Classical Recommendations
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2019
19th Nov 2019
Beethoven anniversary editions from Deutsche Grammophon, Warner and Naxos, plus Masaaki Suzuki’s complete Bach secular cantatas, Bruckner from Berlin, and a celebration of Andris Nelsons's time in Birmingham.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2019
15th Nov 2019
New albums from Alexandre Tharaud, Angela Gheorghiu, Vilde Frang and Iván Fischer, plus previously unreleased archive recordings of John Barbirolli and The Hallé and a portrait of the French composer and organist Fernand de La Tombelle.
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New Decca titles added to our Presto CD catalogue
13th Nov 2019
Including recordings from András Schiff, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Sir Georg Solti and Riccardo Chailly.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th November 2019
8th Nov 2019
New albums from Alison Balsom, Jakub Józef Orliński, Roberto Alagna and Benjamin Bernheim, plus a rare outing on DVD and Blu-ray for Ambroise Thomas's opera Hamlet, starring Stéphane Degout as the Prince of Denmark.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices November 2019
6th Nov 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'spectacular and stirring' account of Purcell's King Arthur from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli on Signum.
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The Presto Chart - October 2019
1st Nov 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with Handel's Brockes-Passion from the Academy of Ancient Music in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2019
1st Nov 2019
Debussy from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé, Beethoven from Masaaki Suzuki and Ronald Brautigam, late Schubert from Arcadi Volodos, and Ermonela Jaho’s shattering Traviata on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2019
31st Oct 2019
Awe-inspiring Ravel and Stravinsky from Italian pianist Beatrice Rana, eloquent Schumann from Camilla Tilling, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, and a superbly spooky Der Freischütz from Marek Janowski.
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason's Elgar and other forthcoming highlights
29th Oct 2019
The young British cellist tackles Elgar’s concerto with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, plus an all-Russian extravaganza from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Franck and Chopin cello sonatas from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang.
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2019 Choices
28th Oct 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including formidable Shostakovich from Sydney International Piano Competition winner Andrey Gugnin, Ian Bostridge’s third Winter Journey (this time with Thomas Adès as his companion), and Simon Rattle’s first concert as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th October 2019
25th Oct 2019
Strauss from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, Stravinsky and Ravel from Beatrice Rana, Shostakovich from the Pavel Haas Quartet, and a second recording of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2019
22nd Oct 2019
Chris introduces this month’s selection, headed by a fascinating album of Allegri, Monteverdi and their contemporaries from Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre on Alpha.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th October 2019
18th Oct 2019
Tchaikovsky from George Li and Daniel Lozakovich, Prokofiev from Alexander Melnikov, Beethoven from Leonidas Kavakos, and a 75th birthday recital from Nelson Freire.
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Gramophone Awards 2019 - Recording of the Year
16th Oct 2019
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the overall winning recording, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2019
15th Oct 2019
Pierre Monteux’s complete recordings for Decca, Philips and Westminster, a mammoth Zubin Mehta collection spanning half a century, Cécile Ousset’s early recordings for Decca France, and previously unreleased Webern and Scriabin from Maria Yudina.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2019 Choices
14th Oct 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Korngold from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Beethoven and more from the Danish String Quartet, and Schumann from Joseph Tong.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th October 2019
11th Oct 2019
Rachmaninov from Daniil Trifonov, Schumann from Christian Gerhaher, Liszt from Joseph Moog, and a live recording of Tristan und Isolde from Australia with Stuart Skelton and Gun-Brit Barkmin in the title-roles.
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La damnation de Faust from John Nelson and other forthcoming highlights
9th Oct 2019
Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres join forces once again for Berlioz from Strasbourg, plus Shostakovich from the Pavel Haas Quartet, Schubert from Arcadi Volodos, and recital albums from Angela Gheorghiu and Jakub Józef Orliński.
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Presto Editor's Choices - September 2019
8th Oct 2019
Sumptuous Elgar from Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, fiery Falla from Pablo Heras-Casado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and lightly-worn virtuosity from the sweet-toned Chinese violinist Ning Feng.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th October 2019
4th Oct 2019
A complete Beethoven cycle from Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker, plus new albums from Quatuor Arod, Ann Hallenberg, Lucas Debargue, and Christophe Coin.
