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Liszt, Reubke and Mendelssohn from Stephen Cleobury
5th May 2015
Stephen Cleobury, the long-serving Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, talks to David about his latest album - featuring three large-scale organ works.
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Mark Elder conducts Donizetti's Les Martyrs
4th May 2015
Katherine listens to the first ever complete recording of Donizetti's opera.
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Philippe Jaroussky on Verlaine
1st May 2015
Katherine talks to the countertenor about his latest disc exploring settings of the great French symbolist poet.
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BBC Proms 2015 - Our Top Ten!
30th Apr 2015
The 2015 BBC Proms season has just been announced, and here in the Presto office we've spent the afternoon choosing our top 10 'must-see' concerts.
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Presto CDs reach 1,000!
30th Apr 2015
The Presto CD project reaches a milestone - the release of our 1,000th title!
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Harping on with Xavier de Maistre
29th Apr 2015
David talks to the harpist about his new disc, Moldau, featuring Slavic-flavoured arrangements and compositions for the harp.
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James Ehnes performs works for violin and viola by Franck, Strauss, and Berlioz
27th Apr 2015
James listens to two new discs featuring James Ehnes on the violin and viola.
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Presto CD - 170 Philips titles just added
26th Apr 2015
Artists include Jessye Norman, Sir Neville Marriner and Mitsuko Uchida.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2015
24th Apr 2015
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, with another triumph for the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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Dagmar Pecková's Sinful Women
22nd Apr 2015
The Czech dramatic mezzo talks about the gallery of vamps and viragos on her new disc, out now on Supraphon…
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An Operatic Trip to Paris with Sonya Yoncheva
20th Apr 2015
Katherine listens to Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva's début solo release - a delightful disc of Parisian operatic gems.
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Record Store Day - Chris on Radio 3!
18th Apr 2015
Chris joined Richard Morrison and Andrew McGregor to quite literally talk shop - and vinyl, and streaming, and downloads…
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Two new recordings from Joyce DiDonato
16th Apr 2015
A recital-disc with Antonio Pappano coming up soon, and a major new studio opera-recording in the offing for 2017…
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Brahms Inspired - Orli Shaham
15th Apr 2015
Brahms's Op. 119 provides creative impetus for three newly commissioned works in this new project from the American pianist.
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Smetana from the Pavel Haas Quartet
13th Apr 2015
James listens to the Pavel Haas Quartet's new disc of Smetana's String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
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Presto CD - Chamber and instrumental gems from Decca
10th Apr 2015
The latest pack of additions to the Presto label, including vintage recordings from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Alicia de Larrocha and András Schiff…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards - The Winners
7th Apr 2015
Chris reports live from the ceremony at Kings Place, revealing the category-winners and the coveted Disc of the Year…
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Shostakovich from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
7th Apr 2015
Deutsche Grammophon announce three recordings with the Latvian conductor and his new orchestra.
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Passion settings by James MacMillan and JS Bach
6th Apr 2015
David listens to two very different musical responses to the Passion story – James MacMillan's new St Luke Passion and the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of Bach's time-honoured St Matthew.
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Edvard Grieg
3rd Apr 2015
David picks some of the best recordings of the works of the Norwegian Romantic nationalist, Edvard Grieg.
