New and Future Releases
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New. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Lim's was a stupendous achievement not just for an 18-year-old and deserves its stand-alone presentation. Thanks to his surfeit of technical wizardry and determination to take nothing for granted... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Concerto Choice
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New. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Two Serenades; Two Serious Melodies; Swanwhite
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
The level of music-making presented here tells its own story. This is a Sibelius recording that’s up there with the finest of any era...And in the two groups of violin-and-orchestra pieces –... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Orchestral Choice
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New. Sir Arthur Bliss: The Composer Conducts
John Ogdon (piano), Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick, Donald Douglas, BBC Chorus and Choral Society, Alexandra Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Society, Bbc Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss
London Symphony Orchestra
Here’s a splendid tribute to Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) marking the 50th anniversary of his death. It also serves as a most welcome reminder of his considerable interpretative acumen on the podium. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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New. Ligeti: Violin Concerto - Concert Românesc - Piano Concerto
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
No memorable performance of such a startling score should be deemed effortless, but this one has the riveting atmosphere of a manic yet fiercely constrained improvisation...the result is a stunning... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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New. Price: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Concerto in One Movement in D minor & Dances in the Canebrakes
Fanny Clamagirand (violin), Han Chen (piano), Malmö Opera, John Jeter
Not much is known about the origins of the expansive First Concerto, but as soon as you hear it, you'll have an idea of Price's influences at the time...Heart-on-sleeve playing from soloist... — More…
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New. Moonlight Variations
Pablo Ferrández (cello), Julien Quentin (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Martin Fröst
The question is what makes this album of well-loved cameos especially noteworthy? The answer is that to play these pieces convincingly, you need real artistry, to have a wide palette of colours... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Chamber Choice
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Coming soon. J S Bach: Violin Concertos
RecommendedAlina Ibragimova (violin), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Ibragimova makes a strikingly distinctive contribution, albeit subtle and restrained…she introduces minute expressive emphases and nuances into her solo line, sustaining the hypnotic motoric... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd October 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also recommended - BWV1041
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New. Crossing Borders
Adrian Chandler (violin), Katy Bircher, Tabea Debus (recorder), La Serenissima (chamber ensemble)
There is a cosmopolitan feel to this recording of music by CROSSING BORDERS well-known and unfamiliar Baroque composers...The Red Priest himself is represented by an unmistakably Venetian-style... — More…
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The playing of the Basel Chamber Orchestra is admirable throughout, and the cello soloist shamefully uncredited is eloquent in the symphonic slow movements. Antonini's complete Haydn cycle is... — More…
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Coming soon. Grieg & Liszt: Piano Concertos
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Introspective (but never lost in introspection) one minute, of the most refined bravura the next, he expresses a personality all his own, brilliantly alert to mercurial changes of mood and clearly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th October 2011
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Building a Library, February 2014, Modern Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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