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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen on Uncharted
10th Feb 2025
In the wake of his debut solo album on Avie Records (featuring songs by Brahms, Robert & Clara Schumann and Korngold), the American countertenor recounts how cantoring at a local synagogue in his early teens and supporting Elton John at Madison Square Gardens both helped to shape his artistry...
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Lieder from Fatma Said and friends
7th Feb 2025
The Egyptian soprano is joined by pianists Malcolm Martineau and Joseph Middleton (and an array of special guests including clarinettist Sabine Meyer and rising young baritone Huw Montague Rendall) for a programme of favourite Lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Robert Schumann and the Mendelssohn siblings.
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Alexander's Swing-Time Orchestra ft. Florian Bramböck - Swinging Colossus
7th Feb 2025
Austrian jazz saxophonist Florian Bramböck joins forces with Alexander Kuttler’s Swing-Time Orchestra in their new big band album, the aptly named Swinging Colossus. In a mixture of studio and live recordings, both Bramböck and Gstrein (lead alto) contribute original charts that are made for swinging the night away.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th February 2025
7th Feb 2025
New releases this week include funk and soul grooves with Danish group Tabloid, genre cross-overs in Solidarity and BelleJazzClub, and an avant-garde sound in Honey From A Winter Stone. A softer sound in Martin Budde's Back Burner and a blend of jazz and Afro-Caribbean styles with Clélya Abraham.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th February 2025
7th Feb 2025
John Field from Alice Sara Ott, Shostakovich from the Jerusalem Quartet, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius from Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Vivaldi's Arsilda from Andrea Marcon and La Cetra Basel.
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Agathe Backer Grøndahl: New Urtext Editions
7th Feb 2025
Edition Peters recently published the first-ever Urtext editions of two of Backer Grøndahl’s piano works: 'Fantasistykker', and 'I Blaafjellet'. Find out more.
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Sonya Yoncheva on George
6th Feb 2025
The Bulgarian soprano discusses her musical tribute to George Sand (out tomorrow on Naïve), featuring extracts from the French novelist's correspondence interwoven with music by Chopin, Viardot, Liszt, Leoncavallo and Tosti.
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Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Olga Zado (piano)
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2025 Choices
5th Feb 2025
Chris introduces this issue's choices, headed by 'pliant, expressive, wild and virtuosic' Vivaldi from French violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Le Consort on Harmonia Mundi.
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Misha Mullov-Abbado on Effra
5th Feb 2025
The gifted double bassist, bandleader and composer joins us to discuss the release of his new sextet recording ‘Effra’, as he balances the new responsibilities of fatherhood.
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Introducing Author Focus with Paul Harris
5th Feb 2025
Introducing our new video series Author Focus! In collaboration with Faber Music and Paul Harris, we will be releasing a series of videos focusing on various aspects of sheet music and music education.
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The Presto Chart - January 2025
4th Feb 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, headed by a collection of Palestrina premieres from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge and Graham Ross on Harmonia Mundi.
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Chick Corea - Children's Songs
3rd Feb 2025
In a moment of mid-career lucidity, the jazz fusion pioneer issued this unaccompanied statement of sweeping but deceptive simplicity.
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Grammy Winners 2025
3rd Feb 2025
The classical winners from this year's ceremony included new works by Gabriela Ortiz, Caroline Shaw and the late Kaija Saariaho, and albums from Karen Slack & Michelle Cann, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Víkingur Ólafsson.
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Terra Mater from Christina Pluhar and L'Arpeggiata
31st Jan 2025
The experimental early music ensemble is joined by Swedish mezzo (and climate-change activist) Malena Ernman for an eclectic programme celebrating Mother Earth, taking in pictorial Baroque sonatas, English folksongs and dances, early Italian opera and a soupçon of jazz...
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Misha Mullov-Abbado - Effra
31st Jan 2025
Misha Mullov-Abbado returns to the jazz scene with a tribute to the neighbourhood of Brixton in his latest album, Effra. Across a collection of different styles and sounds, the skilled bassist leads his ensemble through a musical journey of the London suburb, all whilst demonstrating his mastery of arranging and composition.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st January 2025
31st Jan 2025
This week includes releases from the talented bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, Loek van den Berg and his quintet, and the Mani Padme Trio. Violinist Pierre Blanchard turns his attention to on-screen favourites, and the Julia Hülsmann Quartet return with a guest trumpeter in tow.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st January 2025
31st Jan 2025
Richard Rodney Bennett from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and John Wilson, Strauss from Renaud Capuçon, Schumann from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien, and rare Italian piano concertos from Roberto Prosseda.
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Saxophone Ligatures - Do they Make a Difference?
31st Jan 2025
The difference that a mouthpiece can make to your overall sound is well documented and discussed, but the difference that the ligature can make is sometimes underestimated. Here, we look at how your choice of ligature could impact your sound and the response you get from your reed.
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Presto Team Choices - January 2025
30th Jan 2025
Characterful Kurt Weill from the LSO and Simon Rattle, oboe trios from Haydn's godson Joseph Weigl, spellbinding Scriabin from Chinese pianist Yunjie Chen, and a terrific second outing for José de Nebra's pastoral melodrama Venus Y Adonis from the young Spanish ensemble Los Elementos.
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Faith Nexus Solar Flare & Faith Guitars at NAMM 2025
30th Jan 2025
Faith Guitars has made a splash at the NAMM 2025 show with the further unveiling of their stunning new Nexus Solar Flare electro-acoustic guitar.
