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31 New Deutsche Grammophon titles added to Presto CD
8th Jun 2021
Artists featured in the latest batch of Presto CDs include Arthur Fiedler, Mstislav Rostropovich & Ravi Shankar.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart Momentum
5th Jun 2021
The Norwegian pianist talks about his new album, the first of a diptych that focuses in on a formative moment in Mozart's evolution as a composer.
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András Schiff performs piano concertos by Brahms
4th Jun 2021
The Hungarian-born pianist is joined by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a recording of Brahms's two piano concertos that strips away performance traditions to present refreshingly original accounts of both works, full of detail and character.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th June 2021
4th Jun 2021
Debussy from Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and friends/family, Nico Muhly's new violin concerto from Pekka Kuusisto, an invitation to the dance from Lise de la Salle, and Lennox Berkeley's opera Nelson from the BBC archives.
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Elizabeth Llewellyn on Heart and Hereafter
3rd Jun 2021
The soprano talks to Katherine about her album of songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with pianist Simon Lepper, released last week on Orchid Classics.
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The Presto Chart - May 2021
2nd Jun 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Alina Ibragimova's Paganini Caprices on Hyperion in first place...
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Linus Roth on Virtuoso Dances
1st Jun 2021
The violinist talks about his recent album of works putting virtuosic twists on dance music - from Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances to Piazzólla's Grand Tango.
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Virtuoso Dances
Linus Roth (violin), José Gallardo
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Presto Editor's Choices - May 2021
1st Jun 2021
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London spin a sensuous shaggy-dog story with élan, Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo bring Nero to life in all his monstrous glory, and Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper shine light on forgotten songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2021
31st May 2021
A centenary celebration of Dennis Brain, Stravinsky from Bernstein and Chailly, and highlights from the legendary concerts which Klemperer gave in Amsterdam between 1947 and 1961.
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Ben Goldscheider and the legacy of Dennis Brain
30th May 2021
Rising star horn player Ben Goldscheider discusses his new album exploring the musical legacy of the legendary Dennis Brain, born 100 years ago this May and killed at the age of 36 in a motoring accident.
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American Quintets from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
28th May 2021
An arresting debut album from the shape-shifting ensemble features piano quintets by Amy Beach and Florence Price, plus Samuel Barber's Dover Beach with bass Matthew Rose in superb voice.
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John Brancy and Peter Dugan on The Journey Home
28th May 2021
The American baritone and pianist talk to Katherine about their recital and film-project exploring the aftermath of war, released digitally today to mark Memorial Weekend.
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The Journey Home
John Brancy (baritone), Peter Dugan (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 28th May 2021
28th May 2021
Dutilleux from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Bach Partitas from Mahan Esfahani, Coleridge-Taylor from Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper, and a portrait of Nero from Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo.
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Ian Page on Arne's Artaxerxes
26th May 2021
The British conductor talks to Katherine about his 2010 recording of Thomas Arne's English-language opera seria about forbidden love and political skulduggery in Ancient Persia, re-released earlier this month on Signum.
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Episode 18: A Tale of Three Conductors with Rob Cowan
25th May 2021
Podcast regular Rob Cowan joins Paul to assess recent archival boxsets devoted to three émigré American conductors: Artur Rodzinski, Rafael Kubelik, and Eugene Ormandy.
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Anna Lucia Richter on Il Delirio della Passione
24th May 2021
The German soprano talks about her recent all-Monteverdi album with Luca Pianca and Ensemble Claudiana, and discusses the beginning of a new chapter in her vocal career.
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Vasily Petrenko conducts Russian and Austrian symphonies and orchestral works
21st May 2021
A double bill from the Russian-British conductor, with the Oslo Philharmonic performing symphonies by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and tone poems by Zemlinsky and Schreker with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st May 2021
21st May 2021
Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, Beethoven, Bartók and Dvořák from the Juilliard String Quartet, Bruckner from Christian Thielemann, and vintage Stravinsky from Leonard Bernstein.
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Mark Bebbington on Poulenc
20th May 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about his recent recordings of the Concert champêtre, Aubade, and Le Bal masqué with members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Resonus Classics.
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William Towers on Handelian Pyrotechnics
19th May 2021
The countertenor talks about his recent album of Handel arias with Armonico, Handel's methods of encapsulating moods in music, and his own relationship with Handel's works.
