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Bracing Brahms from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon
10th Oct 2025
A fresh new recording of Brahms's quasi-sacred masterwork combines hints of past approaches - both the luxuriant and the austere - for an overall impression that's clear and light but deep and profound when it counts.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th October 2025
10th Oct 2025
Golden Age duets and arias from Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee, early Mozart from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Tippett, Britten and Walton from Clare Hammond, and a collection of recent secular choral works by Sir John Rutter.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th October 2025
10th Oct 2025
This week’s releases include the latest from Charles Lloyd in a double disc celebrating the sounds of his recent birthday concert, and Hollie Cook brings tropical sounds in her latest album Shy Girl.
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Anmol Mohara on Across the Sea
9th Oct 2025
The percussionist shares the inspiration behind his debut, and how his homeland Nepal has shaped his musical sound.
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Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee on Golden Age
9th Oct 2025
In a break from rehearsals for Laurent Pelly's production of La fille du régiment at the Metropolitan Opera, the American soprano and tenor discuss their new album of arias and duets by Donizetti, Bizet, Delibes, Adam and Rossini (out tomorrow on Pentatone).
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Anna Clyne and Marin Alsop on Abstractions
8th Oct 2025
The composer and conductor talk about their long history of working together, including their first collaboration at the Cabrillo Festival back in 2010, the Last Night of the Proms in 2013, and their latest album of four pieces with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
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Francesco Piemontesi on Brahms and Alchemy
7th Oct 2025
A deep-thinking and communicative pianist, Francesco Piemontesi spoke to Matthew Ash about his new Brahms album, the support that made it possible, and the things that need to come together to create music on the most orchestral of instruments.
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New Sheet Music Titles - 7th October 2025
7th Oct 2025
Bluey: First Ever Piano Book, The Faber Music Winter Piano Anthology, Ed Sheeran's Play!, choral works by Martines, Rutter, and Ravel, a collection of European Christmas songs, and new critical edition study scores from Ricordi.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2025 Choices
6th Oct 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'thoughtful and on occasion provocative' Bach from Isabelle Faust with Kristian Bezuidenhout and Kristin von der Goltz on Harmonia Mundi.
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Tchaikovsky from Daniil Trifonov
3rd Oct 2025
The Russian pianist combines deft dexterity with a vivid musical imagination across a programme which includes Album for the Young and Mikhail Pletnev's transcription of The Sleeping Beauty Suite.
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Dave Kikoski - Weekend at Smalls
3rd Oct 2025
Acclaimed American pianist Dave Kikoski captures the essence of the New York Jazz scene with a live post-bop performance at Smalls Jazz Club.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd October 2025
3rd Oct 2025
This week features Alfa Mist’s genre-blending Roulette, Matthew Shipp’s boundary-pushing solo piano album The Cosmic Piano, and the Polish all-female quartet O.N.E. with their dynamic fusion of modal jazz and free improvisation.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd October 2025
3rd Oct 2025
A lute song recital with a difference from countertenor Reginald Mobley, Dvořák from Sir Simon Rattle and the Czech Philharmonic, a Parisian love-letter from guitarist Alexandra Whittingham, and Elgar & Adès from Christian Tetzlaff.
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Composer Spotlight: Marianna von Martínes
3rd Oct 2025
Born in Vienna in 1744, Marianna von Martínes was an important figure in aristocratic Vienna in the eighteenth century. Find out more.
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The Presto Chart - September 2025
2nd Oct 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, headed by John Wilson's hyper-complete recording of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady with Sinfonia of London on Chandos.
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Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady
Scarlett Strallen (Eliza Doolittle), Jamie Parker (Henry Higgins), Alun Armstrong (Alfred P. Doolittle), Malcolm Sinclair (Colonel Pickering), Laurence Kilsby (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Julia McKenzie (Mrs Pearce), Penelope Wilton (Mrs Higgins) Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
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Author Focus: Paul Harris - A Piece a Week
2nd Oct 2025
In part nine of our Author Focus series, Paul discusses his 'Improve your Sightreading! A piece a week' series.
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Improve your sight-reading!: A Piece a Week: Piano Grade 1
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Acid Jazz
1st Oct 2025
This guide explores acid jazz’s origins in London’s club scene with its fusion of funk, soul, jazz, and hip-hop, highlighting how rare groove culture and key artists shaped the genre.
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai, Gary Barnacle (flute), Stuart Zender (bass), John Thirkell (trumpet), Gary Barnacle (saxophone), John Thirkell (fluegelhorn), Nick van Gelder (drums), Toby Smith (keyboards), Kofi (percussion), Simon Bartholomew (guitar), Glenn Nightingale (guitar), Maurizio Ravalio (percussion)
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Martin Neary (1940-2025)
1st Oct 2025
The organist and choirmaster, famous primarily for his role in directing and shaping the music for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, has died aged 85.
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Presto Team Choices - September 2025
30th Sep 2025
An affectionate, wide-ranging birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt from Paavo Järvi, an heroic triptych from Jakub Hrůša in Bamberg, an anniversary homage to Mikolajus Čiurlionis from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and an 'unfailingly engaging' Idomeneo from Sir Simon Rattle in Munich.
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The Pavel Haas Quartet on Martinů
29th Sep 2025
Violinist Veronika Jarůšková and cellist Peter Jarůšek discuss how the composer's music featured in their first meeting as children on a TV talent show, Martinů's relationship with fellow composer Vítězslava Kaprálová, and surmounting the technical challenges of music that is 'almost impossible to play'.
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Martinů: String Quartets Nos. 2-3-5-7
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