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Ellington at Newport 1956
3rd Apr 2019
Let us journey back to the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956, to witness a demoralised Ellington Band find its mojo in realtime, thanks to a storming Paul Gonsalves solo that runs for 27 choruses, and caused a mini-riot.
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Bojan Čičić on Giovanni Giornovich
2nd Apr 2019
The Croatian violinist talks to Katherine about his recent recording of the volatile violinist-composer's 'London' concertos, released on Delphian last Friday.
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New Music Book Publications - 1st April 2019
1st Apr 2019
A guide to the life and works of Janáček, a study of Stravinsky's time spent living in the USA, an analysis of the Requiem by Tomás Luis de Victoria, books on Schenkerian analysis and music research, a discussion of the social history of jazz, and a collection of essays on popular American music from Tin Pan Alley to to hip hop.
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The Presto Chart - March 2019
1st Apr 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Isabelle Faust's Bach violin concertos with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin on Harmonia Mundi in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - March 2019
31st Mar 2019
Fazil Say’s appropriately epic Troy Sonata, the Italian version of Moniuszko’s Halka, Richard Rodney Bennett’s vivid depiction of the signs of the zodiac, and a glorious Paris recital from Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper.
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Daniel Herskedal - Voyage
29th Mar 2019
Matt takes a Voyage with Daniel Herskedal, a vivid series of seafaring tone poems for tuba, bass trumpet, viola, oud, piano and bass.
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Martyn Brabbins conducts Elgar's Caractacus
29th Mar 2019
Martyn Brabbins conducts the Huddersfield Choral Society and the Orchestra of Opera North in a stirring new recording of Elgar's rarely-performed cantata, Caractacus.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th March 2019
29th Mar 2019
New albums from Yvgeny Sudbin, Bojan Čičić, Eric Le Sage, and Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, plus a bicentenary tribute to Clara Schumann from Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 29th March 2019
29th Mar 2019
From long-lost Japanese jazz-fusion to tasteful interpretations of swing era tunes, there's a varied bunch of new releases out this week.
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Desmond & Mulligan - Two of a Mind
28th Mar 2019
Matt winds down to urbane warriors Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan's Two of a Mind.
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Tamara Stefanovich on Influences
28th Mar 2019
The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut recording on Pentatone, featuring music by JS Bach, Bartók, Ives and Messiaen.
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Introducing Andrei Ioniță
27th Mar 2019
The Romanian cellist talks to Katherine about his debut solo album Oblique Strategies, which includes the world premiere recording of Brett Dean's Brian Eno-inspired work of the same name as well as music by JS Bach, Kodály and Svante Henryson.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2019 Choices
26th Mar 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Peter Donohoe, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch, and Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra.
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Clara Schumann 200th Birthday Celebrations
26th Mar 2019
This year we celebrate the 200th Birthday of pianist and composer Clara Schumann. Find out about the new publications that have been released to celebrate this anniversary, including a flower diary by Clara Schumann containing facsimile prints of pressed flowers, and a book of songs.
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Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider on Mozart
25th Mar 2019
The violinist talks to Katherine about his recent recording of the Mozart concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra, and his role as president of the Carl Nielsen International Competition, which is currently in full swing in Denmark.
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Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn
22nd Mar 2019
Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn take the road less travelled on this fascinating document of a live concert from Budapest on ECM.
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Vijay Iyer (piano), Craig Taborn (piano)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2019
22nd Mar 2019
Beach Boys-go-bebop with Atomic's latest offering, boogaloo odysseys from Oz Noy, David Laborier's latest cross-genre experiments and the Benny Lackner Trio continue to tastefully push the envelope.
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Donizetti's L'Ange de Nisida
22nd Mar 2019
Sir Mark Elder conducts the world premiere of Donizetti’s opera semiseria from 1839, composed for a theatre which closed down before the opening night, but subsequently heavily revised as La favorite.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2019
22nd Mar 2019
New albums from Iestyn Davies and Fretwork, Quatuor Diotima and the Carducci Quartet, plus the world premiere of Moniuszko’s Halka in its 1857 Italian version from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.
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Sir Mark Elder on Donizetti's L’Ange de Nisida
21st Mar 2019
The conductor talks to Katherine about the world premiere recording of Donizetti’s 1839 opera, released tomorrow on Opera Rara with Joyce El-Khoury in the title-role.
