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A fascinating Duke Ellington biography by Terry Teachout
15th May 2019
Matt explores Duke Ellington's life and music through Terry Teachout's biography, which paints a picture of both the musician and the world he was working in.
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2019 Choices
14th May 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Isabelle Faust, Jonathan Biss, Iván Fischer, and Andris Nelsons.
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Melvyn Tan on Miroirs
13th May 2019
The Singapore-born British pianist discusses his new album of Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber and Liszt, released at the end of last month on Onyx.
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New Music Book Publications - 13th May 2019
13th May 2019
A collection of essays on the music of Brahms, a reflection by conductor Kent Nagano on the relevance of classical music today, thoughts on teaching music by pianist Susan Tomes, an analysis on George Harrison's contribution to the music of The Beatles, and the influence of jazz on the music of Leonard Bernstein.
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Les Siècles perform Mahler's symphonic poem, Titan
10th May 2019
François-Xavier Roth and his period-instrument orchestra perform Mahler's "tone poem in the form of a symphony in two parts and five movements", an early version of his First Symphony.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019
10th May 2019
New releases from Lars Vogt, Elīna Garanča, Sophie Yates and Riccardo Chailly, plus a second helping of Thomas Beecham broadcasts courtesy of the archives of Richard Itter.
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Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen - Red Lips, Knuckles and Bones
10th May 2019
Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen delivers a moving album of her own material, genre hopping from jazz to americana with style and humour, despite personal losses that inspired many of the songs.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019
10th May 2019
A brief roundup of the week's jazz new releases, including a DVD of the Thelonious Monk Quartet in 1963.
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Rachel Podger on Bach's Cello Suites
9th May 2019
The violinist talks to David about her new album, which sees her perform JS Bach's popular cello suites on the violin.
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Rachel Podger (violin)
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Miles Davis - Milestones
8th May 2019
One of the pinnacles of hard-bop, Milestones showcases some of the finest musicians at work in the fifties - John Coltrane, Julian `Cannonball' Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Jo Jones, as well as Miles Davis's first steps into modal jazz.
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Sir András Schiff on Schubert
7th May 2019
The Hungarian-born British pianist talks to Katherine about late Schubert, and ‘falling in love at first sight’ with the Brodmann fortepiano which he plays on his recent recordings of sonatas and impromptus on ECM.
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Bärenreiter Beethoven 2020 - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
7th May 2019
To celebrate the upcoming 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven next year, Bärenreiter have published a new hardback full score and facsimile edition of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Find out more about these new releases and Bärenreiter's Beethoven publications here.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2019
6th May 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, with pride of place going to a set of the late Beethoven sonatas by a pianist whose ‘kinship with the composer is everywhere apparent’.
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Presto Editor's Choices - April 2019
4th May 2019
A beautifully-programmed and sung recital which takes the Schumann-Wieck engagement as its theme, a Casella triptych from Tuscany, and vivid depictions of strong women from the Bible courtesy of Charpentier and Ensemble Correspondances.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd May 2019
3rd May 2019
Matt goes through some of the weeks notable releases, including Alan Broadbent's finger poppin' piano trio, the exciting South African / Swiss group Skyjack, explores the mysteries of the Stone Soup and the VEIN Trio's orchestral manoeuvres.
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts symphonies by Mieczysław Weinberg
3rd May 2019
For her first recording with Deutsche Grammophon, the Lithuanian conductor offers haunting accounts of two symphonies by the Polish-born Soviet composer, Mieczysław Weinberg.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd May 2019
3rd May 2019
New releases from Steven Osborne, Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester, Ádám Fischer and the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli.
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Claire Martin
2nd May 2019
Claire Martin celebrates her twentieth album in style with this collection of modern day standards recorded with her Swedish trio.
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Jess Gillam on RISE
2nd May 2019
The young saxophonist talks to Katherine about her debut solo album on Decca, released last week and including music by Dowland, Milhaud and David Bowie, plus a new commission by her teacher and producer John Harle.
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Jess Gillam (saxophones)
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The Presto Chart - April 2019
1st May 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with András Schiff's mesmerising recital of late Schubert on a Brodmann fortepiano in first place…
