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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd April 2020
3rd Apr 2020
A roundup of the best new releases, with some terrific new albums from female composers and performers.
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Ellis Marsalis Jr (1934-2020)
3rd Apr 2020
Ellis Marsalis jr, pianist, educator and father of Wynton and Branford, has passed away from suspected COVID-19 infection.
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The Presto Chart - March 2020
2nd Apr 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Víkingur Ólafsson's hypnotic new album of Rameau and Debussy on Deutsche Grammophon out in front by a country mile...
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Peter Jablonski on Scriabin
2nd Apr 2020
The pianist talks to David about his recently-released album of Scriabin mazurkas on Ondine.
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Scriabin: Mazurkas
Peter Jablonski (piano)
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Presto Editor's Choices - March 2020
1st Apr 2020
Ripping yarns from Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper, an exuberant Diabelli Variations with a twist from Rudolf Buchbinder, and an affectionate tribute to Leopold Godowsky from the brilliant young Russian pianist Andrey Gugnin.
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The Presto Playlist - Week One
30th Mar 2020
With our main office and Leamington shop currently closed, our staff share their personal soundtracks for working from home.
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Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
29th Mar 2020
The Polish composer, whose talent for creating uncanny sonorities inspired film-directors including Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, has died aged 86.
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Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 1, Cello Concerto No. 1
Wanda Wilkomirska (violin), Siegfried Palm (cello), Felicja Blumental (harpsichord), Sabine Meyer (clarinet) & Alfons Kontarsky (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Krakow Philharmonic Chorus, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
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Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Debussy and Rameau
27th Mar 2020
The Icelandic pianist releases his third album on Deutsche Grammophon: an exquisitely-performed programme of music by Debussy and Rameau.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th March 2020
27th Mar 2020
Korngold from John Wilson, Fauré from Louis Lortie, Mozart from Peter Donohoe, and an intriguing programme of Haydn, Grisey and Nono from soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra.
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John Coltrane - Giant Steps
27th Mar 2020
This week Josh revisits John Coltrane's timeless mid-period masterpiece Giant Steps.
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Alain Lanceron
26th Mar 2020
The President of Warner Classics and Erato talks to Katherine about his fifty-year career.
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Enescu: Oedipe
Barbara Hendricks (Antigone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Jocasta), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), José Van Dam (Oedipus), Gabriel Bacquier (Tiresias), Marcel Vanaud (Creon), Gino Quilico (Theseus), Marjana Lipovsek (The Sphinx) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orfeon Donostiarra, Lawrence Foster
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2020
25th Mar 2020
Anniversary celebrations of Guido Cantelli and Collegium Vocale Gent, plus Beethoven from Jonathan Biss, Rudolf Buchbinder and the Kuss Quartet, and an anthology of film scores from Charles Gerhardt.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2020 Choices
25th Mar 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Volume Two of Italian pianist Federico Colli's exuberant Scarlatti series on Chandos, described by Michael Church as 'a riveting hour' of 'wonderful pianism'.
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Highlighting Unaccompanied Piano
24th Mar 2020
Welcome to the first instalment of our series of articles highlighting unaccompanied instrumental repertoire, exploring some of the most popular and well-known solo pieces. In this article we look at the piano, with our bestselling and recommended pieces for solo pianists.
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New Music Book Publications - 23rd March 2020
23rd Mar 2020
A discussion of the ways in which Beethoven began his works; a critical account of Prokofiev's operas; cross-curricular experiments in sound based on the music of John Cage; a documentation of how the songs of the troubadours were not originally French in nature; and a look at the life and career of famed jazz saxophonist, Ornette Coleman.
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Víkingur Ólafsson on Debussy and Rameau
23rd Mar 2020
James talks to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson about his latest album on Deutsche Grammophon: a fascinating pairing of music by Debussy and Jean Philippe Rameau.
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Beethoven from Chen Reiss and Matthias Goerne
20th Mar 2020
The Israeli soprano is sparkling and technically fearless in a programme of arias with the Academy of Ancient Music, whilst Goerne's song-recital with Jan Lisiecki is an altogether darker affair.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th March 2020
20th Mar 2020
Rachmaninov from Lucerne, Dvořák from the late Jiří Bělohlávek, an eclectic song-recital from Patricia Petibon, and Die Walküre from the Royal Opera House.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th March 2020
20th Mar 2020
The new releases keep on coming, no matter what! Matt offers his pick of the most interesting sounds out there, from Africa to South America, Poland to Scandinavia.
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Eric Lu on Chopin, Brahms and Schumann
19th Mar 2020
The Leeds International Piano Competition winner talks to Katherine about his first studio recording, released on Warner Classics last month.
