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The Presto Chart - November 2025
1st Dec 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, headed by Víkingur Ólafsson's illuminating recital centring on Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109 on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Give Back Friday 2025
27th Nov 2025by Chris O'Reilly
For four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to two incredible charities that align with our passion for music and its power to transform lives: Gabrielli Consort and Young Sounds UK.
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Presto Music streams into Asia
19th Nov 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our acclaimed classical & jazz music-streaming service is now available in 11 more territories, including China, Japan and South Korea.
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Grammy Nominations 2026
10th Nov 2025by Chris O'Reilly
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed on Friday - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories...
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2025 Choices
4th Nov 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Beethoven recording which 'radiates infectious joy' from Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Leonidas Kavakos on Sony.
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The Presto Chart - October 2025
3rd Nov 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, headed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion's 'truly magical' account of Brahms's German Requiem on Harmonia Mundi.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2025
22nd Oct 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by 'a landmark achievement' from Belgian early music ensemble InAlto in music by Tarquinio Merula on Ricercar.
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Winners!
15th Oct 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2025 Choices
6th Oct 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'thoughtful and on occasion provocative' Bach from Isabelle Faust with Kristian Bezuidenhout and Kristin von der Goltz on Harmonia Mundi.
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The Presto Chart - September 2025
2nd Oct 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, headed by John Wilson's hyper-complete recording of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady with Sinfonia of London on Chandos.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2025
15th Sep 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Purcell's Dido & Aeneas from Il Pomo d'Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev on Erato, with the 'magical pairing' of Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres in the title-roles.
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Finalists
12th Sep 2025by Chris O'Reilly
The three finalists in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning, with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Kantorow, Huw Montague Rendall and Timothy Ridout among those in the running...
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2025 Choices
10th Sep 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a display of 'masterful virtuosity' from Alexander Melnikov and Julia Lezhneva in an all-Rachmaninoff programme which was recorded on the composer's own piano at Villa Senar in Switzerland.
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The Presto Chart - August 2025
1st Sep 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, headed by the late Sir Andrew Davis's magnificent orchestral transcriptions of organ works by JS Bach on Chandos.
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2025 Choices
18th Aug 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Rachel Podger's 'spontaneous and sensitive' accounts of six Biber violin sonatas with Brecon Baroque on Channel Classics.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2025
12th Aug 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'welcome, colourful and, at times, unconventional' set of Bach orchestral transcriptions by the late Sir Andrew Davis on Chandos.
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The Presto Chart - July 2025
4th Aug 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, headed by Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque's all-Biber programme on Channel Classics.
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BBC Music Magazine - August 2025 Choices
29th Jul 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by accounts of six cello sonatas which are 'in a class of their own' from Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and her husband Martin Helmchen on Alpha Classics.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2025
14th Jul 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Vilém Vlček and Denis Linnik's 'urgent and profound' set of Martinů's complete works for cello and piano on Supraphon.
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The Presto Chart - June 2025
2nd Jul 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, headed by Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Ravel's La valse from Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris on Decca.