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Humanitarian Fundraiser for Ukraine
10th Mar 2022
We are launching a fundraising campaign to raise money for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. We have looked at the available repertoire of music by Ukrainian composers, and have made a selection of twenty publications, including piano music, vocal and choral works, and chamber pieces. All profits from the sales of these items will be donated to the Appeal.
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Humanitarian Fundraiser for Ukraine
10th Mar 2022
We are launching a fundraising campaign to raise money for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Six labels have generously donated stock of fourteen albums featuring a wide range of Ukrainian repertoire, enabling us to donate every penny raised from them to the Appeal.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th March 2022
10th Mar 2022
The latest jazz releases include the latest installation of In Common by Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens, saxophonist Melissa Aldana's Blue Note label debut, and British saxophonist Brandon Allen playing the music of Stanley Turrentine.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2022
9th Mar 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by French violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte's 'wild and beautiful' accounts of concertos by Vivaldi, Leclair and Locatelli with Les Ombres.
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Celebrating International Women's Day
8th Mar 2022
In aid of International Women's Day, we have compiled a selection of publications featuring new compositions by talented contemporary female composers, alongside anthologies featuring the music of women composers throughout history.
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Chen Reiss on Fanny Hensel
8th Mar 2022
The Israeli soprano talks to Katherine about her new recording on Onyx showcasing Hensel's under-appreciated gifts as an orchestrator, and why she feels 'it’s about time that we give this composer the stage that she deserves'...
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HerStory: The Piano Collection
8th Mar 2022
Coinciding with International Women's Day, Karen Marshall's latest publication HerStory: The Piano Collection is now available. An invaluable resource for pianists, HerStory includes repertoire by remarkable female composers across the ages.
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Joyce DiDonato on EDEN
7th Mar 2022
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new album on Erato, and answers some questions submitted by Presto readers along the way...
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Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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New Music Book Publications - 7th March 2022
7th Mar 2022
The story of Janáček’s Jenůfa; a re-evaluation of the relationship between singer Emma Bardac and Claude Debussy; an exploration of film scores by John Barry; lectures by composer Elliott Carter; a biography of Nellie Melba; the third volume in Carus's series on the historical performance practice of organ music; and the history of sound and music in the British North American fur trade.
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The Jazz Chart - February 2022
7th Mar 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, including new entries from Kit Downes, Mark Lockheart, and Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.
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Dance With Me from LUDWIG Orchestra and Barbara Hannigan
4th Mar 2022
An ensemble drawn from the Netherlands-based chamber orchestra have a ball with a selection of twentieth-century dances, taking in music by Elgar, Kurt Weill, Glenn Miller and Barry Manilow along the way...
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New Release Round-Up - 4th March 2022
4th Mar 2022
Bach from Frank Peter Zimmermann and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Brahms from the Belcea Quartet and two special guests, and Donizetti's Tudor Queens from Sondra Radvanovsky.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant, 'Ghost Song'
4th Mar 2022
The American vocalist and songwriter's debut on Nonesuch Records explores themes of nostalgia and yearning, with an eclectic set of original songs and reworked standards.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant (creative director, piano), Ben Tousley (designer), Paul Sikivie (electric bass, synthesizer, bass), Sullivan Fortner (piano, fender rhodes keyboards, background vocals), James Chirillo (banjo), Keita Ogawa (percussion), Alexa Tarantino (flute), Marvin Sewell (guitar), Burniss Travis (bass), Brooklyn Youth Chorus (choir vocals), Kyle Poole (drums), Aaron Diehl (pipe organ, piano), Daniel Swenberg (theorbo, lute), Iris McLorin Picot (vocals), Violette McLorin Picot (vocals)
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Coco Tomita on Origins
3rd Mar 2022
The violinist talks about her debut album Origins, released tomorrow on Orchid Classics, and discusses her musical upbringing and influences.
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Coco Tomita (violin), Simon Callaghan (piano)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up, 3rd March 2022
3rd Mar 2022
The latest jazz releases include an eclectic piano album from Bugge Wesseltoft, jazztronica-meets-Afrobeat from Blue Lab Beats, and a new ECM quartet album from trumpeter Avishai Cohen.
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Presto Editor's Choices - February 2022
2nd Mar 2022
A kaleidoscope of African piano music from Rebeca Omordia, Italian baroque rarities from Ian Bostridge, and a musical journey from Prague To Budapest from Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman.
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The Presto Chart - February 2022
1st Mar 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and the Dmitri Ensemble's Ice Land in first place...
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Episode 28: Karel Ančerl Live with Rob Cowan and Matouš Vlčinský
27th Feb 2022
The live recordings by the great Czech conductor Karel Ančerl, and Bohemian musical culture are explored by Rob Cowan and Matouš Vlčinský from Supraphon records.
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Kamasi Washington, 'The Epic'
27th Feb 2022
American saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington's 2015 breakout record is a gargantuan work, and though it hasn't had the time to develop the long-enduring status of the records we usually cover, we reckon it's worthy of the title of a modern classic.
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Joyce DiDonato's EDEN
25th Feb 2022
Featuring music by composers including Ives, Cavalli, Handel, Gluck and Wagner (plus a ravishing new commission by Rachel Portman), the American mezzo's eclectic new concept-album with Il Pomo d'Oro explores our relationship with 'the grammar of the earth'.
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Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
