Classical Recommendations
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2021 Choices
5th Jan 2021
Katherine introduces this month's Choices, with Daniil Trifonov's Silver Age striking gold as Recording of the Month...
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The Presto Chart - December 2020
4th Jan 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with Mark Simpson's Geysir and Mozart's Gran Partita on Orchid Classics in first place...
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Boxed Set Selections - December 2020
29th Dec 2020
Richard Bonynge's complete ballet recordings on Decca, Mozart operas from Sir Charles Mackerras, and a comprehensive anthology of harp concertos on Brilliant Classics.
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Donizetti's Il Paria and other forthcoming highlights
23rd Dec 2020
Donizetti's 1829 opera about religious intolerance gets a rare outing under the baton of Sir Mark Elder, plus French piano duets from Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne, Beethoven from René Jacobs, and Josquin from Stile Antico.
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Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2020
18th Dec 2020
A selection of our best-selling titles from autumn and winter, from artists including the late Mariss Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt, Christian Thielemann, and the Choir of King's College Cambridge.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2020 Choices
14th Dec 2020
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a tribute to the late Sir John Tavener from Steven Isserlis and friends on Hyperion.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th December 2020
11th Dec 2020
Beethoven from Emmanuel Pahud, Daniel Barenboim and friends, Gombert masses from Beauty Farm, ‘Songs of Comfort and Joy’ from Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott, and two Mosolov world premiere recordings.
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Recordings of the Year 2020 - Our Top 10
10th Dec 2020
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2020
8th Dec 2020
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis taking top honours for their 'inner luminosity' in a programme of music for Passiontide by Andreas Hammerschmidt on Ricercar.
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New Deutsche Grammophon titles added to Presto CD
7th Dec 2020
A wide variety of music, from Haydn to Sciarrino, is available on our latest batch of Presto CDs.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th December 2020
4th Dec 2020
World premiere recordings of orchestral works by Elisabetta Brusa and the original Roman version of Rossini’s Matilde di Shabran, the recording debut of the young American pianist Paul Ji, and a boxed set celebrating Adrian Boult’s relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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The Presto Chart - November 2020
2nd Dec 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with Daniil Trifonov's celebration of Russia's 'Silver Age' on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2020
30th Nov 2020
Ian Bostridge's miller-lad toughens up on the tenor's third recording of Die schöne Müllerin, whilst Philippe Jaroussky and TrioW both unearth some fascinating buried treasure and Paavo Järvi begins a promising new Tchaikovsky cycle.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th November 2020
27th Nov 2020
Prokofiev and Myaskovsky from Vasily Petrenko, Puccini's Il tabarro from Marek Janowski, Martinů from Frank Peter Zimmermann, and a celebration of 'Queen of Baroque' Cecilia Bartoli.
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Grammy Nominations 2021
25th Nov 2020
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed yesterday - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2020
24th Nov 2020
A mammoth tribute to Karl Richter, David Goode’s complete Bach organ works on Signum, Ronald Brautigam’s complete Mozart piano concertos, and a deluxe celebration of Bernard Haitink on DVD.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th November 2020
20th Nov 2020
Stanford’s string quintets from members of the Dante and Endellion quartets, an explosive new work for wind ensemble by Mark Simpson, a transatlantic recital from violinist Callum Smart, and Vivaldi’s long-lost pasticcio Argippo from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.
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Recordings of the Year 2020 - Our Top 100
19th Nov 2020
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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38 New Decca titles added to Presto CD
14th Nov 2020
Including Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting Brahms & Shostakovich, Sir András Schiff playing Schubert and Herbert Blomstedt conducting Richard Strauss.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th November 2020
13th Nov 2020
Sacred baroque rarities from Philippe Jaroussky and Artaserse, a Christmas album from Jonas Kaufmann, Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives from Simon Rattle, and the world premiere recording of Vladimir Martynov’s Utopia Symphony.
