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BBC Music Magazine - December 2025 Choices
4th Nov 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Beethoven recording which 'radiates infectious joy' from Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Leonidas Kavakos on Sony.
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The Presto Chart - October 2025
3rd Nov 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, headed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion's 'truly magical' account of Brahms's German Requiem on Harmonia Mundi.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st October 2025
31st Oct 2025
Bach's Goldberg Variations from Thibaut Garcia and Antoine Morinière, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with Lisette Oropesa in the title-role, Frank Zappa, John Cage and more from Marc-André Hamelin, and Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir's first studio album on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Presto Team Choices - October 2025
30th Oct 2025
Ambroise Thomas's tragicomic 1857 opera Psyché from Palazzetto Bru Zane, a portrait of Sergei Bortkiewicz from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Neeme Järvi, 'infectiously joyous' Dvořák from Simon Rattle in Prague, and John Ireland's piano works from Rebeca Omordia.
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Boxed Set Selections - Autumn 2025
28th Oct 2025
Heavyweight highlights from the last couple of months include two eightieth-birthday tributes to Itzhak Perlman, Sir Simon Rattle's recordings of British repertoire, and remastered anthologies of mono recordings by Sir Adrian Boult and Sir Thomas Beecham.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th October 2025
24th Oct 2025
Latin Connections from the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet and Sara Dowling, the complete symphonies of Galina Ustvolskaya, Liszt's Transcendental Études from Yoav Levanon, and an exploration of Bach's links with Italy from Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2025
22nd Oct 2025
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by 'a landmark achievement' from Belgian early music ensemble InAlto in music by Tarquinio Merula on Ricercar.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th October 2025
17th Oct 2025
Bliss ballet music from the BBC Philharmonic with Michael Seal, a wide-ranging debut recital from countertenor Hugh Cutting with Audrey Hyland, Schubert piano sonatas from Martin Helmchen, and Debussy and Szymanowski from the Belcea Quartet.
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Winners!
15th Oct 2025
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th October 2025
10th Oct 2025
Golden Age duets and arias from Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee, early Mozart from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Tippett, Britten and Walton from Clare Hammond, and a collection of recent secular choral works by Sir John Rutter.
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2025 Choices
6th Oct 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'thoughtful and on occasion provocative' Bach from Isabelle Faust with Kristian Bezuidenhout and Kristin von der Goltz on Harmonia Mundi.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd October 2025
3rd Oct 2025
A lute song recital with a difference from countertenor Reginald Mobley, Dvořák from Sir Simon Rattle and the Czech Philharmonic, a Parisian love-letter from guitarist Alexandra Whittingham, and Elgar & Adès from Christian Tetzlaff.
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The Presto Chart - September 2025
2nd Oct 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, headed by John Wilson's hyper-complete recording of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady with Sinfonia of London on Chandos.
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Presto Team Choices - September 2025
30th Sep 2025
An affectionate, wide-ranging birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt from Paavo Järvi, an heroic triptych from Jakub Hrůša in Bamberg, an anniversary homage to Mikolajus Čiurlionis from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and an 'unfailingly engaging' Idomeneo from Sir Simon Rattle in Munich.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th September 2025
26th Sep 2025
Neapolitan songs from Pene Pati, a celebration of John Rutter from Clare College Cambridge, Telemann from Isabelle Faust and friends, and Vaughan Williams from the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th September 2025
19th Sep 2025
John Rutter's piano concerto Reflections from Steven Osborne (with the composer conducting), Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 from Francesco Piemontesi, a ninetieth-birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt from the Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo Järvi, and Saint-Saëns's 1906 opera L'Ancêtre from Kazuki Yamada.
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International Opera Awards 2025 - The Shortlisted Recordings
18th Sep 2025
Lisette Oropesa, Huw Montague Rendall and Rosa Feola are among the artists in the running for the solo recital category, whilst new accounts of Salome, Dido & Aeneas and Carmen go head-to-head in the complete recording stakes...
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Beethoven from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming highlights
17th Sep 2025
The Icelandic pianist's new album is built around Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, with other stand-outs for the autumn including an 'overwhelming' Mahler 2 from Kahchun Wong and the Hallé, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius from Edward Gardner, and an eclectic programme featuring Zappa and Cage from Marc-André Hamelin.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2025
15th Sep 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Purcell's Dido & Aeneas from Il Pomo d'Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev on Erato, with the 'magical pairing' of Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres in the title-roles.
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Finalists
12th Sep 2025
The three finalists in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning, with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Kantorow, Huw Montague Rendall and Timothy Ridout among those in the running...
