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Jim Watson on Calling You Home
4th Jul 2025
The talented pianist joins me to discuss his incredible career and returning to his roots in his solo album, Calling You Home.
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Fred Hersch - The Surrounding Green
4th Jul 2025
The American pianist releases his third ECM album and returns to a traditional trio setting, exploring original compositions alongside arrangements of twentieth-century jazz tunes.
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Biber's 1681 sonatas from Rachel Podger and Bojan Čičić
4th Jul 2025
Two sparkling performances of the Bohemian violinist-composer's most demanding and virtuosic sonatas, the 1681 Sonatae Violino Solo, come along at once!
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New Release Round-Up - 4th July 2025
4th Jul 2025
Schubert from Steven Osborne, Rachmaninoff from Alexander Melnikov and Julia Lezhneva, Handel from Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen, and Mozart from Andrè Schuen.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th July 2025
4th Jul 2025
From duo saxophones to funk fusion, and blues guitar to big band, there’s plenty of genres to choose from throughout this week’s brand new releases.
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Francesca dePasquale: Hypermobile Musician
4th Jul 2025
Francesca dePasquale discusses her resource, Hypermobile Musician, and the importance of raising awareness around hypermobility in the music industry.
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Beverley McGeown on OpenArts NI
3rd Jul 2025
The conductor of Belfast-based Open Arts Community Choir (winner of the Inspiration award at this year's RPS Awards) talks about her work with disabled and non-disabled musicians.
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The Presto Chart - June 2025
2nd Jul 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, headed by Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Ravel's La valse from Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris on Decca.
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Presto Team Choices - June 2025
1st Jul 2025
Staff favourites from June include the fourth volume of the LSO's Panufnik Legacies series, piano quintets by Vasyl Barvinsky and Borys Liatoshynsky, Sibelius from Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and vibrant Baroque duets from countertenors Carlo Vistoli and Hugh Cutting.
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CRD at 50
30th Jun 2025
Siblings Tom and Emma Pauncefort join Presto to talk about taking the reins of the family label started by their father Graham, which is currently celebrating a half century of releasing music.
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Stuart Burrows (1933-2025)
30th Jun 2025
The Welsh lyric tenor, who was particularly renowned for his Mozart roles and also excelled in Tippett and Stravinsky, has died aged 92.
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Piccolos - A Short Guide to Purchasing a New Instrument
30th Jun 2025
There are a few things to consider when you are looking to purchase a new piccolo, whether you are new to the instrument or looking to up-grade from your student model. In this short guide we take a look at some of the factors you might take into account in your search to find the right instrument for you.
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Alex Sipiagin - Reverberations
27th Jun 2025
Reverberations, the fourteenth album from renowned Russian-born jazz trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, highlights his ongoing growth as a bandleader and composer. The album weaves together Sipiagin’s original compositions with fresh interpretations of jazz standards, creating a dynamic and engaging release.
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Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia, Limited from Scottish Opera
27th Jun 2025
The duo's penultimate collaboration - a satire on British imperialism and nineteenth-century corporate law - comes up as fresh as paint in a sparkling new recording conducted by Derek Clark, with a cast headed by Neal Davies as King Paramount and Ellie Laugharne as his Cambridge-educated daughter Zara.
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Gilbert & Sullivan: Utopia, Limited Or the Flowers of Progress
Neal Davies (King Paramount), Ellie Laugharne (Princess Zara), Yvonne Howard (Lady Sophy), William Morgan (Captain Fitzbattleaxe), Richard Suart (Scaphio), Arthur Bruce (Phantis) The Orchestra of Scottish Opera & Chorus, Derek Clark
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New Release Round-Up - 27th June 2025
27th Jun 2025
From Fred Hersch’s lyrical trio to Nicole Zuraitis' second instalment in her bold tribute to women songwriters, this week’s releases are full of cinematic jazz, experimental duos, and original and contemporary compositions.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th June 2025
27th Jun 2025
British and American music for brass ensemble from Onyx Brass and John Wilson, Kurtág's Kafka Fragments from Susan Narucki and Curtis Macomber, CPE Bach from Ryo Terakado and Fabio Bonizzoni, and Martinů from Vilém Vlček and Denis Linnik.
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Opus Klassik Awards 2025
26th Jun 2025
Revealed in advance of October's ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards include Abel Selaocoe, Emily D'Angelo, Joana Mallwitz and Seong-Jin Cho.
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Eric Baumgartner: Jazz Piano Basics
26th Jun 2025
After his recent success at the Art of Piano Education Awards, Eric kindly took the time to answer questions about his award-winning publication 'Favorite Melodies for Jazz Piano Solo' and to discuss his 'Jazz Piano Basics' series.
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Zlatomir Fung on Fantasies
25th Jun 2025
The young American cellist discusses his debut solo album on Signum, featuring virtuosic fantasies on operas by Donizetti, Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Bizet - plus his own astute paraphrase on Janáček's Jenůfa.
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Fantasies
Zlatomir Fung (cello), Richard Fu (piano)
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2025
24th Jun 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Bojan Čičić's 'masterly' recording of Biber's complete violin sonatas from 1681 on Delphian.
