Presto CD,
Presto CD - nearly 100 more DG titles
A mixture of genres in this week's large batch of Deutsche Grammophon titles, including some vintage recordings from Richard Strauss, Leonard Bernstein and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and an eclectic series of Ferenc Fricsay recordings from Berlin. On the chamber music front, there are violin sonatas from Perlman and Barenboim, a complete Bartók cycle from the Hagen Quartet and Beethoven Trios from Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bruno Giuranna and Mstislav Rostropovich; piano recital highlights include discs from Emil Gilels, Jean-Marc Luisada and Wilhelm Kempff.
We've listed 20 particular favourites below; you can browse through all the DG releases (nearly 500 of them now!) here, and view all available Presto CDs here.
Performed by Itzhak Perlman and Daniel Barenboim.
Available Format: Presto CD
Leonard Bernstein conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Available Formats: 2 Presto CDs, MP3, FLAC
Nilsson sings arias by Mozart, Weber, Beethoven, Wagner and Strauss.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Deborah Voigt and Bryn Terfel are the soloists, with the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Available Format: Presto CD
Renata Scotto is Violetta, with Gianni Raimondi as Alfredo and Ettore Bastianini as his father; Antonino Votto conducts from La Scala.
Available Format: 2 Presto CDs
Neeme Järvi conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in works including Luonnotar, the Karelia Suite, and The Oceanides.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Wilhelm Kempff performs three of Schumann's most popular sets of piano pieces.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Richard Strauss conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in Symphonies Nos. 40 and 41, and the Overture to Die Zauberflöte.
Available Format: Presto CD
Played by Gidon Kremer and Valery Afanassiev.
Available Format: 2 Presto CDs
'Colour is...very much the Hagen's thing, widely spaced dynamics too, which are vividly projected' - Gramophone on the Hagen Quartet's Bartók cycle.
Available Formats: 2 Presto CDs, MP3, FLAC
Simon Preston plays a selection of Preludes & Fugues.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bruno Giuranna and Mstislav Rostropovich.
Available Formats: 2 Presto CDs, MP3, FLAC
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker and Wiener Singverein, with soloists Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Cossutta & Nicolai Ghiaurov.
Available Format: 2 Presto CDs
Performed by Hans Hotter and Michael Raucheisen.
Available Format: Presto CD
Played by Jean-Marc Luisada.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
A highlight of the newly-added Ferenc Fricsay Portrait series, which currently stands at nine titles.
Available Format: Presto CD
Rafael Kubelik conducts the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, with soloists Edith Mathis and Norma Procter.
Available Format: Presto CD
Played by Emil Gilels.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in music by Heuberger, Lanner, Suppé, Lehár and Ziehrer.
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
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