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Presto CD - 78 more DG titles
30th May 2015
Artists include Kathleen Battle, André Previn, Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich.
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Presto CD - 100 ASV titles
23rd May 2015
Chris introduces the latest batch of Presto CDs, focusing on the catalogue of British label ASV Records.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2015
22nd May 2015
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, with András Schiff's period-instrument revisitation of late Schubert leading the pack…
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Presto CD - Gaudeamus
13th May 2015
40 titles from ASV's popular early music series, with artists including The Cardinall's Musick, The Clerks' Group and Musica Fabula.
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Presto CD - 130 new Philips titles
9th May 2015
The latest batch of additions to our in-house reissue label, including vintage recordings from Seiji Ozawa, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields…
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BBC Proms 2015 - Our Top Ten!
30th Apr 2015
The 2015 BBC Proms season has just been announced, and here in the Presto office we've spent the afternoon choosing our top 10 'must-see' concerts.
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Presto CDs reach 1,000!
30th Apr 2015
The Presto CD project reaches a milestone - the release of our 1,000th title!
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Music from Walt Disney's Fantasia
Joan Sutherland (soprano) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Leopold Stokowski, Bernard Herrmann, Stanley Black, Richard Bonynge
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Presto CD - 170 Philips titles just added
26th Apr 2015
Artists include Jessye Norman, Sir Neville Marriner and Mitsuko Uchida.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2015
24th Apr 2015
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, with another triumph for the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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Record Store Day - Chris on Radio 3!
18th Apr 2015
Chris joined Richard Morrison and Andrew McGregor to quite literally talk shop - and vinyl, and streaming, and downloads…
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Presto CD - Chamber and instrumental gems from Decca
10th Apr 2015
The latest pack of additions to the Presto label, including vintage recordings from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Alicia de Larrocha and András Schiff…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards - The Winners
7th Apr 2015
Chris reports live from the ceremony at Kings Place, revealing the category-winners and the coveted Disc of the Year…
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Kirill Karabits records Prokofiev
2nd Apr 2015
The Ukrainian conductor continues his series with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
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Presto CD - more Deutsche Grammophon titles
27th Mar 2015
Chris introduces a wealth of new Presto CD titles from DG, featuring major orchestral recordings by Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, Neeme Järvi, Leonard Bernstein and many more.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2015
24th Mar 2015
Chris introduces the pick of the crop from this month's issue, with Rachel Podger's new Vivaldi disc on Channel Classics taking pride of place as Disc of the Month.
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Presto CD - 50 classic vocal, choral and Christmas discs from Decca
19th Mar 2015
Includes recitals by Pavarotti, Sutherland, Ferrier and Flagstad, and seasonal favourites from Te Kanawa and Leontyne Price.
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Presto CD - 50 new vintage Decca orchestral titles
14th Mar 2015
Highlights include Solti's Beethoven symphonies from Chicago and Chailly's Bruckner from Berlin.
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The Borodin Quartet sign to Decca
12th Mar 2015
The legendary quartet celebrate their 70th anniversary with a new partnership, starting with a complete Shostakovich cycle.
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Presto CD - Deutsche Grammophon
6th Mar 2015
50 new DG titles from Deutsche Grammophon this week, including operas, legendary Schubert recordings, as well as 5 discs of Hans Werner Henze.
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights)
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Edith Mathis (Susanna), Gundula Janowitz (Countess), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count), Tatiana Troyanos (Cherubino), Peter Lagger (Bartolo), Barbara Vogel (Barbarina) Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2015
3rd Mar 2015
Chris introduces the pick of the crop from this month's issue, headed up by Steffani's Niobe Regina di Tebe on Erato which takes pride of place as Recording of the Month.
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Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe
Karina Gauvin (Niobe), Philippe Jaroussky (Anfione), Amanda Forsythe (Manto), Aaron Sheehan (Clearte), Terry Wey (Creonte), Jesse Blumberg (Poliferno), Colin Balzer (Tiberino) & José Lemos (Nerea) Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs
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