Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 21st March 2025
21st Mar 2025
Bach concertos from Beatrice Rana and Amsterdam Sinfonietta, a celebration of the brass band tradition from trombonist Peter Moore and the Tredegar Band, Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata from Nobuyuki Tsujii, and Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2025 Choices
20th Mar 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'powerful, inventive and irresistibly enjoyable' album melding Baroque and Bantu music from trailblazing South African cellist Abel Selaocoe on Warner Classics.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th March 2025
14th Mar 2025
Mahler from Paavo Järvi in Zürich, a recital of preludes from Jan Lisiecki, 'Organised Delirium' (built around Boulez) from Tamara Stefanovich, and the world premiere recording of Michael Tippett's final opera New Year from Martyn Brabbins et al.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th March 2025
7th Mar 2025
An anniversary homage to Ravel from Bertrand Chamayou, Mahler's Symphony No. 3 from the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov, the world premiere recording of Grace Williams's Missa Cambrensis from the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales and Adrian Partington, and Clara & Robert Schumann from Julian Bliss and James Baillieu.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2025
4th Mar 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'multi-coloured, lyrical' set of the Paganini Caprices from the young Spanish violinist María Dueñas on Deutsche Grammophon.
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The Presto Chart - February 2025
3rd Mar 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, headed by the complete nocturnes of John Field from Alice Sara Ott on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Presto Team Choices - February 2025
1st Mar 2025
Staff favourites from February include Rachmaninov from Boris Giltburg, new works by Gavin Higgins, an impressive debut album from soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, and twentieth-century French music for flute, harp and cello from Trio Mirages.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th February 2025
28th Feb 2025
Malcolm Arnold rarities from the London Choral Sinfonia, Stephen Hough's new piano concerto 'The World of Yesterday', Khachaturian from Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the debut solo recording from South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2025 Choices
26th Feb 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Camerata Bern's Exile (featuring music by Panufnik, Ysaÿe, Schubert, Wyschnegradsky and Schnittke) on Alpha Classics.
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Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley in Der fliegende Holländer
25th Feb 2025
A live recording from Oslo captures what will be the Norwegian soprano's only assumption of the role of Senta, with other stand-outs for spring including Tosca from Rome (with Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman and Ludovic Tézier), Havergal Brian's one-act opera Agamemnon, and Liszt from Leif Ove Andsnes.
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Lise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman) Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner
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New Release Round-Up - 21st February 2025
21st Feb 2025
The original version of Brahms's German Requiem from Kent Nagano, Abel Selaocoe's Hymns of Bantu, Ravel's piano concertos from Seong-Jin Cho with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons, and Sibelius & Barber from Renaud Capuçon, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Daniel Harding.
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2025
19th Feb 2025
February heavyweights include an anthology of Viennese music from David Atherton and the London Sinfonietta, Irmgard Seefried's complete recital recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, and Antal Doráti's early Mercury recordings with Philharmonia Hungarica.
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Vienna - From Mozart To Schoenberg
Antony Pay, Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Malcolm King, John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Mary Thomas, June Barton, Anna Reynolds, Nona Liddell, John Constable, György Pauk (violin), Paul Crossley (piano), London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
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New Release Round-Up - 14th February 2025
14th Feb 2025
Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé from the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano, Kurtág and Schubert from Benjamin Appl, Haydn's Die Schöpfung from Simon Rattle in Munich, and Stravinsky's Le rossignol from Paris (with Sabine Devieilhe in the title-role).
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Early Music Round-Up - February 2025
13th Feb 2025
Thrilling concertos by WF Bach, CPE Bach and Georg Benda from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d'Oro, folksy Scandinavian repertoire from The Curious Bards, a vivid Francesco Scarlatti premiere from Armonico Consort, an English solo lute recital from Elisa La Marca, and more.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th February 2025
7th Feb 2025
John Field from Alice Sara Ott, Shostakovich from the Jerusalem Quartet, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius from Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Vivaldi's Arsilda from Andrea Marcon and La Cetra Basel.
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2025 Choices
5th Feb 2025
Chris introduces this issue's choices, headed by 'pliant, expressive, wild and virtuosic' Vivaldi from French violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Le Consort on Harmonia Mundi.
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The Presto Chart - January 2025
4th Feb 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, headed by a collection of Palestrina premieres from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge and Graham Ross on Harmonia Mundi.
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Grammy Winners 2025
3rd Feb 2025
The classical winners from this year's ceremony included new works by Gabriela Ortiz, Caroline Shaw and the late Kaija Saariaho, and albums from Karen Slack & Michelle Cann, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Víkingur Ólafsson.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st January 2025
31st Jan 2025
Richard Rodney Bennett from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and John Wilson, Strauss from Renaud Capuçon, Schumann from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien, and rare Italian piano concertos from Roberto Prosseda.
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Presto Team Choices - January 2025
30th Jan 2025
Characterful Kurt Weill from the LSO and Simon Rattle, oboe trios from Haydn's godson Joseph Weigl, spellbinding Scriabin from Chinese pianist Yunjie Chen, and a terrific second outing for José de Nebra's pastoral melodrama Venus Y Adonis from the young Spanish ensemble Los Elementos.
