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Presto Personal Favourites from 2016
16th Dec 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The Editorial team pick out their "ones that got away" from 2016 - the discs that slipped through the net but which we feel deserve a mention in despatches…
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2016
6th Dec 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, with the latest instalment of a distinguished Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2016 Choices
24th Nov 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices - a round-up of the month's best releases in the operatic, concerto, instrumental, vocal and other genres.
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Discs of the Year 2016 - our top 100
18th Nov 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Our top 100 Discs of the Year are revealed in full…
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Decca sign up young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
15th Nov 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year and RPS Society Award winner will make his debut on the label with Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2016
9th Nov 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, with Bach French Suites from a veteran pianist on Deutsche Grammophon leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Zoltán Kocsis (1952-2016)
7th Nov 2016by Chris O'Reilly
A tribute to the Hungarian pianist and conductor who died in November 2016 aged 64.
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Barbara Hannigan's debut disc as singer and conductor
20th Oct 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The Canadian powerhouse's album of Berg, Berio and Gershwin will be released on Alpha in 2017.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2016
12th Oct 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, with our own Disc of the Week leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Sir Neville Marriner (1924-2016)
3rd Oct 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The conductor and founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields has died aged 92.
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Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Verdi Requiem
28th Sep 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Last week's performances to be released on LSO Live in the spring - watch the live stream of the concert in anticipation!
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2016
19th Sep 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, with Thomas Dausgaard's Seattle Mahler 10 leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Gramophone Awards 2016 - Recording of the Year
15th Sep 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris reports from the ceremony at St John's Smith Square, with details of all this year's winners, including the coveted Record of the Year.
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Forthcoming releases in Hyperion's Concertos series
1st Sep 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Leopold Koželuch and some lesser-spotted Max Bruch (from violinist Jack Liebeck) are scheduled for 2017.
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Tomáš Netopil on Martinů's Ariane
24th Aug 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The Czech conductor talks about his new recording of Martinů's one-act Greek opera, released last Friday on Supraphon.
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Gramophone Awards 2016: Winners
22nd Aug 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Antonio Pappano, Igor Levit and Andris Nelsons are among this year's victors.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2016
20th Aug 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed up by Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt's Brahms Violin Sonatas on Ondine.
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Gramophone Awards 2016: Finalists
15th Aug 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The three finalists in each category are revealed!
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'Beloved Friend': Semyon Bychkov's Tchaikovsky Project
26th Jul 2016by Chris O'Reilly
New series on Decca will kick off in October with Romeo & Juliet and the Pathétique Symphony.