Classical Recommendations
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2018
17th Dec 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with three of Handel's Italian cantatas from two outstanding young French singers and Emmanuelle Haïm directing Le Concert d'Astrée out in front as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th December 2018
14th Dec 2018
Includes recordings from Jordi Savall, Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, and Stephen Costello.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2018 Choices
11th Dec 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Víkingur Ólafsson, James Ehnes, Elsa Dreisig, and Mahan Esfahani.
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Grammy Nominations 2019
10th Dec 2018
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed on Friday - read on for full details of the recordings which will be battling it out in the eight classical categories.
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Recordings of the Year 2018 - Our Top 10
7th Dec 2018
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our new special category awards...
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John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley (Robert Oppenheimer), Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer), Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller), Samuel Sakker (James Nolan), Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson), Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita) BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams
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New Release Round-Up - 7th December 2018
7th Dec 2018
Naive’s Vivaldi Edition continues in style with Il Giustino, the Quatuor Ébène’s former viola-player conducts some exhilarating Mozart, and Gottfried von der Goltz supersizes Corelli.
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Vivaldi: Il Giustino
Delphine Galou (Giustino), Emöke Barath (Arianna), Silke Gäng (Anastasio), Ana Maria Labin (Leocasta), Ariana Vendittelli (Amantio), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Vitaliano), Alessandro Giangrande (Andronico, Polidarte) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
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50 new titles added on Sony, Columbia and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
2nd Dec 2018
An eclectic mix of titles, including Nielsen from Esa-Pekka Salonen, Wagner from Bruno Walter, and Bach from Hille Perl.
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The Presto Chart - November 2018
1st Dec 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, with Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna's Mahler Six in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices - November 2018
30th Nov 2018
Schumann from Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, Beethoven from Maxim Emelyanychev and the Nizhny Novgorod Soloists, and Elgar from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th November 2018
30th Nov 2018
Verdi from Fabio Biondi (yes, really!), Berlioz from Michael Tilson Thomas and the late Sir Colin Davis, and Debussy centenary tributes from pianists Javier Perianes and Roger Muraro.
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Recordings of the Year - Special Category Nominees
29th Nov 2018
In advance of the final verdicts next Friday, we reveal the shortlists for our six new special awards - including Rising Star, Conductor of the Year, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd November 2018
23rd Nov 2018
Highlights from Porpora’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel from Sabine Devieilhe and Léa Desandre, Debussy and Ravel from Joseph Moog, and the final instalment of Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver’s Beethoven Violin Sonatas.
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Recordings of the Year 2018 - Our Top 100
22nd Nov 2018
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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Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley (Robert Oppenheimer), Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer), Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller), Samuel Sakker (James Nolan), Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson), Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita) BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams
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Boxed Set Selections - November 2018
22nd Nov 2018
Jaap van Zweden’s Ring Cycle with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Colin Davis’s complete recordings of Berlioz with the London Symphony Orchestra, and collections celebrating Carlos Kleiber, Henryk Szeryng, Riccardo Chailly and Claudio Abbado.
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde - Die Walküre), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde/Brünnhilde - Siegfried), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Brünnhilde - Götterdämmerung), Daniel Brenna (Siegfried - Götterdämmerung), Simon O’Neill (Siegfried - Siegfried); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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Palmarès des Diapason d'or 2018
21st Nov 2018
Chris introduces the winners of this year's Awards, revealed at a ceremony last night in Paris.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th November 2018
16th Nov 2018
Schumann from Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, Mahler from Daniel Harding, and Sir David McVicar's staging of Bellini's Norma from the Metropolitan Opera, starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato and Joseph Calleja.
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2018 Choices
14th Nov 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Vilde Frang, the Tesla Quartet, Leif Ove Andsnes, and The Tallis Scholars.
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Rossini: Semiramide
Albina Shagimuratova (Semiramide), Daniela Barcellona (Arsace), Mirco Palazzi (Assur), Barry Banks (Idreno), Gianluca Buratto (Oroe), Susana Gaspar (Azema), David Butt Philip (Mitrane), James Platt (L’ombra di Nino) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
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New Release Round-Up - 9th November 2018
9th Nov 2018
The final instalment of Jaap van Zweden’s excellent Ring Cycle with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, thrillingly raw Beethoven from Maxim Emelyanychev, Mozart from Faust and Melnikov, and Christopher Maltman’s role-debut as Berg's Wozzeck.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2018
7th Nov 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Hilary Hahn's second volume of the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin occupying the top spot.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd November 2018
2nd Nov 2018
A landmark account of Handel’s Serse starring Franco Fagioli, Elgar from Sir Mark Elder and Sir Andrew Davis, and the latest instalment of Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.
