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BBC Music Magazine - April 2020 Choices
25th Mar 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Volume Two of Italian pianist Federico Colli's exuberant Scarlatti series on Chandos, described by Michael Church as 'a riveting hour' of 'wonderful pianism'.
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Víkingur Ólafsson on Debussy and Rameau
23rd Mar 2020
James talks to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson about his latest album on Deutsche Grammophon: a fascinating pairing of music by Debussy and Jean Philippe Rameau.
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Beethoven from Chen Reiss and Matthias Goerne
20th Mar 2020
The Israeli soprano is sparkling and technically fearless in a programme of arias with the Academy of Ancient Music, whilst Goerne's song-recital with Jan Lisiecki is an altogether darker affair.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th March 2020
20th Mar 2020
Rachmaninov from Lucerne, Dvořák from the late Jiří Bělohlávek, an eclectic song-recital from Patricia Petibon, and Die Walküre from the Royal Opera House.
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Eric Lu on Chopin, Brahms and Schumann
19th Mar 2020
The Leeds International Piano Competition winner talks to Katherine about his first studio recording, released on Warner Classics last month.
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Purcell from Paul McCreesh and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2020
The Gabrielis record a new edition of The Fairy Queen, plus Shostakovich from Alina Ibragimova, Beethoven concertos from Stephen Hough, and Tannhäuser from last year’s Bayreuth Festival, with Lise Davidsen making her debut on the ‘green hill’ as Elisabeth.
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Chen Reiss on Beethoven's Women
17th Mar 2020
The Israeli soprano talks to Katherine about her new album on Onyx Classics, Immortal Beloved, which includes music from Fidelio and Egmont as well as some of the composer's earliest vocal works.
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New titles added to Presto CD - March 2020
17th Mar 2020
New Presto CDs include Beethoven piano concertos from Maurizio Pollini, Berg and Stravinsky from Itzhak Perlman, and Brahms from Carlos Kleiber.
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Three world premiere recordings of works by Erkki-Sven Tüür
13th Mar 2020
Paavo Järvi conducts the Estonian Festival Orchestra in three works by his long-time friend and musical collaborator Erkki-Sven Tüür - the 'Mythos' symphony, 'Incantation of Tempest' and 'Sow the Wind...'
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Erkki-Sven Tüür: Mythos
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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Erkki-Sven Tüür on Mythos
13th Mar 2020
The Estonian composer talks to David about his new album of three world premieres on Alpha, with long-time friend and collaborator Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
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Erkki-Sven Tüür: Mythos
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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New Release Round-Up - 13th March 2020
13th Mar 2020
Beethoven from Rudolf Buchbinder and Andreas Staier, Tartini from Chouchane Siranossian, Handel from Christophe Dumaux, and the inaugural concert from Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Simon Callaghan on Roger Sacheverell Coke
11th Mar 2020
The pianist discusses his research on the life and work of the British composer, whose Cello Sonatas he has recently recorded with Raphael Wallfisch on Lyrita.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2020 Choices
10th Mar 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Shostakovich from the late Mariss Jansons, Prokofiev from Steven Osborne, and Tchaikovsky from the Rolston String Quartet.
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Odaline de la Martinez on Ethel Smyth
8th Mar 2020
The Cuban-American conductor talks to David about the music of Ethel Smyth, four of whose songs she conducts on a new album from Somm.
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Two world premiere recordings of music by Thomas Adès
6th Mar 2020
Thomas Adès conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performances of two of his own works: the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and Totentanz.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th March 2020
6th Mar 2020
Franck from Nikolai Lugansky, Bach Toccatas from Masaaki Suzuki, a Roman pilgrimage with The Sixteen, and a dramatic Lieder recital from Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper.
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Stanford String Quartets from the Dante Quartet
5th Mar 2020
David talks to violinist Krysia Osostowicz and musicologist Jeremy Dibble about the final volume in the Dante Quartet's Stanford cycle.
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Ruby Hughes on Clytemnestra
4th Mar 2020
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album featuring Rhian Samuel's Aeschylus-inspired monodrama and song-cycles by Mahler and Berg, out now on BIS.
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The Presto Chart - February 2020
3rd Mar 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's collection of French orchestral works on Chandos in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - February 2020
1st Mar 2020
A captivating collection of English song from Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton, a Spanish postcard from Offenbach, and a weird and wonderful Skalkottas anthology from Athens.
