Classical Recommendations
-
New Release Round-Up - 26th March 2021
26th Mar 2021
Beethoven, Wagner and Verdi from Lise Davidsen, Bach from Phantasm and Collegium Vocale Gent, and Gounod's Faust from Covent Garden, starring Michael Fabiano and Erwin Schrott.
-
BBC Music Magazine - April 2021 Choices
24th Mar 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a powerful recital of songs by Black composers from baritone Will Liverman and pianist Paul Sánchez on Cedille.
-
New Release Round-Up - 19th March 2021
19th Mar 2021
Rachmaninov from Rattle and the LSO, English song from alumni of King's College Cambridge, Rameau from György Vashegyi, and a Proustian recital from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Tanguy de Williencourt.
-
Joyce DiDonato's Winterreise and other forthcoming highlights
17th Mar 2021
A novel take on Schubert's Winter Journey from the American mezzo and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, plus Schoenberg from Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Vaughan Williams from Antonio Pappano, and Péter Eötvös's new violin concerto from its dedicatee Isabelle Faust.
-
Grammy Winners 2021
15th Mar 2021
Chris introduces the winning classical albums from this year's ceremony, which took place last night in Los Angeles.
-
New Release Round-Up - 12th March 2021
12th Mar 2021
Ives symphonies from Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the world premiere recording of Ludomir Różycki's 1944 Violin Concerto, and Strauss, Berg and Zemlinsky from Sandrine Piau.
-
Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2021
10th Mar 2021
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by Hilary Hahn's 'Paris' album (featuring music by Chausson, Prokofiev and Rautavaara) on Deutsche Grammophon.
-
New Release Round-Up - 5th March 2021
5th Mar 2021
Elgar from Renaud Capuçon, French piano duets from Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne, a Parisian album from Hilary Hahn, and the world premiere recording of Chaya Czernowin’s opera Heart Chamber.
-
The Presto Chart - February 2021
4th Mar 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with the fifth instalment of Andris Nelsons's Bruckner cycle from Leipzig on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
-
Presto Editor's Choices - February 2021
1st Mar 2021
A breathtaking Liszt recital from Benjamin Grosvenor, three electrifying orchestral works by Raymond Yiu, and a highly enjoyable trip to the zoo with Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton.
-
New Release Round-Up - 26th February 2021
26th Feb 2021
Piazzolla from Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Bartók from Thomas Dausgaard, Brahms from Antoine Tamestit and Cédric Tiberghien, and French theatre music from Neeme Järvi.
-
BBC Music Magazine - March 2021 Choices
24th Feb 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with a 'sexy, sparkling' account of John Eccles's Semele from the Academy of Ancient Music and Julian Perkins in pride of place.
-
New Decca and Deutsche Grammophon titles added to Presto CD
23rd Feb 2021
Featured artists on our latest batch include Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jorge Bolet, Martha Argerich, and Erich Kleiber.
-
New Release Round-Up - 19th February 2021
19th Feb 2021
Liszt from Benjamin Grosvenor, Beethoven from Freiburg, Bach from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d’Oro, and an homage to Piazzolla from Ksenija Sidorova.
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2021: Shortlist
18th Feb 2021
The nominations are just in and voting is open...
-
Boxed Set Selections - February 2021
15th Feb 2021
A celebration of Natalie Dessay on stage and in the studio, a multi-conductor Mahler cycle from the Berliner Philharmoniker, and Strauss's complete tone-poems from François-Xavier Roth and the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg.
-
New Release Round-Up - 12th February 2021
12th Feb 2021
Italian baroque music from La Serenissima, new works by Raymond Yiu, Bright Sheng and Martin Suckling, and a rare outing for Luigi Rossi's extravagant 1647 opera L'Orfeo.
-
Lise Davidsen's second album and other forthcoming highlights
9th Feb 2021
Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner and more from the Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano, plus Elgar from Renaud Capuçon, Bach from Rinaldo Alessandrini, and the DVD premiere of Jake Heggie's Great Scott with Joyce DiDonato.
-
New Release Round-Up - 5th February 2021
5th Feb 2021
Weinberg from Gidon Kremer, Schnittke from Daniel Hope, Janáček from Lars Vogt, and Gesualdo from Les Arts Florissants.
-
The Presto Chart - January 2021
3rd Feb 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's superb new recording of English music for string orchestra on Chandos in first place...
