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Carl Friedrich Abel
11th Jan 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by perhaps the last of the great viola da gamba players, in a slightly belated celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.
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Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle and other forthcoming highlights
11th Jan 2024
Amanda Majeski and Katarina Dalayman go head-to-head in Janáček's opera from the Barbican, Elīna Garanča makes her Wagner debut on a live Parsifal from Vienna, and Domingo Hindoyan and the Liverpool Philharmonic mark this year's Bruckner bicentenary.
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Janáček: Katya Kabanova
Amanda Majeski (Katya), Katarina Dalayman (Kabanicha), Simon O'Neill (Boris), Andrew Staples (Tichon), Magdalena Kozená (Varvara), Ladislav Elgr (Kudrjas), Pavlo Hunka (Dikój) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2024 Choices
9th Jan 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a programme of Penderecki from the Latvian Radio Choir which demonstrates 'a palpable grasp of the music’s emotional heart'.
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Raphaël Pichon on Monteverdi's Vespers
8th Jan 2024
The conductor talks about his new recording of Monteverdi's unique sacred masterpiece, plus recent and upcoming Delibes and Mozart projects.
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Puccini Songs from Charles Castronovo
5th Jan 2024
Johannes X. Schachtner's idiomatic new orchestrations of the composer's sixteen published songs inspire some ardent, full-throated singing from the American tenor - with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester on incendiary form under Ivan Repušić.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th January 2024
5th Jan 2024
Stravinsky from James Ehnes & Sir Andrew Davis, Bruckner from Markus Poschner and the late Bernard Haitink, and a starry revival of Laurent Pelly's classic production of Rameau's Platée (with Lawrence Brownlee in the title-role).
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The Presto Chart - 2023
4th Jan 2024
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Víkingur Ólafsson's recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Deutsche Grammophon leading the pack...
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2023 Goodbyes
3rd Jan 2024
A short video-tribute to some of the artists and creatives who died in 2023.
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The Presto Chart - December 2023
2nd Jan 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with John Nelson's live recording of Handel's Messiah from Coventry Cathedral (released on Erato at the end of November) in first place...
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Episode 46: La Divina - Rob Cowan and Alain Lanceron on the centenary of Maria Callas's birth
31st Dec 2023
Host Rob Cowan is joined by the President of Warner Classics & Erato, Alain Lanceron, to discuss La Divina’s legacy on record – picking out some highlights from her vast discography on his label along the way…
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La Divina - Maria Callas in all her roles
Maria Callas (soprano)
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2023
29th Dec 2023
Recordings of works by Franz Schreker, Shawn E. Okpebholo, Andrew Poppy and the late Einojuhani Rautavaara feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
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Carlo Rizzi on Mercadante, Leoncavallo and Donizetti
28th Dec 2023
The Italian conductor looks back on his first few years as Artistic Director of Opera Rara, including recordings of Leoncavallo's Zingari and Mercadante's Il Proscritto - plus a new mission to record the complete Donizetti songs with singers including Lawrence Brownlee and William Thomas.
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Mercadante: Il Proscritto
Ramón Vargas (Giorgio Argyll), Irene Roberts (Malvina Douglas), Elizabeth DeShong (Odoardo Douglas), Sally Matthews (Anna Ruthven), Iván Ayón-Rivas (Arturo Murray), Goderdzi Janelidze (Guglielmo Ruthven) Britten Sinfonia, Opera Rara Chorus, Carlo Rizzi
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Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva on the art of the piano duo
27th Dec 2023
The curators of the London Piano Festival reflect on what makes the perfect partner on the piano-bench, and discuss their new album of music by Poulenc, Milhaud and Debussy (released on Orchid Classics last month).
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Boxed Set Selections - December 2023
26th Dec 2023
José Carreras's complete recitals on Philips, Bruckner cycles from Marek Janowski and Rémy Ballot, and collections celebrating the long histories of the Wiener Sängerknaben and Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.
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Handel's Messiah from John Nelson
22nd Dec 2023
Devotion and drama work hand-in-glove on the American conductor's live recording from Coventry Cathedral with The English Concert and soloists Lucy Crowe, Alex Potter, Michael Spyres & Matthew Brook.
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New Releases from Winter 2023
22nd Dec 2023
Mahler from Santtu-Matias Rouvali & the Philharmonia, Mendelssohn from Jordi Savall, the conclusion of Sarah Willis's Mozart y Mambo project with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, and a third helping of Sturm und Drang from Ian Page & The Mozartists.
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A Lifetime with Bernstein
21st Dec 2023
As Bradley Cooper's Maestro lands on Netflix, our Finance Assistant Sue Nicholls takes time away from the books to reflect on some of the many occasions when Bernstein's music has inspired and moved her.
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John Williams on Paseo
21st Dec 2023
The guitarist talks about his new album featuring works by Latin American composers - as well as some of his own homage-compositions.
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John Williams (guitar)
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Desktop Streaming App now available
20th Dec 2023
Find out about our new Desktop Streaming App, allowing you to enjoy your music in the highest possible audio quality.
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Puccini from Angela Gheorghiu and other forthcoming highlights
19th Dec 2023
The Romanian soprano marks the centenary of Puccini's death with a recital of his songs on Signum, with other stand-outs for the beginning of the year including Tosti from Javier Camarena, Lalo from Neeme Järvi, and Samson et Dalila from Covent Garden on DVD & Blu-ray.
