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New Release Round-Up - 3rd January 2020
3rd Jan 2020
Schtschedrin and Respighi from the late Mariss Jansons, late Brahms from Stephen Hough, the start of a promising Ockeghem series from award-winning vocal ensemble Blue Heron, and a scintillating debut from young Swedish violinist Johan Dalene, who won last year’s Carl Nielsen Competition.
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The Presto Chart - 2019
2nd Jan 2020
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Isabelle Faust's Bach concertos (and assorted extras!) with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin on Harmonia Mundi leading the pack...
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The Presto Chart - December 2019
1st Jan 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang's recital of Franck and Chopin on Erato in first place...
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Boxed Set Selections - December 2019
29th Dec 2019
Anthologies devoted to Moura Lympany, Ernst Haefliger, Karl Münchinger and Solomon, plus collection of Russian chamber music and a 56-disc Mendelssohn Edition on Hänssler.
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Peter Schreier (1935-2019)
28th Dec 2019
The German lyric tenor and conductor, who was particularly acclaimed for his interpretations of Schubert lieder and the Bach Passions, has died aged 84.
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Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2019
27th Dec 2019
A selection of our best-selling titles from autumn and winter, from artists including Víkingur Ólafsson, Le Poème Harmonique, and Paavo Järvi.
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2020 Choices
24th Dec 2019
Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by 'the best Samson ever' from John Butt and Dunedin Consort on Linn.
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2019
20th Dec 2019
Recordings from Sandrine Piau, Igor Levit and Jakub Józef Orliński feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th December 2019
20th Dec 2019
Symphonies by Leopold Koželuch, piano concertos by Hummel, transcendental studies by Liszt and Lyapunov, and a three-part documentary on the history of the English organ from Fugue State Films.
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Handel's Agrippina starring Joyce DiDonato and other forthcoming highlights
18th Dec 2019
Franco Fagioli, Luca Pisaroni and Jakub Józef Orliński also star in Handel’s early opera with Il Pomo d’Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev; other January highlights include Strauss albums from Diana Damrau and Vasily Petrenko, and infernal Charpentier from Vox Luminis.
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Handel: Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2019
13th Dec 2019
Opera overtures by Auber, Berio transcriptions of Mahler and The Beatles, a Mediterranean postcard from guitarist Sharon Isbin, and a documentary on the young French pianist Lucas Debargue.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices December 2019
10th Dec 2019
Chris introduces this month’s selection, with pride of place going to François-Xavier Roth’s second recording of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with Les Siècles.
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Recordings of the Year 2019 - Our Top 10
6th Dec 2019
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our six special category awards...
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New Release Round-Up - 6th December 2019
6th Dec 2019
Cecilia Bartoli’s tribute to Farinelli, Franck and Chopin with Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang, Kenneth Leighton choral works from St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh, and a newly remastered Das Lied von der Erde which Kathleen Ferrier recorded live with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.
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The Presto Chart - November 2019
2nd Dec 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with La Serenissima's The Godfather in first place...
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Mariss Jansons (1943 - 2019)
1st Dec 2019
The Latvian conductor, who held posts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, has died aged 76 following a long struggle with a heart condition.
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk (Herman), Tatiana Serjan (Lisa), Larissa Diadkova (Countess), Alexey Shishlyaev (Tomskij and Plutus), Alexey Markov (Yeletzki) Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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New Release Round-Up - 29th November 2019
29th Nov 2019
Beethoven from René Jacobs, Bach from Angela Hewitt, Ravel from Javier Perianes and Josep Pons, and Bruckner from the Berliner Philharmoniker archives.
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Beethoven: Leonore
Marlis Petersen (Leonore), Maximilian Schmitt (Florestan), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Rocco), Johannes Weisser (Pizarro), Robin Johannsen (Marzelline), Johannes Chum (Jaqino), Tareq Nazmi (Don Fernando), Florian Feth, Julian Popken (Two Prisoners) Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
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Recordings of the Year 2019 - Special Category Nominees
28th Nov 2019
In advance of the final verdicts next Friday, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Conductor of the Year, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
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Palmarès des Diapason d'or 2019
27th Nov 2019
Chris introduces the winners of this year's Awards, revealed at a ceremony last night in Paris.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2019 Choices
26th Nov 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Dvořák and Martinů concertos from Czech pianist Ivo Kahánek, Dohnányi from Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet, and late Schubert from Francesco Piemontesi.
