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Stanford String Quartets from the Dante Quartet
5th Mar 2020
David talks to violinist Krysia Osostowicz and musicologist Jeremy Dibble about the final volume in the Dante Quartet's Stanford cycle.
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Ruby Hughes on Clytemnestra
4th Mar 2020
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album featuring Rhian Samuel's Aeschylus-inspired monodrama and song-cycles by Mahler and Berg, out now on BIS.
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The Presto Chart - February 2020
3rd Mar 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's collection of French orchestral works on Chandos in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - February 2020
1st Mar 2020
A captivating collection of English song from Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton, a Spanish postcard from Offenbach, and a weird and wonderful Skalkottas anthology from Athens.
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John Eliot Gardiner concludes his cycle of Schumann symphonies with the LSO
28th Feb 2020
With sparkling, joyous performances of the Spring and Rhenish symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner and the LSO bring their Schumann cycle to an exuberant conclusion.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th February 2020
28th Feb 2020
Schoenberg from Isabelle Faust and friends, Beethoven from the Capuçon Brothers and Frank Braley, Offenbach’s Spanish operetta Maître Péronilla, and an all-star Porgy & Bess from the Metropolitan Opera.
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Debussy & Rameau from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming highlights
26th Feb 2020
An all-French programme from the award-winning Icelandic pianist, plus Vinci from Franco Fagioli, more Korngold from John Wilson, and Verdi’s Otello from Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2020
25th Feb 2020
Chris introduces this month’s Choices, with Benjamin Grosvenor's accounts of the Chopin piano concertos with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Elim Chan leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Charles Hubert Parry's Judith from William Vann and the London Mozart Players
21st Feb 2020
Parry’s 1888 oratorio on the Apocryphal tale of an avenging Jewish widow emerges as a worthy successor to Mendelssohn’s Elijah in this gripping world premiere recording with Sarah Fox, Kathryn Rudge and Toby Spence.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st February 2020
21st Feb 2020
Chopin from Benjamin Grosvenor, Dvořák and Copland from Gianandrea Noseda and the National Symphony Orchestra, Farrenc from Christoph König and the Solistes Européens Luxembourg, and a boxed set of Karajan recordings from Decca.
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Beethoven 2020 - forthcoming highlights
19th Feb 2020
Anniversary tributes from artists including Maurizio Pollini, Rudolf Buchbinder, Teodor Currentzis, the Capuçon brothers.
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Hamish Milne (1939-2020)
18th Feb 2020
The British pianist, who was particularly associated with the music of Nikolai Medtner, has died aged 80.
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New titles added to Presto CD - February 2020
17th Feb 2020
Including Riccardo Chailly conducting Orff's Carmina Burana, Dvořák's Piano Concerto from András Schiff and Shostakovich's Symphony No 14 from Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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Owen Rees on Josquin and his legacy
17th Feb 2020
David talks to conductor and musicologist Owen Rees about his latest album with Contrapunctus, exploring the impact of Josquin on Spanish polyphony.
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Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-2020)
17th Feb 2020
The Dutch pianist, conductor and composer has died aged 81.
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Papagena - Hush!
15th Feb 2020
David talks to members of the all-female vocal quintet about their new recording on Somm Recordings.
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Paavo Järvi conducts orchestral works by Bartók
14th Feb 2020
The NHK Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi perform a trio of works by Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Dance Suite, and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th February 2020
14th Feb 2020
Strauss from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, Sibelius from Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Schumann, Poulenc and Zemlinsky from German soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, and Hasse and Lady Gaga from Simone Kermes.
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Paavo Järvi on the NHK Symphony Orchestra
13th Feb 2020
Ahead of the release of their album of Bartók on Sony Classical tomorrow, the Japanese orchestra's Chief Conductor talks to Katherine about expanding their twentieth-century and contemporary repertoire and his plans for their future together.
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2020 Choices
12th Feb 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Bach from Angela Hewitt, Tchaikovsky from Peter Donohoe, and Strauss from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
