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New Sheet Music Titles - 16th December
16th Dec 2025
Piano music to raise money for PalMusicUK and Musicians Without Borders, John Rutter's Bird Songs, new music theory publications from Trinity College London, and Bärenreiter editions of works by Tartini, Blodek, and Kalabis.
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Owain Park on Radiant Dawn
15th Dec 2025
The director of The Gesualdo Six talks about the group's new album, which sees them collaborating with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd.
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Radiant Dawn
Matilda Lloyd (trumpet), The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
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Seeds of Hope: Charity Fundraising Publication
12th Dec 2025
Seeds of Hope brings together a group of twenty-two renowned international composers to raise funds for music charities working with children in Palestine and those caught up in conflict around the world. Find out more.
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Alison Mathews: Seeds of Hope
Piano Solo
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Carl Fischer: Orchestral & Large Ensemble Music
12th Dec 2025
Browse our selection of forty Carl Fischer, Leshnoff Publishing, Merion Music, Pembroke Music, Triton Press & Tenuto Publications, and Theodore Presser orchestral repertoire recommendations.
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Orchestral Works by Max Reger from Jaime Martín and the Gävle Symphony Orchestra
12th Dec 2025
Released back in August, this album (one of our Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2025) presents a marvellously evocative and captivating account of two orchestral works by Max Reger: the Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op. 128, and the Romantic Suite, Op. 125.
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Adam Forkelid - Dreams
12th Dec 2025
A staple of the Scandinavian jazz scene, the pianist presents his latest album: a collection of solo piano improvisations and song sketches taken from his live performance at Krematoriet.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th December 2025
12th Dec 2025
A Mozart Requiem with a difference from Manfred Honeck in Pittsburgh, André Tchaikowsky from Peter Jablonski, Mahler from Gianandrea Noseda in Washington, and Chopin & Scriabin from Mikhail Pletnev.
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Requiem: Mozart's Death in Words and Music
F. Murray Abraham, Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Ben Bliss (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Manfred Honeck
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New Release Round-Up - 12th December 2025
12th Dec 2025
The Köln Concert celebrates fifty years with a special vinyl edition, pianist Tim Richards delivers his latest trio album, and this week also welcomes the release of multiple live recordings.
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Piers Connor Kennedy on Nowel el el
11th Dec 2025
The composer and singer talks about his new works featured on Ensemble Pro Victoria's latest album, Nowel.
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Nowel: Advent & Beyond
Ensemble Pro Victoria, Toby Ward
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James Alexander Thompson & Janette Mason on Piano Hive
11th Dec 2025
We have just added the Piano Hive digital catalogue to our website. We recently spoke with Piano Hive founders James Alexander Thompson and Janette Mason about their publications.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2025 Choices
9th Dec 2025
Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by a 'mesmerising and disturbing' Mahler recital from mezzo Anna Lucia Richter with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln under Jordan de Souza on Myrios.
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Streaming gift vouchers available now
8th Dec 2025
Presto Music launches Streaming Gift Vouchers – the perfect present for music lovers - available in durations of 3, 6 and 12 months.
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David Fray on Baroque Encores and the Offrande Musicale festival
8th Dec 2025
The pianist talks about his new album of Baroque keyboard works performed on the piano, his inspirations, and the music festival he runs in his home region in the south-west of France.
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Baroque Encores
David Fray (piano)
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Solo Piano Jazz
8th Dec 2025
Solo jazz pianists, free from the constraints of a band, use their virtuosity and imagination to explore the boundless possibilities of improvised rhythm, harmony, and melody.
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Out Of/Into - Motion II
5th Dec 2025
Blue Note’s celebrated supergroup, created for their 85th anniversary, returns with their follow-up album featuring a collection of originals recorded during their anniversary tour.
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A Franco-Italian double Baroque Christmas
5th Dec 2025
Festive works by Alessandro Scarlatti and Marc-Antoine Charpentier offer tastes of two different Baroque Christmas flavours, with Giulio Prandi's Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri joined by a brief but glorious stellar turn from Carlotta Colombo and Christophe Rousset marshalling the Monteverdi Singers and English Baroque Soloists.
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Presto Music Awards - Book Winners 2025
5th Dec 2025
After our awards ceremony in Leamington Spa last night, we are delighted to announce our top five music book publications of 2025.
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Christmas New Releases 2025
5th Dec 2025
Festive releases from the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, the Miró Quartet, Il Pomo d'Oro, and the brass section of the Berlin Philharmonic.
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O Holy Night
Alexander Robson, Montague Tatnell (soprano), Arthur Cobb (soprano), Bryony Macleod-Jones (soprano), Alice Markham (vocalist), Theodore Horch (tenor), Alexander Semple (bass-baritone), Nicholas Garcia (soprano), Matthew Monaghan (vocalist), Anna Morgan (vocalist), William Collison (tenor), Garbhán McEnoy (tenor), Simon Hall (bass-baritone), John Moore (bass-baritone), Amelia Crichton-Stuart (soprano), Alexander Weiss (bass-baritone), George Henty (soprano), Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Christopher Gray
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New Release Round-Up - 5th December 2025
5th Dec 2025
This week presents new releases from Grammy winner Jacob Collier, and a final birthday performance from the late drummer Al Foster.
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Recordings of the Year 2025 - Our Top 10
4th Dec 2025
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...
