New and Future Releases
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New. Beethoven: The Last Three Piano Sonatas, Opp. 109, 110 & 111
RecommendedMitsuko Uchida (piano)
Uchida's explorative spirit and strength in finding the inner voice of the music remain undimmed. This is an album that will provoke conversation about the music and the musician, and which... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th July 2026
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New. Ludwig van Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas I
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (fortepiano)
Everywhere is colour, drama and thought-filled expressive detail... the intimacy and sensitively weighted balancing of this conversation, and the natural immediacy of Andrew Keener’s capturing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Abduraimov serves up one of the noblest and most intelligently shaped Dante Sonatas in the catalogue... You hear long lines and narrative paragraphs instead of pounded-out octaves in an Olympic... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th May 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 3
RecommendedBeethoven - Ligeti - Kurtág
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Ligeti's Music ricercata makes a striking opening to the album - Tiberghien's commitment to thoroughly exploring this structural element is unwavering, yet so is his beguiling way with Ligeti's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th June 2026
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New. Ann Schein: the Complete Kapp Recordings 1958-1960
Ann Schein, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Eugene Goossens
They are something of a holy grail among devoted pianophiles...Were there still a category for historic recordings, this would be a shoo-in for a Gramophone Award. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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As ever, Antonini and his crack period band are attuned both to the spirit and the fine details of Haydn's music. For sheer rhythmic vitality these performances are hard to beat. There are no... —
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New. Echoes of My Childhood
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Irina Zahharenkova (piano), Anderson Fiorelli
Childhood revisited with flair, playfulness and abiding affection. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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The players of the finely honed Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie evidently delight in their mutual company, listening intently to one another and relishing their lively, witty interplay. —
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The Polish period-instrument group Arte dei Suonatori are on top of all Bach's sleights of hand...as fine a survey of CPE Bach's symphonic art as you're likely to come across. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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