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Give Back Friday
27th Nov 2020
For the next four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to two charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: the Chineke! Foundation and the Benedetti Foundation.
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Introducing Presto Instruments & Accessories
26th Nov 2020
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to musical instruments and accessories which we launched at the end of last month.
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Gifts for... Baroque and Early Music fans
25th Nov 2020
Books and recordings for lovers of Renaissance and baroque music.
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Grammy Nominations 2021
25th Nov 2020
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed yesterday - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2020
24th Nov 2020
A mammoth tribute to Karl Richter, David Goode’s complete Bach organ works on Signum, Ronald Brautigam’s complete Mozart piano concertos, and a deluxe celebration of Bernard Haitink on DVD.
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Avi Avital on The Art of the Mandolin
23rd Nov 2020
The Israeli mandolinist talks about his latest album, in which he swaps his usual diet of transcriptions for a programme of works written specifically for the mandolin.
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Carnival of the Animals from the Kanneh-Masons
20th Nov 2020
The seven siblings bring Saint-Saëns’s menagerie to teeming life, with Michael Morpurgo delivering his own new narration with avuncular charm.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th November 2020
20th Nov 2020
Stanford’s string quintets from members of the Dante and Endellion quartets, an explosive new work for wind ensemble by Mark Simpson, a transatlantic recital from violinist Callum Smart, and Vivaldi’s long-lost pasticcio Argippo from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.
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Simpson: Geysir and Mozart: Gran Partita
Mark Simpson, Fraser Langton (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel, Emma Fielding (oboe), Amy Harman, Dom Tyler (bassoon), Oliver Pashley, Ausias Garrigos Morant (basset horns), Ben Goldscheider, Angela Barnes, James Pillai, Fabian van de Geest (horn), David Stark (double bass)
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Recordings of the Year 2020 - Our Top 100
19th Nov 2020
The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
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Elīna Garanča on Schumann and Brahms
18th Nov 2020
The Latvian mezzo talks to Katherine about her first lieder recording (released earlier this month on Deutsche Grammophon, with Malcolm Martineau), and preparing to make her Wagner debut as Kundry...
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Gifts for... Children (and grandchildren)
18th Nov 2020
A selection of recordings and books to introduce children of all ages to the delights of classical music.
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Mark Simpson on Mozart and 'Geysir'
16th Nov 2020
The British composer and clarinettist talks about his exciting new work Geysir, conceived as a musical response to Mozart's Gran Partita.
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Simpson: Geysir and Mozart: Gran Partita
Mark Simpson, Fraser Langton (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel, Emma Fielding (oboe), Amy Harman, Dom Tyler (bassoon), Oliver Pashley, Ausias Garrigos Morant (basset horns), Ben Goldscheider, Angela Barnes, James Pillai, Fabian van de Geest (horn), David Stark (double bass)
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38 New Decca titles added to Presto CD
14th Nov 2020
Including Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting Brahms & Shostakovich, Sir András Schiff playing Schubert and Herbert Blomstedt conducting Richard Strauss.
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Amici e Rivali - Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee
13th Nov 2020
The two American tenors trade vocal fireworks in a thrilling all-Rossini programme which pays homage to Andrea Nozzari and Giovanni David, who created major roles in several of the composer's operas for Naples.
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Lawrence Brownlee on Rossini
13th Nov 2020
The American tenor talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week Amici e Rivali, which sees him exploring friendship and rivalry in Rossini's Neapolitan operas with his compatriot Michael Spyres.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th November 2020
13th Nov 2020
Sacred baroque rarities from Philippe Jaroussky and Artaserse, a Christmas album from Jonas Kaufmann, Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives from Simon Rattle, and the world premiere recording of Vladimir Martynov’s Utopia Symphony.
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Episode 8: The Stalin Prize with Marina Frolova-Walker
11th Nov 2020
Paul talks to Russian-born music historian Marina Frolova-Walker about the subject of her book, the notorious (and often misunderstood) Stalin Prize, and some of the composer stories behind it.
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Gifts for... Pianists and piano-lovers
11th Nov 2020
From 2020's best new recordings and box sets, to informative books and deluxe sheet music, we select our top gifts for piano players and piano lovers alike.
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The Calidore String Quartet on Babel
10th Nov 2020
The New York-based Calidore String Quartet talk about their latest album, which weaves together themes of communication and separation.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2020
9th Nov 2020
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by ‘fresh, fascinating but not uncontroversial accounts’ of Nielsen’s first two symphonies from Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
