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New Release Round-Up - 18th July 2025
18th Jul 2025
Messiaen from Yuja Wang and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mozart from Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony, solo Bach from Céline Frisch, and historical recordings of Poulenc playing his own music and that of Satie.
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Gerald Finley on the First Night of the Proms
17th Jul 2025
In advance of singing Vaughan Williams in tomorrow night's opening concert, the Canadian bass-baritone reflects on his 45-year relationship with the Proms - which began with a 'baptism of fire' just hours after he arrived in London to begin his studies at the Royal College of Music in 1979...
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Piano Music Round-Up - Spring 2025
16th Jul 2025
Matthew shares some of his highlights from the wealth of piano recordings released over the past three months, covering an intriguing range of repertoire, and including a box set dedicated to a great Italian pianist he hasn't previously been aware of.
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Susan Narucki on György Kurtág
15th Jul 2025
In the wake of her acclaimed recording of the mercurial Kafka Fragments with violinist Curtis Macomber (released on Avie at the end of last month), the American soprano discusses her forty-year musical relationship with the Hungarian composer.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2025
14th Jul 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Vilém Vlček and Denis Linnik's 'urgent and profound' set of Martinů's complete works for cello and piano on Supraphon.
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Apollo's Cabinet on the remarkable career of Kitty Clive
14th Jul 2025
Teresa Wrann talks about the group's new album, charting the highs and lows of a truly remarkable performer who held sway over London's theatre scene and served as a muse to Handel.
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Orchestral Works by Grażyna Bacewicz
11th Jul 2025
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra continue their survey of the orchestral works by the Polish composer, including Symphony No. 2, the Concerto for Large Symphony Orchestra, and the Piano Concerto with soloist Peter Donohoe.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th July 2025
11th Jul 2025
Shostakovich from Cuarteto Casals, Steve Reich's Jacob's Ladder and Traveler's Prayer, this year's summer concert from the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, and choral works by the Mendelssohn siblings from the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin.
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Jonathan Sells on Gesualdo, Bruckner and unexpected Wagner
10th Jul 2025
The newly-appointed Choir Director of the Monteverdi Choir talks about his new album with the Choir, juxtaposing motets by Bruckner and Gesualdo and seeing both through a Wagnerian lens.
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Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motets
Monteverdi Choir, Jonathan Sells
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Tchaikovsky from Yunchan Lim and other forthcoming highlights
9th Jul 2025
The young South Korean pianist tackles Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, with other stand-out releases for late summer including Purcell's Dido & Aeneas with Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres, Jonas Kaufmann's Doppelgänger, and Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London.
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François Leleux on Future Horizons
8th Jul 2025
The oboist talks about his new album of newly-written works for oboe and orchestra, with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
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Presto Presents... Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu
7th Jul 2025
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu perform a selection of pieces from their latest album For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (released in May on Alpha Classics).
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For Dieter
Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)
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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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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.
