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Presto Editor's Choices - January 2019
1st Feb 2019
Two startlingly original symphonies by the African-American composer Florence Price, Berlioz laid bare by four hands on a Pleyel, and hot-to-the-touch Schumann from Gautier Capuçon and Martha Argerich.
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Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen perform cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky
1st Feb 2019
The cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky are given expressive performances by Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen, alongside Prokofiev's Ballade and a handful of shorter works.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st February 2019
1st Feb 2019
New recordings from Edward Gardner, Mariss Jansons and Jan Lisiecki, plus an Alfred Cellier rarity from Richard Bonynge and a landmark Dmitri Hvorostovsky performance from the Moscow archives.
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Hilary Hahn on Bach
30th Jan 2019
The American violinist talks to Katherine about returning to Bach's solo sonatas and partitas two decades after her debut recording aged 16.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2019
28th Jan 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, with the first volume of Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber’s Schumann series on Sony taking pride of place.
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Michel Legrand (1932-2019)
26th Jan 2019
The French composer and jazz pianist, whose film scores included Yentl, The Thomas Crown Affair and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, has died aged 86.
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Maurizio Pollini performs late piano works by Chopin
25th Jan 2019
The Italian pianist revisits works by Chopin including the Third Piano Sonata, the Berceuse, and the two Nocturnes, op. 55, alongside his first recording of the three Mazurkas, op. 56.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th January 2019
25th Jan 2019
New recordings from the Grigoryan brothers, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Jayson Gillham and the RIAS Kammerchor, plus a boxed set of Daniel Barenboim reissues.
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Will Todd on his Jazz Missa Brevis
24th Jan 2019
The composer talks to David about his new album of jazz-infused choral works, pairing a set of Passiontide works with a new Missa Brevis.
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Will Todd on his Jazz Missa Brevis
24th Jan 2019
The composer Will Todd talks to David about his new album of jazz-infused choral works, pairing a set of Passiontide works with a new Missa Brevis.
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3-disc Essential Albums Collection
23rd Jan 2019
February 2019 sees the release of 20 concise artist anthologies which will appeal to both jazz connoisseurs and act as a perfect introduction to new audiences of Post-Bop, Big Band, Soul-Jazz, Bebop, Vocal, Jazz Guitar, Acid Jazz, Fusion, Latin Jazz and Piano Jazz.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2019
22nd Jan 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s live recording of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (starring Furio Zanasi as the returning hero and Lucile Richardot as his long-suffering wife) in the lead as Recording of the Month.
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Furio Zanasi (Ulisse), Lucile Richardot (Penelope), Krystian Adam (Telemaco), Hana Blažíková (Minerva / Fortuna), Gianluca Buratto (Tempo / Nettuno / Antinoo) Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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New Music Book Publications - 21st January 2019
21st Jan 2019
Books on Russian and Chinese opera, the relationship between dance and politics in contemporary Buenos Aires, how technology influenced avant garde music in Cold War Germany, and changes in audience listening habits from the nineteenth century to the present day.
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Berlioz from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
18th Jan 2019
Tabea Zimmermann and Stéphane Degout are the soloists in period-instrument performances of Harold en Italie & Les nuits d'été.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th January 2019
18th Jan 2019
New recordings from Gautier Capuçon, Christophe Rousset, Concentus Musicus Wien, and Paavo Järvi and the Orchestre de Paris.
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ECM Touchstone Series
18th Jan 2019
In 2019 ECM celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, which prompts reflections upon the journey so far. The Touchstones series of reissues highlights albums made along the way and includes many recordings which now count as milestones in the history of jazz and improvisation.
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Boris Giltburg on Liszt
16th Jan 2019
David talks to the Russian-born Israeli pianist about his recording of the Études d'exécution transcendante, released last Friday on Naxos.
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Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante
Boris Giltburg (piano)
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An unfinished opera by Liszt and other forthcoming highlights
15th Jan 2019
The single completed act of Sardanapalo (premiered just last year in Weimar), plus albums from Paul Lewis, Joyce DiDonato, Steven Isserlis, and Martin Helmchen.
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Ian Bostridge on Requiem: The Pity of War
14th Jan 2019
The tenor talks to Katherine about his recent recording of songs by Mahler, George Butterworth, Rudi Stephan and Kurt Weill with Antonio Pappano, released at the end of October on Warner Classics.
