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New Presto CD titles from Chandos
13th Jun 2024
We’re delighted to announce the addition of Chandos to our Presto CD offering, starting with 30 titles which have been unavailable on CD for several years.
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Paul Wee on his dual career
12th Jun 2024
Ahead of his Wigmore Hall debut (playing Alkan's formidable Concerto for Solo Piano) this Saturday, the pianist and barrister talks about transferrable skills, the joys of making music with friends and colleagues, and his new recording of concertos by Henselt and Bronsart...
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Claire Booth on Schoenberg
10th Jun 2024
To mark the composer and polymath's 150th birthday, the soprano talks about her new album exploring his rich and varied song output, curated with pianist Christopher Glynn and themed around Schoenberg's Expressionist paintings.
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Parsifal from Pablo Heras-Casado and other forthcoming highlights
10th Jun 2024
Andreas Schager, Elīna Garanča and Georg Zeppenfeld head the cast on this live recording from the 2023 Bayreuth Festival, with other highlights for the summer including music by the Mendelssohn siblings from Isata Kanneh-Mason, a second volume of African Pianism from Rebeca Omordia, and a Weill triptych from Joana Mallwitz.
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Wagner: Parsifal
Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Elīna Garanča (Kundry), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Derek Welton (Amfortas), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel) Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Pablo Heras-Casado
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Sibelius and Prokofiev Violin Concertos from Janine Jansen & Klaus Mäkelä
7th Jun 2024
Engaging from the very first notes, these powerful new recordings of much-loved repertoire make for a great introduction if you don’t know these works - and an inspiring new perspective if you do.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th June 2024
7th Jun 2024
The final instalment of Osmo Vänskä's Mahler cycle from Minnesota, Czech songs from Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle & the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prokofiev from Aziz Shokhakimov in Strasbourg, and Mahler's reorchestrations of Beethoven.
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Guy Braunstein on his Abbey Road Concerto
6th Jun 2024
The violinist talks about the world premiere recording of his 35-minute fantasy based on The Beatles' 1969 album, composed in lockdown after his young son developed Beatlemania...
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Emmanuel Pahud on Mozart Stories
5th Jun 2024
To mark the release of his new album of Mozart sonatas on Warner Classics, the French flautist talks about falling in love with the composer in childhood, the art of transcription and the evolution of the instrument since Mozart's time.
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Mozart Stories
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano)
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2024 Choices
4th Jun 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a collection of works by Augusta Read Thomas which 'verily zing with life and colour, while readily charting profound emotional depths'.
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Augusta Read Thomas: Terpsichore's Box of Dreams
John Corkill, Ian Ding, Kyle Flens, Cynthia Yeh, Grossman Ensemble, Phil Pierick, Nadina Mackie Jackson, Alexander Hersh, Tom Hicks, Adam Rosenblatt, Garrett Arney, Nonoka Mizukami, The SUNY Fredonia Wind Ensemble, Tim Weiss, Stefan Asbury, Paula Holcomb
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The Presto Chart - May 2024
3rd Jun 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque's The Muses Restor'd on Channel Classics in first place...
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Beethoven's Triple Concerto from Benjamin Grosvenor, Nicola Benedetti and Sheku Kanneh-Mason
31st May 2024
A charming, music-first performance by three young musical stars with a legendary orchestra, and a glimpse of Beethoven's wider influences and capacity for elegance.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st May 2024
31st May 2024
Mozart from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Tarmo Peltokoski, Henselt and Bronsart piano concertos from Paul Wee and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, British cello works from Laura van der Heijden and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and an all-Cage album from Bertrand Chamayou.
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Episode 49: Berliner Philharmoniker's Olaf Maninger talks to Rob Cowan about this year's double anniversary
30th May 2024
Olaf Maninger talks to Rob Cowan about the 10th anniversary of the Berliner Philharmoniker label, and the 15th of Digital Concert Hall.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2024
30th May 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by the final instalment of Antje Weithaas & Dénes Várjon's survey of Beethoven's complete violin sonatas on Avi Music.
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Presto Presents... 20 Questions with Tiffany Poon
30th May 2024
Join us in conversation with pianist Tiffany Poon as she visits Presto Music's Leamington Spa store. Through answering our 20 questions, Tiffany talks about her latest album for Pentatone, her career so far and plans for future projects...
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Diaries: Schumann
Tiffany Poon (piano)
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2024
29th May 2024
May heavyweights include Antonio Pappano's complete symphonic, concertante & sacred music recordings with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, an anthology celebrating the legacy of producer John Culshaw, and Josef Krips's complete mono recordings for Decca.
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Christina Pluhar on Wonder Women
27th May 2024
The Austrian early instrumentalist and conductor talks about her new album of works by Renaissance women composers, and focusing on female perspectives.
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Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque: The Muses Restor’d
24th May 2024
An exciting exploration of a moment of transition in British music - the glory days of the consort tradition, the emerging Baroque, and beautiful folksong adaptations.
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The Muses Restor'd
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
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New Release Round-Up - 24th May 2024
24th May 2024
Messiaen from Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou, Schubert from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Massenet's Werther with Tassis Christoyannis & Véronique Gens, and Brahms & Le Beau from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
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Julius Asal on Scarlatti and Scriabin
23rd May 2024
The young German pianist discusses his debut album on Deutsche Grammophon, the connections which he feels between these two composers who seemingly inhabit 'different universes', his love of improvisation, and how music became his 'first attempt at communication' as a toddler.
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Scriabin - Scarlatti
Julius Asal (piano)
