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Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Winners!
2nd Oct 2024
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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The Presto Chart - September 2024
1st Oct 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's complete recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in first place...
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Nathaniel Hackmann (Billy Bigelow), Mikaela Bennett (Julie Jordan), Sierra Boggess (Carrie Pipperidge), Julian Ovenden (Enoch Snow), Francesca Chiejina (Nettie Fowler), David Seadon-Young (Jigger Craigin) Sinfonia of London, ‘Carousel’ Ensemble, John Wilson
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New Release Round-Up - 27th September 2024
27th Sep 2024
Robert Schumann recitals from Kian Soltani and Maxim Rysanov, portraits of Pierrot from Claire Booth and Ensemble 360, and baroque favourites with a twist from Jakub Józef Orliński.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2024
24th Sep 2024
This month's heavyweights include Roberto Alagna's collected opera recordings on Warner Classics, a celebration of Christoph von Dohnányi's time in Cleveland, Markus Poschner's complete Bruckner symphonies from Vienna/Linz, and an anthology of live recordings from the International Festival Martha Argerich in Hamburg.
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Roberto Alagna: All'Opera
Roberto Alagna (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Inva Mula (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Roberto Scaltriti (baritone), Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Opéra National de Lyon (opera company), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Patricia Petibon (soprano), Earle Patriarco, Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Opera Orchestra of New York, Sumi Jo (soprano), Leontina Vaduva (soprano), Catherine Dubosc, Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), William Matteuzzi (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Karita Mattila (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Eric Halfvarson (bass), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass-baritone), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Michel Plasson, Evelino Pidò, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Veronesi, Kent Nagano
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More New Presto CD titles from Chandos
23rd Sep 2024
We’re delighted to announce the addition of more Chandos titles to our Presto CD offering, focusing on the acclaimed Chaconne early music imprint. Many of these recordings have been unavailable on CD for several years.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2024
20th Sep 2024
Bach's Cello Suites from Jean-Guihen Queyras, late Schubert from Ronald Brautigam, Strauss Lieder from Kateřina Kněžíková and Jakub Hrůša, and a sixtieth-birthday celebration from Roberto Alagna.
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2024 Choices
17th Sep 2024
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by 'undoubtedly one of the best recordings of Bruckner 7 in the digital era' - courtesy of Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on Reference Recordings.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2024
13th Sep 2024
Puccini love-scenes from Jonas Kaufmann and six outstanding sopranos, Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 from Anima Eterna Brugge and Pablo Heras-Casado, a second volume of Beethoven from the Calidore Quartet, and Rameau's Les Boréades from György Vashegyi.
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Puccini: Love Affairs
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Pretty Yende (soprano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Malin Byström (soprano), Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Maria Agresta (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Asher Fisch
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2024
9th Sep 2024
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by 'Beethoven-playing of rare vividness and technical aplomb' from the Calidore Quartet on Signum.
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Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Finalists
6th Sep 2024
The three finalists in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning, with Jonathan Tetelman, Hilary Hahn, Yunchan Lim and Timothy Ridout among those in the running...
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New Release Round-Up - 6th September 2024
6th Sep 2024
Orchestral works by Imogen Holst, the Elgar Violin Concerto from Vilde Frang, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati, baritone Huw Montague Rendall's debut solo album, and Lars Vogt's final recordings.
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International Opera Awards 2024 - The Shortlisted Recordings
3rd Sep 2024
Golda Schultz, Aigul Akhmetshina and Michael Spyres are among the artists in the running for the solo recital category, whilst rarities by Louise Bertin, Rued Langgaard and Giacomo Meyerbeer go head-to-head in the complete recording stakes...
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The Presto Chart - August 2024
2nd Sep 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with Shostakovich's Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 from the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 30th August 2024
30th Aug 2024
Dvořák from Nathalie Stutzmann in Atlanta, a French song recital from Benjamin Bernheim & Carrie-Ann Matheson, a contemporary orchestral mix-tape curated and conducted by Dalia Stasevska, and a voyage across the North Sea with the Danish String Quartet.
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Boxed Set Selections - August 2024
29th Aug 2024
This month's heavyweights include the complete recordings which Lang Lang made in the first decade of his career, Catherine Collard's collected recordings for Erato/EMI and Virgin Classics, an anthology celebrating Alfredo Campoli, and two sets marking the centenary of Georges Prêtre's birth.
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Lang Lang: Complete Recordings 2000 - 2009
Lang Lang (piano), Vadim Repin (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta
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Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Shortlist
27th Aug 2024
The six contenders in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed on Friday.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd August 2024
23rd Aug 2024
American albums from Augustin Hadelich and Lara Downes, four symphonic works by Carlos Simon from the National Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, and Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin from Julian Prégardien and Kristian Bezuidenhout.
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Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata from Marc-André Hamelin and other forthcoming highlights
20th Aug 2024
The Canadian pianist tackles one of the most daunting peaks of the keyboard repertoire, with other stand-outs for October including the first two volumes of Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project and the Elgar & Walton cello concertos from Gautier Capuçon, the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2024
19th Aug 2024
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'polished but never slick' Kurt Weill triptych from Konzerthausorchester Berlin and its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Joana Mallwitz.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th August 2024
16th Aug 2024
Brett Dean's Rooms of Elsinore, music for oboe and cor anglais by Ruth Gipps, Edvard Grieg and Clara Schumann's piano concertos from Alexandra Dariescu, and Verdi's Macbeth from last year's Salzburg Festival (starring Asmik Grigorian, Vladislav Sulimsky and Jonathan Tetelman).
