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BBC Music Magazine - May 2020 Choices
21st Apr 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by violinist Jack Liebeck's 'stellar Brahms and expressive Schoenberg' concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Gourlay on Orchid Classics.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th April 2020
17th Apr 2020
Beethoven and Barry from Thomas Adès and the Britten Sinfonia, a strongly-cast Frau ohne Schatten from Vienna, and a Russian recital from Karina Gauvin.
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Boxed Set Selections - April 2020
15th Apr 2020
Vintage Beethoven string quartets from Melodiya, a sixtieth-birthday celebration from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and forty years of recordings from the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
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New Release Round-Up 10th April 2020
10th Apr 2020
Bach albums from Alisa Weilerstein and Benjamin Alard, Beethoven from Cuarteto Casals, four-hand Schubert from Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya, and a recital themed around the figure of Eve from Anna Prohaska and Julius Drake.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2020
6th Apr 2020
Chris introduces this month’s Choices, headed by Masaaki Suzuki's second account of Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Bach Collegium Japan as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd April 2020
3rd Apr 2020
Brahms from Lars Vogt and the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra, and world premiere recordings of two new works by Sir James MacMillan
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The Presto Chart - March 2020
2nd Apr 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Víkingur Ólafsson's hypnotic new album of Rameau and Debussy on Deutsche Grammophon out in front by a country mile...
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Presto Editor's Choices - March 2020
1st Apr 2020
Ripping yarns from Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper, an exuberant Diabelli Variations with a twist from Rudolf Buchbinder, and an affectionate tribute to Leopold Godowsky from the brilliant young Russian pianist Andrey Gugnin.
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The Presto Playlist - Week One
30th Mar 2020
With our main office and Leamington shop currently closed, our staff share their personal soundtracks for working from home.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th March 2020
27th Mar 2020
Korngold from John Wilson, Fauré from Louis Lortie, Mozart from Peter Donohoe, and an intriguing programme of Haydn, Grisey and Nono from soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra.
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2020
25th Mar 2020
Anniversary celebrations of Guido Cantelli and Collegium Vocale Gent, plus Beethoven from Jonathan Biss, Rudolf Buchbinder and the Kuss Quartet, and an anthology of film scores from Charles Gerhardt.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2020 Choices
25th Mar 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Volume Two of Italian pianist Federico Colli's exuberant Scarlatti series on Chandos, described by Michael Church as 'a riveting hour' of 'wonderful pianism'.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th March 2020
20th Mar 2020
Rachmaninov from Lucerne, Dvořák from the late Jiří Bělohlávek, an eclectic song-recital from Patricia Petibon, and Die Walküre from the Royal Opera House.
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Purcell from Paul McCreesh and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2020
The Gabrielis record a new edition of The Fairy Queen, plus Shostakovich from Alina Ibragimova, Beethoven concertos from Stephen Hough, and Tannhäuser from last year’s Bayreuth Festival, with Lise Davidsen making her debut on the ‘green hill’ as Elisabeth.
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New titles added to Presto CD - March 2020
17th Mar 2020
New Presto CDs include Beethoven piano concertos from Maurizio Pollini, Berg and Stravinsky from Itzhak Perlman, and Brahms from Carlos Kleiber.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th March 2020
13th Mar 2020
Beethoven from Rudolf Buchbinder and Andreas Staier, Tartini from Chouchane Siranossian, Handel from Christophe Dumaux, and the inaugural concert from Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal on DVD and Blu-ray.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2020 Choices
10th Mar 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Shostakovich from the late Mariss Jansons, Prokofiev from Steven Osborne, and Tchaikovsky from the Rolston String Quartet.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th March 2020
6th Mar 2020
Franck from Nikolai Lugansky, Bach Toccatas from Masaaki Suzuki, a Roman pilgrimage with The Sixteen, and a dramatic Lieder recital from Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper.
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The Presto Chart - February 2020
3rd Mar 2020
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's collection of French orchestral works on Chandos in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - February 2020
1st Mar 2020
A captivating collection of English song from Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton, a Spanish postcard from Offenbach, and a weird and wonderful Skalkottas anthology from Athens.
