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Daniil Trifonov performs piano works by Chopin and others
6th Oct 2017
Katherine enjoys Trifonov's latest album, exploring Chopin's music, influence and legacy, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Mikhail Pletnev.
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New Release Round-up - 6th October 2017
6th Oct 2017
Including new albums from Juan Diego Flórez, Philippe Jaroussky, the Gabrieli Consort, and George Li.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2017 Choices
5th Oct 2017
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a splendid recording of two Dvořák quintets from the Pavel Haas Quartet and two distinguished guests.
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George Li – Live at the Mariinsky
4th Oct 2017
David talks to the Chinese-American pianist about his debut recording on Warner Classics, featuring Chopin, Haydn, Liszt and Rachmaninov.
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Ned Bigham on Staffa
3rd Oct 2017
The composer shares his thoughts on his new album of orchestral works, inspired by four very different islands.
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Presto Editor's Choices - September 2017
30th Sep 2017
Sibelius piano works, an operatic homage to Cleopatra, and consort music by Christopher Tye are firm fixtures on Katherine's playlist this month.
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Andrew Davis concludes Chandos's cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies
29th Sep 2017
James listens to the final instalment in a cycle begun by the great Richard Hickox - Vaughan Williams' evocative Sinfonia Antartica, with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
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New Release Round-up - 29th September 2017
29th Sep 2017
Including Dvořák from the Takács Quartet, duets from Carolyn Sampson and Iestyn Davies and a new recording of Peter and the Wolf with Alexander Armstrong.
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New Presto Classical website - coming soon!
28th Sep 2017
With the launch coming soon, here's a sneak peek at the newly re-designed Presto website.
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Zuzana Růžičková (1927-2017)
28th Sep 2017
The great Czech harpsichordist and Holocaust survivor has died aged 90.
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Ilker Arcayürek on Schubert
27th Sep 2017
The up-and-coming tenor talks to Katherine about his career to date and Der Einsame, out this month on Champs Hills Records.
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Cecilia & Sol and other autumn delights
26th Sep 2017
New releases from Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta, the Quatuor Mosaïques and René Jacobs, plus two 2016 productions from Covent Garden.
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Steven Isserlis on CPE Bach and Haydn
25th Sep 2017
The cellist talks to David about his new album of eighteenth-century cello concertos, released earlier in the month on Hyperion.
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Barbara Hannigan sings and conducts music by Berg, Berio, and Gershwin
22nd Sep 2017
Katherine listens to the Canadian soprano's bold new disc Crazy Girl Crazy, centring on Berg's Lulu.
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New Release Round-up - 22nd September 2017
22nd Sep 2017
Including a new duet disc from Rollando Villazón and Ildar Abdrazakov, Saint-Saëns from Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano, and French songs from Thomas Hampson.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2017
21st Sep 2017
Chris rounds up the best of the month's heavyweights, including a collection of recent Royal Opera House productions and tributes to Vladimir Ashkenazy and Paul Badura-Skoda.
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Barbara Hannigan on Crazy Girl Crazy
20th Sep 2017
Katherine talks to the Canadian soprano about her bold new album juxtaposing Gershwin, Berg and Berio, in which she both sings and directs the Ludwig Orchestra.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2017
19th Sep 2017
Chris introduces the picks of the latest issue, with cello concertos by CPE Bach and Haydn out in front as Recording of the Month…
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John Butt on Monteverdi's Vespers 1610
18th Sep 2017
John Butt talks to David about his new recording of Monteverdi's majestic Vespers with the Dunedin Consort and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
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New Release Round-up - 15th September 2017
15th Sep 2017
Featuring box sets celebrating Maria Callas and Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo in Verdi and chamber music with the Gringolts Quartet and violist Ellen Nisbeth.
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