Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 7th July 2023
7th Jul 2023
Dvořák and Coleridge-Taylor from the Takács Quartet, Shostakovich from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, Joachim Mendelson & Grażyna Bacewicz from the Silesian Quartet, and Mendelssohn & more from young Australian violinist Christian Li.
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Opus Klassik Awards 2023
6th Jul 2023
Revealed in advance of October's ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards include Asmik Grigorian, Víkingur Ólafsson, Sean Shibe and Abel Selaocoe.
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The Presto Chart - June 2023
3rd Jul 2023
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with British conductor Alpesh Chauhan's debut recording of Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasias on Chandos in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 30th June 2023
30th Jun 2023
CPE Bach from Keith Jarrett, choral works by the late Kaija Saariaho, Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Presto Editor's Choices - June 2023
29th Jun 2023
An eclectic album exploring temptation and taboo from Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu, high-octane Khachaturian from the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie and Frank Beermann, and a beguiling recital of Lieder from fin-de-siècle Vienna from Robyn Allegra Parton and Simon Lepper.
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Boxed Set Selections - June 2023
27th Jun 2023
This month's heavyweights include two boxes celebrating Antal Doráti's legacy on Mercury, Otto Klemperer's symphonic recordings on EMI Columbia, HMV, Electrola and Parlophone, and Matthias Goerne's survey of Schubert Lieder on Harmonia Mundi.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd June 2023
23rd Jun 2023
Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas's debut recording on Delphian, Mozart violin sonatas from Renaud Capuçon & Kit Armstrong, Verdi's Un ballo in maschera from Marek Janowski, and Forbidden Fruits from Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu.
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2023 Choices
21st Jun 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an 'immensely assured' first album on Chandos from trumpeter Matilda Lloyd, featuring virtuosic paraphrases on themes from operas by composers including Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th June 2023
16th Jun 2023
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's choral music from London Choral Sinfonia, Kurt Weill's Propheten from Dennis Russell Davies, Mexican songs and chamber music from Mr McFall’s Chamber & Jamie MacDougall, and Bach motets from Solomon's Knot.
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Monteverdi from Raphaël Pichon and other forthcoming highlights
13th Jun 2023
A studio recording of the Vespro della Beata Vergine from Pygmalion is among the stand-out releases for late summer, with other highlights including Locatelli concertos from Isabelle Faust and the Ysaÿe solo sonatas from Hilary Hahn.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2023
12th Jun 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'meticulously plotted' German Baroque requiem from Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier...
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New Release Round-Up - 9th June 2023
9th Jun 2023
Eric Coates from the BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson, Bach's Art of Fugue from Cuarteto Casals, two recent orchestral works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and a second Liszt recital from Italian pianist Saskia Giorgini.
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New Presto CD Titles from Sony Classical
8th Jun 2023
The latest batch of Presto CD's from Sony Classical are an eclectic mix of the avant-garde and scores from Hollywood and Broadway.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Henry Jackman, Tyler Bryant (guitar), Vicci Wardman (viola), Caroline Dale (cello), Chris Laurence (bass), Richard Watkins (french horn), Richard Edwards (trombone), Hugh Webb (harp), Elyse Marchant (vocal)
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd June 2023
2nd Jun 2023
Byrd from The Gesualdo Six, Bruckner from Thomas Dausgaard in Bergen, works by Tan Dun, Turnage, Glass and Heggie from the New Century Chamber Orchestra & Daniel Hope, and Handel's Serse (with Emily D'Angelo in the title-role) from Harry Bicket & The English Concert.
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The Presto Chart - May 2023
1st Jun 2023
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Spanish violinist María Dueñas's Beethoven and Beyond on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - May 2023
1st Jun 2023
A spine-tingling programme of macabre ballads from Georg Nigl and Olga Pashchenko, weird and wonderful Royer from Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, and a swashbuckling quartet of Venetian violin concertos from Chouchane Siranossian and the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2023
30th May 2023
May heavyweights include Herbert Blomstedt's collected recordings on Decca, a comprehensive Smetana anthology on Brilliant, and Lorin Maazel's complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th May 2023
26th May 2023
Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO, Childhood Tales from Isata Kanneh-Mason, spirituals and songs by Black composers from American countertenor Reginald Mobley, and Schubert from Marek Janowski in Dresden.
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2023 Choices
23rd May 2023
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by a Turandot of 'passion and intelligence' from Sir Antonio Pappano on Warner Classics, starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann and Ermonela Jaho.
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Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
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New Release Round-Up - 19th May 2023
19th May 2023
Bruch & Price concertos from Randall Goosby, a snapshot of Mozart's time in Mannheim from the Freiburger Barockorchester, Liszt orchestral songs from Thomas Hampson and friends, and the Bevan Family Consort's debut album of sacred choral music (including works by Palestrina, Tallis, Holst & Stanford).
