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Purcell from Paul McCreesh and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2020
The Gabrielis record a new edition of The Fairy Queen, plus Shostakovich from Alina Ibragimova, Beethoven concertos from Stephen Hough, and Tannhäuser from last year’s Bayreuth Festival, with Lise Davidsen making her debut on the ‘green hill’ as Elisabeth.
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Chen Reiss on Beethoven's Women
17th Mar 2020
The Israeli soprano talks to Katherine about her new album on Onyx Classics, Immortal Beloved, which includes music from Fidelio and Egmont as well as some of the composer's earliest vocal works.
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New titles added to Presto CD - March 2020
17th Mar 2020
New Presto CDs include Beethoven piano concertos from Maurizio Pollini, Berg and Stravinsky from Itzhak Perlman, and Brahms from Carlos Kleiber.
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Erkki-Sven Tüür on Mythos
13th Mar 2020
The Estonian composer talks to David about his new album of three world premieres on Alpha, with long-time friend and collaborator Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
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Erkki-Sven Tüür: Mythos
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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Three world premiere recordings of works by Erkki-Sven Tüür
13th Mar 2020
Paavo Järvi conducts the Estonian Festival Orchestra in three works by his long-time friend and musical collaborator Erkki-Sven Tüür - the 'Mythos' symphony, 'Incantation of Tempest' and 'Sow the Wind...'
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Erkki-Sven Tüür: Mythos
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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New Release Round-Up - 13th March 2020
13th Mar 2020
Beethoven from Rudolf Buchbinder and Andreas Staier, Tartini from Chouchane Siranossian, Handel from Christophe Dumaux, and the inaugural concert from Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Shri - The Letter
13th Mar 2020
Bass supremo Shri presents a selection of his vivid tone poems, recorded in a hut in the Norwegian mountains with Bugge Wesseltoft and guests.
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Simon Callaghan on Roger Sacheverell Coke
11th Mar 2020
The pianist discusses his research on the life and work of the British composer, whose Cello Sonatas he has recently recorded with Raphael Wallfisch on Lyrita.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2020 Choices
10th Mar 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Shostakovich from the late Mariss Jansons, Prokofiev from Steven Osborne, and Tchaikovsky from the Rolston String Quartet.
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ABRSM Core Classics
10th Mar 2020
ABRSM's series of piano books titled Core Classics consist of a collection of books of music from the piano canon, selected and graded by leading educationalists.
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New Music Book Publications - 9th March 2020
9th Mar 2020
A study of Mahler's Eighth Symphony; a biography of Mozart during his final decade in Vienna; Steven Isserlis's take on Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians; a discussion of music and the countryside; an examination of music's role during the Great War; a collection of lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; and the latest volumes in Faber & Faber's Greatest Hits series.
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Odaline de la Martinez on Ethel Smyth
8th Mar 2020
The Cuban-American conductor talks to David about the music of Ethel Smyth, four of whose songs she conducts on a new album from Somm.
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Two world premiere recordings of music by Thomas Adès
6th Mar 2020
Thomas Adès conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performances of two of his own works: the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and Totentanz.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th March 2020
6th Mar 2020
Franck from Nikolai Lugansky, Bach Toccatas from Masaaki Suzuki, a Roman pilgrimage with The Sixteen, and a dramatic Lieder recital from Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper.
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McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy
6th Mar 2020
It was a sad coincidence to hear of McCoy Tyner's passing shortly after posting this Classic Album Review of The Real McCoy. Thankfully Tyner's wonderful 60-year contribution to music lives on.
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The Real McCOY
Mccoy Tyner
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Stanford String Quartets from the Dante Quartet
5th Mar 2020
David talks to violinist Krysia Osostowicz and musicologist Jeremy Dibble about the final volume in the Dante Quartet's Stanford cycle.
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Ruby Hughes on Clytemnestra
4th Mar 2020
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album featuring Rhian Samuel's Aeschylus-inspired monodrama and song-cycles by Mahler and Berg, out now on BIS.
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The Presto Chart - February 2020
3rd Mar 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's collection of French orchestral works on Chandos in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - February 2020
1st Mar 2020
A captivating collection of English song from Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton, a Spanish postcard from Offenbach, and a weird and wonderful Skalkottas anthology from Athens.
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John Eliot Gardiner concludes his cycle of Schumann symphonies with the LSO
28th Feb 2020
With sparkling, joyous performances of the Spring and Rhenish symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner and the LSO bring their Schumann cycle to an exuberant conclusion.
