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2014 Goodbyes
27th Dec 2014
We have made a short video tribute remembering some of the musicians who sadly died during 2014.
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2014
22nd Dec 2014
The Presto editorial team pick some "ones that got away" - the discs we just didn't have space to write about when they were released!
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Felix Mendelssohn
20th Dec 2014
David picks out some recordings of the German Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn.
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Nick van Bloss
18th Dec 2014
The English pianist turns his attention to Beethoven, with a recording of the Diabelli Variations and the Appassionata in the pipeline.
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John Robinson takes carols from Cambridge to Cambridge
17th Dec 2014
David talks to the English choirmaster about 'Christmas in Harvard Square', a new festive release fromThe Boys of St Paul's Choir School.
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Iván Fischer conducts Brahms
15th Dec 2014
David listens to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's new recording of Brahms's Second Symphony.
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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Contemporary Song Round-Up
13th Dec 2014
David talks to pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen about three new discs of British song, including works by Alun Hoddinott, Charlotte Bray and Jonathan Dove.
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Mozart Operas
12th Dec 2014
Katherine trawls through her collection and makes some difficult decisions…
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Presto CD - Decca and Philips
11th Dec 2014
Introducing 17 new Print On Demand titles from Alfred Brendel to Ute Lemper…
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2014
10th Dec 2014
Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue…
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Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes Faust
Christiane Karg (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Kurt Rydl (bass) Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
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Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel's Messiah
8th Dec 2014
David listens to a new recording of Handel's Messiah, with Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée orchestra and choir.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
5th Dec 2014
James chooses his favourite recordings of the music of Korngold, best known for his Violin Concerto as well as numerous operas and film scores.
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Rosalind Plowright on Dialogues des Carmélites
2nd Dec 2014
Katherine talks to the British mezzo about singing Poulenc's masterpiece in a new production from Paris, out now on DVD/Blu-ray on Erato.
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Music for Christmas
1st Dec 2014
Katherine listens to some of this year's Christmas discs, featuring Renee Fleming, the choir of Clare College Cambridge and Arte dei Suonatori.
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Presto Classical Discs of the Year
29th Nov 2014
How exciting! Without really realising it we've created our own Awards!
Find out who the Presto editorial team have decided are the best 100 and the top 10 recordings of 2014.
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Music for Advent
28th Nov 2014
As Christmas draws near, David takes a look at music written for the season of Advent.
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Steven Isserlis takes on Prokofiev and Shostakovich
26th Nov 2014
The British cellist records two great twentieth-century Russian concertos for Hyperion.
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Anna Netrebko sings Strauss's Four Last Songs
24th Nov 2014
Katherine listens to Anna Netrebko's new recording of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin.
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Presto CD - l'Oiseau Lyre
22nd Nov 2014
The latest batch of Print On Demand titles, focusing on baroque and renaissance repertoire.
