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Contemporary Music Round-Up - Spring 2025
11th Jun 2025
In this round-up of contemporary releases from the first months of 2025, we look at the keyboard through new eyes, take to the stage for twenty-first-century opera suites, encounter exciting piano concertos for the first time, and hear the viola in a whole new light.
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Ophélie Gaillard on Cello Tango
10th Jun 2025
The French cellist discusses her new album of music by Piazzolla, Ginastera, Gardel and others (released on Aparté in April), falling in love with tango during a tour to Buenos Aires, and why the milonga is the perfect place to let off steam after a concert...
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New Sheet Music Titles - 10th June
10th Jun 2025
Durand editions of Ravel piano works, the latest Lyrebird publications, J.S. Bach: Musical Souvenirs for Piano, all new ABRSM woodwind syllabus publications, and Elmer Bernstein's To Kill a Mockingbird in full score.
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Aziz Shokhakimov in Strasbourg
9th Jun 2025
Ahead of a performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring earlier this spring, the Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg sat down with Presto to discuss his pre- and post-concert routines, building a relationship with the city and its orchestra, and their new recording of Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé on Warner Classics.
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Author Focus: Paul Harris - Composition
9th Jun 2025
In part five of our author focus series, Paul Harris talks about his publication Musical Doodles, and the benefits of composing and 'doodling' with music.
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Danny Grissett - Travelogue
6th Jun 2025
Inspired by the travelling experiences and reflections of a jazz artist out on the road, the American pianist is joined by drummer Bill Stewart and bassist Vicente Archer in his new trio album Travelogue.
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Danny Grissett (piano)
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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Berlioz and Ravel
6th Jun 2025
The Finnish conductor and the Orchestre de Paris present an incredibly colourful and terrifying reading of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique alongside a riotously chaotic account of Ravel's La valse.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th June 2025
6th Jun 2025
Debussy and Messiaen from Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida, Sibelius from Nicholas Collon and Christian Tetzlaff with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mozart from Angela Hewitt, and Haydn from the Chiaroscuro Quartet.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th June 2025
6th Jun 2025
From Matt Johnson's cosmic jazz to spiritual piano work from Isaiah J. Thompson, this week has plenty of new music to bring us into June.
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ABRSM Woodwind Syllabus from 2026 - Out Now!
6th Jun 2025
The new syllabus, for Practical and Performance Grades, is out now.
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Magdalena Kožená on L'extase
5th Jun 2025
Ahead of the release of her new album with Mitsuko Uchida on Pentatone tomorrow, the Czech mezzo discusses their shared passion for Debussy - and how she fell in love with French song behind the Iron Curtain as a teenager.
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Faith: Eclipse 12-String - An Astral Gem
5th Jun 2025
If you’ve ever dreamed of strumming a guitar that has a “chorus of smooth” while looking sleek enough to look sharp in the spotlight, the Faith Eclipse Neptune 12-String is your ticket to stardom.
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Martin Iddon on Hesperides
4th Jun 2025
The composer talks about his recent album of delicate, mysterious compositions, performed by the aptly-named Quiet Music Ensemble, released in April on NMC Recordings.
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Jack Adler-McKean, Quiet Music Ensemble
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Alexandre Dratwicki on Bizet and Bru Zane
3rd Jun 2025
On the 150th anniversary of Bizet's death, Bru Zane's Artistic Director discusses a new anthology exploring the French composer's lesser-known works - and outlines the label's plans to shine a light on some of his near-forgotten compatriots from the early twentieth century...
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The Presto Chart - May 2025
2nd Jun 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, headed by 'dazzling' accounts of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 and Symphonic Dances from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson on Chandos.
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Presto Team Choices - May 2025
31st May 2025
Staff favourites from May include Charles Koechlin's Symphony No. 1 from Ariane Matiakh, Madeleine Dring from Nicholas Daniel and friends, a Bruckner 9 with a difference from the Hallé and Kahchun Wong, and Lalo's Breton opera Le Roi d’Ys from György Vashegyi.
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Keith Jarrett - New Vienna
30th May 2025
The piano legend presents another unreleased concert recording from the ECM archives, as part of the celebrations for his eightieth birthday earlier this month.
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Britten from Edward Gardner and the LPO
30th May 2025
The London Philharmonic Orchestra under Edward Gardner perform two Britten premieres, alongside a profoundly moving account of the Sinfonia da Requiem - available exclusively on Presto Music until 20th June.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th May 2025
30th May 2025
Inspired by the Great American Songbook, composer Sandra-Mae presents new vocal standards, saxophonist Cecile Strange explores spacious improvisation, and Mike Bono and Jamie Eblen bring jazz, electronics and rock together in their new duo album.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th May 2025
30th May 2025
Tchaikovsky from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Alpesh Chauhan, a second helping of British orchestral anthems from Britten Sinfonia and the Choir of Merton College Oxford, Ligeti concertos from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth, and Anna Lapwood's eclectic new album Firedove.
