Classical Recommendations
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2019
1st Dec 2019
Arresting debut albums from tenor Benjamin Bernheim, violinist Diana Tishchenko and mezzo Adèle Charvet, plus fleet-footed Schubert from Maxim Emelyanychev in his first recording with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th November 2019
29th Nov 2019
Beethoven from René Jacobs, Bach from Angela Hewitt, Ravel from Javier Perianes and Josep Pons, and Bruckner from the Berliner Philharmoniker archives.
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Beethoven: Leonore
Marlis Petersen (Leonore), Maximilian Schmitt (Florestan), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Rocco), Johannes Weisser (Pizarro), Robin Johannsen (Marzelline), Johannes Chum (Jaqino), Tareq Nazmi (Don Fernando), Florian Feth, Julian Popken (Two Prisoners) Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
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Recordings of the Year 2019 - Special Category Nominees
28th Nov 2019
In advance of the final verdicts next Friday, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Conductor of the Year, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
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Palmarès des Diapason d'or 2019
27th Nov 2019
Chris introduces the winners of this year's Awards, revealed at a ceremony last night in Paris.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2019 Choices
26th Nov 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Dvořák and Martinů concertos from Czech pianist Ivo Kahánek, Dohnányi from Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet, and late Schubert from Francesco Piemontesi.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd November 2019
22nd Nov 2019
Russian showpieces from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Luigi Rossi from Christina Pluhar and L'Arpeggiata, and Christmas in Leipzig from early music collective Solomon’s Knot in their debut recording.
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Luigi Rossi: La Lyra d’Orfeo & Arpa Davidica
Christina Pluhar (theorbo, harp), Véronique Gens (soprano), Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Céline Scheen (soprano), Valer Barna-Sabadus (countertenor), Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano), L'Arpeggiata
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Recordings of the Year 2019 - Our Top 100
21st Nov 2019
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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Grammy Nominations 2020
20th Nov 2019
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed earlier today - read on for full details of the recordings which will be battling it out in the nine classical categories.
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2019
19th Nov 2019
Beethoven anniversary editions from Deutsche Grammophon, Warner and Naxos, plus Masaaki Suzuki’s complete Bach secular cantatas, Bruckner from Berlin, and a celebration of Andris Nelsons's time in Birmingham.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2019
15th Nov 2019
New albums from Alexandre Tharaud, Angela Gheorghiu, Vilde Frang and Iván Fischer, plus previously unreleased archive recordings of John Barbirolli and The Hallé and a portrait of the French composer and organist Fernand de La Tombelle.
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New Decca titles added to our Presto CD catalogue
13th Nov 2019
Including recordings from András Schiff, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Sir Georg Solti and Riccardo Chailly.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th November 2019
8th Nov 2019
New albums from Alison Balsom, Jakub Józef Orliński, Roberto Alagna and Benjamin Bernheim, plus a rare outing on DVD and Blu-ray for Ambroise Thomas's opera Hamlet, starring Stéphane Degout as the Prince of Denmark.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices November 2019
6th Nov 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'spectacular and stirring' account of Purcell's King Arthur from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli on Signum.
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The Presto Chart - October 2019
1st Nov 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with Handel's Brockes-Passion from the Academy of Ancient Music in first place...
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New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2019
1st Nov 2019
Debussy from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé, Beethoven from Masaaki Suzuki and Ronald Brautigam, late Schubert from Arcadi Volodos, and Ermonela Jaho’s shattering Traviata on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Presto Editor's Choices - October 2019
31st Oct 2019
Awe-inspiring Ravel and Stravinsky from Italian pianist Beatrice Rana, eloquent Schumann from Camilla Tilling, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, and a superbly spooky Der Freischütz from Marek Janowski.
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason's Elgar and other forthcoming highlights
29th Oct 2019
The young British cellist tackles Elgar’s concerto with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, plus an all-Russian extravaganza from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Franck and Chopin cello sonatas from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang.
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Elgar: Cello Concerto
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Toby Hughes (double bass), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello), Plinio Fernandes (guitar), Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Alinka Rowe (viola), Ayla Sahin (violin), Robert Max (cello), Desmond Neysmith (cello), Rowena Calvert (cello), Nicholas Trygstad (cello), Jo Cole (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2019 Choices
28th Oct 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including formidable Shostakovich from Sydney International Piano Competition winner Andrey Gugnin, Ian Bostridge’s third Winter Journey (this time with Thomas Adès as his companion), and Simon Rattle’s first concert as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th October 2019
25th Oct 2019
Strauss from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, Stravinsky and Ravel from Beatrice Rana, Shostakovich from the Pavel Haas Quartet, and a second recording of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2019
22nd Oct 2019
Chris introduces this month’s selection, headed by a fascinating album of Allegri, Monteverdi and their contemporaries from Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre on Alpha.
