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Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
1st Dec 2020
Wayne Shorter's seminal album was the third in a prolific six years of recordings for Blue Note, and while Speak No Evil still retains the accessibility of early hard bop, it also showcases the saxophonist's unique and unorthodox compositional style.
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Speak No Evil
Wayne Shorter
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2020
30th Nov 2020
Ian Bostridge's miller-lad toughens up on the tenor's third recording of Die schöne Müllerin, whilst Philippe Jaroussky and TrioW both unearth some fascinating buried treasure and Paavo Järvi begins a promising new Tchaikovsky cycle.
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Christmas Gift Ideas - Books on Classical Composers & Performers
30th Nov 2020
A selection of Christmas gift suggestions, focusing on recent composer biographies and books about and written by Classical performers.
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A Christmas double-bill from Mexico and Ireland
27th Nov 2020
Two glorious albums from Siglo de Oro and the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin bring us onto the final straight to Christmas – focusing on Central American and Gaelic festive celebrations.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th November 2020
27th Nov 2020
Prokofiev and Myaskovsky from Vasily Petrenko, Puccini's Il tabarro from Marek Janowski, Martinů from Frank Peter Zimmermann, and a celebration of 'Queen of Baroque' Cecilia Bartoli.
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Give Back Friday
27th Nov 2020
For the next four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to two charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: the Chineke! Foundation and the Benedetti Foundation.
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Give Back Friday
27th Nov 2020
For the next four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to two charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: the Chineke! Foundation and the Benedetti Foundation.
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Give Back Friday
27th Nov 2020
For the next four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to two charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: the Chineke! Foundation and the Benedetti Foundation.
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Dave Brubeck - Lullabies
27th Nov 2020
Josh enjoys Dave Brubeck's final studio recording, an intimate set of Lullabies for solo piano, expressing his deep love for his family.
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Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas
27th Nov 2020
Matt selects some of the best jazz-infused Christmas albums out there, and sincerely apologises for the Santa picture to the left.
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Introducing Presto Instruments & Accessories
26th Nov 2020
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to musical instruments and accessories which we launched at the end of last month.
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Introducing Presto Instruments & Accessories
26th Nov 2020
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to musical instruments and accessories which we launched at the end of last month.
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Introducing Presto Instruments & Accessories
26th Nov 2020
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to musical instruments and accessories which we launched at the end of last month.
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Introducing Presto Instruments & Accessories
26th Nov 2020
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to musical instruments and accessories which we launched at the end of last month.
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Gifts for... Baroque and Early Music fans
25th Nov 2020
Books and recordings for lovers of Renaissance and baroque music.
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Grammy Nominations 2021
25th Nov 2020
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed yesterday - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2020
24th Nov 2020
A mammoth tribute to Karl Richter, David Goode’s complete Bach organ works on Signum, Ronald Brautigam’s complete Mozart piano concertos, and a deluxe celebration of Bernard Haitink on DVD.
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Avi Avital on The Art of the Mandolin
23rd Nov 2020
The Israeli mandolinist talks about his latest album, in which he swaps his usual diet of transcriptions for a programme of works written specifically for the mandolin.
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Tori Handsley on influences and improvisation
22nd Nov 2020
On the eve of releasing her new album As We Stand, featuring regular collaborators Ruth Goller and Moses Boyd, Josh catches up with jazz harpist Tori Handsley to talk about her influences, approach to improvisation, and plans for the future.
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Carnival of the Animals from the Kanneh-Masons
20th Nov 2020
The seven siblings bring Saint-Saëns’s menagerie to teeming life, with Michael Morpurgo delivering his own new narration with avuncular charm.
