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This is a set that takes its seat confidently at the top table; and in places is touched with genius. Underpinning Lim's approach is a playfulness that animates even the most arcane examples... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th February 2026
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Instrumental Choice
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It's all wonderfully done, as one might expect. Wilson, who made his operatic debut with Madama Butterfly at Glyndebourne in 2016, is an excellent Puccinian, conducting with a mix of passion... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th March 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Orb and Sceptre
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada
Orb and Sceptre makes a cracking curtain-raiser...the Second Symphony represents another unbridled success, the CBSO sounding excitingly up for the task in a reading of tangible conviction and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th March 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. JS Bach: Johannes-Passion
RecommendedJulian Prégardien (Evangelist), Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus), Ying Fang (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Etienne Bazola (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
You feel it in the gut like few other accounts, alongside unalloyed human observation and unyielding quality. Pygmalion have now served us with a trilogy of Bach masterpieces throwing down the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Recording of the Month
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New. Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Tenebrae, Antonio Pappano
It takes about two seconds to notice that this is a performance full of vivid detail. It's fascinating how Pappano paces 'Mars' in terms of its dramatic build-up – he doesn't just ask the orchestra... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th March 2026
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What impresses above all in this recording is the deep inwardness of the playing. This is not one single performance; it's the distillation of a lifetime's performances of these seminal works.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Recording of the Month
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What we get here, for the most part, is slightly introverted playing that gives preference to the lyrical over the rhythmic, the gracious over the rambunctious, the tender over the inflamed...Tonal... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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the result is coherently put together, with Hughes's resourceful vocal imagination and use of tone, plus the subtlety and careful placement of her decorations, drawing the ear again and again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Handel: Messiah
Hilary Cronin (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo), Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca (countertenors), Guy Cutting (tenor), Frederick Long, Edward Grint (bass-baritones), Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Peter Whelan
This fresh and exhilarating Dublin performance dispels decades of overblown Messiah baggage. A vivid and captivating recording, highly recommended. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
David Butt Philip (Gerontius), Karen Cargill (Angel), Roland Wood (Priest/Angel of the Agony), Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
The combination of clarity and balance of this Hyperion recording, revealing details one often bypasses or simply does not hear...along with the vibrant choral dimension, is a very persuasive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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