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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2018
7th Nov 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Hilary Hahn's second volume of the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin occupying the top spot.
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Clemens Trautmann on DG120
6th Nov 2018
Katherine talks to the President of Deutsche Grammophon about his career and the label's 120th anniversary celebrations, including this evening's gala concert in Berlin, which is being streamed live at 8pm CET.
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Teodor Currentzis conducts Mahler's Sixth Symphony
2nd Nov 2018
Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna present an impassioned, highly dramatic account of Mahler's Sixth Symphony.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd November 2018
2nd Nov 2018
A landmark account of Handel’s Serse starring Franco Fagioli, Elgar from Sir Mark Elder and Sir Andrew Davis, and the latest instalment of Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.
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Thibaut Garcia on Bach Inspirations
1st Nov 2018
The French guitarist talks to Katherine about his new album of Bach-influenced works by Villa-Lobos, Tansman, Barrios Mangoré and Gounod - as well as transcriptions of the composer's own Chaconne and two of his best-known chorales.
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The Presto Chart - October 2018
1st Nov 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with the outbound leg of Daniil Trifonov's Rachmaninov journey in the lead...
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2018
31st Oct 2018
An all-Strauss programme from Arabella Steinbacher, world premiere recordings of three Parry orchestral works, and an assured and mesmerising debut on Warner Classics from Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński.
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Requiem: The Pity of War from Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano
26th Oct 2018
The tenor and pianist join forces for a programme of Butterworth, Rudi Stephan, Kurt Weill and Mahler to commemorate the centenary of Armistice Day next month.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th October 2018
26th Oct 2018
Today's new releases include Bach from Giuliano Carmignola, Debussy from Nikolai Lugansky, and the debut solo recording of Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński.
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BACH 333 unboxed
25th Oct 2018
Chris and Katherine explore Deutsche Grammophon's mammoth new Bach Edition, produced in collaboration with Decca Classics and the Leipzig Bach Archive and running to over 280 hours of music.
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Norma from the Metropolitan Opera and other forthcoming highlights
24th Oct 2018
Sondra Radvanovsky and Joyce DiDonato star as Bellini's 'Druid duo', plus Mozart from Seong Jin-Cho, Debussy from François-Xavier Roth, and a rare outing for the original version of Verdi's Macbeth - directed from the violin by Fabio Biondi.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2018
23rd Oct 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Steven Isserlis and Dénes Várjon's recital of Chopin and Schubert on Hyperion taking pride of place.
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Presto Classical Gift Vouchers now available
23rd Oct 2018
We are pleased to announce that Presto gift vouchers are now available to buy online.
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Presto Sheet Music Gift Vouchers now available
23rd Oct 2018
We are pleased to announce that Presto gift vouchers are now available to buy online.
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Eric Lu on The Leeds International Piano Competition
22nd Oct 2018
The 20-year-old Chinese-American pianist talks to David about his victory last month and his plans for the immediate future.
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Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Martinů's What Men Live By
19th Oct 2018
The world premiere recording of a 1952 'pastoral opera' based on Tolstoy, captured three years before the Czech conductor's death in 2017.
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Martinů: What Men Live By
Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek
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New Release Round-Up - 19th October 2018
19th Oct 2018
Today's new recordings include Stravinsky from Valery Gergiev, Tchaikovsky from Vladimir Jurowski, and Schubert from René Jacobs.
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Bryn Terfel on Dreams and Songs
18th Oct 2018
Katherine speaks to the great Welsh bass-baritone about his new album, which includes duets with Dame Emma Thompson, Joseph Calleja and Rob Brydon as well as the world premiere recording of Karl Jenkins's The Shepherd Poet of Passchendaele.
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Dreams and Songs
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
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Fiddle Time 20th Anniversary
18th Oct 2018
This year Oxford University Press celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Fiddle Time series. Fiddle Time is a great series for all beginner violinists, packed with lively original tunes, well-known pieces and easy duets.
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2018
16th Oct 2018
The definitive Bach boxed set, an anniversary anthology from Deutsche Grammophon, and comprehensive collections of works by Hummel and François Couperin.
