Classical Recommendations
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2025
8th Jan 2025
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by 'passionate and engaging' Vivaldi from countertenor Carlo Vistoli and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin on Harmonia Mundi.
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The Presto Chart - December 2024
6th Jan 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, headed by the debut recording from Lucy Illingworth (winner of the Channel 4 series The Piano) on Blue Cloud Music...
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd January 2025
3rd Jan 2025
Four nineteenth-century bassoon concertos from the Tapiola Sinfonietta, Bach transcriptions from David Ponsford and David Hill, Karl Weigl's Symphony No. 3 from Jürgen Bruns, and a second volume of Schreker's orchestral works from Steven Sloane in Bochum.
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The Presto Chart - 2024
2nd Jan 2025
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Yunchan Lim's recording of Chopin's Études on Decca leading the pack...
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Paganini from María Dueñas and other forthcoming highlights
31st Dec 2024
The Spanish violinist's second recording for Deutsche Grammophon focuses on the art of the caprice, with other stand-outs for early 2025 including a Lieder recital from Fatma Said and friends, an unaccompanied album from violist Timothy Ridout, and a Ravel anniversary tribute from Seong-Jin Cho.
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2025 Choices
30th Dec 2024
Chris introduces this issue's choices, headed by a 'peerless' recital of Brahms and Schubert from French pianist Alexandre Kantorow on BIS.
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Boxed Set Selections - December 2024
26th Dec 2024
December heavyweights include collections celebrating Michael Tilson Thomas, Joshua Bell, Irmgard Seefried and George Szell, refreshed Reger and Beethoven editions, and two anthologies from the sound archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
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New Releases from Winter 2024
20th Dec 2024
Schubert Lieder from Philippe Jaroussky and Jérôme Ducros, Yuletide Treats from Duo Pleyel, Bruckner piano works from Mari Kodama, and a Bach-inspired recital from accordionist Ksenija Sidorova.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2024
18th Dec 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'open-hearted, elastic and generously phrased' Brahms cello sonatas from Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan on Pentatone.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2024
13th Dec 2024
Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie from Andris Nelsons in Boston, Bellini's I puritani starring Lisette Oropesa & Lawrence Brownlee, a Smetana bicentenary celebration from Petr Popelka in Prague, and the debut album from Lucy Illingworth (winner of Channel 4's The Piano).
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Bellini: I Puritani
Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbo), Lisette Oropesa (Elvira), Anthony Clark Evans (Sir Riccardo Forth), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio Valton), Roxana Constantinescu (Enrichetta di Francia) Dresdner Philharmonie, MDR-Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Frizza
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Christmas New Releases 2024
6th Dec 2024
A festive programme built around Palestrina from The Bevan Family Consort, music for Christmas and winter by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Vaughan Williams's Carols From Herefordshire (in two different versions), and a new Christmas oratorio from Gabriel Jackson.
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Christmas with the Bevan Family Consort
Daisy Bevan (soprano), Agnes Bevan (soprano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Tess Bevan (vocalist), Lizzy Bevan (vocalist), Francis Bevan (vocalist), Dom Bevan (tenor), Harry Bevan (tenor), David Bevan (baritone), Henry Bevan (baritone), Hugh Bevan (bass-baritone), Benny Bevan (bass-baritone), Michael Bevan (bass-baritone), Dominic Bevan (tenor), Bevan Family Consort, Graham Ross
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Recordings of the Year 2024 - Our Top 10
5th Dec 2024
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 six special category awards...
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2024 Choices
3rd Dec 2024
Chris introduces this issue's choices, headed by a 'deliberate and fresh exploration' of the possibilities offered by trombone quartet from Slide Action on NMC Records - including music by Henry Purcell, Laura Jurd, Alex Paxton and Joanna Ward.
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The Presto Chart - November 2024
2nd Dec 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, headed by Steven Isserlis's Boccherini album with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on Hyperion...
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Presto Team Choices - November 2024
30th Nov 2024
A recital of clarinet music by twelve female composers, songs and chamber works by Adèle Hugo (daughter of Victor), a pair of unusual concertos by Christopher Tyler Nickel, and a double-bill of Hungarian violin concertos from the LSO and its leader Roman Simovic.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th November 2024
29th Nov 2024
Orchestral works by Johann Friedrich Fasch from Tempesta di Mare, albums devoted to Tippett and Brett Dean from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and a new Christmas oratorio by British composer Edward Nesbit (setting poems by Henry Vaughan and text from the York Mystery Plays).
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Recordings of the Year 2024 - Special Category Nominees
28th Nov 2024
In advance of the final verdicts next Thursday evening, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Archive Project, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2024
27th Nov 2024
November heavyweights include collections celebrating William Christie, John Williams, Paavo Järvi, Pieter Wispelwey and the Belcea Quartet.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2024
25th Nov 2024
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by a 'stunning collection' of all Ravel's works with piano from François-Xavier Poizat, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Simone Menezes on Aparté.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd November 2024
22nd Nov 2024
An eightieth-birthday album from William Christie and friends, Massenet's Hérodiade from Berlin with Clémentine Margaine in the title-role, orchestral works by Edward MacDowell from the BBC Philharmonic and John Wilson, and Brahms & Schumann from James Ehnes (on viola) & Andrew Armstrong.
