Classical Recommendations
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2018
30th Nov 2018
Schumann from Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, Beethoven from Maxim Emelyanychev and the Nizhny Novgorod Soloists, and Elgar from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th November 2018
30th Nov 2018
Verdi from Fabio Biondi (yes, really!), Berlioz from Michael Tilson Thomas and the late Sir Colin Davis, and Debussy centenary tributes from pianists Javier Perianes and Roger Muraro.
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Recordings of the Year - Special Category Nominees
29th Nov 2018
In advance of the final verdicts next Friday, we reveal the shortlists for our six new special awards - including Rising Star, Conductor of the Year, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd November 2018
23rd Nov 2018
Highlights from Porpora’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel from Sabine Devieilhe and Léa Desandre, Debussy and Ravel from Joseph Moog, and the final instalment of Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver’s Beethoven Violin Sonatas.
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Recordings of the Year 2018 - Our Top 100
22nd Nov 2018
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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Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley (Robert Oppenheimer), Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer), Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller), Samuel Sakker (James Nolan), Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson), Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita) BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2018
22nd Nov 2018
Jaap van Zweden’s Ring Cycle with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Colin Davis’s complete recordings of Berlioz with the London Symphony Orchestra, and collections celebrating Carlos Kleiber, Henryk Szeryng, Riccardo Chailly and Claudio Abbado.
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde - Die Walküre), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde/Brünnhilde - Siegfried), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Brünnhilde - Götterdämmerung), Daniel Brenna (Siegfried - Götterdämmerung), Simon O’Neill (Siegfried - Siegfried); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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Palmarès des Diapason d'or 2018
21st Nov 2018
Chris introduces the winners of this year's Awards, revealed at a ceremony last night in Paris.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th November 2018
16th Nov 2018
Schumann from Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, Mahler from Daniel Harding, and Sir David McVicar's staging of Bellini's Norma from the Metropolitan Opera, starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato and Joseph Calleja.
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2018 Choices
14th Nov 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Vilde Frang, the Tesla Quartet, Leif Ove Andsnes, and The Tallis Scholars.
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Rossini: Semiramide
Albina Shagimuratova (Semiramide), Daniela Barcellona (Arsace), Mirco Palazzi (Assur), Barry Banks (Idreno), Gianluca Buratto (Oroe), Susana Gaspar (Azema), David Butt Philip (Mitrane), James Platt (L’ombra di Nino) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
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New Release Round-Up - 9th November 2018
9th Nov 2018
The final instalment of Jaap van Zweden’s excellent Ring Cycle with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, thrillingly raw Beethoven from Maxim Emelyanychev, Mozart from Faust and Melnikov, and Christopher Maltman’s role-debut as Berg's Wozzeck.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2018
7th Nov 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Hilary Hahn's second volume of the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin occupying the top spot.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd November 2018
2nd Nov 2018
A landmark account of Handel’s Serse starring Franco Fagioli, Elgar from Sir Mark Elder and Sir Andrew Davis, and the latest instalment of Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.
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The Presto Chart - October 2018
1st Nov 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with the outbound leg of Daniil Trifonov's Rachmaninov journey in the lead...
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2018
31st Oct 2018
An all-Strauss programme from Arabella Steinbacher, world premiere recordings of three Parry orchestral works, and an assured and mesmerising debut on Warner Classics from Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th October 2018
26th Oct 2018
Today's new releases include Bach from Giuliano Carmignola, Debussy from Nikolai Lugansky, and the debut solo recording of Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński.
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Norma from the Metropolitan Opera and other forthcoming highlights
24th Oct 2018
Sondra Radvanovsky and Joyce DiDonato star as Bellini's 'Druid duo', plus Mozart from Seong Jin-Cho, Debussy from François-Xavier Roth, and a rare outing for the original version of Verdi's Macbeth - directed from the violin by Fabio Biondi.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2018
23rd Oct 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Steven Isserlis and Dénes Várjon's recital of Chopin and Schubert on Hyperion taking pride of place.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th October 2018
19th Oct 2018
Today's new recordings include Stravinsky from Valery Gergiev, Tchaikovsky from Vladimir Jurowski, and Schubert from René Jacobs.
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2018
16th Oct 2018
The definitive Bach boxed set, an anniversary anthology from Deutsche Grammophon, and comprehensive collections of works by Hummel and François Couperin.
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Opus Klassik Awards 2018
16th Oct 2018
Chris rounds up this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' winners, which were presented on Sunday at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
