Classical Recommendations
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The Presto Chart - April 2024
1st May 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with Yunchan Lim's Chopin Études on Decca in first place...
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Boxed Set Selections - April 2024
30th Apr 2024
April heavyweights include Neville Marriner's Handel recordings on Decca, a celebration of Simon Rattle's long relationship with the Berliner Philharmoniker, and JS Bach's complete vocal works from Bach Collegium Japan & Masaaki Suzuki.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2024
29th Apr 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Chopin recital from South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim which 'radiates joyful, youthful exuberance'.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th April 2024
26th Apr 2024
Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice starring Jakub Józef Orliński, Haydn's 'La Reine' from Kammerorchester Basel & Giovanni Antonini, John Williams's Violin Concerto No. 1 from James Ehnes, and Kevin Puts's Virginia Woolf-inspired opera The Hours (with Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O'Hara).
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A St George's Day tour of England (in thirty-nine steps!)
23rd Apr 2024
A selection of music from, or inspired by, the thirty-nine historical English counties.
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Early Music Round-Up - Spring 2024
22nd Apr 2024
A new Lassus project from the aptly-named Magnificat, intimate Victoria from I Fagiolini, a multi-instrumental exploration of the early ancestry of the cello from Bruno Cocset & Les Basses Réunies, fiery Tartini from Adrian Chandler & La Serenissima, and more.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th April 2024
19th Apr 2024
Britten from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Delius's complete incidental music for Hassan from Britten Sinfonia, coloratura soprano Erin Morley's debut solo album, and Bach & Telemann from Vox Luminis.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024: The Winners!
18th Apr 2024
A live update from tonight's ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...
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New Release Round-Up - 12th April 2024
12th Apr 2024
Enescu from Cristian Măcelaru, European string works from John Wilson, Mozart from Golda Schultz, and CPE Bach from Marcin Świątkiewicz.
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English Baroque treasures from Rachel Podger and other forthcoming highlights
10th Apr 2024
Brecon Baroque explore 17th- and 18th-century English and Scottish chamber music, with other spring highlights including a sparkling album of Schubert Ländler from Pierre-Laurent Aimard and a wide-ranging and thought-provoking second album from Heloïse Werner.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2024 Choices
9th Apr 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a recording of Orazio Benevoli's Missa Tu es Petrus which 'engulfs the senses' from I Fagiolini on Coro.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th April 2024
5th Apr 2024
Mozart piano sonatas from Yundi, Russian Variations from Piers Lane, Nielsen from Edward Gardner in Bergen, and John Adams from Marin Alsop in Vienna.
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The Presto Chart - March 2024
3rd Apr 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Beatrice Rana's recording of Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata & Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 on Warner Classics in first place...
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2024
31st Mar 2024
This month's heavyweights include William Steinberg & the Pittsburgh Symphony's complete recordings on Command Classics, a centenary celebration of Sir Neville Marriner in Beethoven, and the final instalment of Peter Kofler's survey of Bach's organ works from St. Michael's Church in Munich.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th March 2024
29th Mar 2024
Rachmaninoff for Two from Daniil Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, Bach violin concertos from Leonidas Kavakos & his Apollon Ensemble, Bartók from Thomas Dausgaard & the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Stainer's The Crucifixion from St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2024
26th Mar 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'deeply impressive' account of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 from Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on the orchestra's own label.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2024
22nd Mar 2024
A recital of Romantic orchestral songs from Véronique Gens, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Hervé Niquet, Bach's Kunst der Fuge from Masaaki Suzuki, orchestral works by Dani Howard from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Seal, and Brahms song transcriptions for solo piano from Rudolf Buchbinder.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2024 Choices
18th Mar 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Timothy Ridout's 'deft salute' to fellow viola-player Lionel Tertis on Harmonia Mundi.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th March 2024
15th Mar 2024
Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan & the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven from Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos, Strauss & Mahler from Rafael Payare in Montreal, and a nocturnal recital from Elīna Garanča & friends.
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From The Lone Ranger to Rigoletto
14th Mar 2024
In the fifth instalment of our Recollections series, Richard Inverne recounts how impersonating the masked hero to the strains of Rossini’s William Tell Overture as a toddler paved the way to falling in love with bel canto, Verdi, Puccini and more...
