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New Releases from late November and early December 2021
17th Dec 2021
Chopin from prize-winning Canadian pianist Bruce Liu, Bach and Brouwer from Andreas Scholl and Edin Karamazov, Madama Butterfly starring Melody Moore, and Haydn's Die Schöpfung from Jordi Savall and his Catalonian forces.
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Vanessa Benelli Mosell on Debussy
16th Dec 2021
The Italian pianist and conductor talks to Katherine about her new recording of the Second Book of Préludes, why she now considers the composer to be 'the father of contemporary music', and plans for her parallel career on the podium...
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2021 Choices
15th Dec 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Handel's Unsung Heroes from La Nuova Musica, David Bates and assorted vocal and instrumental soloists in pride of place...
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Handel's Unsung Heroes
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Paul Sharp (trumpet), Christine Rice (mezzo), Roger Montgomery (horn), Joe Walters (horn), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Leo Duarte (oboe), Thomas Gould (violin), Joe Qiu (bassoon), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
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Jeanine De Bique on Mirrors
14th Dec 2021
The Trinidadian soprano talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording, juxtaposing a series of Handel heroines against their counterparts in operas by Telemann, Manna, Broschi and Graun.
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Episode 26: On the Fiddle with Charlotte Gardner
12th Dec 2021
This week we are joined by writer Charlotte Gardner to discuss changing styles of violin-playing over the past hundred years.
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Scenes from the Kalevala - Finnish Orchestral Music
10th Dec 2021
Dima Slobodeniouk conducts the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in a quartet of compositions inspired by the great Finnish nineteenth-century work of epic poetry, the Kalevala.
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Scenes from the Kalevala
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
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Recordings of the Year 2021 - Our Top 10
10th Dec 2021
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our five special category awards...
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Christmas New Releases 2021
10th Dec 2021
Highlights from this year's crop of festive releases include recordings from The Sixteen, La Chapelle de Quebec, The Choir of King's College Cambridge, and Camerata Tchaikovsky.
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Claire Booth on Mussorgsky
8th Dec 2021
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album with pianist Christopher Glynn, which intersperses some of the composer's lesser-known songs with a selection of his piano pieces.
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Le Palmarès des Diapason d'or de l'année 2021
7th Dec 2021
Chris introduces the recipients of this year's awards from France's leading classical music magazine, including recordings from Cinquecento, Beatrice Rana, Leif Ove Andsnes and Olivier Latry.
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David Bates on Handel's 'Unsung Heroes'
6th Dec 2021
The Artistic Director of La Nuova Musica talks about his new album of Handel arias, shining the spotlight not just on the vocalists but on the instrumentalists whose obbligato lines enhance the music.
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Pamela Helen Stephen (1965-2021)
5th Dec 2021
The British mezzo Pamela Helen Stephen, who recorded extensively for Chandos, has died aged 57.
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Britten: Owen Wingrave
Peter Coleman-Wright (Owen Wingrave), Robin Leggate ( Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator), Elizabeth Connell (Miss Wingrave), Janice Watson (Mrs. Coyle), Sarah Fox (Mrs. Julien), Alan Opie (Spencer Coyle), Pamela Helen Stephen (Kate) & James Gilchrist (Lechmere) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Christmas Recordings from Fretwork and Christiane Karg
3rd Dec 2021
The viol consort is joined by mezzo Helen Charlston for an Elizabethan Christmas, whilst Karg and her regular recital partner Gerold Huber offer a beautifully-plotted programme of Lieder and mélodies with a seasonal theme.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd December 2021
3rd Dec 2021
Music inspired by the Kalevala from the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk, Bach from James Ehnes, Rameau's Platée from William Christie, and Winterreise from James Rutherford and Eugene Asti.
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Daniel Hyde on Carols from King's
2nd Dec 2021
The Director of Music at King's College Cambridge talks about the college choir's new album of Christmas carols – reflecting the unique circumstances of the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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The Presto Chart - November 2021
1st Dec 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with the Takács Quartet's superb accounts of works by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn on Hyperion in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2021
1st Dec 2021
A terrific debut album of baroque operatic heroines from Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique, a mesmerising 'Venetian Mirror' from Le Consort, and a madcap musical journey down Lewis Carroll's rabbit-hole courtesy of Irish composer Gerald Barry.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2021
30th Nov 2021
Two anthologies celebrating the legacy of American violinist Ruggiero Ricci, Stephen Hough's collected recordings for Erato, and Quatuor Ébène's complete Beethoven quartets on DVD.
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Ruggiero Ricci: Complete Decca Recordings
Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Carlo Bussotti (piano), Friedrich Gulda (piano), Julius Katchen (piano), Louis Persinger (piano), Ernest Lush (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Anthony Collins, Ernest Ansermet, Øivin Fjeldstad, Anatole Fistoulari, Piero Gamba, Jean Fournet
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Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
29th Nov 2021
The American lyricist and composer, widely credited with inspiring a renaissance in musical theatre and responsible for shows such as Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Into the Woods, has died aged 91.
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New Presto CDs from Warner & Erato
29th Nov 2021
Piotr Anderszewski, Maxim Vengerov & Sir Simon Rattle feature in the first batch of Presto CDs from the Warner & Erato catalogue.
