Latest News: Classical
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Awards,
2014 Presto Discs of the Year 30th December 2014Chris introduces the finalists and winners of the 2014 Presto Awards.
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Recording of the Week,
2014 in review and looking ahead to 2015 29th December 2014Katherine looks back over the year, and takes a peek into the crystal ball at what 2015 holds...
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Obituary,
2014 Goodbyes 27th December 2014We have made a short video tribute remembering some of the musicians who sadly died during 2014.
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Recording of the Week,
Presto Personal Favourites from 2014 22nd December 2014The Presto editorial team pick some "ones that got away" - the discs we just didn't have space to write about when they were released!
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Favourites,
Felix Mendelssohn David picks out some recordings of the German Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn.
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Coming Soon,
Nick van Bloss 18th December 2014The English pianist turns his attention to Beethoven, with a recording of the Diabelli Variations and the Appassionata in the pipeline.
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Interview,
John Robinson takes carols from Cambridge to Cambridge 17th December 2014David talks to the English choirmaster about 'Christmas in Harvard Square', a new festive release fromThe Boys of St Paul's Choir School.
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Recording of the Week,
Iván Fischer conducts Brahms 15th December 2014David listens to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's new recording of Brahms's Second Symphony.
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Interview,
Contemporary Song Round-Up 13th December 2014David talks to pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen about three new discs of British song, including works by Alun Hoddinott, Charlotte Bray and Jonathan Dove.
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Favourites,
Mozart Operas 12th December 2014Katherine trawls through her collection and makes some difficult decisions…
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Presto CD,
Presto CD - Decca and Philips 11th December 2014Introducing 17 new Print On Demand titles from Alfred Brendel to Ute Lemper…
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2014 10th December 2014Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue…
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Recording of the Week,
Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel's Messiah 8th December 2014David listens to a new recording of Handel's Messiah, with Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée orchestra and choir.
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Favourites,
Erich Wolfgang Korngold James chooses his favourite recordings of the music of Korngold, best known for his Violin Concerto as well as numerous operas and film scores.
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Presto CD,
Presto CD - Deutsche Grammophon 3rd December 201425 new Print On Demand titles now available…
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Interview,
Rosalind Plowright on Dialogues des Carmélites 2nd December 2014Katherine talks to the British mezzo about singing Poulenc's masterpiece in a new production from Paris, out now on DVD/Blu-ray on Erato.
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Recording of the Week,
Music for Christmas 1st December 2014Katherine listens to some of this year's Christmas discs, featuring Renee Fleming, the choir of Clare College Cambridge and Arte dei Suonatori.
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Awards,
Presto Classical Discs of the Year 29th November 2014How exciting! Without really realising it we've created our own Awards!
Find out who the Presto editorial team have decided are the best 100 and the top 10 recordings of 2014.
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Favourites,
Music for Advent 28th November 2014As Christmas draws near, David takes a look at music written for the season of Advent.
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Coming Soon,
Steven Isserlis takes on Prokofiev and Shostakovich 26th November 2014The British cellist records two great twentieth-century Russian concertos for Hyperion.