Classical Recommendations
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Recordings of the Year 2022 - Our Top 10
9th Dec 2022
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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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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New Release Round-Up - 9th December 2022
9th Dec 2022
A powerful debut solo album from American soprano Julia Bullock, a Vaughan Williams rarity from Mark Bebbington and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Fanny Hensel from German pianist Sontraud Speidel, and Solti's legendary 1965 Die Walküre in a new remastering.
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New Presto CDs from the Sony Catalogue
5th Dec 2022
Titles from Canadian Brass, and recitals from James Galway, Leontyne Price and Nathalie Stutzmann feature in the latest additions to our Presto CD catalogue.
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The Presto Chart - November 2022
3rd Dec 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih's exploration of a 'golden decade' of cello music in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd December 2022
2nd Dec 2022
Late Beethoven from Maurizio Pollini, Mozart from the Chiaroscuro Quartet, Liszt from Leeds Piano Competition-winner Alim Beisembayev, and chamber works by Caroline Shaw.
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2022
30th Nov 2022
Orchestral lieder by composer and mathematician Hans Sommer, a centenary tribute to George Walker from The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, warm and witty Poulenc from the late Bramwell Tovey, and a searing all-Russian recital from Gabriel Schwabe & Roland Pöntinen.
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International Opera Awards 2022 - The Winners!
30th Nov 2022
The results of this week's ceremony at the Teatro Real in Madrid, including the winning recordings in the complete opera and recital categories.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2022
29th Nov 2022
November heavyweights include a landmark edition of Massenet's songs on ATMA, Meredith Monk's collected recordings on ECM, and anthologies celebrating Manuel Barrueco, Roger Norrington and Walter Gieseking.
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Massenet: Intégrale des mélodies pour voix et piano
Olivier Godin (piano, harmonium, harpsichord), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Antonio Figueroa (tenor), Anna-Sophie Neher (soprano), Karina Gauvin (soprano), Jean-François Lapointe (baritone), Magali Simard-Galdès (soprano), Marc Boucher (baritone), Joé Lampron-Dandonneau (tenor), Hugo Laporte (baritone), David Jacques (guitar), Florence Bourget (contralto, soprano), Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano), Emmanuel Hasler (tenor), Éric Laporte (tenor), Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Naubert (soprano), Stéphane Tétreault (cello), Frédéric Antoun (tenor), Jean Marchand (narrator), Antoine Bareil (violin), Valérie Milot (harp), Marie-Ève Pelletier (narrator), Antoine Bélanger (tenor)
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2022
28th Nov 2022
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by 'an exquisite album of unparalleled beauty' from The Sixteen and Fretwork...
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Recordings of the Year 2022 - Our Top 100
25th Nov 2022
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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New Release Round-Up - 25th November 2022
25th Nov 2022
Florence Price's Songs of the Oak and Concert Overtures, Bach's Goldberg Variations from Fazil Say, Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana starring Anita Rachvelishvili, and Shostakovich and Mahler from Jaap van Zweden in Hong Kong.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th November 2022
18th Nov 2022
Handel duets and arias from Lea Desandre and Iestyn Davies, Schubert's Schwanengesang from Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide, Christmas concertos from Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort, and Couperin from Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th November 2022
11th Nov 2022
Italian Baroque gems from Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima, sacred-inspired Liszt from the Orchester Wiener Akademie, Schumann from Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin, and a mythology-flavoured debut from Les Argonautes.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th November 2022
4th Nov 2022
Brahms & Clara Schumann from Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández, lesser-spotted Poulenc from the BBC Concert Orchestra and the late Bramwell Tovey, Cherubini's Les Abencérages from György Vashegyi, and Mozart's La clemenza di Tito with a cast headed by Nicky Spence.
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2022
1st Nov 2022
A consummately creepy Isle of the Dead from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, thrillingly-sung Verdi from Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier, a celebration of the Francœur brothers from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Justin Taylor, and Montgeroult's rich and varied études from pianist Clare Hammond.
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The Presto Chart - October 2022
1st Nov 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with Víkingur Ólafsson's 'fan-letter' to Hungarian composer and pianist György Kurtág on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 28th October 2022
28th Oct 2022
Dvořák from Leif Ove Andsnes, Rachmaninoff from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson, Schubert from Paul Lewis, and a recital of baroque works for violin 'tutta sola' from Rachel Podger.
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Early Music Round-Up - Autumn 2022
27th Oct 2022
Motets by Vicente Lusitano and Isabella Leonarda, violin concertos by Joseph Chevalier de Saint-George and Maddalena Sirmen, Handel and Lully operas, Robert Levin's box-set of Mozart sonatas on the fortepiano, and more.
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Isabella Leonarda: Solo and Duo Motets, Trio Sonatas and a ‘Cantata Morale’
Robert Crowe (soprano), Emanuele Breda (violin), Barbara Mauch-Heinke (violin), Daniela Wartenberg (cello), Toshinori Ozaki (theorbo), Sofya Gandilyan (harpsichord), Sandra Röddiger (soprano)
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2022
26th Oct 2022
October heavyweights include two boxes celebrating Sir Adrian Boult's legacy on Decca, an anthology of Italian chamber-ensemble I Musici's analogue recordings, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's complete Lieder recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
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César Franck Edition
César Franck Edition 2022, Pascal Devoyon (piano), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Kalevi Kiviniemi (organ), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), The Muir String Quartet, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Quatuor Parrenin, Lambert Wilson, Béatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hartmut Höll (piano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Camille Maurane (baritone), Louise Lebrun (soprano), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), David Rendall (tenor), Peter Jeffes (tenor), Marcel Vanaud (baritone), François Loup (bass), Daniel Ottevaere (bass), Raphaël Tambyeff (organ), Yves Castagnet (organ), Henri Chalet (concuctor), Edgar Moreau (cello), David Kadouch (piano), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Pierre Barbizet (piano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Erik Lundkvist (organ), Tom Winpenny (organ), Soeur Marie Keyrouz (soprano), Blanche Selva (piano), Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (piano), Yves Nat (piano), Marcel Dupré (organ), André Marchal (organ), Édouard Commette (organ), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Quatuor Pro Arte, Samson François (piano), Jeanne-Marie Darré (piano), Quatuor Pascal, Berthe Auguez de Montalan (soprano), Georges Thill (tenor), Maurice Faure (piano), Elie Cohen, Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Chorus, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Orfeon Donostiarra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Liège, Chœurs de la RTB-BRT, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Bath Festival Orchestra, Chœur de Radio France, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, The Boys of King’s College Choir, Cambridge, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pierné, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Paul Strauss, Armin Jordan, Riccardo Muti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Eric Ericson, Stephen Cleobury, Arie van Beek, Gaston Poulet, Philippe Gaubert, Piero Coppola
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2022 Choices
25th Oct 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Robert Levin's 'treasurable' set of the Mozart keyboard sonatas on the composer's own fortepiano in pride of place...
