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Interview,
Sir Mark Elder on Donizetti's L’Ange de Nisida
21st March 2019
The conductor talks to Katherine about the world premiere recording of Donizetti’s 1839 opera, released tomorrow on Opera Rara with Joyce El-Khoury in the title-role.
Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - March 2019
20th March 2019
A centenary edition from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Robert Casadesus’s collected Columbia recordings, Tchaikovsky’s complete solo piano works from Valentina Lisitsa, and a comprehensive recorder anthology from Brilliant Classics.
Interview,
Alexander Ullman on Russian ballet transcriptions
19th March 2019
The winner of the 2017 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition talks to Katherine about his debut solo album of music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Prokofiev, released last Friday on Rubicon.
Interview,
Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams
18th March 2019
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
Recording of the Week,
Isabelle Faust plays Bach Concertos
15th March 2019
The German violinist joins forces with oboist Xenia Löffler and Bernhard Forck's Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for a tour of Bach's violin concertos, interspersed with alternate versions of sinfonias and sonatas that have been reconstructed for the first time.
Presto Classical Recording of the Week
JS Bach: Violin Concertos
Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, CD Quality FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
David listens to Isabelle Faust's new Bach recording, which combines the Violin Concertos with a selection of sinfonias, overtures and trio sonatas in their reconstructed, original versions.
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