Latest News: Classical
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - September 2020 Choices 11th August 2020Chris introduces this month's selection, with the Cleveland Orchestra’s eclectic celebration of their centenary (featuring two world premieres commissioned for the occasion) as Recording of the Month.
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Presto CD,
New Sony titles added to Presto CD 10th August 2020Including Mahler from Esa-Pekka Salonen, Bach from Charles Rosen, and several recordings from Anner Bylsma and Tafelmusik.
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Interview,
Xuefei Yang on Sketches of China 7th August 2020Guitarist Xuefei Yang talks about her new album of transcriptions, arrangements and new commissions originating from her native country.
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Recording of the Week,
Nicola Benedetti plays Elgar 7th August 2020The Scottish-Italian violinist embraces the heart-on-sleeve qualities of a work which the composer ruefully described as 'awfully emotional', her passion and responsiveness matched by Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 7th August 2020 7th August 2020Dvořák from Kian Soltani and Daniel Barenboim, Rachmaninov from Sergei Babayan, the world premiere recording of Ethel Smyth's choral symphony The Prison, and a new large-scale recording project from Max Richter.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - July 2020 5th August 2020Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, with Paul Lewis's Beethoven Bagatelles on Harmonia Mundi in first place...
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Interview,
Robert Trevino on Beethoven 4th August 2020The American conductor talks to Katherine about his recording of the complete symphonies with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, released in June on Ondine.
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Obituary,
Leon Fleisher (1928-2020) 3rd August 2020The American pianist, who spent much of his career unable to use his right hand due to focal dystonia, has died aged 92.
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Recording of the Week,
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London perform Respighi's Roman Trilogy 31st July 2020For his third album with Sinfonia of London, John Wilson turns to Respighi's dazzling triptych of orchestral works depicting the city of Rome through the ages.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 31st July 2020 31st July 2020Vaughan Williams and Finzi from Michael Collins and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Satie from Noriko Ogawa, and two new works for baroque orchestra and voices by Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning American composer Caroline Shaw.
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - July 2020 30th July 2020A terrific debut solo recording featuring Britten and Liszt confirms the young British tenor Stuart Jackson as a major talent, whilst Chandos release two twentieth-century masterpieces centring on incarceration.
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 2: The Art of Music Criticism with Harriet Smith 29th July 2020For the second Presto Music Podcast, Paul is joined by music critic Harriet Smith, to discuss the art involved in reviewing classical music recordings.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - July 2020 29th July 2020Centenary celebrations of Isaac Stern and the Salzburg Festival, a seventy-fifth birthday tribute to Itzhak Perlman, and Delitiae Musicae's complete Monteverdi madrigals on Naxos.
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Video Interview,
Adrian Chandler on Extra Time 28th July 2020Adrian Chandler talks about his latest album of rarely-encountered Baroque gems with La Serenissima, released this Friday on Signum.
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Presto CD,
Presto CD additions on DG, Decca and DG Archiv 27th July 2020Including Beethoven from Krystian Zimerman, Bernstein conducting Bernstein, Bach from Alexis Weissenberg, and the complete works of Varèse.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven songs and folksongs from Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano 24th July 2020The tenor and pianist are joined by violinist Vilde Frang and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt for selections from the Scottish and Irish folk-songs, following an exquisitely tender account of An die ferne Geliebte.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 24th July 2020 24th July 2020Elgar from Elīna Garanča and Daniel Barenboim, Telemann from Barthold Kuijken, an arresting debut recording from The Hermes Experiment, and three neglected British clarinet concertos from Robert Plane.
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Interview,
Peter Sheppard Skaerved on Schubert, Cowie and more 23rd July 2020The violinist talks to David about his three recent releases – ranging from a redisovered Baroque manuscript, via intimate Schubert, to an often dark album of recordings by contemporary composer Edward Cowie.
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Coming Soon,
Ermonela Jaho's debut solo recording and other forthcoming highlights 22nd July 2020The Albanian soprano celebrates the legacy of Rosina Storchio on Opera Rara, plus new albums from Diana Damrau, Alexandre Kantorow, Jonas Kaufmann and others.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2020 21st July 2020Chris introduces this month’s Choices, headed by a ‘formidable’ account of Luigi Dallapiccola’s one-act opera Il Prigioniero from Gianandrea Noseda on Chandos.