Latest News: Classical
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Awards,
Recordings of the Year 2022 - Our Top 10 9th December 2022The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our five special category awards...
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Recording of the Week,
A piano double-bill from Leeds winners Alim Beisembayev and Eric Lu 9th December 2022Masterful Liszt and delicate Schubert from the 2021 and 2018 winners of the Leeds International Piano Competition.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 9th December 2022 9th December 2022A powerful debut solo album from American soprano Julia Bullock, a Vaughan Williams rarity from Mark Bebbington and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Fanny Hensel from German pianist Sontraud Speidel, and Solti's legendary 1965 Die Walküre in a new remastering.
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Interview,
Christopher Gray on Russell Pascoe's Secular Requiem 6th December 2022The conductor talks about his new recording of a piece reimagining the idea of a Requiem from a non-religious perspective - and about his recently-announced new job.
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Presto CD,
New Presto CDs from the Sony Catalogue 5th December 2022Titles from Canadian Brass, and recitals from James Galway, Leontyne Price and Nathalie Stutzmann feature in the latest additions to our Presto CD catalogue.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - November 2022 3rd December 2022Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih's exploration of a 'golden decade' of cello music in first place...
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Recording of the Week,
Christmas with Diana Damrau 2nd December 2022The German coloratura soprano's festive album is definitely a cracker rather than a turkey, with a first half of traditional German songs and carol medleys followed by a disc of seasonally-appropriate Baroque and Classical arias.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 2nd December 2022 2nd December 2022Late Beethoven from Maurizio Pollini, Mozart from the Chiaroscuro Quartet, Liszt from Leeds Piano Competition-winner Alim Beisembayev, and chamber works by Caroline Shaw.
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Interview,
Frank La Rocca and Richard Sparks on the Mass of the Americas 1st December 2022The composer and conductor talk about a fascinating new work drawing together musical and liturgical influences from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - November 2022 30th November 2022Orchestral lieder by composer and mathematician Hans Sommer, a centenary tribute to George Walker from The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, warm and witty Poulenc from the late Bramwell Tovey, and a searing all-Russian recital from Gabriel Schwabe & Roland Pöntinen.
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Awards,
International Opera Awards 2022 - The Winners! 30th November 2022The results of this week's ceremony at the Teatro Real in Madrid, including the winning recordings in the complete opera and recital categories.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - November 2022 29th November 2022November heavyweights include a landmark edition of Massenet's songs on ATMA, Meredith Monk's collected recordings on ECM, and anthologies celebrating Manuel Barrueco, Roger Norrington and Walter Gieseking.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2022 28th November 2022Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by 'an exquisite album of unparalleled beauty' from The Sixteen and Fretwork...
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Awards,
Recordings of the Year 2022 - Our Top 100 25th November 2022The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
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Recording of the Week,
Baroque instrumental music for Christmas from Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort 25th November 2022Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort present an alternative Christmas sound-world, replacing vocal and choral music with string concertos and sonatas from around Europe.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 25th November 2022 25th November 2022Florence Price's Songs of the Oak and Concert Overtures, Bach's Goldberg Variations from Fazil Say, Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana starring Anita Rachvelishvili, and Shostakovich and Mahler from Jaap van Zweden in Hong Kong.
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Announcement,
Give Back Friday 2022 24th November 2022For four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to three local charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: Armonico Consort, Leamington Music Festival and Orchestra of the Swan
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Interview,
Clare Hammond on the piano études of Hélène de Montgeroult 23rd November 2022The pianist talks about her new album focusing on the revolutionary piano studies of Hélène de Montgeroult - anticipating many of the ideas that would be adopted by later Romantic composers.
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Interview,
Rachel Podger on Tutta Sola 22nd November 2022The violinist talks about her new album exploring the ancestry of Bach's works for unaccompanied violin, with works from Tartini, Matteis, Westhoff and Vilsmayr.
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Obituary,
Ned Rorem (1923-2022) 21st November 2022The prolific composer and writer, known particularly for his art songs, has died aged 99.