Classical Recommendations
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The Presto Chart - May 2021
2nd Jun 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Alina Ibragimova's Paganini Caprices on Hyperion in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - May 2021
1st Jun 2021
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London spin a sensuous shaggy-dog story with élan, Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo bring Nero to life in all his monstrous glory, and Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper shine light on forgotten songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2021
31st May 2021
A centenary celebration of Dennis Brain, Stravinsky from Bernstein and Chailly, and highlights from the legendary concerts which Klemperer gave in Amsterdam between 1947 and 1961.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th May 2021
28th May 2021
Dutilleux from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Bach Partitas from Mahan Esfahani, Coleridge-Taylor from Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper, and a portrait of Nero from Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st May 2021
21st May 2021
Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, Beethoven, Bartók and Dvořák from the Juilliard String Quartet, Bruckner from Christian Thielemann, and vintage Stravinsky from Leonard Bernstein.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2021
17th May 2021
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a 'remarkable' traversal of a single year in Mozart's life from Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th May 2021
14th May 2021
Riccardo Chailly's collected Stravinsky recordings, Strauss from Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Handel arias from French mezzo Héloïse Mas, and Erich Kleiber in Berlin.
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2021 Choices
12th May 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Sir Antonio Pappano's 'absolutely magnificent' accounts of Vaughan Williams's Fourth and Sixth Symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra as Recording of the Month.
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International Opera Awards 2021 - The Winners!
11th May 2021
The results of last night's online ceremony, including the winning recordings in the complete opera and recital categories.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th May 2021
7th May 2021
An 'anatomy of melancholy' from Jean Rondeau, Beethoven from Chinese pianist Niu Niu, Mozart wind serenades from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and Brahms from Julian Bliss and James Baillieu.
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The Presto Chart - April 2021
4th May 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with young British guitarist Alexandra Whittingham's debut recording on Delphian in first place (despite not being released until 28th May!)...
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Presto Editor's Choices - April 2021
30th Apr 2021
A beguiling recital of lieder by female composers from soprano Olena Tokar and Igor Gryshyn, a revelatory Wesendonk-Lieder from Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, and a glittering Nutcracker from the brilliant young pianist Ivan Bessonov.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th April 2021
30th Apr 2021
Zemlinsky and Schreker from Vasily Petrenko in Liverpool, Festmusik from Onyx Brass and John Wilson, Ysaÿe from James Ehnes, and Miloš Karadaglić in new guitar concertos by Joby Talbot and Howard Shore.
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25 New Decca and Deutsche Grammophon titles now on Presto CD
28th Apr 2021
Riccardo Chailly, the Takács Quartet and András Schiff are amongst the artists featured on the latest batch of Presto CDs.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd April 2021
23rd Apr 2021
Winterreise from Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, an homage to Humperdinck on Deutsche Grammophon, Mahler's Resurrection Symphony from Ádám Fischer, and Charles Avison's Scarlatti-inspired concerti grossi on Glossa.
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Boxed Set Selections - April 2021
21st Apr 2021
April heavyweights include French organist Jeanne Demessieux's complete recordings on Decca, plus anthologies celebrating André Previn, Eugene Ormandy and Peter Maag.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2021
19th Apr 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with a Proustian soirée from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Tanguy de Williencourt on Harmonia Mundi in pride of place.
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2021
19th Apr 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an 'outstanding recording' of Beethoven's Triple Concerto from the Freiburger Barockorchester and Pablo Heras-Casado with soloists Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Alexander Melnikov.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th April 2021
16th Apr 2021
Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder from Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, Freddie de Tommaso's debut album Passione, Patricia Kopatchinskaja in Pierrot Lunaire, and Vivaldi bassoon concertos from Sergio Azzolini.
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Brahms from Sir András Schiff and other forthcoming highlights
14th Apr 2021
The pianist directs Brahms's concertos from the keyboard with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Cecilia Bartoli sings a gender-fluid Ariodante from Salzburg, and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn champions Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
