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The Presto Chart - 2019
2nd Jan 2020
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Isabelle Faust's Bach concertos (and assorted extras!) with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin on Harmonia Mundi leading the pack...
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2019 Goodbyes
2nd Jan 2020
A short video tribute remembering some of the musicians who passed away during 2019.
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The Presto Chart - December 2019
1st Jan 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang's recital of Franck and Chopin on Erato in first place...
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A Verdi Organ Album
31st Dec 2019
This appealing and practical collection of Verdi’s music arranged for organ by concert organist Martin Setchell includes well-loved favourites and lesser-known pieces, all in newly commissioned arrangements for the instrument. Find out about this new publication here.
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A Verdi Organ Album
Oxford University Press
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Boxed Set Selections - December 2019
29th Dec 2019
Anthologies devoted to Moura Lympany, Ernst Haefliger, Karl Münchinger and Solomon, plus collection of Russian chamber music and a 56-disc Mendelssohn Edition on Hänssler.
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Peter Schreier (1935-2019)
28th Dec 2019
The German lyric tenor and conductor, who was particularly acclaimed for his interpretations of Schubert lieder and the Bach Passions, has died aged 84.
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Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony
27th Dec 2019
Joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson, Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle with an exquisitely-detailed performance of the Fourth Symphony.
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Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2019
27th Dec 2019
A selection of our best-selling titles from autumn and winter, from artists including Víkingur Ólafsson, Le Poème Harmonique, and Paavo Järvi.
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2020 Choices
24th Dec 2019
Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by 'the best Samson ever' from John Butt and Dunedin Consort on Linn.
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31 new Decca titles added to Presto CD
23rd Dec 2019
Recently added Presto CDs include Mahler from Christoph von Dohnányi, Grieg and Chopin from Olli Mustonen and Haydn from Sir Georg Solti.
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New Music Book Publications - 23rd December 2019
23rd Dec 2019
A collection of essays on Berlioz; conversations with conductor Sir Mark Elder; a study of film music by Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler; a guide to Broadway musicals; tips on training opera singers; photographs documenting the life and work of Jonas Kaufmann; and a history of jazz in post-war East Germany.
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Downbeat Readers Poll 2019
23rd Dec 2019
The top 10 Albums of the Year as selected by Downbeat's readers.
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2019
20th Dec 2019
Recordings from Sandrine Piau, Igor Levit and Jakub Józef Orliński feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th December 2019
20th Dec 2019
Symphonies by Leopold Koželuch, piano concertos by Hummel, transcendental studies by Liszt and Lyapunov, and a three-part documentary on the history of the English organ from Fugue State Films.
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Handel's Agrippina starring Joyce DiDonato and other forthcoming highlights
18th Dec 2019
Franco Fagioli, Luca Pisaroni and Jakub Józef Orliński also star in Handel’s early opera with Il Pomo d’Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev; other January highlights include Strauss albums from Diana Damrau and Vasily Petrenko, and infernal Charpentier from Vox Luminis.
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Handel: Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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Christmas with the Gesualdo Six
17th Dec 2019
David talks to the vocal ensemble's founder and director Owain Park about their new album of Christmas music old and new, featuring repertoire from medieval plainchant to contemporary composers such as Eleanor Daley.
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Christmas
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
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Titles from Decca's Enterprise series added to Presto CD
16th Dec 2019
New additions to Presto CD include Berio, Henze and Hindemith conducting their own works, plus other twentieth-century repertoire.
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Franck and Chopin from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang
13th Dec 2019
The two acclaimed soloists come together in a dazzling duo, with the rich warmth of Franck's Cello Sonata in A major sharply offset against the angst-wracked soul-searching of Chopin's in G minor.
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Franck - Chopin
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Yuja Wang (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2019
13th Dec 2019
Opera overtures by Auber, Berio transcriptions of Mahler and The Beatles, a Mediterranean postcard from guitarist Sharon Isbin, and a documentary on the young French pianist Lucas Debargue.
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Nina Simone in Concert
13th Dec 2019
Nina Simone in Concert from 1964 stands as one of the most politically charged statements of the Civil Rights Movement, and a key album of Simone's career. From the perspective of late 2019 it stands as a timely warning of the dangers of complacency.
