Presto CD,
Presto CD - 130 new Philips titles
A bit of everything this week, as we continue our restoration of the Philips catalogue with over 130 new additions - some great recordings from the 1990s in particular, covering the gamut from Gregorian chant to Takemitsu!
We've selected ten favourites from this latest batch, but you can browse through all the Presto CD Philips releases here, and view all available Presto CDs (now numbering well over 1000 titles) here.
Rococo rarities by Boyce, Cimarosa, Méhul, Rameau and more from the New Phiharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard.
Available Format: Presto CD
A gorgeous recital of Bizet, Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen and Poulenc from silvery-voiced soprano Sylvia McNair and Roger Vignoles.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Powerhouse Russian mezzo Olga Borodina caught in her early glory in a programme of arias from works including Samson et Dalila, Les Huguenots, La gioconda and Pique Dame. Carlo Rizzi conducts the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
A glorious sacred showcase for the Vienna Boys' Choir, including Zadok the Priest and Hear my prayer; a young Max Emanuel Cencic features as soloist in Fauré's Pie Jesu and Bach's Jauchzet Gott.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Caught five years after his legendary 1989 victory over Bryn Terfel at Cardiff Singer of the world, Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings arias by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini, with Ion Marin conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
One of Julian Lloyd Webber's most popular recital-discs, Cello Song includes favourites and encores such as Villa-Lobos's Song of the Black Swan, Grieg's To Spring and Debussy's Beau soir.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Violinists Arthur Grumiaux and Iona Brown and hornist Timothy Brown are among the line-up for the first volume of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields' survey of the Mozart quintets.
Available Formats: 2 Presto CDs, MP3, FLAC
Jessye Norman sings spirituals including Amazing grace, Steal away and Mary had a baby, as well as sacred classics by Gounod, Franck and Schubert.
Available Format: Presto CD
Seiji Ozawa conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Valery Gergiev conducts the Orchestra of the Kirov Opera in music by Borodin, Khachaturian, Liadov, Mussorgsky, Rimsky Korsakov and more.
Available Formats: 2 Presto CDs, MP3, FLAC
Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
