Latest News: Classical
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - September 2022 3rd October 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with Hollywood Soundstage from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London (released at the beginning of the month on Chandos) in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - September 2022 1st October 2022
An irresistible Coleridge-Taylor collection from Chineke!, an exciting all-French programme from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under their dynamic new Music Director, and an almost unbearably poignant Schwanengesang from Ian Bostridge and Lars Vogt.
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Recording of the Week,
Krystian Zimerman performs piano music by Szymanowski 30th September 2022
The Polish pianist offers a selection of pieces by his compatriot, in performances that are often highly idiosyncratic yet always thoughtful, intelligent, and full of staggering technical and expressive mastery.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 30th September 2022 30th September 2022
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor from Chineke!, an all-French programme from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and their new Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan, Schubert from Ian Bostridge and the late Lars Vogt, and a celebration of neglected French composer Charlotte Sohy from new label La Boîte à Pépites.
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Favourites,
Valentyn Sylvestrov at 85 29th September 2022
As the Ukrainian composer turns 85, David listens to some of the greatest recordings of his music - by turns introverted and reflective, rapturously spiritual, and politically impassioned.
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Presto CD,
New Deutsche Grammophon & Decca titles added to our Presto CD range 28th September 2022
Baroque music from Reinhard Goebel and recitals from Kathleen Battle and Bryn Terfel feature in the latest additions to our Presto CD range.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - September 2022 27th September 2022
September heavyweights include a refreshed Vaughan Williams Collector's Edition on Warner Classics, Robert Levin's set of the Mozart keyboard sonatas performed on the composer's own fortepiano, and the complete sessions for Glenn Gould's 1981 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Sony.
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Interview,
Bjarte Eike on The Playhouse Sessions 26th September 2022
Violinist and music director Bjarte Eike talks about his new album and follow-up to the highly successful Alehouse Sessions, drawing further inspiration from the lively nightlife of Restoration England.
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Interview,
Peter Gregson on Patina 24th September 2022
As his forthcoming album Quartets: One - Four is announced, the cellist and composer reflects on his previous project Patina (an 'alternative version' of which was released this summer) and why he's keen to move away from 'the Instagram version of music'...
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Recording of the Week,
Leoncavallo's Zingari on Opera Rara 23rd September 2022
Carlo Rizzi conducts a scintillating account of the Pushkin-inspired one-act opera from 1912, starring Krassimira Stoyanova and Arsen Soghomonyan.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 23rd September 2022 23rd September 2022
Bruckner from Iván Fischer, an impressive, genre-defying debut album from South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage from Edward Gardner, and a sparkling collection of 'lost jewels' from Belgian soprano Jodie Devos.
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Interview,
RIOPY on Bliss 22nd September 2022
The French-born pianist and composer explains how developing a daily meditation practice not only inspired the music on his latest album, but also transformed his life...
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Interview,
Sean Shibe on Lost and Found 21st September 2022
The guitarist talks about his wide-ranging new album on the electric guitar, taking in Hildegard, Moondog, Chick Corea and more.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2022 20th September 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Chilean-American tenor Jonathan Tetelman's 'fabulous debut disc' of arias and duets by Zandonai, Mascagni, Verdi and more on Deutsche Grammophon...
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Interview,
Andrew Nethsingha on The Psalms 19th September 2022
The director of music at St John's College Cambridge talks about his new album of psalms, and looks ahead to his upcoming move to Westminster Abbey.
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Recording of the Week,
Igor Levit's Tristan 16th September 2022
Hans Werner Henze's brilliant, baffling set of ‘Preludes for piano, electronic tapes and orchestra’ sits at the heart of this Wagner-inspired recital, which also includes music by Liszt and Mahler via Ronald Stevenson.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 16th September 2022 16th September 2022
Weinberg from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Bruckner from Simon Rattle, a stunning debut of Baroque rarities from Brazilian male soprano Bruno de Sá, and a Disney album from Lang Lang.
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 30: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood with John Wilson 15th September 2022
James is joined by conductor John Wilson for a look back at some of his recordings with Sinfonia of London, followed by an in-depth chat about their latest album of Golden Age film music, Hollywood Soundstage.
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Interview,
Alison Balsom on Quiet City 14th September 2022
The trumpet-player discusses her new album of music by composers including Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and Ives, and reflects on the unique qualities of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie...
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - October 2022 Choices 13th September 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Anna Prohaska and Isabelle Faust's 'indispensable' recording of György Kurtág's Kafka-Fragmente on Harmonia Mundi in pride of place...
