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Vaughan Williams Symphonies from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
10th Jan 2020
Martyn Brabbins continues his Vaughan Williams cycle with the sharply-contrasted Third and Fourth symphonies, as well as the première of a newly-restored work for tenor, chorus and orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th January 2020
10th Jan 2020
Elgar from Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Andris Nelsons’s first New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna, Handel’s first opera Almira from Boston, and Mahler, Zemlinsky and Korngold from soprano Camilla Tilling.
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Elgar: Cello Concerto
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Toby Hughes (double bass), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello), Plinio Fernandes (guitar), Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Alinka Rowe (viola), Ayla Sahin (violin), Robert Max (cello), Desmond Neysmith (cello), Rowena Calvert (cello), Nicholas Trygstad (cello), Jo Cole (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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Edmond Hall
10th Jan 2020
Clarinetist Edmond Hall is the focus of this week's Classic Album feature, a brilliant musician who managed to maintain a long and distinguished career through the changing stylistic tides of jazz.
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Two new concertos by Gabriel Prokofiev
8th Jan 2020
Russian-British composer, DJ and record producer Gabriel Prokofiev talks to David about his recently-released double-bill of concertos, showcasing the saxophone and bass drum as solo instruments.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2020
7th Jan 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Stephen Hough's 'imaginative yet learned' accounts of Brahms's late piano works (released last Friday on Hyperion) in pride of place.
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Titles from The British Collection added to Presto CD
6th Jan 2020
Seventeen titles from Decca's British Collection make up our latest Presto CD additions, including recordings of Britten, Elgar, Finzi, Holst, Tippett and Walton.
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Britten: The Little Sweep, A Boy was Born
Jennifer Vyvyan, April Cantelo, Marilyn Baker, Gabrielle Soskin, David Hemmings, Michael Ingram, Robin Fairhurst, Lyn Vaughan, Nancy Thomas, Peter Pears, Trevor Anthony, Michael Hartnett (treble) Choir of Alleyn's School, English Opera Group Orchestra, Purcell Singers, Boys' Voices of the English Opera Group, Choristers of All Saints, Margaret Street, Benjamin Britten
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Lines Written During a Sleepless Night: The Russian Connection
3rd Jan 2020
The young British soprano Louise Alder traces her family history through a programme of Rachmaninov, Grieg, Medtner, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Britten, with superb support from Joseph Middleton.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd January 2020
3rd Jan 2020
Schtschedrin and Respighi from the late Mariss Jansons, late Brahms from Stephen Hough, the start of a promising Ockeghem series from award-winning vocal ensemble Blue Heron, and a scintillating debut from young Swedish violinist Johan Dalene, who won last year’s Carl Nielsen Competition.
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The Presto Chart - 2019
2nd Jan 2020
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Isabelle Faust's Bach concertos (and assorted extras!) with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin on Harmonia Mundi leading the pack...
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2019 Goodbyes
2nd Jan 2020
A short video tribute remembering some of the musicians who passed away during 2019.
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The Presto Chart - December 2019
1st Jan 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang's recital of Franck and Chopin on Erato in first place...
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A Verdi Organ Album
31st Dec 2019
This appealing and practical collection of Verdi’s music arranged for organ by concert organist Martin Setchell includes well-loved favourites and lesser-known pieces, all in newly commissioned arrangements for the instrument. Find out about this new publication here.
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A Verdi Organ Album
Oxford University Press
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Boxed Set Selections - December 2019
29th Dec 2019
Anthologies devoted to Moura Lympany, Ernst Haefliger, Karl Münchinger and Solomon, plus collection of Russian chamber music and a 56-disc Mendelssohn Edition on Hänssler.
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Peter Schreier (1935-2019)
28th Dec 2019
The German lyric tenor and conductor, who was particularly acclaimed for his interpretations of Schubert lieder and the Bach Passions, has died aged 84.
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Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony
27th Dec 2019
Joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson, Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle with an exquisitely-detailed performance of the Fourth Symphony.
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Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2019
27th Dec 2019
A selection of our best-selling titles from autumn and winter, from artists including Víkingur Ólafsson, Le Poème Harmonique, and Paavo Järvi.
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2020 Choices
24th Dec 2019
Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by 'the best Samson ever' from John Butt and Dunedin Consort on Linn.
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31 new Decca titles added to Presto CD
23rd Dec 2019
Recently added Presto CDs include Mahler from Christoph von Dohnányi, Grieg and Chopin from Olli Mustonen and Haydn from Sir Georg Solti.
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New Music Book Publications - 23rd December 2019
23rd Dec 2019
A collection of essays on Berlioz; conversations with conductor Sir Mark Elder; a study of film music by Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler; a guide to Broadway musicals; tips on training opera singers; photographs documenting the life and work of Jonas Kaufmann; and a history of jazz in post-war East Germany.
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Downbeat Readers Poll 2019
23rd Dec 2019
The top 10 Albums of the Year as selected by Downbeat's readers.
