Classical Recommendations
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The Presto Chart - January 2019
2nd Feb 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with period-instrument Berlioz from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - January 2019
1st Feb 2019
Two startlingly original symphonies by the African-American composer Florence Price, Berlioz laid bare by four hands on a Pleyel, and hot-to-the-touch Schumann from Gautier Capuçon and Martha Argerich.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st February 2019
1st Feb 2019
New recordings from Edward Gardner, Mariss Jansons and Jan Lisiecki, plus an Alfred Cellier rarity from Richard Bonynge and a landmark Dmitri Hvorostovsky performance from the Moscow archives.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2019
28th Jan 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, with the first volume of Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber’s Schumann series on Sony taking pride of place.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th January 2019
25th Jan 2019
New recordings from the Grigoryan brothers, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Jayson Gillham and the RIAS Kammerchor, plus a boxed set of Daniel Barenboim reissues.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2019
22nd Jan 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s live recording of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (starring Furio Zanasi as the returning hero and Lucile Richardot as his long-suffering wife) in the lead as Recording of the Month.
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Furio Zanasi (Ulisse), Lucile Richardot (Penelope), Krystian Adam (Telemaco), Hana Blažíková (Minerva / Fortuna), Gianluca Buratto (Tempo / Nettuno / Antinoo) Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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New Release Round-Up - 18th January 2019
18th Jan 2019
New recordings from Gautier Capuçon, Christophe Rousset, Concentus Musicus Wien, and Paavo Järvi and the Orchestre de Paris.
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An unfinished opera by Liszt and other forthcoming highlights
15th Jan 2019
The single completed act of Sardanapalo (premiered just last year in Weimar), plus albums from Paul Lewis, Joyce DiDonato, Steven Isserlis, and Martin Helmchen.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th January 2019
11th Jan 2019
Includes recordings from Boris Giltburg, Stile Antico, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, and William Christie and Les Arts Florissants.
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Boxed Set Selections - January 2019
9th Jan 2019
A comprehensive collection of César Franck, anthologies celebrating two great French female pianists, and DVD boxes exploring the careers of Claudio Abbado and Sergiu Celibidache.
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2019 Choices
7th Jan 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Elicia Silverstein, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, the Elias String Quartet, and Ludus Modalis.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th January 2019
4th Jan 2019
Includes recordings from Jordi Savall, Jennifer Pike, Federico Colli, Vladimir Feltsman, and the Wihan Quartet.
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The Presto Chart - 2018
2nd Jan 2019
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Rachel Podger's pared-down but vibrant Four Seasons with Brecon Baroque leading the pack...
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The Presto Chart - December 2018
1st Jan 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with The Choir of King's College Cambridge's celebration of the centenary of their Nine Lessons and Carols service storming ahead in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - December 2018
31st Dec 2018
Donizetti from Stephen Costello, Mozart from Ensemble Appassionato and Mathieu Herzog, and upscaled Corelli from Gottfried von der Goltz and the Freiburger Barockorchester.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th December 2018
28th Dec 2018
Orphée et Euridice from La Scala with Juan Diego Flórez and Christiane Karg, an eclectic song recital from Anne Sofie von Otter, and late Brahms from Garrick Ohlsson.
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Boxed Set Selections - December 2018
26th Dec 2018
Our Boxing Day boxes include portraits of Claudio Abbado, Maria Yudina and Willi Boskovsky, plus the complete piano music of Sergei Bortkiewicz.
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Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2018
21st Dec 2018
Ten of our best-selling titles from autumn and winter, from artists including Jean Rondeau, the Chiaroscuro Quartet, and Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff with Lars Vogt.
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Kaufmann and Damrau sing Wolf and other early 2019 highlights
19th Dec 2018
The German soprano and tenor join forces with Helmut Deutsch for the Italienisches Liederbuch, plus Chopin from Maurizio Pollini, Berlioz from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles, Liszt from Boris Giltburg, and Schumann from Gautier Capuçon and friends/family…
