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New. Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady
RecommendedScarlett Strallen (Eliza Doolittle), Jamie Parker (Henry Higgins), Alun Armstrong (Alfred P. Doolittle), Malcolm Sinclair (Colonel Pickering), Laurence Kilsby (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Julia McKenzie (Mrs Pearce), Penelope Wilton (Mrs Higgins)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
[The appendix] may be for completists only, but the standard text is delivered to such a high standard as to make this an essential set for anyone seriously interested in the score. Apart from... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th September 2025
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Limelight Magazine, November 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Violin Concertos
RecommendedAlina Ibragimova (violin)
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski
Ibragimova is the latest to make you think you’ve never heard [the First Concerto] played better, and her intense relationship with Vladimir Jurowski and the current incarnation of Yevgeny Svetlanov’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th May 2020
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Record Review, 6th June 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Concerto
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Korngold: Symphony in F sharp, Theme and Variations & Straussiana
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The playing of the Sinfonia of London is astonishingly brilliant, with Hollywood-dream glories in the string tone. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th August 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Elgar: Violin Concerto
RecommendedVilde Frang (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
A new version which stands comparison with the best. Frang’s initial entry is immediately soulful and introspective, intently tuning in to Robin Ticciati’s compelling account of the long orchestral... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Winner - Concerto
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Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The sound, engineered by Ralph Couzens, is magnificent...While fully relishing the at times dreamy polyphony of Vaughan Williams’s textures, Wilson’s Fantasia has sharp, impassioned edges too,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Orchestral
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Some extremely daring speeds guarantee excitement, pushing the technical limits in what are, of course, despite their generic title (Études , or Studies), so much more than technical exercises,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th April 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Recording of the Year and Instrumental Award
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Newcomer of the Year
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They’re both electrifying, and they sound absolutely magnificent...Pappano makes sure [the Fourth] sings as often as it can...This is a terrible beauty, energetic, Satanic, utterly spellbinding,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, Bwv 232
Julie Roset (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano). Lucile Richardot (alto), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion
Choral and instrumental passages are impressively disciplined and well-characterised throughout...There are countless recordings of this work from which to choose, but every choral music enthusiast... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Choral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Recording of the Year
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Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works
RecommendedMa Mère l’oye, Boléro, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Alborada del gracioso & La valse
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
this superbly played and sumptuously recorded disc from the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson amply demonstrates the profound benefits of trusting Ravel. Has Ma mère l’Oye ever sounded more... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th January 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Spatial Audio
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Building A Library, February 2024, Recommended Recording - Ma mère l'Oye
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Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Batiashvili focuses on poetic intimacy in this deeply thoughtful performance. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th November 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Record Review, 28th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Building a Library, November 2023, Recommended Recording
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