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Welcome to the new Presto Classical website
26th Oct 2017
We are excited to welcome you to the new-look Presto Classical website! Chris gives us a quick tour of the updated layout, and highlights some of our great new features.
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2017
24th Oct 2017
Chris picks out some highlights from this month's boxes, including sets commemorating the ninetieth birthdays (in memoriam) of a great cellist and soprano and the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of The King's Singers.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices, October 2017
11th Oct 2017
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by some sublime Schubert that recently featured as our own Recording of the Week.
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Welcome to the new Presto Sheet Music website
10th Oct 2017
Welcome to our new-look sheet music website! Chris gives us a quick tour of the updated layout, and highlights some of our great new features.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2017 Choices
5th Oct 2017
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a splendid recording of two Dvořák quintets from the Pavel Haas Quartet and two distinguished guests.
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Ned Bigham on Staffa
3rd Oct 2017
The composer shares his thoughts on his new album of orchestral works, inspired by four very different islands.
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New Presto Classical website - coming soon!
28th Sep 2017
With the launch coming soon, here's a sneak peek at the newly re-designed Presto website.
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Zuzana Růžičková (1927-2017)
28th Sep 2017
The great Czech harpsichordist and Holocaust survivor has died aged 90.
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Cecilia & Sol and other autumn delights
26th Sep 2017
New releases from Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta, the Quatuor Mosaïques and René Jacobs, plus two 2016 productions from Covent Garden.
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New Release Round-up - 22nd September 2017
22nd Sep 2017
Including a new duet disc from Rollando Villazón and Ildar Abdrazakov, Saint-Saëns from Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano, and French songs from Thomas Hampson.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2017
21st Sep 2017
Chris rounds up the best of the month's heavyweights, including a collection of recent Royal Opera House productions and tributes to Vladimir Ashkenazy and Paul Badura-Skoda.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2017
19th Sep 2017
Chris introduces the picks of the latest issue, with cello concertos by CPE Bach and Haydn out in front as Recording of the Month…
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Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
14th Sep 2017
This year's award went to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who announced her retirement yesterday - watch the beautiful short video tribute from last week's ceremony.
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Gramophone Awards 2017 - Recording of the Year
13th Sep 2017
Chris reports live from the ceremony in London, with full details of the overall winning recording, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2017 Choices
7th Sep 2017
Chris introduces this month's choices, with a chamber music venture headed by the star of last night's Prom occupying the top spot as Recording of the Month.
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Gramophone Awards 2017: The Winners!
1st Sep 2017
This year's victors in each of the twelve categories were revealed at noon today.
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New Release Round-up - 1st September 2017
1st Sep 2017
Haydn from Steven Isserlis, Mozart from Alina Ibragimova, Martha Argerich from Lugano and Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting Rachmaninov feature this week.
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Boxed Set Selections - August 2017
23rd Aug 2017
Chris introduces the picks of this month's heavyweights, including collections focusing on Maria Callas, Daniel Barenboim, Rudolf Serkin and Joshua Bell.
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Forthcoming recordings from great pianists
16th Aug 2017
Chris rounds up ten of the most promising piano recitals coming up this autumn, including magisterial live Beethoven from Evgeny Kissin.
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Gramophone Awards 2017 - the top three in each category
16th Aug 2017
The final contenders in each of the twelve genres were revealed this morning…
