Latest News: Classical
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - August 2021 31st August 2021A vividly-painted gallery of French Classical heroines from Véronique Gens, Bull and Byrd in glorious technicolour from Kit Armstrong, and a mesmerising recital of songs by Irish composer Ina Boyle.
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Obituary,
Teresa Żylis-Gara (1930-2021) 30th August 2021The Polish soprano, whose wide repertoire encompassed rarities by Cavalieri, Chausson and Moniuszko as well as Mozart, Strauss and Verdi heroines, has died aged 91.
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 20: Fresh Air in the Pipes - Organ Music with Anna Lapwood 29th August 2021This week's guest is one of Britain's most talented young organists, Anna Lapwood, giving us a potted history of the organ's history, and a tour of her eclectic new record, Images.
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Interview,
Alexander Lingas on Hymns of Kassianí 28th August 2021The founder and director of Cappella Romana talks about his recent album showcasing the music of the ninth-century Byzantine abbess and poet, Kassía.
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Recording of the Week,
Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat from Isabelle Faust and Dominique Horwitz 27th August 2021David enjoys Isabelle Faust and friends' historically-informed account of Stravinsky's sardonic tale, with lively narration from Dominique Horwitz.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 27th August 2021 27th August 2021Schubert from René Jacobs, Brahms from Alexander Melnikov, French baroque heroines from Véronique Gens, and seventeenth-century laments from Iestyn Davies and Fretwork.
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Interview,
Cordelia Williams on Nightlight 25th August 2021The pianist talks to Katherine about her new playlist-style album on Somm Records, exploring different facets of night as depicted in works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Scriabin, Tomkins and Bill Evans.
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Presto CD,
New Presto CD titles from the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue 24th August 2021Artists featured in the latest batch of Presto CDs include Herbert von Karajan, Tamás Vásáry, Martha Argerich & Mstislav Rostropovich.
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Interview,
Seong-Jin Cho returns to Chopin 23rd August 2021The pianist talks about his return to Chopin, the technical demands of his concertos, and the composer's reputation within Korea.
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Recording of the Week,
Sean Shibe's Camino 20th August 2021The guitarist brings hypnotic, introspective beauty to a programme which explores connections between France and Spain via works by de Falla, Mompou, Ravel, Poulenc and Satie.
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Interview,
Sean Shibe on Camino 20th August 2021The Scottish guitarist talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week, which he describes as 'a profound spiritual journey'.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 20th August 2021 20th August 2021Norwegian opera overtures from Oslo, Haydn's L'isola disabitata from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vivaldi's Four Seasons from thirteen-year-old violinist Christian Li, and Telemann cantatas for Hanoverian Kings.
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Announcement,
Presto 20th Anniversary - Call-Out for Videos 19th August 2021Be a part of the documentary we're producing about our story by sharing your experience as a Presto Music customer via a short video.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - August 2021 18th August 2021Marian Anderson's complete recordings for RCA Victor, a centenary celebration of Giuseppe Di Stefano, and a fiftieth-birthday collection from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
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Interview,
Long Yu on The Song of the Earth 17th August 2021The conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra talks about his new recording, pairing Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with a newly-commissioned setting by Xiaogang Ye of the original Chinese poems on which it was based.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2021 16th August 2021Chris introduces this month's selection, with Korean violinist Sueye Park's 'Journey Through A Century' in pride of place as Recording of the Month.
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Recording of the Week,
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla: The British Project 13th August 2021The Lithuanian conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra present evocative and dramatic accounts of four works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Walton.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th August 2021 13th August 2021Chopin from Jan Lisiecki, Strauss from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, works for violin and piano by Louise Farrenc, and Francis Pott's mammoth 'Passion Symphony' Christus.
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Interview,
Jan Lisiecki on Chopin 11th August 2021The Canadian pianist, who made his first Chopin recordings in his early teens, talks to Katherine about his long-standing affinity with the composer's music and his new recording of the Nocturnes (released this Friday on Deutsche Grammophon).
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Video Interview,
Francisco Fullana on Bach's Long Shadow 9th August 2021The Majorcan violinist talks to David about his second solo album on Orchid Classics, featuring Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major plus music by Tárrega, Kreisler and Ysaÿe.