooves from Bangs & Talbot in their Acid Jazz release Smokin’ Aces; the blend of folk, songwriting, and jazz in Lucy Mellenfield’s Tell The Water She Will Listen; and the latest Björn Meyer in ECM album,Convergence.
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Faith Legacy: The New Satin Sunburst
23rd Jan 2026
The new Faith Legacy Earth Satin FG4HCE is an OM‑sized, all‑solid electro‑acoustic that pairs a torrefied Sitka Spruce top with African Mahogany for that warm, responsive, stage‑ready instrument.
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Faith: Acoustic Guitar - Legacy Earth Satin
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Palmarès des Diapason d'Or 2025
21st Jan 2026
Following last week's gala concert from some of the victors, we revisit the complete list of winning recordings - including Monteverdi from Le Poème Harmonique, Smetana from Petr Popelka in Prague, and a portrait of Vítězslava Kaprálová.
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New Sheet Music Titles - 21st January
21st Jan 2026
Naoko Ikeda's Kanade, a new Piano Safari publication, the first published vocal score of Love Life, Voices as One choral collection, two graded anthologies of music by women composers and ABRSM's latest theory publications.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Schubert for Four Hands
20th Jan 2026
The Norwegian pianist discusses sharing a keyboard with his friend Bertrand Chamayou for a mesmerising programme of late Schubert, which began life at Andsnes's chamber music festival in the fjords a decade ago.
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Piano Round-Up, January 2026
19th Jan 2026
We piano lovers are lucky to enjoy a rich catalogue of recordings, but an abundance of fine new albums in 2025 showed there's still plenty more to say. 2026 is already looking exciting, and in this first piano roundup of the year, Matthew Ash has some highlights to share from the new albums he has been enjoying.
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Craig Taborn – Dream Archives
16th Jan 2026
In ECM’s first release of 2026, the 2025 MacArthur Fellow and pianist delivers his trio debut, and explores the limitless possibilities of avant-garde jazz.
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A Winterreise with a difference from Allan Clayton
16th Jan 2026
The British tenor joins forces with Aurora Orchestra under its founder Nicholas Collon for Hans Zender's 'composed interpretation' of Schubert's bleak song-cycle, premiered in 1993 and bringing the piece's chilly soundscapes to life with an ensemble which includes accordion, guitar, a battery of percussion and a wind-machine.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th January 2026
16th Jan 2026
The New Year's Day concert from Vienna (conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), late Brahms from Piotr Anderszewski, a second volume of Edward MacDowell's orchestral works from the BBC Philharmonic and John Wilson, and a box-set of Angela Hewitt's complete Bach recordings.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th January 2026
16th Jan 2026
Guitars are the order of the day: the new releases are headlined this week by guitarists Gil Livni and Paul Ricci, and they're accompanied by new quartet albums and vocal compilations.
