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Presto Editor's Choices - July 2020
30th Jul 2020
A terrific debut solo recording featuring Britten and Liszt confirms the young British tenor Stuart Jackson as a major talent, whilst Chandos release two twentieth-century masterpieces centring on incarceration.
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Beethoven songs and folksongs from Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano
24th Jul 2020
The tenor and pianist are joined by violinist Vilde Frang and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt for selections from the Scottish and Irish folk-songs, following an exquisitely tender account of An die ferne Geliebte.
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Ermonela Jaho's debut solo recording and other forthcoming highlights
22nd Jul 2020
The Albanian soprano celebrates the legacy of Rosina Storchio on Opera Rara, plus new albums from Diana Damrau, Alexandre Kantorow, Jonas Kaufmann and others.
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Sir Mark Elder on Debussy
16th Jul 2020
In the wake of his recording of Images and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune with the Hallé, the conductor talks to Katherine about his relationship with Debussy's music, and Colin Matthews's evocative orchestrations of the piano Préludes.
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Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Bagatelles
10th Jul 2020
The British pianist's survey of Beethoven's complete output in the genre (plus the Fantasia Op. 77 and three opus-less Klavierstücke) radiates wit, warmth and wisdom.
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Paul Lewis on Beethoven
10th Jul 2020
The British pianist talks to Katherine about his recording of the Bagatelles (out today on Harmonia Mundi), and about the composer's often 'uncompromisingly uncomfortable' writing for the piano.
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Piotr Beczała on Verismo
9th Jul 2020
The Polish tenor talks to Katherine about Vincerò!, his debut recording on Pentatone, featuring arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano and Cilea.
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William Alwyn's Miss Julie from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
3rd Jul 2020
Real-life husband-and-wife Anna Patalong and Benedict Nelson star in the English composer's 1977 opera, based on Strindberg's great naturalistic drama from 1888.
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Opera Rara at 50
2nd Jul 2020
As the label celebrates its half-century, Chief Executive Henry Little talks to Katherine about adventures in 'live operatic archaeology' and upcoming recording projects.
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Ida Haendel (1928-2020)
1st Jul 2020
Ida Haendel, the Polish-born child prodigy who became known as the 'grande dame of the violin', has died aged 91.
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Presto Editor's Choices - June 2020
1st Jul 2020
Thomas Adès's treatment of the Creation myth rivals Haydn's for inventiveness, whilst Arabella Steinbacher smoulders in Piazzolla, and Antonio Pappano whips up a storm in a new studio recording of Verdi's Otello.
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Massenet's Cendrillon from Glyndebourne
19th Jun 2020
Danielle de Niese and Kate Lindsey bring real psychological depth to Cinderella and Prince Charming's relationship in Fiona Shaw's astute and sparkling production, with John Wilson supplying fairy-dust aplenty from the pit.
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Sean Shibe on Bach
18th Jun 2020
The eloquent young Scottish guitarist talks to Katherine about his third solo album on Delphian, Pour La Luth Ò Cembal, which was recently described by The Times as 'masterful, beautiful and convincing in every way'.
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Rimsky-Korsakov from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
12th Jun 2020
As on their recent series of Strauss tone poems, the Russian conductor and his Norwegian orchestra prove themselves master story-tellers on this trio of showpieces from the late 1880s.
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Vasily Petrenko on Rimsky-Korsakov
12th Jun 2020
The Russian conductor talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week and reflects on his time with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Edward Gardner on Schoenberg
9th Jun 2020
The British conductor talks to Katherine about his recording of Erwartung & Pelleas und Melisande, released on Chandos last month, and socially-distanced music-making in Bergen.
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Presto Editor's Choices - May 2020
1st Jun 2020
Imaginative song-recitals from Natalya Romaniw, Roderick Williams and Ilker Arcayürek, luminous Janáček from Thomas Adès, and old-school orchestral fireworks from Airat Ichmouratov.
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Mady Mesplé (1931-2020)
31st May 2020
The French coloratura soprano, who excelled as Delibes's Lakmé and in operetta, has died aged 89.
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Shostakovich from Alina Ibragimova
29th May 2020
The Russian-born violinist brings searing intensity and muscular tone to the two concertos, backed to the hilt by Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov'.
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Alina Ibragimova on Shostakovich
21st May 2020
The Russian-British violinist talks to Katherine about her recording of the two concertos with Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', out on Hyperion next Friday.
