Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd May 2025
23rd May 2025
Purcell from Helen Charlston and Sounds Baroque, Chopin from Benjamin Grosvenor, Beethoven from Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, and Madeleine Dring from Nicholas Daniel and friends.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2025
20th May 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'most distinguished' account of Richard Strauss's Salome from Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic on Chandos, recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival in 2022 with Malin Byström in the title-role.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th May 2025
16th May 2025
Bach from Benjamin Alard, Brahms from Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, Lament and Liberation from the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven & Liszt from Mariam Batsashvili.
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Early Music Round-Up - Spring 2025
13th May 2025
Provincial Handel-inspired instrumental works from The Corelli Orchestra, Telemann chamber music from The London Handel Players, the culmination of the Orlando Consort's Machaut series, imposing Lusitano motets from Arte Minima, and more. Plus, the final three weeks of our Early Music special offer!
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New Release Round-Up - 9th May 2025
9th May 2025
Chopin from Justin Taylor, Bizet's complete songs from Cyrille Dubois and friends, early Schumann & Bruckner from Jordi Savall, and Shostakovich & Britten from Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd May 2025
2nd May 2025
Bruckner from The Hallé and Kahchun Wong, Kurtág from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Brahms's German Requiem from Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki, and Strauss's Salome from Edward Gardner (with Malin Byström in the title-role).
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Presto Team Choices - April 2025
1st May 2025
Staff favourites from April include orchestral suites by Thomas Adès (conducted by the composer), Prokofiev from Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra, a riveting debut album of bel canto scenes from Italian soprano Eleonora Buratto, and a 'distinctively atmospheric' Bluebeard's Castle from Karina Canellakis.
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The Presto Chart - April 2025
1st May 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, headed by Edward Gardner's electrifying live recording of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer with the Norwegian National Opera, starring Gerald Finley as The Dutchman and Lise Davidsen as Senta.
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Lise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman) Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2025 Choices
28th Apr 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Shostakovich recital from the Jerusalem Quartet which 'combines amazing technical finesse with overwhelming musical insight'.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th April 2025
25th Apr 2025
Weinberg from the Arcadia Quartet, Shostakovich from Yo-Yo Ma in Boston, Tchaikovsky from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Domingo Hindoyan, and Salieri from Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025: The Winners!
23rd Apr 2025
A live update from tonight's ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2025
22nd Apr 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by an 'alert, cohesive and significant' live recording of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer from Edward Gardner and the Norwegian National Opera, with Gerald Finley in the title-role and Lise Davidsen as Senta.
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Lise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman) Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner
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New Release Round-Up - 18th April 2025
18th Apr 2025
Bruckner and Gesualdo from the Monteverdi Choir, a celebration of tango from French cellist Ophélie Gaillard, the complete songs of Ravel from Malcolm Martineau and friends, and Maurice Greene's 1737 oratorio Jephtha from the Early Opera Company and Christian Curnyn.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th April 2025
11th Apr 2025
Ruth Gipps from Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Daughtery from Anne Akiko Meyers, the Albany Symphony Orchestra and David Alan Miller, Beethoven from Nicola Benedetti, the Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon, and a recital of Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi from Eleonora Buratto, the Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova and Sesto Quatrini.
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More Chandos titles now made available on Presto CD
7th Apr 2025
We’re excited to announce the addition of more Chandos titles to our Presto CD offering, including albums representing the diversity of music characteristic of this label, and many of them having been unavailable on CD for several years.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th April 2025
4th Apr 2025
Bach's Mass in B minor from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, Ravel from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle from the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Karina Canellakis, and Schubert from Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton.
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The Presto Chart - March 2025
1st Apr 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, headed by a box-set of Shostakovich's complete symphonies, concertos and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Presto Team Choices - March 2025
1st Apr 2025
Staff favourites from March include a Boulez centenary tribute from Quatuor Diotima, a rich and varied collection of orchestral works by Master of the King's Music Errollyn Wallen, the world premiere recording of Steve Reich's Jacob's Ladder, and captivating Vivaldi from {oh!} Orkiestra and Belgian soprano Sophie Junker.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th March 2025
28th Mar 2025
Havergal Brian's Agamemnon from Martyn Brabbins and the Orchestra of English National Opera, Dvořák and Price from Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet, orchestral works by Errollyn Wallen, and Tosca from Daniel Harding in Rome.
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Puccini: Tosca
Eleonora Buratto (Tosca), Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi), Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Davide Giangregorio (Sagristano), Matteo Macchioni (Spoletta), Nicolò Ceriani (Sciarrone) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Daniel Harding
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2025
25th Mar 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Tosca boasting 'the finest cast of the digital era' (namely Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman and Ludovic Tézier) on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Puccini: Tosca
Eleonora Buratto (Tosca), Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi), Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Davide Giangregorio (Sagristano), Matteo Macchioni (Spoletta), Nicolò Ceriani (Sciarrone) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Daniel Harding
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