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Presto Music Mobile App available now
5th May 2021
We’re so excited to announce that the Presto Music app is live for both iPhone and Android!
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The Presto Chart - April 2021
4th May 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with young British guitarist Alexandra Whittingham's debut recording on Delphian in first place (despite not being released until 28th May!)...
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Anthony Payne (1936-2021)
3rd May 2021
The British composer, whose works included an 'elaboration' of Elgar's unfinished Third Symphony and numerous compositions for his late wife Jane Manning, has died aged 84.
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New Music Book Publications - 3rd May 2021
3rd May 2021
Books on composers including Berg, Fauré, and Gluck; a study of musical polystylism in the final decades of the Soviet Union; an exploration of choral singing in Ancient Greece; an examination of the ways in which Baroque composers notated tempos in their scores before the invention of the metronome; an account of Chinese street music and its impact on the local community; and several books celebrating the eightieth birthday of iconic musician, Bob Dylan.
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Episode 17 Bonus: Pierrot Lunaire with Patricia Kopatchinskaja
2nd May 2021
For this special bonus episode of the podcast, Patricia Kopatchinskaja tells us about her longstanding relationship with Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire.
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Presto Editor's Choices - April 2021
30th Apr 2021
A beguiling recital of lieder by female composers from soprano Olena Tokar and Igor Gryshyn, a revelatory Wesendonk-Lieder from Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, and a glittering Nutcracker from the brilliant young pianist Ivan Bessonov.
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Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - Tone Poem
30th Apr 2021
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd takes on Monk and Coleman via bluesy Americana with his quintet The Marvels, featuring Bill Frisell.
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Alina Ibragimova performs Paganini's Caprices
30th Apr 2021
The violinist releases the results of a uniquely ambitious "lockdown project" – a barnstorming new account of Paganini's fiendish Caprices, recorded in the late spring of 2020.
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
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New and Upcoming Jazz Vinyl - 30th April 2021
30th Apr 2021
Recent and upcoming additions to the Presto Jazz vinyl catalogue include this year's best ECM recordings, a reissued recording from Avishai Cohen featuring a young Shai Maestro, and low-down jazz-funk from Snarky Puppy guitarist Mark Lettieri.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th April 2021
30th Apr 2021
Zemlinsky and Schreker from Vasily Petrenko in Liverpool, Festmusik from Onyx Brass and John Wilson, Ysaÿe from James Ehnes, and Miloš Karadaglić in new guitar concertos by Joby Talbot and Howard Shore.
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Sabine Weyer on Miaskovsky and Bacri
29th Apr 2021
The Luxembourger pianist talks about her recent album Mysteries, in which she juxtaposes two very different composers' approaches to pushing the limits of Romanticism.
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Sabine Weyer (piano)
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25 New Decca and Deutsche Grammophon titles now on Presto CD
28th Apr 2021
Riccardo Chailly, the Takács Quartet and András Schiff are amongst the artists featured on the latest batch of Presto CDs.
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Joyce DiDonato on Winterreise
27th Apr 2021
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new recording with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, which approaches Schubert's great song-cycle from the perspective of the woman whom the narrator leaves behind...
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The Rusty Pianist: Rediscover the Piano
27th Apr 2021
In conjunction with the release of Pam Wedgwood's latest publication The Rusty Pianist we have compiled a collection of sheet music ideal for people who have previously played the piano, and are interested in rediscovering the instrument again. Find out more here.
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Christa Ludwig (1928-2021)
26th Apr 2021
One of the most moving and versatile singers of the twentieth century, the great German mezzo-soprano has died aged 93.
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Martti Talvela (King Henry), Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Claire Watson (Elsa), Walter Berry (Telramund), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Eberhard Waechter (Herald), Kurt Equiluz, Fritz Sperlbauer, Herbert Lackner & Ljubomir Pantscheff Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
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Episode 16: Britain, by George! - Handel with Suzanne Aspden
25th Apr 2021
Professor Suzanne Aspden joins Paul to trace Handel's journey from the youthful Italian cantatas & operas to his later English oratorios.
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François-Xavier Roth conducts Beethoven's Eroica Symphony
23rd Apr 2021
Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth return to the music of Beethoven with a dramatic, illuminating account of the Third Symphony, coupled with an energetic performance of an overture by Méhul.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd April 2021
23rd Apr 2021
Winterreise from Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, an homage to Humperdinck on Deutsche Grammophon, Mahler's Resurrection Symphony from Ádám Fischer, and Charles Avison's Scarlatti-inspired concerti grossi on Glossa.
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Gretchen Parlato - Flor
23rd Apr 2021
After a short hiatus, vocalist Gretchen Parlato returns with her first studio recording in five years, with an album that reflects both on her own past and her newfound motherhood.
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Flor
Gretchen Parlato
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 23rd April 2021
23rd Apr 2021
Our latest picks for jazz new releases include a triple-bill of ECM recordings, American Songbook tunes from Lilly-Ann Hertzman and piano/vocal duets on Edition Records, among others.
