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Jacob Collier - The Light For Days
2nd Jan 2026
The internationally-acclaimed multi-instrumentalist trades orchestras and more ambitious ensembles for a solo acoustic sound, musically returning to the place where his career began.
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Sterndale Bennett Concertos from Simon Callaghan
2nd Jan 2026
Simon Callaghan joins the Northern Sinfonia and Martin Yates to champion the music of a nineteenth-century English composer who was admired by Schumann and Mendelssohn, but whose music is played and discussed less than it deserves.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd January 2026
2nd Jan 2026
Brahms from Edward Gardner in Bergen, a third Joan Sutherland box-set on Decca, Max Richter's score for the new film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, and Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky from Nobuyuki Tsujii.
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Upcoming Jazz Releases - 2nd January 2026
2nd Jan 2026
A slightly different release round-up to kick off the new year as we collate the best pre-orders announced so far that jazz listeners can look forward to!
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Carl Fischer & Theodore Presser: Solo & Chamber Music
2nd Jan 2026
Browse our top forty Carl Fischer & Theodore Presser solo and chamber music publications.
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Philippe Jaroussky celebrates 25 years in the profession
31st Dec 2025
The French countertenor reflects on the changes he's seen during his first quarter-century in the business, his recent album of Italian secular cantatas, his blossoming parallel career as a conductor, and why he's a firm believer that 'the grass is not always greener in another field'.
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Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor/director), Artaserse
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Marc-André Hamelin on Found Objects/Sound Objects
30th Dec 2025
The Canadian pianist discusses his recent album of music by Frank Zappa, John Cage, Yehudi Wyner and others, his own approach to writing for the piano, and the composer who will be the focus of a upcoming 'long-range project'...
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Boxed Set Selections - Winter 2025
29th Dec 2025
Heavyweight highlights from the last couple of months include anthologies dedicated to Sir Charles Mackerras, Lorin Maazel and the late Christoph von Dohnányi, plus the Calidore Quartet's acclaimed Beethoven cycle and John Williams's collected recordings with the Boston Pops Orchestra.
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Robin Phillips on Return To The Source
29th Dec 2025
Discussing his album Return From The Source, the singer and pianist explores how a US road trip was the spark that saw him return to songwriting.
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2025
26th Dec 2025
The members of our editorial team reflect on some favourite albums that got away this year, including music by Sebastian Fagerlund, Mahler, Wilhelm Grosz and Robert Gund, Schoenberg, and anonymous composers from fifteenth-century Poland.
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Presto Music Jazz - The Ones That Got Away 2025
26th Dec 2025
The jazz team here at Presto Music round up the very best of the albums that (almost) got away during 2025, and finally put them in the spotlight.
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Vinyl Round-Up - July to December 2025
26th Dec 2025
Part two of our annual vinyl round-up! Read on to discover some top picks from July to December 2025…
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Author Focus: Paul Harris - Aural and Theory
26th Dec 2025
In our final Author Focus episode in collaboration with Paul Harris, Paul discusses why learning aural and theory is so important to improve our music reading and to help us become better musicians.
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Duke Ellington - The Nutcracker Suite
24th Dec 2025
Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite turns Tchaikovsky’s beloved holiday classic into a swinging jazz celebration. Lush orchestration meets the playfulness of a big band, resulting in a festive classic.
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The trebles of St John's on O Holy Night
24th Dec 2025
The front row of the Choir of St John's College Cambridge lift the lid on all things Christmas, and tell us what they REALLY think about music director Christopher Gray!
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Thomas Dunford and Lea Desandre on Songs of Passion
23rd Dec 2025
The lutenist and mezzo discuss their Presto Award-winning album of music by Dowland and Purcell, their own first encounters with both composers as teenagers, and some of the friends and family-members who played a part in the project.
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Yunchan Lim's Goldberg Variations and other forthcoming highlights
22nd Dec 2025
The Van Cliburn Competition-winning South Korean pianist tackles one of the cornerstones of the repertoire, with other stand-outs for early 2026 including The Dream of Gerontius from Martyn Brabbins in Huddersfield, Schumann and Moscheles from Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih, and a prayerful operatic recital from French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig.
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Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann from Covent Garden
19th Dec 2025
Stuffed with references to films including Moulin Rouge, Casino Royale and Mary Poppins, Damiano Michieletto’s surreal, absinthe-drenched production of Offenbach's final opera is the perfect dark Christmas treat, with Juan Diego Flórez heading a superb cast as the eponymous poet and barfly.
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Juan Diego Flórez (Hoffmann), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Alex Esposito (Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto), Julie Boulianne (Nicklausse), Olga Pudova (Olympia), Marina Costa-Jackson (Giulietta), Christine Rice (Muse) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda, Damiano Michieletto
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Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
19th Dec 2025
Widely considered a holiday classic since 1960, nothing beats this cosy and warm Christmas collection from the very finest voice there is in jazz.
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New Releases from Winter 2025
19th Dec 2025
A nature-themed concept-album from The Hermes Experiment, a 150th-birthday tribute to Ravel from Cristian Măcelaru in Paris, an homage to trailblazing cellist Lise Cristiani from Sol Gabetta, and Beethoven from Jordan-born pianist Karim Said.
