Classical Recommendations
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2022
23rd Mar 2022
March heavyweights include two Hans Knappertsbusch anthologies on Decca Eloquence, Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy's complete recordings for Columbia Graphophone. a celebration of the Ballets Russes, and a collection of solo piano works by female composers from the eighteenth century to the present day.
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Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition
Soloists, Jan Preece, Sena Jurinac (soprano), Deszö Ernster, Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (mezzo-soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass), Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Günther Treptow (tenor), Karl Dönch, Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), George London (bass-baritone), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Martha Mödl (soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Irene Dalis (mezzo-soprano), Maria Reining, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2022
21st Mar 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a St. Matthew Passion from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon which offers 'glowing inner vitality and penetrating observations'.
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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 - 18th March 2022
18th Mar 2022
Bach's St Matthew Passion from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, orchestral works by James Lee III, Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass, and a film version of Vivaldi's Stabat Mater from Jakub Józef Orliński.
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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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BBC Music Magazine - April 2022 Choices
17th Mar 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Elisabeth Leonskaja's complete Mozart piano sonatas on Warner...
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New Release Round-Up - 11th March 2022
11th Mar 2022
Rachmaninov from Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniušas, Beethoven from Boris Giltburg and Vasily Petrenko, two Knappertsbusch editions on Eloquence, and Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's powerful new opera Blue.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2022
9th Mar 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by French violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte's 'wild and beautiful' accounts of concertos by Vivaldi, Leclair and Locatelli with Les Ombres.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th March 2022
4th Mar 2022
Bach from Frank Peter Zimmermann and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Brahms from the Belcea Quartet and two special guests, and Donizetti's Tudor Queens from Sondra Radvanovsky.
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Presto Editor's Choices - February 2022
2nd Mar 2022
A kaleidoscope of African piano music from Rebeca Omordia, Italian baroque rarities from Ian Bostridge, and a musical journey from Prague To Budapest from Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman.
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The Presto Chart - February 2022
1st Mar 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and the Dmitri Ensemble's Ice Land in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 25th February 2022
25th Feb 2022
Haydn from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Mozart violin sonatas from Francesca Dego and Francesca Leonardi, Salonen and Ravel from Nicolas Altstaedt, and Sebastián Durón's zarzuela Coronis from Le Poème Harmonique.
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2022
22nd Feb 2022
February heavyweights include French organist Olivier Latry's complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, The Choir of King’s College Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury's complete Argo recordings, and anthologies celebrating the legacies of Zoltán Kocsis and Blandine Verlet.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th February 2022
18th Feb 2022
Vivaldi, Leclair and Locatelli from Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Mozart from Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano works by African composers from Rebeca Omordia, and Italian baroque arias from Ian Bostridge.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2022 Choices
17th Feb 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Jennifer Kloetzel and Robert Koenig's set of Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano on Avie...
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New Release Round-Up - 11th February 2022
11th Feb 2022
Bruckner from François-Xavier Roth, Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda, consort music by John Jenkins from Phantasm, and Winterreise from Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu.
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Mitsuko Uchida's Diabelli Variations and other forthcoming highlights
10th Feb 2022
Other stand-out releases for March and April include Franco-Italian recitals from tenors Benjamin Bernheim and Pene Pati, Rachmaninov from Asmik Grigorian, and Sibelius from the young Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th February 2022
4th Feb 2022
Beethoven from Angela Hewitt, Bach from Leonidas Kavakos, Handel's Apollo e Dafne from Il Pomo d'Oro, and John Williams from the Berliner Philharmoniker (with the composer himself at the helm).
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Presto Editor's Choices - January 2022
2nd Feb 2022
A powerful pasticcio requiem from La Tempête and Simon-Pierre Bestion, enchanting Handel from Sandrine Piau and Les Paladins, and a superb survey of George Walker's piano sonatas from Steven Beck.
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The Presto Chart - January 2022
1st Feb 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with Marc-André Hamelin's enchanting survey of keyboard works by CPE Bach on Hyperion in first place...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2022
31st Jan 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Savall's 'very special' accounts of Beethoven's last four symphonies with Le Concert des Nations on Alia Vox.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th January 2022
28th Jan 2022
Haydn and Mozart from Basel, gangster tragedy in the South Polish Highlands, chamber music and songs by Martin Suckling, and arrangements of Vaughan Williams and Maconchy for piano duet.
