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Early Music Round-Up - February 2025
13th Feb 2025
Thrilling concertos by WF Bach, CPE Bach and Georg Benda from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d'Oro, folksy Scandinavian repertoire from The Curious Bards, a vivid Francesco Scarlatti premiere from Armonico Consort, an English solo lute recital from Elisa La Marca, and more.
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Christopher and Geoffrey in the Lions' Den
12th Feb 2025
Conductor Christopher Monks and musicologist Geoffrey Webber talk about their work bringing Francesco Scarlatti's dramatic Biblical oratorio Il Daniele nel Lago de' Leoni back to life - featuring dragons, demons and more.
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Edith Mathis (1938-2025)
11th Feb 2025
The Swiss soprano, who was widely regarded as one of the finest Mozart singers of the twentieth century, has died aged 86.
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Edith Mathis (Susanna), Gundula Janowitz (Contessa Almaviva), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Conte Almaviva), Tatiana Troyanos (Cherubino), Patricia Johnson (Marcellina), Peter Lagger (Bartolo), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Basilio) Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
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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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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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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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George
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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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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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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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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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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Brahms from Krystian Zimerman and other forthcoming highlights
29th Jan 2025
The Polish-Swiss pianist and friends present Brahms's Piano Quartets Nos. 2 and 3, with other stand-outs for the spring including Bach keyboard concertos from Beatrice Rana, a Ravel homage from Bertrand Chamayou, and the original version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra from Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2025
28th Jan 2025
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by a 'lived-in and insightful' Mahler 7 from Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on BR Klassik.
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Graham Ross on Palestrina premieres and more...
27th Jan 2025
The director of the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge talks about his new album featuring five world-premiere recordings of sacred works by Palestrina.
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Simon Rattle conducts Mahler's Seventh Symphony
24th Jan 2025
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor continue their survey of Mahler’s symphonies with this live recording of the Seventh Symphony, replete with characterful, vivid woodwind playing and gloriously majestic contributions from the trumpets.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th January 2025
24th Jan 2025
Orff's Carmina Burana from Paavo Järvi in Zürich, a programme of music by refugee composers from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Camerata Bern, Busoni from Peter Donohoe, and Weinberg's The Passenger from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at the Teatro Real de Madrid.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025: Shortlist
23rd Jan 2025
The nominations are just in and voting is open...
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Christina Pluhar on Terra Mater
23rd Jan 2025
The director of L'Arpeggiata discusses the early music ensemble's 25th-birthday plans and their new album with Swedish mezzo Malena Ernman (released on Erato next Friday) which celebrates the natural world.
