Latest News: Classical
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - September 2021 Choices 9th August 2021Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by 'near-definitive' accounts of the Beethoven Piano Concertos from Krystian Zimerman, Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Peter Donohoe plays Busoni 6th August 2021The British pianist is a clear-eyed but infectiously enthusiastic guide through the Italian composer-pianist's weird and wonderful world, taking in the 7 Elegien, Sonatina super Carmen, and two Toccatas.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 6th August 2021 6th August 2021A French-language Carnaval des animaux from Lille, British music from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Wagner, Mahler and Berg from Anja Harteros, and Chopin and more from Alice Sara Ott.
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Interview,
Andrew Matthews-Owen on Taliesin's Songbook 5th August 2021The pianist talks to Katherine about a new anthology of Welsh song, featuring music by composers including Morfydd Owen, Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Grace Williams and Huw Watkins.
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Coming Soon,
Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and other forthcoming vocal highlights 4th August 2021Autumn also brings an intriguing debut album from Italian-Canadian mezzo Emily D'Angelo, plus new recordings from Marianne Crebassa, Philippe Jaroussky, Ian Bostridge, and Jakub Józef Orliński.
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Interview,
Lan Shui on the Singapore Symphony Orchestra 3rd August 2021The Conductor Laureate of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, recently succeeded by Hans Graf, looks back over the ensemble's history and his own long tenure at the helm.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - July 2021 2nd August 2021Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, with Krystian Zimerman's complete Beethoven piano concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - July 2021 1st August 2021An exhilarating debut recording from the C/O Chamber Orchestra in Ibert, Bartók and more, a loveable recital of love-song transcriptions from Angela Hewitt, and a superbly-paced Fidelio from Marek Janowski.
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Recording of the Week,
A double-bill of very different Baroque violin albums 30th July 2021Nicola Benedetti makes a successful first venture into early music with a programme of Geminiani and Vivaldi, and Théotime Langlois de Swarte teams up with William Christie to bring some French Baroque gems to light.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 30th July 2021 30th July 2021A chaconne-themed solo recital from Ilya Gringolts, Busoni from Peter Donohoe, Bruckner from Juanjo Mena, and an anthology of Welsh song from Andrew Matthews-Owen and friends.
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Obituary,
Giuseppe Giacomini (1940-2021) 29th July 2021The great but under-recorded Italian dramatic tenor, who excelled as Otello, Dick Johnson, Andrea Chénier and Pollione, has died aged 80.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - July 2021 28th July 2021Bernard Herrmann conducting his own film-scores, a multi-conductor Bruckner cycle from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Friedrich Gulda's complete recordings on Decca, and an anthology of live recordings from the Sydney International Piano Competition.
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Interview,
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman on Beethoven and Scharwenka 27th July 2021The piano duo talk about their new series of recordings of Beethoven's symphonies transcribed by Scharwenka, and discuss the unique musical changes that took place over Scharwenka's own lifetime.
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Interview,
Laurence Equilbey on Louise Farrenc 26th July 2021Following her release in early July of a recording of two symphonies by Louise Farrenc, conductor Laurence Equilbey digs further into the life and work of a unique French composer.
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Recording of the Week,
Korngold's Die tote Stadt from Munich 23rd July 2021Jonas Kaufmann and Marlis Petersen both thrive under the camera's close scrutiny in Korngold's early opera about a volatile widower who attempts to refashion a new love-interest in his late wife's image.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 23rd July 2021 23rd July 2021Lully from Les Talens Lyriques, Liszt from Olivier Latry, an avian song-recital from Roderick Williams and Andrew West, and new music for saxophone and piano by Thai and Australian composers.
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Announcement,
Presto Music's new look 23rd July 2021We’re thrilled to unveil our refreshed new look, coming very soon. Find out more about what inspired the rebrand, and what’s next at Presto Music.
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Interview,
Charles Richard-Hamelin on Chopin 22nd July 2021In the wake of his new recording of the 24 Préludes Op. 28 on Analekta, the Canadian pianist talks to Katherine about why playing Chopin's music always 'feels like coming home' to him.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - August 2021 Choices 21st July 2021Chris introduces this month's selection, with French pianist Lise de la Salle's 'invitation to the dance' on Naive as Recording of the Month.
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Coming Soon,
Mozart from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming instrumental highlights 20th July 2021Late summer and early autumn also bring Shostakovich and Stevenson from Igor Levit, Haydn from Paul Lewis, and a Franco-Spanish album from Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe.