Classical Recommendations
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Jonas Kaufmann records Puccini arias
3rd Jun 2015
As he gears up for 'Nessun dorma' at the Last Night of the Proms, the German tenor will release an all-Puccini album on Sony, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
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Presto CD - 78 more DG titles
30th May 2015
Artists include Kathleen Battle, André Previn, Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich.
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Two Imminent Escapes from the Seraglio
29th May 2015
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and René Jacobs have both recently recorded Mozart's exotic singspiel - results coming up later this year!
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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
Richard Croft (Idomeneo), Bernarda Fink (Idamante), Sunhae Im (Ilia), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Elettra), Kenneth Tarver (Arbace), Nicolas Rivenq (Gran Sacerdote) & Luca Tittoto (La Voce) RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
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Presto CD - 100 ASV titles
23rd May 2015
Chris introduces the latest batch of Presto CDs, focusing on the catalogue of British label ASV Records.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2015
22nd May 2015
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, with András Schiff's period-instrument revisitation of late Schubert leading the pack…
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Introducing Greta Bradman…
15th May 2015
Australian soprano has just finished recording debut disc for Decca with Richard Bonynge.
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Presto CD - Gaudeamus
13th May 2015
40 titles from ASV's popular early music series, with artists including The Cardinall's Musick, The Clerks' Group and Musica Fabula.
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Presto CD - 130 new Philips titles
9th May 2015
The latest batch of additions to our in-house reissue label, including vintage recordings from Seiji Ozawa, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields…
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Presto CDs reach 1,000!
30th Apr 2015
The Presto CD project reaches a milestone - the release of our 1,000th title!
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Music from Walt Disney's Fantasia
Joan Sutherland (soprano) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Leopold Stokowski, Bernard Herrmann, Stanley Black, Richard Bonynge
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Presto CD - 170 Philips titles just added
26th Apr 2015
Artists include Jessye Norman, Sir Neville Marriner and Mitsuko Uchida.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2015
24th Apr 2015
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, with another triumph for the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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Two new recordings from Joyce DiDonato
16th Apr 2015
A recital-disc with Antonio Pappano coming up soon, and a major new studio opera-recording in the offing for 2017…
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Brahms Inspired - Orli Shaham
15th Apr 2015
Brahms's Op. 119 provides creative impetus for three newly commissioned works in this new project from the American pianist.
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Presto CD - Chamber and instrumental gems from Decca
10th Apr 2015
The latest pack of additions to the Presto label, including vintage recordings from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Alicia de Larrocha and András Schiff…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards - The Winners
7th Apr 2015
Chris reports live from the ceremony at Kings Place, revealing the category-winners and the coveted Disc of the Year…
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Shostakovich from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
7th Apr 2015
Deutsche Grammophon announce three recordings with the Latvian conductor and his new orchestra.
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Kirill Karabits records Prokofiev
2nd Apr 2015
The Ukrainian conductor continues his series with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
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Presto CD - more Deutsche Grammophon titles
27th Mar 2015
Chris introduces a wealth of new Presto CD titles from DG, featuring major orchestral recordings by Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, Neeme Järvi, Leonard Bernstein and many more.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2015
24th Mar 2015
Chris introduces the pick of the crop from this month's issue, with Rachel Podger's new Vivaldi disc on Channel Classics taking pride of place as Disc of the Month.
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Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
20th Mar 2015
Kent Nagano and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal return to Decca with a rarely-heard French collaboration.
