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Recordings of the Year 2017 - Our Top 10
8th Dec 2017
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months...
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Vasily Petrenko conducts music by Scriabin
8th Dec 2017
James listens to a stirring performance of music by Scriabin from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, released in October and chosen as one of our Top Ten Discs of the Year.
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New Release Round-up - 8th December 2017
8th Dec 2017
Matthew Bourne's sensational ballet The Car Man (drawing on music from Bizet's opera) on DVD and Blu-ray, plus new recordings from artists including Joseph Moog, Philippe Herreweghe, and the Sacconi Quartet.
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Christmas Releases 2017
6th Dec 2017
Ten of our favourite new festive recordings, from early music collections to traditional carols.
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Má Vlast from Jiří Bělohlávek and other January highlights
5th Dec 2017
Including recordings from Maurizio Pollini, Stephen Hough, Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout, and the late Jiří Bělohlávek.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2017 Choices
4th Dec 2017
Chris introduces the Choices from the new festive issue, including a gorgeous seasonal album for Paul Hillier and The Theatre of Voices.
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Christmas music from Le Concert Spirituel, the Sistine Chapel, and Merton College Oxford
1st Dec 2017
Katherine enjoys a contemplative programme of Advent and Christmas motets from the Vatican choir (plus a very special guest!) and an incisive Messiah with a difference from Hervé Niquet.
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New Release Round-up - 1st December 2017
1st Dec 2017
Including new albums from Masaaki Suzuki, Daniel Müller-Schott, the Sacconi Quartet, and Kent Nagano.
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2017
29th Nov 2017
Katherine's picks of the month include a rare outing for a surreal 'tango-opera' by Piazzólla, a Mahler Five that's red in tooth and claw, and an outstanding recital from French soprano Sabine Devieilhe.
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Grammy Nominations 2018
29th Nov 2017
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed yesterday - read on for full details of the recordings which will be battling it out in the eight classical categories.
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Dmitry Masleev
28th Nov 2017
Ahead of his St John's Smith Square recital on Thursday, the Russian pianist talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording of Scarlatti, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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Diapason d'Or 2017
27th Nov 2017
Chris introduces the winners of this year's Awards, revealed last week at a ceremony in Paris which was broadcast live on France Musique.
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John Nelson conducts Les Troyens
24th Nov 2017
Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres triumph as the doomed lovers in Berlioz's Classical epic, recorded live in Strasbourg earlier this year.
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New Release Round-up - 24th November 2017
24th Nov 2017
This week's highlights include new productions of Le nozze di Figaro and Der fliegende Holländer, plus two early celebrations of next year's Bernstein centenary.
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Recordings of the Year 2017 - Our Top 100
23rd Nov 2017
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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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017)
22nd Nov 2017
We are saddened to hear that the great Russian baritone died of a brain tumour earlier this morning; he was 55.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2017
21st Nov 2017
This month's stand-out heavyweights include comprehensive tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Luciano Pavarotti and Herbert von Karajan.
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Matthias Goerne - The Wagner Project
17th Nov 2017
German baritone Matthias Goerne offers a selection of monologues from Wagner's operas, accompanied by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.
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New Release Round-up - 17th November 2017
17th Nov 2017
Today's headline releases include new recordings from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, award-winning vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, and Chopin Competition victor Seong-Jin Cho.
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Manfred Honeck on The Epic of Gilgamesh
14th Nov 2017
The conductor talks to Katherine about making the first English-language recording of Martinů's Babylonian epic.
