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Jean-Christophe Groffe on Ensemble Thélème's 'All we get is Life'
21st Jan 2025
The director of the bold, adventurous early (???) music ensemble talks about his new album combining two Johns from centuries apart - Dowland and Cage.
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Alessandro Marangoni on Vittorio Rieti's piano concertos
20th Jan 2025
The pianist talks about his new album of world premiere recordings by the Italian-American composer Vittorio Rieti.
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Episode 56: Rufus Wainwright on Dream Requiem
19th Jan 2025
The ever-eclectic Rufus Wainwright chats with Matthew Ash about his new choral work, Dream Requiem, and some of the passions and influences that continue to inspire his diverse musical creativity.
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Seong-Jin Cho in Ravel's complete solo piano works
17th Jan 2025
Seong-Jin Cho has established himself firmly as a musician and pianist who uses his fluid technique to express a carefully chosen repertoire, placing the voice of the composer as the focus of his playing. His latest release proves to be a deft and subtle exploration of Ravel.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th January 2025
17th Jan 2025
Vivaldi's Four Seasons from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Le Consort, a 500th-birthday tribute to Palestrina from Stile Antico, Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem, and Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins from the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle.
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Sergei Babayan on Rachmaninoff for Two
16th Jan 2025
The Armenian-American pianist talks about the art of transcription, late nights with Martha Argerich, recording with his former pupil Daniil Trifonov - and why he believes that teachers can learn as much from their students as vice versa...
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Alessio Bax on Forgotten Dances
15th Jan 2025
The Italian pianist discusses his latest album of dance-inspired music from Bach to Bartók on Signum Classics, splitting Bach fugues with his brother as a child, and his conviction that 'the magic is broken' if a performance simply recreates what happened in the practice-room...
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Abel Selaocoe's Hymns of Bantu and other forthcoming highlights
14th Jan 2025
The South African cellist mixes music from his homeland with Bach and Marais on his second solo recording, with other early spring highlights including soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha's debut album, Walton from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson, and the world premiere recording of Tippett's New Year.
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ECM's New Series at 40
13th Jan 2025
To mark the pioneering series's recent fortieth birthday, Ben Hogwood selects some landmarks from the catalogue - including recordings of music by Arvo Pärt, Alfred Schnittke, Steve Reich and György Kurtág.
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Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Gidon Kremer (violin), Tatjana Grindenko (violin), Alfred Schnitte (prepared piano), Keith Jarrett (piano), 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Saulus Sondeskis, Dennis Russell Davis
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Presto Presents... Jean-Guihen Queyras
13th Jan 2025
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras performs a selection of pieces from his most recent album, 'J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions)' released on Harmonia Mundi.
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New Palestrina from Graham Ross and the choir of Clare College
10th Jan 2025
Graham Ross and his singers perform five previously unrecorded works for the 500th anniversary of Palestrina's birth, interspersed with settings by some of his English contemporaries.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th January 2025
10th Jan 2025
Francesco Scarlatti from Armonico Consort, French harpsichord music from Sophie Yates, Beethoven's Missa solemnis from Le Cercle de l’Harmonie and Jérémie Rhorer, and Debussy from The Nash Ensemble.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2025
8th Jan 2025
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by 'passionate and engaging' Vivaldi from countertenor Carlo Vistoli and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin on Harmonia Mundi.
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Pieter Wispelwey on his recording career for Channel Classics
7th Jan 2025
The cellist looks back on a fruitful two-decade collaboration with Amsterdam-based label Channel Classics.
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The Presto Chart - December 2024
6th Jan 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, headed by the debut recording from Lucy Illingworth (winner of the Channel 4 series The Piano) on Blue Cloud Music...
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Ruth Gipps from Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic
3rd Jan 2025
This third volume of the British composer's orchestral works on Chandos features the world premiere recordings of Symphony No. 1, the Coronation Procession from 1953 and the elegy Ambarvalia, plus the Horn Concerto and Cringlemire Garden.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd January 2025
3rd Jan 2025
Four nineteenth-century bassoon concertos from the Tapiola Sinfonietta, Bach transcriptions from David Ponsford and David Hill, Karl Weigl's Symphony No. 3 from Jürgen Bruns, and a second volume of Schreker's orchestral works from Steven Sloane in Bochum.
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The Presto Chart - 2024
2nd Jan 2025
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Yunchan Lim's recording of Chopin's Études on Decca leading the pack...
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2024 Goodbyes
2nd Jan 2025
A short video-tribute to some of the artists and creatives who died in 2024, including Maurizio Pollini, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Andrew Davis and Jodie Devos.
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Davina Clarke on The Art of Obligato
1st Jan 2025
The violinist discusses her new album of works by Bach featuring the violin, either as a solo instrument or as an obligato weaving around a vocal line.
