Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 14th September 2018
14th Sep 2018
A live Wigmore Hall recital from Joyce DiDonato and the Brentano Quartet, Bartók and Enescu from Vilde Frang and friends, and Deborah Warner’s spectacular staging of Billy Budd from the Teatro Real Madrid.
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Gramophone Awards 2018 - Recording of the Year
13th Sep 2018
Chris reports live from the ceremony in London, with full details of the overall winning recording, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2018 Choices
11th Sep 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from La Serenissima, Fabio Biondi, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and the Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th September 2018
7th Sep 2018
Finzi from Paul Watkins, Chopin from Leif Ove Andsnes, Broadway songs from Renée Fleming, and the first commercial recording of Gounod’s final opera, Le tribut de Zamora.
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Presto CD - new titles from Argo, Decca, DG and Philips
4th Sep 2018
The latest batch of Presto CDs includes Mendelssohn from Neville Marriner, Bach from Peter Hurford and Mozart from Frans Brüggen.
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Presto Editor's Choices - August 2018
2nd Sep 2018
An irresistible collection of evergreens from a veteran baritone, Mendelssohn from the cutting-room floor, and two rare sets of incidental music by Fauré feature among this month’s favourites.
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The Presto Chart - August 2018
1st Sep 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with Yo-Yo Ma's third recording of the Bach Cello Suites in first place by some margin!
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Gramophone Awards 2018: The Winners!
31st Aug 2018
This year's victors in each of the ten categories were revealed this morning.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st August 2018
31st Aug 2018
Mahler from Simon Rattle, Stenhammar from Neeme Järvi, Brahms and Schubert from John Eliot Gardiner, and Matthias Goerne’s first recorded Wozzeck.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th August 2018
24th Aug 2018
An all-French recital from Alice Sara Ott, an impressive and innovative debut album from soprano Nadine Sierra, and a second Brahms recording from Cyprien Katsaris and Hélène Mercier.
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Igor Levit's 'Life Album' and other forthcoming instrumental and concerto highlights
22nd Aug 2018
Bach, Busoni, Liszt/Wagner and Rzewski from the Russian-German pianist, plus Chopin and Schubert from Steven Isserlis, and an eclectic second album from award-winning young guitarist Sean Shibe.
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Boxed Set Selections - August 2018
21st Aug 2018
Three centenary tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Marie-Claire Alain’s first complete Bach cycle newly remastered, and celebrations of Neeme Järvi, Oscar Levant, Claudio Abbado and George Szell.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th August 2018
17th Aug 2018
Beethoven from the Elias Quartet, Mendelssohn from Anima Eterna Brugge, a friends-and-family affair from Mischa Maisky, and a fascinating collection of chamber works from the Russian-British composer Alissa Firsova.
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Rossini's Semiramide and other forthcoming vocal highlights
15th Aug 2018
Rossini's Babylonian opera presented uncut and on period instruments, plus new releases from Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce DiDonato, Stuart Skelton and Barbara Hannigan.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2018
13th Aug 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia's centenary tribute to their former Honorary President Leonard Bernstein taking pride of place as Recording of the Month.
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Gramophone Awards 2018 - the top three in each category
10th Aug 2018
The final contenders in each of the ten genres were revealed this morning…
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New Release Round-Up - 10th August 2018
10th Aug 2018
Penderecki from Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bernstein from Antonio Pappano, Mozart from Daniel Barenboim and friends/family, plus the first commercial recording of an English Romantic opera conducted by Richard Bonynge.
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2018 Choices
9th Aug 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from trombonist and BBC Young Musician of the Year Peter Moore, Sandrine Piau, Christopher Purves, and the Jerusalem Quartet.
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New Release Round-up - 3rd August 2018
3rd Aug 2018
New releases from the Binchois Consort, lutenist Jakob Lindberg, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, plus Georg Solti's Tannhäuser in 5.1 surround sound and the complete Decca recordings of Alicia De Larrocha.
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Gramophone Awards 2018 Shortlist
1st Aug 2018
The sixty shortlisted recordings (half a dozen in each of ten categories) for this year’s Awards have just been revealed…
