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Chris O'Reilly
Chris grew up in London and studied cello from the age of 5. He never did enough practice to get really good at it, but caught a passion for Classical music which would stick with him forever. He has wide ranging musical tastes, still plays Chamber music and particularly loves Mahler.
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The Presto Chart - May 2026
1st Jun 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Bohuslav Martinů's complete symphonies from the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša in the No. 1 spot.
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2026 Choices
26th May 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a portrait of 'a composer and choir in complete harmony' - namely The Tallis Scholars' album of works written for them by Nico Muhly on Linn.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2026
19th May 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by 'a new Beethoven cello sonatas benchmark' from Paul Watkins and Alessio Bax on Signum.
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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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The Presto Chart - April 2026
4th May 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with Arvo Pärt's complete symphonies from the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen in the No. 1 spot.
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2026 Choices
29th Apr 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'brilliantly subtle and irresistibly seductive' debut album on Sony from the young Moscow-born pianist Alexander Malofeev.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026: The Winners!
23rd Apr 2026
Exciting news from last night's glittering ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the well-deserved Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2026
20th Apr 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by the world premiere recording of Charles Silver's fairytale opera La Belle au bois dormant from the Palazzetto Bru Zane.
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Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant
Thomas Dolié (Le Roi), Guylaine Girard (Aurore/La Reine), Kate Aldrich (La Fée Urgèle/Dame Gudule), Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran (Le Prince/Le Chevalier errant), Matthieu Lécroart (Barnabé); Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2026 Choices
9th Apr 2026
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an 'utterly compelling' album of music by Hungarian composer Márton Illés from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and friends on Alpha Classics.
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The Presto Chart - March 2026
1st Apr 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon's hyper-dramatic Johannes-Passion on Harmonia Mundi in the No. 1 spot.
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JS Bach: Johannes-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus), Ying Fang (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Etienne Bazola (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2026
23rd Mar 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a St John Passion of 'unyielding quality' from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon on Harmonia Mundi.
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JS Bach: Johannes-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus), Ying Fang (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Etienne Bazola (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2026 Choices
9th Mar 2026
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'valedictory' accounts of Beethoven's last three piano sonatas from Imogen Cooper on Chandos.
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The Presto Chart - February 2026
3rd Mar 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with Yunchan Lim's live recording of the Goldberg Variations from Carnegie Hall in the No. 1 spot.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2026
24th Feb 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'mesmerisingly, shatteringly powerful and beautiful' album of Vaughan Williams, Caroline Shaw, Ellen Reid and Sam Amidon from Pekka Kuusisto on Platoon.
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2026 Choices
4th Feb 2026
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a recording from Víkingur Ólafsson which 'continues his progress as one of the great individual pianists of our time'.
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The Presto Chart - January 2026
3rd Feb 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with Mendelssohn and Enescu from the combined forces of the Quatuor Ébène and Belcea Quartet occupying the top spot.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026: Shortlist
29th Jan 2026
The nominations are just in and voting is open...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2026
26th Jan 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'revelatory' album of Johann Ludwig Bach's cantatas from Capella Sollertia on Ricercar.
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Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2026
13th Jan 2026
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'very special collaboration album' of Schubert from Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou on Erato.
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Maurice Millward (1931-2026)
12th Jan 2026
Chris pays tribute to the beloved businessman, music-lover and arts philanthropist, who owned Presto from 2001-2017 and has died aged 94.
