Classical Recommendations
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Presto Classical Discs of the Year
29th Nov 2014
How exciting! Without really realising it we've created our own Awards!
Find out who the Presto editorial team have decided are the best 100 and the top 10 recordings of 2014.
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Music for Advent
28th Nov 2014
As Christmas draws near, David takes a look at music written for the season of Advent.
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Steven Isserlis takes on Prokofiev and Shostakovich
26th Nov 2014
The British cellist records two great twentieth-century Russian concertos for Hyperion.
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Presto CD - l'Oiseau Lyre
22nd Nov 2014
The latest batch of Print On Demand titles, focusing on baroque and renaissance repertoire.
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Presto CD - Argo
15th Nov 2014
Here's the latest batch of our Manufacture On Demand titles, focusing on Argo recordings.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2014
14th Nov 2014
Chris introduces the pick of the crop from this month's issue, which hit the shops earlier this week.
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Beethoven from the Elias String Quartet
11th Nov 2014
A new complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets performed by the Elias String Quartet, on the Wigmore Hall Live label.
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Presto CD - DG Archiv
2nd Nov 2014
Introducing twenty newly-available baroque and Classical recordings from our Manufacture On Demand range.
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Music for Hallowe'en
31st Oct 2014
David picks out some great recordings on the theme of all things Hallowe'en... discs that go bump in the night!
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Verlaine settings
30th Oct 2014
The countertenor returns to late-Romantic French song for his next project on Erato.
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Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the RLPO
23rd Oct 2014
Onyx Classics announce the commencement of a new cycle of Vaughan Williams's symphonies.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2014
23rd Oct 2014
Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue, headed up by Igor Levit's superb new Bach disc on Sony.
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Presto CD - DG Recordings
16th Oct 2014
The latest batch of our Manufacture On Demand titles - over fifty landmark recordings from the DG archives!
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Four rarities from Opera Rara
9th Oct 2014
Sir Mark Elder reveals four forthcoming projects, focusing on French bel canto and verismo.
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A new musical 'exhibition' from NMC Records.
3rd Oct 2014
The contemporary music label celebrate their 25th birthday by collaborating with London's Science Museum.
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Barry, G: The Importance of Being Earnest
Barbara Hannigan (Cecily), Peter Tantsits (Jack Worthing), Joshua Bloom (Algernon), Katalin Károlyi (Gwendoline), Hilary Summers (Miss Prism), Alan Ewing (Lady Bracknell), Benjamin Bevan (Lane/Merriman), Joshua Hart (Dr Chasuble) BCMG, Thomas Adès
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2014
19th Sep 2014
Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from the recent Awards Issue, with Rinaldo Alessandrini's new Monteverdi disc taking pride of place.
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Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Andrea Arrivabene, Gianluca Ferrarini (altos), Luca Dordolo, Raffaele Giordani (tenors) & Matteo Bellotto, Salvo Vitale (bass) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
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Gramophone Awards 2014: Disc of the Year and Special Categories
17th Sep 2014
And the overall winner is …
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Gramophone Awards 2014: Full details of all the Winners
17th Sep 2014
Chris reports from the ceremony at St John's Smith Square with details of all this years winners, including the coveted Record of the Year.
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Simon Keenlyside sings show-tunes
28th Aug 2014
The great British baritone takes a break from Rigolettos and Traviatas to try his hand at Tevye, Curly, Billy Bigelow and Fagin…
