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Presto CD - 50 more Decca titles
9th Oct 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces 50 more titles from the Decca vaults, bringing our total of Presto CDs to over 2,000!
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Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood
29th Sep 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Alice Cooper narrates a reboot of Prokofiev's children's classic.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2015
21st Sep 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, headed up by Antonio Pappano's new studio recording of Aida (starring Anja Harteros and Jonas Kaufmann) on Warner Classics…
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Gramophone Awards 2015
17th Sep 2015by 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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Presto CD - 40 new Decca titles
3rd Sep 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Artists include Vladimir Ashkenazy, John Williams, and Sir Georg Solti.
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Gramophone Awards - the winners!
27th Aug 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Christian Gerhaher, Piotr Anderszewski and Carolyn Sampson are among the victors.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2015
25th Aug 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, headed up by Daniil Trifonov's Rachmaninov Variations on Deutsche Grammophon…
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Presto CD - Mercury Living Presence
20th Aug 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Two dozen newly-released titles from the great 1950s and 60s series, with conductors including Howard Hanson, Paul Paray and Frederick Fennell.
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Gramophone Awards 2015: Finalists
17th Aug 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Revealed - the top three contenders in each category…
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Presto CD - nearly 100 more DG titles
13th Aug 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Artists include Leonard Bernstein, Ferenc Fricsay, Emil Gilels and Gidon Kremer.
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Presto CD - more ASV titles
6th Aug 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Over 80 new titles added today - and we're celebrating by offering 20% off the entire label!
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More Prokofiev from Gergiev and the Mariinsky
30th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Valery Gergiev is set to record Prokofiev symphonies and more, with the Mariinsky Orchestra.
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Presto CD - 16 new Philips and Mercury Living Presence titles
25th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Featured artists include Mitsuko Uchida, Alfred Brendel, Sir Neville Marriner and Antal Dorati.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2015
24th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, headed up by the first instalment of Andris Nelsons's Shostakovich project from Boston on Deutsche Grammophon…
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Presto CD - 25 more new DG Archiv titles
18th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces more delights from the vaults at DG Archiv, featuring Trevor Pinnock, Karl Richter, Musica Antiqua Köln, Ton Koopman and others.
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Presto CD - 52 new ASV titles
11th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
A large batch of ASV titles, including the light music range White Line - and a cornucopia of sound-effects discs!
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Presto CD - 50 new Deutsche Grammophon titles
4th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Conductors include Karl Böhm, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Bernstein and James Levine.
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Presto CD - 35 new Gaudeamus and Oiseau-Lyre titles
26th Jun 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Featured artists include The Cardinall’s Musick, The Academy of Ancient Music and The New London Consort.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2015
24th Jun 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, headed up by Alina Ibragimova's Ysaÿe Sonatas on Hyperion…
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The 1960s: 25 Great Recordings
13th Jun 2015by Chris O'Reilly
The first of a new series where we look at the greatest recordings of each decade. See what made up our top 25 for the 1960s.