New and Future Releases
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New. The Kurt Weill Album
RecommendedKatharine Mehrling (Anna), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
Mallwitz and her orchestra play every note with meaning. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd August 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Recording of the Month
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New. AIGUL
RecommendedAigul Akhmetshina (mezzo), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni; with Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Elisabeth Boudreault (soprano), Kezia Bienek (mezzo)
She is surely vocally ideal for [Carmen], offering both character and taste in numbers that can sound overblown, or even clichéd. Instead, Akhmetshina supplies delicacy and grace, though she... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Recording (Solo Recital)
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New. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
RecommendedNathaniel Hackmann (Billy Bigelow), Mikaela Bennett (Julie Jordan), Sierra Boggess (Carrie Pipperidge), Julian Ovenden (Enoch Snow), Francesca Chiejina (Nettie Fowler), David Seadon-Young (Jigger Craigin)
Sinfonia of London, ‘Carousel’ Ensemble, John Wilson
The focus is carousel worker Billy Bigelow, “a bum with no money”, sung here with bright, keen energy by Nathaniel Hackmann...Wilson is inclined to shortchange Carousel’s emotional warmth, but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th September 2024
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Mäkelä has achieved something very special here, bringing freshness to music that has been recorded many times and by many of the conducting greats...The players of the Oslo Philharmonic respond... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th August 2024
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He uses the capabilities of the modern Steinway judiciously, maintaining some of the qualities of the spinet and harpsichord of Purcell’s time whilst using but not over-using the vast tonal... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th August 2024
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Kanneh-Mason’s seemingly effortless precision of articulation, even at breakneck speed, is nothing short of awe-inspiring. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th August 2024
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What makes this performance especially persuasive is Järvi’s ability to control the constantly fluctuating tempo changes in Schoenberg’s score without losing sight of the music’s structural... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Orchestral Choice
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There is, of course, a very real sense of ownership when the Czech Philharmonic play these pieces…And Bychkov’s skill – and indeed generosity – is to trust in his orchestra’s inheritance of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th September 2024
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New. Smetana & Schubert: Piano Trios
RecommendedTrio Bohémo: Jan Vojtek - Piano, Matouš Peruška – Violin, Kristina Vocetková – Cello
At full tilt, these musicians generate the same sort of gutsy firepower that we’ve come to expect from their compatriots in the Pavel Haas Quartet, but the fine-boned quality of their pianissimo... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2024
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The relatively small forces and the use of period instruments bring a level of clarity rarely heard in Bruckner’s music, the distinctive timbres characterfully colouring the sound and demonstrating... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th September 2024
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