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BBC Music Magazine - April 2026 Choices
9th Apr 2026
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an 'utterly compelling' album of music by Hungarian composer Márton Illés from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and friends on Alpha Classics.
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Nicholas Collon on Hans Zender
8th Apr 2026
The British conductor discusses recording and performing Zender's 'composed interpretation' of Schubert's Winterreise with Aurora Orchestra and Allan Clayton, and explains why he believes that this version of the piece has much to offer to seasoned Schubertians and newcomers like.
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Nikki Iles: Piano Tales for Winnie-the-Pooh
8th Apr 2026
A pillar of the British contemporary jazz scene, Nikki Iles is a multi-award-winning composer, a formidable pianist and big-band leader, and a widely-respected educator. We spoke with Nikki about the latest title in the Piano Tales series and her illustrious career in the music industry to date.
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Pascal Rogé at 75
7th Apr 2026
The French pianist celebrates his 75th birthday this week, with a new album of Fauré and a career-spanning box set, both on Decca – the label to which he first signed at the age of eighteen. We look back on the career of a master of musical architecture who communicates affection without affectation.
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New Sheet Music Titles - 7th April
7th Apr 2026
A collection of piano solos by Black composers, Explore with me! by Alison Mathews, a collection of Anime themes, Nikki Iles's Piano Tales for Winnie-the-Pooh, new titles from Bärenreiter, Anna Clyne's Prince of Clouds, and James Horner's The Land Before Time.
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Stacey Kent - A Time For Love
3rd Apr 2026
The vocalist makes a sparkling return, her latest album filled with charm aplenty and infused with her signature warmth.
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Mendelssohn from Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester
3rd Apr 2026
The Latvian conductor pays homage to his predecessor in Leipzig with fresh, driven accounts of the symphonies and major oratorios which embrace the DNA of earlier approaches without ever sounding self-consciously old-school.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd April 2026
3rd Apr 2026
Shostakovich from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, Fauré from Pascal Rogé and Elena Font, a prayerful operatic recital from Elsa Dreisig, and super-sized Benevoli from I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd April 2026
3rd Apr 2026
American drummer Gregory Hutchinson celebrates the centenary of Miles Davis, trumpeter D!ma Loginov blends jazz with Kazakh folk music, and guitarist Biréli Lagrène reimagines a Weather Report classic.
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Cristian Măcelaru on Elsa Barraine
2nd Apr 2026
The Romanian conductor discusses the remarkable legacy of 'one of the most prominent figures in twentieth-century French cultural life', whose symphonies he recently recorded with the Orchestre National de France for Warner Classics.
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Alice Coltrane
1st Apr 2026
A foray into the life and journey of Alice Coltrane’s devotion to music and spirituality, producing intense and transcendent albums including Journey in Satchidananda and Universal Consciousness.
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The Presto Chart - March 2026
1st Apr 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon's hyper-dramatic Johannes-Passion on Harmonia Mundi in the No. 1 spot.
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Jazzwise Editor Choices - April 2026
1st Apr 2026
Presenting all the latest picks from the Jazzwise editors for the month of April, including the one and only reissue of Miles Davis: The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965…
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Sheet Music Special Offers - April
1st Apr 2026
25% off Eulenburg; Up to 25% off Edition Peters; Up to 25% off Alphonse Leduc, Heugel, & Hamelle; Up to 25% off Kevin Mayhew
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Jakob Winter Cases: Where Tradition meets Innovation
1st Apr 2026
Jakob Winter is a renowned German manufacturer of musical instrument cases with a history dating back to 1886. Originally focusing on the production of traditional handmade wooden cases, the company has expanded its range over the years to produce instrument cases which include modern and environmentally friendly materials.
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Presto Team Choices - March 2026
31st Mar 2026
Haydn's Seven Last Words from the RIAS Kammerchor and Justin Doyle, songs by Madeleine Dring from Kitty Whately and Julius Drake, a portrait of Unsuk Chin from Ensemble Intercontemporain, and Szymanowski's Symphony No. 4 from Marin Alsop.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter on East Meets West
30th Mar 2026
To celebrate the launch of her new series on Alpha Classics, ASM Forte Forward, the violinist talks about her long history of commissioning and performing new works by composers including John Williams, Witold Lutosławski, Unsuk Chin, and Aftab Darvishi.
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World Piano Day Round-Up
29th Mar 2026
There's much to celebrate this World Piano Day, with a plethora of exciting new releases to look forward to. After hours of listening, Matthew Ash has picked out some highlights for you to explore, including an album not to be judged by its cover, Mozart without a wasted note, Brahms with humanity, effortlessly atmospheric Ireland, propulsive Prokofiev and a box of romantic treasures.
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Jasper Høiby - Conversations of Hope
27th Mar 2026
The bassist releases his third album alongside his 3Elements trio members Naíma Acuña on drums and Xavi Torres on piano.
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Antonio Pappano and the LSO perform Holst's The Planets
27th Mar 2026
The London Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor perform a powerful yet mystical account of Gustav Holst's survey of the solar system, alongside a majestic reading of Arnold Bax's Cornish tone poem, Tintagel.
