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New Release Round-Up - 5th November 2021
5th Nov 2021by Katherine Cooper
Bach and Handel from Sabine Devieilhe, Josquin from Graindelavoix, Brahms from Alexandre Kantorow, and Rameau's Achante et Céphise from Alexis Kossenko.
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The Presto Chart - October 2021
3rd Nov 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with Canadian-Italian mezzo Emily D'Angelo's debut recording on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2021
1st Nov 2021by Katherine Cooper
French mezzos Marianne Crebassa and Lea Desandre excel on two very different recital-discs, Claire Booth and Christopher Glynn offer an unusual perspective on Mussorgsky, and The Hermes Experiment continue to surprise and delight with their second album.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th October 2021
29th Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
Bartók from Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Phillharmonic, Chopin from Stephen Hough, Beethoven from the Chiaroscuro Quartet, and Handel arias with instrumental obbligatos from La Nuova Musica.
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Boxed Set Selections - October 2021
26th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
October heavyweights include anthologies celebrating Robert Tear, Karl Böhm, Georges Cziffra and Géza Anda. plus the Dresden Kammerchor's complete recordings of Heinrich Schütz.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd October 2021
22nd Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
Gubaidulina world premieres from Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester, Mozart's Mitridate from Marc Minkowski, a musical journey through sixteenth-century Venice with Gawain Glenton and Silas Wollston, and a Franco-Spanish recital from mezzo Marianne Crebassa.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2021
18th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Michael Spyres's Baritenor (which sees the versatile American singer tackling roles as diverse as Donizetti's Tonio and Verdi's Conte di Luna) as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th October 2021
15th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Bach from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mozart from Arabella Steinbacher, a nocturnal programme from Quatuor Ébène, and Elisabeth Lutyens from Martin Jones.
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Opus Klassik Awards 2021
13th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris rounds up the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards, following a gala concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin last weekend.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2021 Choices
11th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Francesca Dego's 'cherishable' accounts of Mozart violin concertos with Roger Norrington and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th October 2021
8th Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
Music by the Bach family from Daniil Trifonov, the Tchaikovsky symphonies from Paavo Järvi in Zurich, a 'journey between different cultures' from Philippe Jaroussky and Thibaut Garcia, and a nature-themed song recital from Renée Fleming and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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Gramophone Awards 2021 - Recording of the Year
6th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The overall winner was revealed at an online ceremony last night, along with other special prizes including Artist of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The Presto Chart - September 2021
3rd Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with Víkingur Ólafsson's Mozart & Contemporaries on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - September 2021
2nd Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Florence Price project from Philadelphia gets off to an electrifying start, Lucas Debargue and Gidon Kremer prove energetic champions of Polish composer-pianist Miłosz Magin, and the Marian and Illyria Consorts join forces for an illuminating Adriatic Voyage.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st October 2021
1st Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
British solo cello music from Steven Isserlis, Beethoven from Martin Helmchen and Frank Peter Zimmermann, Canteloube from Carolyn Sampson, and Elgar from Julia Sitkovetsky and Christopher Glynn.
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Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason's first duo album and other forthcoming highlights
29th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The siblings team up for cello sonatas by Barber and Rachmaninov, Cecilia Bartoli mines her archives, and Ádám Fischer completes his acclaimed Mahler cycle from Düsseldorf.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th September 2021
24th Sep 2021by Katherine Cooper
Price from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chopin from Beatrice Rana, Buxtehude from Arcangelo, and Bellini's Il Pirata starring Marina Rebeka and Javier Camarena.
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Gramophone Awards 2021 - The Winners!
22nd Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
The winning recordings in each of the eleven categories were revealed today.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2021
20th Sep 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Heavyweight collections of recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm and Igor Markevitch, plus Beethoven piano sonata cycles by Boris Giltburg and Rudolf Buchbinder.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th September 2021
17th Sep 2021by Katherine Cooper
Bach from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and two guest stars, opera arias from Georgian baritone George Gagnidze, Liszt from Charles Owen, and Jommelli from Ian Page and The Mozartists.