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Hyperion launch The Classical Piano Concerto series
10th Apr 2014
Major recording project to begin with Dussek from Howard Shelley this summer.
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John Shirley-Quirk (1931-2014)
9th Apr 2014
Much-loved singer who created major roles in operas by Britten and Tippett dies aged 82.
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Britten: Death in Venice
Peter Pears (Aschenbach), John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Old Gondolier/Hotel Manager/Hotel Barber/Leader of the Players/Voice of Dionysus), James Bowman (Voice of Apollo) English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014
8th Apr 2014
Alisa Weilerstein wins the coveted Disc of the Year at the 2014 BBC Music Magazine Awards.
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Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex from the LSO
7th Apr 2014
James takes a trip to Ancient Greece with John Eliot Gardiner and the LSO’s muscular renditions of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Apollon musagète.
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Richard Strauss
4th Apr 2014
This week James shares his thoughts on some of his favourite recordings of the works of Richard Strauss.
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John Butt on Mozart's Requiem
3rd Apr 2014
The Dunedin Consort's director discusses the challenges of recreating the first performance of Mozart's enigmatic final work.
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Stuart Skelton records Gerontius
2nd Apr 2014
ENO's acclaimed Peter Grimes is taken to heaven by Sarah Connolly in a new recording from Sir Andrew Davis.
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Vivaldi's Il Pesce d'Aprile
1st Apr 2014
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Vivaldi: L'Incoronazione di Dario
Anders Dahlin (Dario), Sara Mingardo (Statira), Delphine Galou (Argene), Riccardo Novaro (Niceno), Roberta Mameli (Alinda), Lucia Cirillo (Oronte), Sofia Soloviy (Arpago), Giuseppina Bridelli (Flora) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
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Jack Liebeck plays violin music by Kreisler
31st Mar 2014
Katherine enjoys Jack Liebeck and Katya Apekisheva’s performances of Kreisler’s flamboyant violin showpieces.
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Hector Berlioz
29th Mar 2014
Katherine takes up the 'Presto Recommends' baton this week and selects some favourite recordings of works by Hector Berlioz.
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Les Troyens - CD Choice
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz (Helenus), Mark Stone (Un chef grec), Leigh Melrose (Un soldat troyen/Mercure), Orlin Annastassov (L'Ombre d'Hector), Andrew Greenan (Premiere Sentinelle), Roderick Earle (Deuxieme Sentinelle) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Iestyn Davies on singing Dowland
28th Mar 2014
British countertenor Iestyn Davies talks to Presto's David Smith about his new Dowland recording, The Art of Melancholy, out on 31st March on Hyperion Records.
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Fagioli records Porpora
27th Mar 2014
Rare Neapolitan fireworks from the Argentinian super-countertenor.
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Benjamin Britten
24th Mar 2014
Presto’s founder Maurice Millward sifts through a treasure-chest of Britten recordings and offers his thoughts on which paint the best portrait of this influential genius.
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Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2
24th Mar 2014
David rediscovers Mendelssohn's Lobgesang thanks to Pablo Heras-Casado and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in this week's newsletter.
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Decca Most Wanted Recitals
17th Mar 2014
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Gustavo Dudamel conducts a new oratorio by John Adams
10th Mar 2014
James explores The Gospel According to the Other Mary, excellent performances from Kelley O’Connor as Mary Magdalene and Tamara Mumford as Martha.
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Gil Shaham plays Violin Concertos from the 1930s
3rd Mar 2014
The American violinist kicks off a new project exploring the decade with concertos by Barber, Hartmann, Berg, Stravinsky and Britten.
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Miloš plays guitar works by Rodrigo and de Falla
24th Feb 2014
The Montenegrin guitarist performs Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasia para un Gentilhombre and Falla’s Homenaje a Debussy with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Jonas Kaufmann sings Wagner’s Parsifal
17th Feb 2014
The German tenor gives the performance of his career as Wagner’s ‘Holy Fool’ in François Girard’s production from the Metropolitan Opera, with René Pape as Gurnemanz and Katarina Dalayman as Kundry.
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CPE Bach Magnificat
10th Feb 2014
To mark the tercentenary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach’s fifth (and most prolific) child, Hans-Christoph Rademann directs the RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in a ‘punchy and agile’ account of his first large-scale choral work.
