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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024: Shortlist
24th Jan 2024
The nominations are just in and voting is open...
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Rufus Harley, The Pied Piper of Jazz
24th Jan 2024
Take a look at the unique performer who, for a while, brought bagpipes into the mainstream and was called on by several leading musicians of his day.
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New Sheet Music Titles - January 24th
24th Jan 2024
Songs from Barbie, The Little Mermaid, and The Super Mario Bros Movie; choral works from Carus Verlag and Boosey & Hawkes; new additions to the Bach Revealed series; traditional fiddle music from around the world; and ABRSM's Music Theory Practice Papers.
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Michael Spyres In The Shadows and other forthcoming releases
23rd Jan 2024
The American tenor teams up with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques for a programme which explores the composers who influenced Wagner, with other spring highlights including Saint-Saëns from Lang Lang, Britten from Isabelle Faust & friends, and world premiere recordings of four orchestral works by Dorothy Howell.
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PDQ Bach (2024-1742?)
22nd Jan 2024
The composer acclaimed as possessing 'the originality of Johann Christian, the arrogance of Carl Philipp Emanuel, and the obscurity of Johann Christoph Friedrich' has died.
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Ewa Podleś (1952-2024)
21st Jan 2024
The Polish coloratura contralto, whose powerful yet supremely agile voice was a force of nature, has died in Warsaw aged 71.
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Lalo orchestral works from Neeme Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
19th Jan 2024
The veteran conductor and his musicians present a selection of sweeping and vivid orchestral works by the late-nineteenth-century French Romantic composer Édouard Lalo.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th January 2024
19th Jan 2024
Mendelssohn and more from Sol Gabetta & Bertrand Chamayou, Schubert from Adam Laloum, Tosti songs from Javier Camarena & Ángel Rodríguez, and Paavo Berglund's complete recordings on EMI Classics & Finlandia.
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Tony Kofi Quartet - Plays Monk
19th Jan 2024
A new release on the twentieth anniversary of Kofi's original recording makes for a perfect introduction to the unpredictable jazz genius. Misterioso!
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th January 2024
19th Jan 2024
This week's Round-Up highlights some forward-thinking jazz from Anna Webber, Shake Stew's global grooves, straight-ahead energy from David Janeway and the Mads Vinding Trio, plus the feathery compositions of Claire Cross & Harry Cook.
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Can Çakmur on Schubert
18th Jan 2024
Ahead of his gala concert launching the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition at Kings Place tomorrow, the Turkish pianist discusses his Schubert + project on BIS, his friendship with Fazıl Say, and why he's 'super-unpicky' about the instruments he plays in concert...
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Verbier Festival Gold on Deutsche Grammophon
17th Jan 2024
In anticipation of the Swiss festival's thirtieth birthday later this year, we shine a spotlight on some of the outstanding live recordings which have recently been made available through their partnership with Deutsche Grammophon.
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Music for a Japanese Listening Bar
17th Jan 2024
Find out more about the history of Japanese 'kissa', the unique listening experience that sparked a cultural revolution for the country and its lovers of jazz.
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Christophe Rousset on Lully's Atys
16th Jan 2024
As his masterly survey of Lully's complete operas with Les Talens Lyriques nears the finishing-line, the French harpsichordist and conductor reflects on the legacy of the 'incredible arriviste' who rose from humble beginnings in Florence to captivate Louis XIV and his court...
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Carus Anniversary Publications
16th Jan 2024
This year marks the anniversary of three noteworthy choral composers, Puccini, Gabriel Fauré, and Anton Bruckner.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2024
15th Jan 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Franco-Belgian programme from French cellist Bruno Philippe (with Tanguy de Williencourt, Christoph Eschenbach & the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) on Harmonia Mundi.
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Angela Hewitt and Howard Shelley on Hyperion
15th Jan 2024
Recordings from two giants of the piano come to streaming for the first time, with well-known works by the likes of Bach and Beethoven alongside the fruits of Hyperion's long-running exploration of less-heard concerto repertoire by Döhler, Elmas, Taubert and more.
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Spotlight on Yanagisawa Saxophones
15th Jan 2024
Here at Presto Music, we are excited to now have Yanagisawa saxophones in stock. The Yanagisawa company has a long history of high-quality and innovative instrument manufacture, rivalling other well-known saxophone manufacturers including Selmer and Conn.
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Henri Texier - An Indian's Life
12th Jan 2024
The outstanding French double bassist delivers an atmospheric set prompted by his lifelong appreciation of Native American culture as well as the friends and inspirations he's lost along the way.
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Shadows of My Ancestors from Behzod Abduraimov
12th Jan 2024
The Uzbek pianist presents a dazzlingly evocative album of virtuosic piano works by Prokofieff, Ravel, and his compatriot Dilorom Saidaminova.
