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Shostakovich from Kirill Karabits, Oleg Tsibulko and the Russian National Orchestra
17th Jul 2020
A new recording of Shostakovich's complex 'Babi Yar' symphony with bass Oleg Tsibulko gets to the heart of a work that's often seen as all politics and no emotion.
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New Release Round-Up 17th July 2020
17th Jul 2020
Nielsen from Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony, Beethoven from Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations, two works for voice and orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas, and a Domingo fiftieth anniversary gala from Verona on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Sir Mark Elder on Debussy
16th Jul 2020
In the wake of his recording of Images and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune with the Hallé, the conductor talks to Katherine about his relationship with Debussy's music, and Colin Matthews's evocative orchestrations of the piano Préludes.
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TRIO IVOIRE XX - Enchanted Forest
16th Jul 2020
Trio Ivoire's twentieth anniversary record is a celebration of their well-honed fusion of West African music and European jazz, with new guest collaborators and intriguing arrangements to boot.
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Hans Lüdemann TRIO IVOIRE XX
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BBC Music Magazine - August 2020 Choices
15th Jul 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's survey of piano works by Beethoven's contemporaries Hummel, Dussek, Clementi and Wölfl as Recording of the Month.
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Sarah Willis on Mozart, Mambo and Cuba
13th Jul 2020
Horn player Sarah Willis talks about her new cross-cultural album that explores connections between Mozart and the music of Cuba, and her initiative to support Cuban musicians.
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New Music Book Publications - 13th July 2020
13th Jul 2020
Books on the music of Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Georges Auric, and John Cage; an assessment of the legacy of Bach's music; thoughts on listening to music by conductor John Mauceri; an examination of the Codex Buranus; an analysis of chromatic harmony and desire; a handbook of yoga as a teaching aid; a study of the compositions of Charlie Parker; and books on Latin jazz and Latin-American music.
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New Deutsche Grammophon titles added to Presto CD
11th Jul 2020
Including recordings from Maurizio Pollini, Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Emil Gilels and Herbert von Karajan.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up 10th July 2020
10th Jul 2020
This week's round-up includes new recordings by the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, bluegrass fusion from Yo-Yo Ma & friends, and a collection of solo pieces by Nordic tubist Daniel Herskedal, among others.
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Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Bagatelles
10th Jul 2020
The British pianist's survey of Beethoven's complete output in the genre (plus the Fantasia Op. 77 and three opus-less Klavierstücke) radiates wit, warmth and wisdom.
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Paul Lewis on Beethoven
10th Jul 2020
The British pianist talks to Katherine about his recording of the Bagatelles (out today on Harmonia Mundi), and about the composer's often 'uncompromisingly uncomfortable' writing for the piano.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th July 2020
10th Jul 2020
Elgar from Vasily Petrenko and Kathryn Rudge, Beethoven from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong, and Mozart with a Cuban accent from horn-player Sarah Willis and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra.
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Gareth Malone's Great British Home Chorus Songbook
10th Jul 2020
Re-live Gareth's best-loved songs from the Great British Home Chorus. £1 from the sale of each songbook will be donated to NHS Charities Together.
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Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
9th Jul 2020
Herbie Hancock's nautical concept album remains some of the eminent pianist and composer's most enduring work from his early period, a culmination of his time spent with Miles Davis and honing his sound on the prestigious Blue Note label.
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Piotr Beczała on Verismo
9th Jul 2020
The Polish tenor talks to Katherine about Vincerò!, his debut recording on Pentatone, featuring arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano and Cilea.
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Francis Pott on 'Word'
8th Jul 2020
Composer Francis Pott talks about his new album of larger-scale choral works with Oxford choir Commotio, released on Naxos this Friday.
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Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
6th Jul 2020
The Oscar-winning Italian composer, whose iconic film scores included A Fistful of Dollars, Cinema Paradiso and The Hateful Eight, has died aged 91.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin (1937-2020)
6th Jul 2020
Nikolai Kapustin, pianist-composer known for fusing jazz with classical idioms in works of incredible virtuosic showmanship, has died aged 82.
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Sunwatchers - Oh Yeah?
6th Jul 2020
On their fourth album New York’s Sunwatchers deliver an exhilarating blend of jazz and psychedelia, infused with the rough-and-ready spirit of a hootenanny, through a deceptively tight set of paeans to freedom.
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Episode 1: Confessions of a Bartók Salesman with Rob Cowan
4th Jul 2020
The first episode in the brand new Presto Music Podcast series finds our Product Manager Paul Thomas in conversation with radio presenter and critic Rob Cowan, discussing recent releases and unearthing some juicy nuggets from Rob's past.
