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The Presto Chart - May 2024
3rd Jun 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque's The Muses Restor'd on Channel Classics in first place...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2024
30th May 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by the final instalment of Antje Weithaas & Dénes Várjon's survey of Beethoven's complete violin sonatas on Avi Music.
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2024 Choices
7th May 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, with an 'endlessly fascinating' recital of Marc-André Hamelin's solo piano works (played by the composer) at the top of the pile...
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The Presto Chart - April 2024
1st May 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with Yunchan Lim's Chopin Études on Decca in first place...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2024
29th Apr 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Chopin recital from South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim which 'radiates joyful, youthful exuberance'.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024: The Winners!
18th Apr 2024
A live update from tonight's ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2024 Choices
9th Apr 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a recording of Orazio Benevoli's Missa Tu es Petrus which 'engulfs the senses' from I Fagiolini on Coro.
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The Presto Chart - March 2024
3rd Apr 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Beatrice Rana's recording of Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata & Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 on Warner Classics in first place...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2024
26th Mar 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'deeply impressive' account of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 from Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on the orchestra's own label.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2024
13th Mar 2024
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a live recording of Janáček's Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and a cast headed by American soprano Amanda Majeski as a Katya of 'harrowing immediacy'.
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The Presto Chart - February 2024
4th Mar 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with Théotime Langlois de Swarte's 'compelling' album of Vivaldi concertos and transcriptions with Le Consort on Harmonia Mundi in first place...
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2024
27th Feb 2024
This month's heavyweights include Copland's collected recordings of his own works on Columbia, an anthology of Nordic symphonies, Gianandrea Noseda's Beethoven cycle with the National Symphony Orchestra, and a celebration of John Williams released by Universal Music France.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2024
14th Feb 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a display of 'compelling musicianship and awe-inspiring pianism' from Behzod Abduraimov in works by Prokofiev, Saidaminova and Ravel.
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2024 Choices
5th Feb 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an album of 'spellbinding virtuosity and compelling insight' from Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko and Reto Bieri on Alpha.
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The Presto Chart - January 2024
1st Feb 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with Neeme Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra's recording of Lalo's Symphony in G minor and suites from the ballet Namouna in first place...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2024
15th Jan 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Franco-Belgian programme from French cellist Bruno Philippe (with Tanguy de Williencourt, Christoph Eschenbach & the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) on Harmonia Mundi.
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2024 Choices
9th Jan 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a programme of Penderecki from the Latvian Radio Choir which demonstrates 'a palpable grasp of the music’s emotional heart'.
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The Presto Chart - 2023
4th Jan 2024
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Víkingur Ólafsson's recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Deutsche Grammophon leading the pack...
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2023 Goodbyes
3rd Jan 2024
A short video-tribute to some of the artists and creatives who died in 2023.
