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New Release Round-Up - 13th August 2021
13th Aug 2021
Chopin from Jan Lisiecki, Strauss from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, works for violin and piano by Louise Farrenc, and Francis Pott's mammoth 'Passion Symphony' Christus.
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Jan Lisiecki on Chopin
11th Aug 2021
The Canadian pianist, who made his first Chopin recordings in his early teens, talks to Katherine about his long-standing affinity with the composer's music and his new recording of the Nocturnes (released this Friday on Deutsche Grammophon).
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Francisco Fullana on Bach's Long Shadow
9th Aug 2021
The Majorcan violinist talks to David about his second solo album on Orchid Classics, featuring Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major plus music by Tárrega, Kreisler and Ysaÿe.
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2021 Choices
9th Aug 2021
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by 'near-definitive' accounts of the Beethoven Piano Concertos from Krystian Zimerman, Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.
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Peter Donohoe plays Busoni
6th Aug 2021
The British pianist is a clear-eyed but infectiously enthusiastic guide through the Italian composer-pianist's weird and wonderful world, taking in the 7 Elegien, Sonatina super Carmen, and two Toccatas.
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Busoni: Piano Works
Peter Donohoe (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 6th August 2021
6th Aug 2021
A French-language Carnaval des animaux from Lille, British music from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Wagner, Mahler and Berg from Anja Harteros, and Chopin and more from Alice Sara Ott.
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Andrew Matthews-Owen on Taliesin's Songbook
5th Aug 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about a new anthology of Welsh song, featuring music by composers including Morfydd Owen, Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Grace Williams and Huw Watkins.
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Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and other forthcoming vocal highlights
4th Aug 2021
Autumn also brings an intriguing debut album from Italian-Canadian mezzo Emily D'Angelo, plus new recordings from Marianne Crebassa, Philippe Jaroussky, Ian Bostridge, and Jakub Józef Orliński.
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Lan Shui on the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
3rd Aug 2021
The Conductor Laureate of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, recently succeeded by Hans Graf, looks back over the ensemble's history and his own long tenure at the helm.
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The Presto Chart - July 2021
2nd Aug 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, with Krystian Zimerman's complete Beethoven piano concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - July 2021
1st Aug 2021
An exhilarating debut recording from the C/O Chamber Orchestra in Ibert, Bartók and more, a loveable recital of love-song transcriptions from Angela Hewitt, and a superbly-paced Fidelio from Marek Janowski.
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A double-bill of very different Baroque violin albums
30th Jul 2021
Nicola Benedetti makes a successful first venture into early music with a programme of Geminiani and Vivaldi, and Théotime Langlois de Swarte teams up with William Christie to bring some French Baroque gems to light.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th July 2021
30th Jul 2021
A chaconne-themed solo recital from Ilya Gringolts, Busoni from Peter Donohoe, Bruckner from Juanjo Mena, and an anthology of Welsh song from Andrew Matthews-Owen and friends.
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Giuseppe Giacomini (1940-2021)
29th Jul 2021
The great but under-recorded Italian dramatic tenor, who excelled as Otello, Dick Johnson, Andrea Chénier and Pollione, has died aged 80.
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Boxed Set Selections - July 2021
28th Jul 2021
Bernard Herrmann conducting his own film-scores, a multi-conductor Bruckner cycle from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Friedrich Gulda's complete recordings on Decca, and an anthology of live recordings from the Sydney International Piano Competition.
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Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman on Beethoven and Scharwenka
27th Jul 2021
The piano duo talk about their new series of recordings of Beethoven's symphonies transcribed by Scharwenka, and discuss the unique musical changes that took place over Scharwenka's own lifetime.
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Laurence Equilbey on Louise Farrenc
26th Jul 2021
Following her release in early July of a recording of two symphonies by Louise Farrenc, conductor Laurence Equilbey digs further into the life and work of a unique French composer.
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Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
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Korngold's Die tote Stadt from Munich
23rd Jul 2021
Jonas Kaufmann and Marlis Petersen both thrive under the camera's close scrutiny in Korngold's early opera about a volatile widower who attempts to refashion a new love-interest in his late wife's image.
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Korngold: Die tote Stadt (DVD)
Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marietta), Andrej Filonczyk (Frank/Fritz), Jennifer Johnston (Brigitta), Mirjam Mesak (Juliette), Corinna Scheurle (Lucienne), Manuel Günther (Gaston/Victorin), Dean Power (Graf Albert), Bayerische Staatsoper, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Stone (director)
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd July 2021
23rd Jul 2021
Lully from Les Talens Lyriques, Liszt from Olivier Latry, an avian song-recital from Roderick Williams and Andrew West, and new music for saxophone and piano by Thai and Australian composers.
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Presto Music's new look
23rd Jul 2021
We’re thrilled to unveil our refreshed new look, coming very soon. Find out more about what inspired the rebrand, and what’s next at Presto Music.
