Latest News: Classical
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 11th September 2020 11th September 2020Respighi from Riccardo Chailly and the Orchestra of La Scala, a lockdown-inspired recital from Igor Levit, Franz Schmidt’s complete symphonies from Paavo Järvi, and Vivaldi with a twist from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Il Giardino Armonico.
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Interview,
Ermonela Jaho on Anima Rara 10th September 2020The Albanian soprano talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording on Opera Rara, focusing on the short but remarkable career of Rosina Storchio, who created the role of Madama Butterfly.
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 4: Outside the Box with Tom McKinney 10th September 2020Classical guitarist, broadcaster and new music curator Tom McKinney talks about all things contemporary music... with a bit of Haydn thrown in for good measure.
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Interview,
Lang Lang on Bach's Goldberg Variations 9th September 2020The superstar Chinese pianist talks about his new double recording of Bach's keyboard masterwork, and about his approach to preparing and performing Baroque repertoire.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - October 2020 Choices 8th September 2020Chris introduces this month's selection, with Sergei Babayan's 'utterly compelling' Rachmaninov recital on Deutsche Grammophon as Recording of the Month.
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Awards,
Opus Klassik Awards 2020 7th September 2020Chris rounds up the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards, which will be presented at the Konzerthaus Berlin next month.
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Recording of the Week,
Simon Rattle conducts Janáček's Sinfonietta and The Cunning Little Vixen 4th September 2020Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and a cast including Lucy Crowe and Gerald Finley in an exquisitely characterful performance of Janáček's opera.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 4th September 2020 4th September 2020Peter Grimes with Stuart Skelton and Edward Gardner from Bergen, lockdown Lieder from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch, Mahler from Iván Fischer, and a boxed set of Ravel's complete works on Warner Classics.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - August 2020 3rd September 2020Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with Nicola Benedetti's Elgar Violin Concerto with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra on Decca in first place...
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Awards,
Gramophone Awards 2020 - The Shortlist 2nd September 2020This year's six contenders in each of the ten categories were revealed yesterday.
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Obituary,
Claudio Cavina (1962-2020) 1st September 2020The Italian countertenor, conductor and co-founder of La Venexiana, whose Monteverdi recordings were particularly acclaimed, has died aged 58.
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - August 2020 31st August 2020Gothic operas from Missy Mazzoli and Saint-Saëns, Fazil Say's complete works for violin, and a startlingly atmospheric song-cycle for mezzo and orchestra by Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen.
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Recording of the Week,
Marc-André Hamelin plays Liszt and Thalberg 28th August 2020The Canadian pianist is on jaw-dropping form in a programme inspired by the 1837 'duel' between the two composer-virtuosos, which also includes the mighty collaborative Hexaméron - a set of variations on Bellini by composers including Chopin, Czerny and Pixis.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 28th August 2020 28th August 2020Mahler from Vladimir Jurowski, Shostakovich from Alban Gerhardt, Mozart from Francesco Piemontesi and Andrew Manze, and Melly Still's Glyndebourne production of Rusalka on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Interview,
Nicholas Collon on Music of the Spheres 27th August 2020Aurora Orchestra's Principal Conductor talks to Katherine about their debut recording on Deutsche Grammophon, featuring music by Mozart, Thomas Adès, Max Richter, Dowland/Nico Muhly and David Bowie.
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Interview,
Luís Toscano on Duarte Lobo's choral music 26th August 2020Luís Toscano, director of Portuguese vocal consort Cupertinos, talks about the group's new recording of two previously unrecorded masses by Duarte Lobo plus Christmas responsories and motets.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - August 2020 25th August 2020Beethoven from the Smetana Quartet, a 75th birthday tribute to Itzhak Perlman, and a DVD collection celebrating the centenary of the Salzburg Festival.
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Presto CD,
26 new Sony titles added to Presto CD 24th August 2020Including Rachmaninov from Ruth Laredo, Glenn Gould live in Leningrad, Nielsen from Esa-Pekka Salonen and Richard Strauss from Zubin Mehta.
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Recording of the Week,
Tallis, MacMillan and more from ORA Singers 21st August 2020ORA Singers pair Tallis's mighty Spem in Alium with a newly-composed forty-part motet by James MacMillan, alongside a treasure-trove of choral works commissioned by Tudor nobility.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 21st August 2020 21st August 2020Beethoven from Kristian Bezuidenhout & Pablo Heras-Casado, Schumann from François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, vintage Elgar from America, and a French recital from oboist François Leleux.