Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd December 2021
3rd Dec 2021
Music inspired by the Kalevala from the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk, Bach from James Ehnes, Rameau's Platée from William Christie, and Winterreise from James Rutherford and Eugene Asti.
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The Presto Chart - November 2021
1st Dec 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with the Takács Quartet's superb accounts of works by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn on Hyperion in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2021
1st Dec 2021
A terrific debut album of baroque operatic heroines from Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique, a mesmerising 'Venetian Mirror' from Le Consort, and a madcap musical journey down Lewis Carroll's rabbit-hole courtesy of Irish composer Gerald Barry.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2021
30th Nov 2021
Two anthologies celebrating the legacy of American violinist Ruggiero Ricci, Stephen Hough's collected recordings for Erato, and Quatuor Ébène's complete Beethoven quartets on DVD.
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Ruggiero Ricci: Complete Decca Recordings
Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Carlo Bussotti (piano), Friedrich Gulda (piano), Julius Katchen (piano), Louis Persinger (piano), Ernest Lush (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Anthony Collins, Ernest Ansermet, Øivin Fjeldstad, Anatole Fistoulari, Piero Gamba, Jean Fournet
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New Presto CDs from Warner & Erato
29th Nov 2021
Piotr Anderszewski, Maxim Vengerov & Sir Simon Rattle feature in the first batch of Presto CDs from the Warner & Erato catalogue.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th November 2021
26th Nov 2021
Die Zauberflöte from Covent Garden with Roderick Williams and Sabine Devieilhe, Bach's Goldberg Variations from David Fray, Florence Price's Symphony No. 3 from Vienna, and Max Reger's piano concerto from Joseph Moog.
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Grammy Nominations 2022
24th Nov 2021
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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BBC Music Magazine - December 2021 Choices
23rd Nov 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with 'intimate, incredibly sophisticated' accounts of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale (offered in three languages) from Isabelle Faust and friends in pride of place as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th November 2021
19th Nov 2021
Christian Thielemann's Bruckner with the Wiener Philharmoniker; big-boned Bach from Andreas Staier; a glorious selection of Mozart's wind music from the LSO; and Jeanine De Bique's fascinating album of contrasting pairs of operatic heroines.
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Recordings of the Year 2021 - Our Top 100
18th Nov 2021
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 - 12th November 2021
12th Nov 2021
The continuation of Benjamin Alard's multi-instrumental survey of Bach's keyboard works; new music from James MacMillan; speculative Mozartian sonatas from Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Anna Szałucka and Timothy Jones; and an enchanting selection of miniatures from Renaud Capuçon and Guillaume Bellom.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2021
9th Nov 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Florence Price's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra on Deutsche Grammophon in pride of place.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th November 2021
5th Nov 2021
Bach and Handel from Sabine Devieilhe, Josquin from Graindelavoix, Brahms from Alexandre Kantorow, and Rameau's Achante et Céphise from Alexis Kossenko.
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The Presto Chart - October 2021
3rd Nov 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with Canadian-Italian mezzo Emily D'Angelo's debut recording on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2021
1st Nov 2021
French mezzos Marianne Crebassa and Lea Desandre excel on two very different recital-discs, Claire Booth and Christopher Glynn offer an unusual perspective on Mussorgsky, and The Hermes Experiment continue to surprise and delight with their second album.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th October 2021
29th Oct 2021
Bartók from Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Phillharmonic, Chopin from Stephen Hough, Beethoven from the Chiaroscuro Quartet, and Handel arias with instrumental obbligatos from La Nuova Musica.
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2021
26th Oct 2021
October heavyweights include anthologies celebrating Robert Tear, Karl Böhm, Georges Cziffra and Géza Anda. plus the Dresden Kammerchor's complete recordings of Heinrich Schütz.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd October 2021
22nd Oct 2021
Gubaidulina world premieres from Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester, Mozart's Mitridate from Marc Minkowski, a musical journey through sixteenth-century Venice with Gawain Glenton and Silas Wollston, and a Franco-Spanish recital from mezzo Marianne Crebassa.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2021
18th Oct 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Michael Spyres's Baritenor (which sees the versatile American singer tackling roles as diverse as Donizetti's Tonio and Verdi's Conte di Luna) as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th October 2021
15th Oct 2021
Bach from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mozart from Arabella Steinbacher, a nocturnal programme from Quatuor Ébène, and Elisabeth Lutyens from Martin Jones.
