Classical Recommendations
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The Presto Chart - November 2023
5th Dec 2023
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé from Sinfonia of London & John Wilson (released on Chandos at the beginning of the month) in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 1st December 2023
1st Dec 2023
Mahler's Symphony No. 8 from Osmo Vänskä in Minnesota, Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge from Christophe Rousset, Granados from Javier Perianes, and Franz Schmidt's complete symphonies from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Jonathan Berman.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Julian Orlishausen (baritone), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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Recordings of the Year 2023 - Special Category Nominees
30th Nov 2023
In advance of the final verdicts next Thursday evening, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Technical Achievement, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2023
29th Nov 2023
American countertenor Russell Oberlin's complete recordings on American Decca, the complete Monteverdi madrigals from Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini, and the late Lars Vogt's collected recordings on Warner Classics.
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2023 Choices
27th Nov 2023
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by 'a timely showcase of an exceptionally talented composer' - namely a quartet of orchestral works by Dobrinka Tabakova, released on The Hallé's own label in October.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th November 2023
24th Nov 2023
A new arrangement of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin from Thomas Guthrie & Barokksolistene, Beethoven's Missa solemnis from Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations, a comprehensive version of Handel's Messiah from John Nelson & The English Concert, and Schumann from Isabelle Faust & friends.
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Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2023
23rd Nov 2023
The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
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Grammy Nominations 2024
21st Nov 2023
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed last week - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th November 2023
17th Nov 2023
Satie and Cage from Bertrand Chamayou, South American guitar music from Sean Shibe, Grażyna Bacewicz's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Carolyn Sampson's hundredth recording...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2023
13th Nov 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'polished and beautifully-presented' recording of Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde on Opera Rara, conducted by Paul Daniel and starring Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez and Josh Lovell.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th November 2023
10th Nov 2023
Brahms concertos from Simon Trpčeski, a Norwegian Christmas album from Lise Davidsen, Arvo Pärt's Littlemore Tractus and more from Tõnu Kaljuste in Tallinn, and the beginning of a Beethoven cycle from the Doric Quartet.
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Early Music Round-Up - Autumn 2023
6th Nov 2023
Magnificent French Baroque funerary works from Le Concert d'Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, a cornucopia of culinary song from The Playfords, a fond look back at the final decades of the viola da gamba's heyday from André Lislevand, dark penitential Venetian choral music from Odhecaton and Paolo da Col, and more.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd November 2023
3rd Nov 2023
Debussy from Steven Osborne, Bach from Frank Peter Zimmermann, Mozart from Maxim Emelyanychev & Il Pomo d'Oro, and the world premiere recording of Bob Chilcott's Christmas Oratorio.
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The Presto Chart - October 2023
1st Nov 2023
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with Víkingur Ólafsson's 'serious, sincere and authentic' account of Bach's Goldberg Variations leading by a country mile (and racing to the top of the overall 2023 chart to date...).
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2023
1st Nov 2023
A terrific debut recital centring on female experiences from British-Australian soprano Samantha Crawford with pianist Lana Bode, forgotten Baroque gems from Philippe Jaroussky at the very top of his game, and a rich and strange new chamber-work from Thomas Adès.
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2023
31st Oct 2023
This month's heavyweights include Jessye Norman's complete studio recitals on Philips, Deutsche Grammophon & Decca, Victoria de los Ángeles's collected Warner recordings, and Bruckner cycles from Christian Thielemann in Vienna & Andris Nelsons in Leipzig.
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Delius's A Mass of Life from Sir Mark Elder and other forthcoming highlights
30th Oct 2023
Delius's Nietzsche-inspired Mass gets luxury treatment from Bergen, with other stand-outs for late 2023 and early 2024 including Carolyn Sampson's 100th recording, Bach's The Art of Fugue from Christophe Rousset, and a tribute to Lionel Tertis from Timothy Ridout.
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Delius: Eine Messe des Lebens
Roderick Williams (baritone), Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegium Musicum Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Mark Elder
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New Release Round-Up - 27th October 2023
27th Oct 2023
Forgotten Baroque arias from Philippe Jaroussky, a second helping of Brescianello from La Serenissima, Debussy, Ravel and Attahir from Quatuor Arod, and a powerful collaboration between composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson and the LSO Percussion Ensemble.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2023 Choices
25th Oct 2023
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'dynamic and vivid' postscript to Fabio Luisi's Gramophone Award-winning cycle of the Nielsen symphonies with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra on Deutsche Grammophon...
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New Release Round-Up - 20th October 2023
20th Oct 2023
A reimagined Goldberg Variations from Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque, the conclusion of Andris Nelsons's Shostakovich cycle from Boston, a second triptych of African-American Voices from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Kellen Gray, and Porpora's Polifemo from Armonia Atenea & George Petrou.
