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New Release Round-Up - 4th September 2026
4th Sep 2026
This week’s highlights range from Alex Hamburger and José Luiz Martins’ Brazilian-influenced duo to cinematic jazz-rock from Oan Kim & the Dirty Jazz, analogue grooves from Peter Gall, corto.alto’s genre-crossing energy, Mali Sheard's impressive debut album, and Emil de Waal’s Old News's renewal. Adventurous 1960s sessions by Juan Carlos Calderón and Sam Rivers also return on vinyl.
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Missy Mazzoli on Breaking the Waves
3rd Sep 2026
Fresh from the premiere of The Galloping Cure at the Edinburgh Festival, the American composer looks back on her 2016 opera inspired by Lars von Trier's 1996 film, which was recently recorded by Houston Grand Opera and released on their own label last month.
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Presto Team Choices - August 2026
2nd Sep 2026
Piazzolla from Argentine mezzo Daniela Mack and friends, Mahler on period instruments from Philipp von Steinaecker, the world premiere recording of Dmytro Bortniansky's 1776 opera Creonte, and Bruckner from Pablo Heras-Casado.
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Henry Threadgill
2nd Sep 2026
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill has created some of modern jazz’s most distinctive ensemble music. From the open interplay of Air to the twin guitars and tubas of Very Very Circus and Zooid’s intricate structures, this guide explores the changing sounds, unusual instrumentation and restless imagination of a remarkable musical career.
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Sheet Music Special Offers - September
1st Sep 2026
Up to 25% off Bärenreiter; Up to 25% off Chester Novello; up to 25% off Boosey & Hawkes; 25% off ChoraLine rehearsal CDs; and 20% off Musica Britannica.
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The Presto Chart - August 2026
1st Sep 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with Mitsuko Uchida's 'life-affirming' live recordings of Beethoven's last three piano sonatas on Decca in the top spot.
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Antonino Fogliani (1976-2026)
31st Aug 2026
The Italian conductor, who was particularly renowned in bel canto repertoire and served as Music Director of the Rossini in Wildbad Festival, has died aged 50.
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Homage to Heifetz from María Dueñas and Gustavo Dudamel
28th Aug 2026
The Spanish violinist presents a dazzling album of pieces honouring the legacy of her musical inspiration and role model, Jascha Heifetz.
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Tuva Bergenheim - Skärgårdsjazz
28th Aug 2026
Swedish drummer and composer Tuva Bergenheim’s debut, Skärgårdsjazz, draws on summers spent in the Stockholm archipelago. Blending contemporary jazz with pop, visa and Nordic folk, its songs balance warmth with melancholy. Emmalisa Hallander’s vocals and Per ‘Texas’ Johansson’s reeds help shape an assured, concise album rooted in place and memory.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th August 2026
28th Aug 2026
This week brings intimate duo playing, contemplative vocals, and roots reggae, alongside Adam Bałdych’s chamber textures, Irène Schweizer’s solo brilliance and Oracle’s adventurous quartet interplay from across Europe.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th August 2026
28th Aug 2026
Beethoven and his Italian contemporaries from the Münchener Kammerorchester and Enrico Onofri, Rameau from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and William Christie, Don Giovanni from Iván Fischer in Budapest, and Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri from Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall.
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New Pop & Rock Digital Sheet Music - August
27th Aug 2026
Welcome to our monthly round-up of new pop and rock sheet music titles. Browse some of our favourite songs here.
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Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano & The New Tristano
26th Aug 2026
Lennie Tristano remains one of jazz’s most fascinating modernists. This Classic Recording feature pairs his two landmark Atlantic albums: the fiercely chromatic, technologically adventurous Lennie Tristano and the subtler solo-piano set The New Tristano. Together, they reveal an uncompromising improviser whose influence extends far beyond his relatively small recorded legacy.
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Piano Round-Up, August 2026
26th Aug 2026
Late Liszt from Yulianna Avdeeva, the Brahms follow-up we've been waiting for from Francesco Piemontesi, an ode to German post-Romanticism from Juliette Journaux, a truly complete collection of Julius Katchen's Brahms recordings, and much more.
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Presto In Conversation With... Mike Batt
25th Aug 2026
The composer, conductor and songwriter talks to a live audience at Presto about the world premiere of his Symphony No. 1, dedicated to the people of Ukraine and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra on his own label Dramatico.
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2026 Choices
24th Aug 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'uniquely striking' coupling of violin concertos by Chevalier de Saint-George and Thierry Pécou from Romuald Grimbert-Barré, the Orchestre national de Cannes and Benjamin Levy on Aparté.
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Mujer Fatal from Aigul Akhmetshina and Antonio Pappano
21st Aug 2026
Two strong musical personalities come together to spellbinding effect in a programme exploring the idea of the femme fatale, taking in songs by composers including Elena Roussanova, Montsalvatge, Bizet, Gershwin and Britten.
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Windflower - Ayumi Tanaka
21st Aug 2026
Another ECM delight, with Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan and Thomas Strønen recorded together for the first time in a reflective and poignant trio project.
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Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen
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New Release Round-Up - 21st August 2026
21st Aug 2026
This week’s releases include albums from Kosmos Trio, vocalist Britt Hein, and composer-guitarist Matt Panayides, plus a vinyl reissue of Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay.
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Gramophone Awards 2026 - The Shortlist
21st Aug 2026
The six contenders in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning.
