Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 17th October 2025
17th Oct 2025
Bliss ballet music from the BBC Philharmonic with Michael Seal, a wide-ranging debut recital from countertenor Hugh Cutting with Audrey Hyland, Schubert piano sonatas from Martin Helmchen, and Debussy and Szymanowski from the Belcea Quartet.
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Winners!
15th Oct 2025
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th October 2025
10th Oct 2025
Golden Age duets and arias from Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee, early Mozart from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Tippett, Britten and Walton from Clare Hammond, and a collection of recent secular choral works by Sir John Rutter.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2025 Choices
6th Oct 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'thoughtful and on occasion provocative' Bach from Isabelle Faust with Kristian Bezuidenhout and Kristin von der Goltz on Harmonia Mundi.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd October 2025
3rd Oct 2025
A lute song recital with a difference from countertenor Reginald Mobley, Dvořák from Sir Simon Rattle and the Czech Philharmonic, a Parisian love-letter from guitarist Alexandra Whittingham, and Elgar & Adès from Christian Tetzlaff.
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The Presto Chart - September 2025
2nd Oct 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, headed by John Wilson's hyper-complete recording of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady with Sinfonia of London on Chandos.
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Presto Team Choices - September 2025
30th Sep 2025
An affectionate, wide-ranging birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt from Paavo Järvi, an heroic triptych from Jakub Hrůša in Bamberg, an anniversary homage to Mikolajus Čiurlionis from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and an 'unfailingly engaging' Idomeneo from Sir Simon Rattle in Munich.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th September 2025
26th Sep 2025
Neapolitan songs from Pene Pati, a celebration of John Rutter from Clare College Cambridge, Telemann from Isabelle Faust and friends, and Vaughan Williams from the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th September 2025
19th Sep 2025
John Rutter's piano concerto Reflections from Steven Osborne (with the composer conducting), Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 from Francesco Piemontesi, a ninetieth-birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt from the Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo Järvi, and Saint-Saëns's 1906 opera L'Ancêtre from Kazuki Yamada.
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International Opera Awards 2025 - The Shortlisted Recordings
18th Sep 2025
Lisette Oropesa, Huw Montague Rendall and Rosa Feola are among the artists in the running for the solo recital category, whilst new accounts of Salome, Dido & Aeneas and Carmen go head-to-head in the complete recording stakes...
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Beethoven from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming highlights
17th Sep 2025
The Icelandic pianist's new album is built around Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, with other stand-outs for the autumn including an 'overwhelming' Mahler 2 from Kahchun Wong and the Hallé, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius from Edward Gardner, and an eclectic programme featuring Zappa and Cage from Marc-André Hamelin.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2025
15th Sep 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Purcell's Dido & Aeneas from Il Pomo d'Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev on Erato, with the 'magical pairing' of Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres in the title-roles.
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Finalists
12th Sep 2025
The three finalists in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning, with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Kantorow, Huw Montague Rendall and Timothy Ridout among those in the running...
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New Release Round-Up - 12th September 2025
12th Sep 2025
Vivaldi's La Gloria e Imeneo from Andrea Buccarella, a birthday greeting to Arvo Pärt from Georgijs Osokins, Songs of Passion from Lea Desandre and Thomas Dunford, and an Errollyn Wallen premiere from Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton.
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2025 Choices
10th Sep 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a display of 'masterful virtuosity' from Alexander Melnikov and Julia Lezhneva in an all-Rachmaninoff programme which was recorded on the composer's own piano at Villa Senar in Switzerland.
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More Chandos titles added on Presto CD
8th Sep 2025
We’re excited to announce the addition of more Chandos titles to our Presto CD offering, including albums representing the diversity of music characteristic of this label, and many of them having been unavailable on CD for several years.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th September 2025
5th Sep 2025
Tippett's A Child of Our Time from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart's Idomeneo from Sir Simon Rattle in Munich, Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto and Symphony No. 5 from Edward Gardner in Bergen, and Schubert from Sandrine Piau and Quatuor Psophos.
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Presto Team Choices - August 2025
2nd Sep 2025
William Grant Still and Margaret Bonds from Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Philadelphia, Morales's Requiem from De Profundis, little-known British chamber works from the Berkeley Ensemble, and Reger from Jaime Martín and the Gävle Symphony Orchestra.
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The Presto Chart - August 2025
1st Sep 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, headed by the late Sir Andrew Davis's magnificent orchestral transcriptions of organ works by JS Bach on Chandos.
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Shortlist
29th Aug 2025
The six contenders in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning.
