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Give Back Friday 2025
27th Nov 2025
For four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to two incredible charities that align with our passion for music and its power to transform lives: Gabrielli Consort and Young Sounds UK.
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Michael Waldron on his new Christmas album with London Choral Sinfonia
27th Nov 2025
The Musical Director of London Choral Sinfonia visited Presto to talk about his latest album of Christmas music, released on Orchid Classics to celebrate the ensemble's tenth anniversary.
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Early Music Round-Up - Autumn 2025
27th Nov 2025
World premieres from the Peterhouse Partbooks, a unique fusion of Baroque and Middle Eastern traditions from sweet-toned tenor Haitham Haidar, a rich collection of Jenkins viol consort music from Fretwork, a Venetian preview of Christmas from Il Pomo d'Oro, and more.
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Christophe Rousset on Christmas with Charpentier
26th Nov 2025
The French conductor talks about his new album with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, which puts the spotlight on glorious ancien régime works for the Christmas season.
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Sheet Music Gift Guide for Christmas
25th Nov 2025
Are you looking for inspiration for gifts for your music-loving family and friends? Our sheet music gift suggestions will delight every music fan - from classical musicians to pop and rock enthusiasts!
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Gifts for... Piano-lovers
25th Nov 2025
In the latest of our festive gift guides, we've selected some perfect presents for the piano-lover in your life, from the latest albums, vinyl reissues and collections, to the best recent books about piano music. Even Bluey makes an appearance...
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Thibaut Garcia on adapting and performing Bach's Goldberg Variations with Antoine Morinière
24th Nov 2025
A unique new twist on Bach's Goldberg Variations sees these two guitarists rehearse, play - and even think - as one.
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Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest - Somni
21st Nov 2025
Bursting with dynamism, the fusion ensemble reunite with the Metropole Orkest for the first time since their last collaboration ten years ago.
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Víkingur Ólafsson shares a new perspective on Op. 109
21st Nov 2025
Víkingur Ólafsson’s new album is built around Beethoven’s Op. 109 piano sonata, with the much-loved Icelandic pianist bringing fresh perspective to a cornerstone of the repertoire, elucidating connections with the music of Bach and Schubert, and reinforcing the fact that the composer was more than the romanticised revolutionary of popular legend.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st November 2025
21st Nov 2025
Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius from Edward Gardner and the LPO, Brahms's Symphony No. 1 from Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker, a portrait of Avril Coleridge-Taylor, and Schubert from Leif Ove Andsnes & Bertrand Chamayou.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st November 2025
21st Nov 2025
Jazz FM’s Instrumentalist of the Year winner Mark Kavuma returns with his latest album alongside his ensemble the Banger Factory, and the Scandinavian Art Ensemble release the second and final chapter of a lost set featuring the late Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko.
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Spotlight on Piano Time
21st Nov 2025
The iconic piano tutor series from Pauline Hall has undergone a recent update. The third edition of the best-selling series, and the second edition of 'Piano Time Carols', benefit from more varied and easier-to-play pieces.
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Jazz Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2025
20th Nov 2025
After a tremendous year in jazz, we reveal the twenty-five finalists that are up for taking home awards for Recording of the Year...
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Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2025
20th Nov 2025
The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
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Music Books of the Year - Finalists 2025
20th Nov 2025
In anticipation of our upcoming Presto Music Awards on Thursday, 4th December, we have compiled our shortlist of fifteen music book titles all in contention for one of our five awards for Music Books of the Year.
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Sheet Music Publications of the Year - Finalists 2025
20th Nov 2025
In anticipation of our upcoming Presto Music Awards, we have released our shortlist of sheet music finalists in contention for an award. Find out the finalists here.
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Anoushka Shankar on tradition and innovation
19th Nov 2025
In the wake of winning the Ivor Novello Innovation Award last week, the sitar virtuoso and composer reflects on how she found a balance between honouring her father's legacy and forging her own artistic identity - with a little help from her friends...
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Presto Music streams into Asia
19th Nov 2025
Our acclaimed classical & jazz music-streaming service is now available in 11 more territories, including China, Japan and South Korea.
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Christmas Gift Ideas for Readers
19th Nov 2025
Not sure what to get the music-loving reader in your life as a Christmas present? Then look no further! Here are our gift suggestions from books published within the past twelve months, including composer and artist biographies, and publications about music history, opera, music theatre, song, and popular music.
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Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris
19th Nov 2025
Dexter Gordon’s 1963 bebop classic Our Man In Paris showcases Gordon and his associates at their finest. Recorded in Paris with Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke and Pierre Michelot, the album features Gordon’s unmistakably robust tenor saxophone alongside the ensemble.
