Classical Reviews
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Violin music by Bach and Vivaldi from Gil Shaham and Rachel Podger
9th Mar 2015
David listens to two new albums of violin music - Vivaldi concertos from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, and Bach solo sonatas and partitas from Gil Shaham.
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Russian Cello and Piano Concertos from Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein
2nd Mar 2015
David listens to a pair of new releases that throw light on early versions of concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.
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French Opera Arias from Bryan Hymel and Piotr Beczala
23rd Feb 2015
Katherine enjoys a double-whammy of new releases from two young star tenors - Bryan Hymel and Piotr Beczala.
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Schnittke from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
16th Feb 2015
James listens to Alfred Schnittke's bold, polystylistic Third Symphony, performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski.
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Zemlinsky String Quartets from the Brodsky Quartet
9th Feb 2015
Katherine enjoys string quartets by the Romantic composer Alexander Zemlinsky, performed by the Brodsky Quartet.
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Zemlinsky: String Quartets
Brodsky Quartet
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Brahms Serenades from Riccardo Chailly
2nd Feb 2015
James listens to Riccardo Chailly's latest disc of Brahms with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester.
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Brahms: Serenades
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
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Andrew Davis conducts Elgar's King Olaf
26th Jan 2015
James listens to Edward Elgar's relatively little-known cantata, based on Longfellow's poem about Olaf, the first Christian king of Norway.
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Grigory Sokolov performs Mozart and Chopin
19th Jan 2015
James listens to Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov's first release on DG, featuring Mozart Sonatas and Chopin Preludes.
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Grigory Sokolov: The Salzburg Recital 2008
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
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Anna Netrebko sings Tchaikovsky's Iolanta
12th Jan 2015
Katherine listens to Anna Netrebko's new recording of a little-known late Tchaikovsky opera, the one-act Iolanta.
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Andris Nelsons conducts Sibelius and Wagner
5th Jan 2015
James listens to Andris Nelsons’s début recording with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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2014 in review and looking ahead to 2015
29th Dec 2014
Katherine looks back over the year, and takes a peek into the crystal ball at what 2015 holds...
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2014
22nd Dec 2014
The Presto editorial team pick some "ones that got away" - the discs we just didn't have space to write about when they were released!
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Iván Fischer conducts Brahms
15th Dec 2014
David listens to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's new recording of Brahms's Second Symphony.
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel's Messiah
8th Dec 2014
David listens to a new recording of Handel's Messiah, with Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée orchestra and choir.
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Music for Christmas
1st Dec 2014
Katherine listens to some of this year's Christmas discs, featuring Renee Fleming, the choir of Clare College Cambridge and Arte dei Suonatori.
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Anna Netrebko sings Strauss's Four Last Songs
24th Nov 2014
Katherine listens to Anna Netrebko's new recording of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin.
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Maurizio Pollini completes his cycle of Beethoven Piano Sonatas
17th Nov 2014
James reviews Maurizio Pollini’s recently-completed cycle of Beethoven Piano Sonatas.
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Jos van Immerseel conducts Carmina Burana
10th Nov 2014
James listens to Jos van Immerseel's new recording of the chamber version of Carl Orff's famous Carmina Burana.
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World premiere recording of Hasse's opera, Siroe Re di Persia
3rd Nov 2014
Katherine listens to the first ever recording of J A Hasse’s exotic opera, featuring vocal fireworks from Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli and Julia Lezhneva.
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Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim perform piano duos
27th Oct 2014
James listens to the new duet disc from two of today's greatest pianists – Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich.
