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New Release Round-Up - 12th October 2018
12th Oct 2018
Today's new recordings include Bach from Kim Kashkashian, Beethoven from Alexandre Tharaud, and Schubert from Sir John Tomlinson.
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The Calidore Quartet on 'Resilience'
11th Oct 2018
The members of the young American string quartet talk to David about their début recording, which features four quartets from composers experiencing a variety of personal and political traumas.
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Resilience
Calidore String Quartet
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New RCA titles added to our Presto CD catalogue
10th Oct 2018
Highlights from the latest additions include recordings by Toscanini, Leontyne Price, Günter Wand and Leonard Slatkin.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2018 Choices
9th Oct 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Sean Shibe, Dénes Várjon, and Daniel Barenboim plus friends and family.
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Schallplattenkritik Awards 2018
9th Oct 2018
Details of the German Record Critics’ Annual Awards were announced last week - read on for the jury's observations on the classical winners.
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Montserrat Caballé (1933-2018)
6th Oct 2018
The great Spanish soprano, renowned for her legendary pianissimi and superb command of bel canto, has died at the age of 85.
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Mozart: Così fan tutte (download-only)
Montserrat Caballé (Fiordiligi), Dame Janet Baker (Dorabella), Nicolai Gedda (Ferrando), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Guglielmo), Ileana Cotrubas (Despina), Richard van Allan (Don Alfonso) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis
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A moving recital from Igor Levit with music by Bach, Liszt and Wagner
5th Oct 2018
Igor Levit explores music of transfiguration and transcendence in his Life Album, an eclectic recital of Bach-via-Busoni and Wagner-via-Liszt.
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Igor Levit: The Life Album
Igor Levit (piano)
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New Release Round-up - 5th October 2018
5th Oct 2018
Today's new releases include solo Bach from Hilary Hahn, Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO, Mahler from Adam Fischer and Chopin from Ingrid Fliter.
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Stuart Skelton on Wagner
4th Oct 2018
The Australian tenor (currently singing Siegmund in the Royal Opera House's Ring Cycle) talks to Katherine about his career as a Wagnerian and his debut solo recording Shining Knight, recently released on ABC Classics.
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Sean Shibe on softLOUD
1st Oct 2018
Katherine talks to the award-winning young guitarist about his confrontational new album, which mixes seventeenth-century Scottish lute music with works by Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe and David Lang.
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The Presto Chart - September 2018
1st Oct 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with boisterous Bernstein from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the top of the tree.
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Bernstein: Wonderful Town
Danielle de Niese (Eileen), Alysha Umphress (Ruth), Nathan Gunn (Bob Baker), Duncan Rock (Wreck), David Butt Philip (Lonigan), Ashley Riches (Guide/First Editor/Frank) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
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Presto Editor's Choices - September 2018
30th Sep 2018
A Winterreise with a twist, a voluptuous tour of fin de siècle Vienna with Barbara Hannigan, and a fascinating collection of orchestral music by the British twentieth-century composer Ruth Gipps.
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Masaaki Suzuki completes his Bach cantata cycle
28th Sep 2018
Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium bring their mighty Bach cycle to a close with a pairing of two 'Cantatas of Contentment'.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th September 2018
28th Sep 2018
Mahler from Mariss Jansons, Pärt from Viktoria Mullova and Paavo Järvi, Chopin and Schubert from Steven isserlis, and Klemperer from the Richard Itter archives.
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Introducing Presto Books
27th Sep 2018
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to books about music.
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Introducing Presto Books
27th Sep 2018
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to books about music.
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Currentzis's Mahler 6 and other forthcoming highlights
26th Sep 2018
The Greek-Russian conductor's first recording of Mahler, plus Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, and Massenet and Puccini from Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna.
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Albina Shagimuratova and Daniela Barcellona on Semiramide
26th Sep 2018
Katherine talks to the Russian soprano and Italian mezzo who star as mother and estranged son on Sir Mark Elder's new, uncut recording of Rossini's great opera seria.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2018
25th Sep 2018
A collection of complete live performances from the great Swedish dramatic soprano Birgit Nilsson, plus anthologies from Gramophone Award-winners Neeme Järvi and Blue Heron, and a sumptuous set of Cecilia Bartoli's Rossini recordings.
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Sir Thomas Allen on September Songs
24th Sep 2018
The veteran baritone talks to Katherine about his autumnal album of classics from The Great American Songbook, out now on Champs Hill Records and featuring soprano Lucy Crowe.
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September Songs
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
