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Max Cencic and Franco Fagioli sing Leonardo Vinci's Catone in Utica
25th May 2015
Katherine listens to a show-stopping revival of a lost Baroque masterpiece by star countertenors Max Cencic and Franco Fagioli.
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Presto CD - 100 ASV titles
23rd May 2015
Chris introduces the latest batch of Presto CDs, focusing on the catalogue of British label ASV Records.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2015
22nd May 2015
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, with András Schiff's period-instrument revisitation of late Schubert leading the pack…
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Graham Ross on Shostakovich's chamber symphonies
20th May 2015
Conductor Graham Ross talks to David about his new project of Shostakovich chamber symphonies with the Dmitri Ensemble.
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Mahler from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra
18th May 2015
David listens to Iván Fischer's new account of Mahler's elegiac Ninth Symphony, with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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Introducing Greta Bradman…
15th May 2015
Australian soprano has just finished recording debut disc for Decca with Richard Bonynge.
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Presto CD - Gaudeamus
13th May 2015
40 titles from ASV's popular early music series, with artists including The Cardinall's Musick, The Clerks' Group and Musica Fabula.
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Shostakovich Cantatas from Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
11th May 2015
James listens to three rarely-heard cantatas by Shostakovich, conducted by Paavo Järvi.
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Presto CD - 130 new Philips titles
9th May 2015
The latest batch of additions to our in-house reissue label, including vintage recordings from Seiji Ozawa, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields…
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Paul McCreesh on Handel’s 'L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato'
8th May 2015
David talks to the conductor about Handel's tripartite work, which weighs up the appeals of the hedonistic and the intellectual lifestyles in a kind of musical argument.
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Liszt, Reubke and Mendelssohn from Stephen Cleobury
5th May 2015
Stephen Cleobury, the long-serving Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, talks to David about his latest album - featuring three large-scale organ works.
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Mark Elder conducts Donizetti's Les Martyrs
4th May 2015
Katherine listens to the first ever complete recording of Donizetti's opera.
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Philippe Jaroussky on Verlaine
1st May 2015
Katherine talks to the countertenor about his latest disc exploring settings of the great French symbolist poet.
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BBC Proms 2015 - Our Top Ten!
30th Apr 2015
The 2015 BBC Proms season has just been announced, and here in the Presto office we've spent the afternoon choosing our top 10 'must-see' concerts.
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Presto CDs reach 1,000!
30th Apr 2015
The Presto CD project reaches a milestone - the release of our 1,000th title!
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Harping on with Xavier de Maistre
29th Apr 2015
David talks to the harpist about his new disc, Moldau, featuring Slavic-flavoured arrangements and compositions for the harp.
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James Ehnes performs works for violin and viola by Franck, Strauss, and Berlioz
27th Apr 2015
James listens to two new discs featuring James Ehnes on the violin and viola.
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Presto CD - 170 Philips titles just added
26th Apr 2015
Artists include Jessye Norman, Sir Neville Marriner and Mitsuko Uchida.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2015
24th Apr 2015
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, with another triumph for the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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Dagmar Pecková's Sinful Women
22nd Apr 2015
The Czech dramatic mezzo talks about the gallery of vamps and viragos on her new disc, out now on Supraphon…
