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New Release Round-Up - 12th December 2025
12th Dec 2025
A Mozart Requiem with a difference from Manfred Honeck in Pittsburgh, André Tchaikowsky from Peter Jablonski, Mahler from Gianandrea Noseda in Washington, and Chopin & Scriabin from Mikhail Pletnev.
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Requiem: Mozart's Death in Words and Music
F. Murray Abraham, Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Ben Bliss (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Manfred Honeck
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2025 Choices
9th Dec 2025
Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by a 'mesmerising and disturbing' Mahler recital from mezzo Anna Lucia Richter with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln under Jordan de Souza on Myrios.
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Christmas New Releases 2025
5th Dec 2025
Festive releases from the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, the Miró Quartet, Il Pomo d'Oro, and the brass section of the Berlin Philharmonic.
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O Holy Night
Alexander Robson, Montague Tatnell (soprano), Arthur Cobb (soprano), Bryony Macleod-Jones (soprano), Alice Markham (vocalist), Theodore Horch (tenor), Alexander Semple (bass-baritone), Nicholas Garcia (soprano), Matthew Monaghan (vocalist), Anna Morgan (vocalist), William Collison (tenor), Garbhán McEnoy (tenor), Simon Hall (bass-baritone), John Moore (bass-baritone), Amelia Crichton-Stuart (soprano), Alexander Weiss (bass-baritone), George Henty (soprano), Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Christopher Gray
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Recordings of the Year 2025 - Our Top 10
4th Dec 2025
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 six special category awards...
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The Presto Chart - November 2025
1st Dec 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, headed by Víkingur Ólafsson's illuminating recital centring on Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109 on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Presto Team Choices - November 2025
30th Nov 2025
Bracing Brahms from Kirill Petrenko in Berlin, Florence Price organ works from Tom Winpenny, the world premiere recording of Thomas Adès's The Exterminating Angel Symphony, and a compelling pasticcio on the Orpheus myth from Rolando Villazón, L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th November 2025
28th Nov 2025
Haydn from Giovanni Antonini and the Kammerorchester Basel, Bach from Sébastien Daucé and Ensemble Correspondances, Ravel from the Nash Ensemble, and previously unreleased recordings by the late Radu Lupu.
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Early Music Round-Up - Autumn 2025
27th Nov 2025
World premieres from the Peterhouse Partbooks, a unique fusion of Baroque and Middle Eastern traditions from sweet-toned tenor Haitham Haidar, a rich collection of Jenkins viol consort music from Fretwork, a Venetian preview of Christmas from Il Pomo d'Oro, and more.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st November 2025
21st Nov 2025
Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius from Edward Gardner and the LPO, Brahms's Symphony No. 1 from Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker, a portrait of Avril Coleridge-Taylor, and Schubert from Leif Ove Andsnes & Bertrand Chamayou.
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Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2025
20th Nov 2025
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 - 14th November 2025
14th Nov 2025
Adès from Thomas Søndergård in Minnesota, Kapustin from young British pianist Ophelia Gordon, the complete works of Louis Couperin from Jean Rondeau, and a Sibelius anthology from the late Leif Segerstam in Helsinki.
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Grammy Nominations 2026
10th Nov 2025
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed on Friday - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories...
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New Release Round-Up - 7th November 2025
7th Nov 2025
Mahler from Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Grace Williams from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Mendelssohn & Bruch from Johan Dalene, and Bach from Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2025 Choices
4th Nov 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Beethoven recording which 'radiates infectious joy' from Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Leonidas Kavakos on Sony.
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The Presto Chart - October 2025
3rd Nov 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, headed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion's 'truly magical' account of Brahms's German Requiem on Harmonia Mundi.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st October 2025
31st Oct 2025
Bach's Goldberg Variations from Thibaut Garcia and Antoine Morinière, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with Lisette Oropesa in the title-role, Frank Zappa, John Cage and more from Marc-André Hamelin, and Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir's first studio album on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Presto Team Choices - October 2025
30th Oct 2025
Ambroise Thomas's tragicomic 1857 opera Psyché from Palazzetto Bru Zane, a portrait of Sergei Bortkiewicz from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Neeme Järvi, 'infectiously joyous' Dvořák from Simon Rattle in Prague, and John Ireland's piano works from Rebeca Omordia.
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Ambroise Thomas: Psyché
Hélène Guilmette (Psyché), Antoinette Dennefeld (Éros), Tassis Christoyannis (Mercure), Philippe Estèphe (Gorgias), Artavazd Sargsyan (Antinoüs), Christian Helmer (Le Roi) Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
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Boxed Set Selections - Autumn 2025
28th Oct 2025
Heavyweight highlights from the last couple of months include two eightieth-birthday tributes to Itzhak Perlman, Sir Simon Rattle's recordings of British repertoire, and remastered anthologies of mono recordings by Sir Adrian Boult and Sir Thomas Beecham.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th October 2025
24th Oct 2025
Latin Connections from the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet and Sara Dowling, the complete symphonies of Galina Ustvolskaya, Liszt's Transcendental Études from Yoav Levanon, and an exploration of Bach's links with Italy from Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2025
22nd Oct 2025
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by 'a landmark achievement' from Belgian early music ensemble InAlto in music by Tarquinio Merula on Ricercar.
