Classical Videos
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Presto Presents... Edward Picton-Turbervill and Michael Waldron
21st Jul 2026
The conductor and composer talk about Edward's music and influences, and his new album Eden, released recently on Orchid Classics and featuring some of his compositions concerned with nature and the environment.
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Presto Presents... Claire Booth and Christopher Glynn
9th Jul 2026
The soprano and pianist take us behind the scenes of their new album Cocteau's Music, out now on Orchid Classics and featuring Poulenc's La voix humaine alongside songs by Maurice Delage, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric and others.
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Presto Presents... Joanna Kacperek
29th Jun 2026
The Polish pianist visited Presto recently to introduce her new album In Plain Sight, featuring music by female composers including Mel Bonis, Cécile Chaminade and Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf.
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Joanna Kacperek (piano)
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Vasily Petrenko on Mahler
4th Jun 2026
The Russian conductor joins a live audience at Presto HQ via video-link to discuss his new recording of Symphony No. 3 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (released on Harmonia Mundi last month).
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Presto Presents... Helen Charlston and Sholto Kynoch
27th May 2026
In the latest episode of Presto Presents, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch perform and discuss music from their new album A Poet's Love, inspired by Schumann's Dichterliebe.
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Presto Presents... Timothy Ridout and Jonathan Ware
14th May 2026
In the latest episode of Presto Presents, viola-player Timothy Ridout and pianist Jonathan Ware perform and discuss music from their new album Alto Appassionato, released on Harmonia Mundi last month.
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Presto Presents... Roderick Williams and William Vann
28th Apr 2026
In the latest sepisode of Presto Presents, baritone Roderick Williams and pianist William Vann perform music from their new album Rise, Heart, released on Albion Records last Friday, and talk about some of the inspirations and adaptations that went into it.
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Presto Presents... Thomas Kelly
14th Apr 2026
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, pianist Thomas Kelly performs music from his debut album, Ad Nos, released on Rubicon Classics last Friday, and talks to Katherine about the themes running through the album, and the virtuoso transcriptions of organ pieces he chose to record.
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Thomas Kelly (piano)
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Presto Presents...Katie Bray and friends
15th Jan 2026
The British mezzo was joined by pianist William Vann and accordionist Murray Grainger to introduce their Kurt Weill album In Search of Youkali, which was released on Chandos last Friday.
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Presto Presents... Alexandra Whittingham
13th Oct 2025
The guitarist joined us last week to celebrate the release of her new album Letters from Paris, a quintessentially French-tinged collection of miniatures and chanson arrangements.
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Alexandra Whittingham (guitar), Carducci Quartet (stringquartet, string quartet), Thea Sayer (doublebass), Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello), Margarita Balanas (cello), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Jess Gillam (sopranosaxophone)
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Presto Presents... Matilda Lloyd and Richard Gowers
23rd Sep 2025
The trumpeter and organist (here switching to piano!) joined us earlier this month to celebrate the launch of their new album Fantasia, which juxtaposes Baroque transcriptions with new works by Owain Park, Deborah Pritchard, Roxanna Panufnik and Richard Barnard.
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Presto Presents... Debbie Wiseman
3rd Sep 2025
The composer and broadcaster joins us to celebrate her first decade as Classic FM's Composer-in-Residence, and to discuss and perform selections from her new sheet-music album Ten: Memories for Solo Piano on Faber Music - including arrangements of themes from The Mirror and the Light, The Glorious Garden, and The Mythos Suite.
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Presto Presents... Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu
7th Jul 2025
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu perform a selection of pieces from their latest album For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (released in May on Alpha Classics).
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Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)
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Presto Presents... Liya Petrova
28th May 2025
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, violinist Liya Petrova and pianist Hamish Brown perform a selection of pieces inspired by Liya's latest album Momentum 2 (released in March on Mirare).
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Presto Presents... Simon Callaghan
5th May 2025
In the latest episode of Presto Presents, pianist and musicologist Simon Callaghan discusses two of the neglected composers he's been championing over the past few years - Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912-72) and Jean Louis Nicodé (1863-1919) - and performs two pieces from Nicodé's Ein Liebesleben Op. 22.
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Presto Presents... Julian Bliss and James Baillieu
8th Apr 2025
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, clarinettist Julian Bliss and pianist James Baillieu perform a selection of pieces from their most recent album, a recital of music by Clara & Robert Schumann (released on Signum last month).
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Presto Presents... Jean-Guihen Queyras
13th Jan 2025
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras performs a selection of pieces from his most recent album, 'J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions)' released on Harmonia Mundi.
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Presto Presents... 20 Questions with Tiffany Poon
30th May 2024
Join us in conversation with pianist Tiffany Poon as she visits Presto Music's Leamington Spa store. Through answering our 20 questions, Tiffany talks about her latest album for Pentatone, her career so far and plans for future projects...
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Diaries: Schumann
Tiffany Poon (piano)
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Presto Presents... A Q&A Session with Paul Harris
8th May 2024
Expert pedagogue Paul Harris recently paid a visit to our Leamington Spa shop, and kindly took some time to answer our questions about his latest book 'How to sight-read', as well as other key topics relating to the music education ecosystem, including his simultaneous learning method.
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How to sight-read
Author: Harris, P
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Presto Presents... Fenella Humphreys
24th Apr 2024
In this latest episode of Presto Presents, violinist Fenella Humphreys performs a selection of pieces from her most recent album, 'Prism' (including her renditions of Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 and Davies: A Last Postcard from Sanday) released on Rubicon Classics.
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Fenella Humphreys (violin)
