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New Release Round-up - 4th August 2017
4th Aug 2017
Symphonies from Mahler and Dvořák, plus Gundula Janowitz's last recital are amongst the pick of this week's releases.
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Presto Editor's Choices - July 2017
31st Jul 2017
A moving and memorable Mahler triptych from a great British mezzo is among Katherine's flavours of the month…
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Elīna Garanča sings the title role in Donizetti's La Favorite
28th Jul 2017
Katherine enjoys Elīna Garanča's commanding performance in Donizetti's dramatic tragedy alongside Mariusz Kwiecień and Matthew Polenzani.
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Les Troyens from John Nelson and other forthcoming highlights
27th Jul 2017
John Nelson's recording of Berlioz's Classical epic on Erato, starring Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres, is now available to pre-order.
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Jonas Kaufmann's French album and other forthcoming highlights
20th Jul 2017
Berlioz, Gounod, Massenet and more from the German tenor, plus Bach from Matthias Goerne and Dvořák from the Takács Quartet.
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Christopher Glynn on the songs of Donald Swann
19th Jul 2017
Katherine talks to the British pianist about the prolific song-writing career of a composer best known for his comical collaborations with Michael Flanders.
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New Release Round-up - 14th July 2017
14th Jul 2017
Amongst this week's highlights are Verdi from Dudamel, French music from Simon Rattle and a collection of Vladimir Ashkenazy's complete concerto recordings on Decca.
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Daniel Barenboim conducts Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
14th Jul 2017
Katherine listens to a blistering new performance of Elgar's religious masterwork, with Andrew Staples, Catherine Wyn-Rogers and Thomas Hampson.
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Julia Lezhneva sings Carl Heinrich Graun
4th Jul 2017
Katherine talks to the Russian soprano about unearthing a treasure-trove of Italian opera arias by the German baroque composer.
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Coming soon - Les Troyens from Strasbourg and more…
29th Jun 2017
Some highlights for the autumn, including Berlioz's five-hour epic with Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres, and a welcome return to Dvořák from the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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New Release Round-up - 23rd June 2017
23rd Jun 2017
Choral highlights this week include Beethoven's Missa Solemnis from Marek Janowski and Mahler's Symphony No. 8 from Riccardo Chailly, while opera highlights include Karajan's 1967 Ring Cycle remastered and Plácido Domingo stars in Verdi's Macbeth on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Bojan Čičić performs violin music by Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli
23rd Jun 2017
Katherine listens to the Croatian violinist's sparkling performances of some long-forgotten virtuoso Italian sonatas.
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Daniel Behle on Schubert's unfinished operas
22nd Jun 2017
The German tenor talks to Katherine about recording the surviving fragments of Schubert's works for the stage.
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Véronique Gens sings French Romantic arias
16th Jun 2017
Katherine enjoys Véronique Gens's fascinating recital of French Romantic arias, all with a common theme of dreams and visions.
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Presto Editor's Choices - June 2017
13th Jun 2017
A Russian operatic recital, a virtual visit to Glyndebourne, and a raucous night at the pub (seventeenth-century style) are among Katherine's June highlights…
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Alexandre Kantorow plays Russian piano music
9th Jun 2017
Katherine listens to the young French pianist's spellbinding virtuosity in a collection of dramatic Russian works.
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Bojan Čičić on Carbonelli
8th Jun 2017
The Croatian baroque violinist talks to Katherine about recording the Italian virtuoso's sonate da camera, out later this month on Delphian.
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Christiane Karg on Parfum
7th Jun 2017
The German soprano talks to Katherine about her new disc of French song, out now on Berlin Classics.
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Kate Lindsey on Thousands of Miles
2nd Jun 2017
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her debut disc of Kurt Weill, Korngold, Zemlinsky and Alma Mahler, out now on Alpha.
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New Release Round-up - 2nd June 2017
2nd Jun 2017
Hallé and Mark Elder continue their Wagner series with Parsifal, plus box sets devoted to Karl Böhm and The Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and Rimsky-Korsakov and Rossini operas feature this week.
