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Presto Personal Favourites from 2019
20th Dec 2019
Recordings from Sandrine Piau, Igor Levit and Jakub Józef Orliński feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th December 2019
20th Dec 2019
Symphonies by Leopold Koželuch, piano concertos by Hummel, transcendental studies by Liszt and Lyapunov, and a three-part documentary on the history of the English organ from Fugue State Films.
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Handel's Agrippina starring Joyce DiDonato and other forthcoming highlights
18th Dec 2019
Franco Fagioli, Luca Pisaroni and Jakub Józef Orliński also star in Handel’s early opera with Il Pomo d’Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev; other January highlights include Strauss albums from Diana Damrau and Vasily Petrenko, and infernal Charpentier from Vox Luminis.
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Handel: Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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Christmas with the Gesualdo Six
17th Dec 2019
David talks to the vocal ensemble's founder and director Owain Park about their new album of Christmas music old and new, featuring repertoire from medieval plainchant to contemporary composers such as Eleanor Daley.
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Christmas
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
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Titles from Decca's Enterprise series added to Presto CD
16th Dec 2019
New additions to Presto CD include Berio, Henze and Hindemith conducting their own works, plus other twentieth-century repertoire.
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Franck and Chopin from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang
13th Dec 2019
The two acclaimed soloists come together in a dazzling duo, with the rich warmth of Franck's Cello Sonata in A major sharply offset against the angst-wracked soul-searching of Chopin's in G minor.
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Franck - Chopin
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Yuja Wang (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2019
13th Dec 2019
Opera overtures by Auber, Berio transcriptions of Mahler and The Beatles, a Mediterranean postcard from guitarist Sharon Isbin, and a documentary on the young French pianist Lucas Debargue.
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Nina Simone in Concert
13th Dec 2019
Nina Simone in Concert from 1964 stands as one of the most politically charged statements of the Civil Rights Movement, and a key album of Simone's career. From the perspective of late 2019 it stands as a timely warning of the dangers of complacency.
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Septura on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
12th Dec 2019
David talks to Septura's Matthew Knight and Simon Cox about their newly-released recording of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, arranged for brass septet and narrated by Derek Jacobi.
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James Hall on Elegy
11th Dec 2019
The young British countertenor talks to Katherine about his career to date and his recent album of duets by Purcell and Blow with Iestyn Davies and The King's Consort.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices December 2019
10th Dec 2019
Chris introduces this month’s selection, with pride of place going to François-Xavier Roth’s second recording of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with Les Siècles.
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New Music Book Publications - 9th December 2019
9th Dec 2019
An analysis of Mahler's Seventh Symphony; books engaging with the sacred music of Johann Sebastian Bach; a companion to the world of operetta; a celebration of 100 years of the Royal Academy of Dance; essays pondering the nature of rhythm; and a guide for singers on performing rock music within the context of musical theatre.
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Angela Gheorghiu on Plaisir d'amour
8th Dec 2019
On the 25th anniversary of the BBC broadcast of her landmark Traviata from Covent Garden, the Romanian soprano reminisces about the production with Katherine and discusses her new recording on Decca Classics.
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Beethoven's Leonore from René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester
6th Dec 2019
The original 1805 version of Beethoven's only opera is a high-adrenaline experience in the hands of the Belgian conductor and his period-instrument band, with Marlis Petersen in the title-role and Maximilian Schmitt as her imprisoned husband.
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Recordings of the Year 2019 - Our Top 10
6th Dec 2019
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our six special category awards...
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New Release Round-Up - 6th December 2019
6th Dec 2019
Cecilia Bartoli’s tribute to Farinelli, Franck and Chopin with Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang, Kenneth Leighton choral works from St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh, and a newly remastered Das Lied von der Erde which Kathleen Ferrier recorded live with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.
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Presto Jazz Albums of the Year 2019
4th Dec 2019
Matt has the enjoyable task of picking out his favourite jazz recordings of 2019, a year that saw the release of so many excellent releases. Feel free to get annoyed with his choices - that's the fun of lists after all!
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More new Decca titles added to our Presto CD catalogue
3rd Dec 2019
Including Vladimir Ashkenazy as conductor and pianist, Webern from Christoph von Dohnányi and Haydn and Handel from Georg Solti.
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The Presto Chart - November 2019
2nd Dec 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with La Serenissima's The Godfather in first place...
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Tom Herring on The Waiting Sky
2nd Dec 2019
Sansara's Artistic Director Tom Herring talks to David about the choir's new recording of music for the Advent and Christmas seasons, featuring newly-commissioned works alongside Renaissance and Medieval motets.
