For four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to three charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: the Chineke! Foundation, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and Gabrieli Consort & Players.
Chris introduces this month's selection, with 'intimate, incredibly sophisticated' accounts of Stravinsky's *Soldier's Tale* (offered in three languages) from Isabelle Faust and friends in pride of place as Recording of the Month.
Following the acclaimed publication of *The Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach 1722 & 1725*, Edition Peters have published a new premium Urtext edition of the *Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach 1720* edited by world-renowned Bach scholar Christoph Wolff.
We spoke to the Norwegian guitarist about his latest album *Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of Journey*, his early rock influences and how he keeps himself inspired.
Jazzwise Editor's Choices for December include Chick Corea's Akoustic Band, a Village Vanguard set from Christian McBride, and Graham Collier's previously unreleased *British Conversations*.
The Roman mezzo is in electrifying form in a programme of operatic and concert-arias by Haydn, Mysliveček, Mozart and Beethoven with the Kammerorchester Basel, recorded back in 2013.
Christian Thielemann's Bruckner with the Wiener Philharmoniker; big-boned Bach from Andreas Staier; a glorious selection of Mozart's wind music from the LSO; and Jeanine De Bique's fascinating album of contrasting pairs of operatic heroines.
The Swedish-born, Berlin-residing bass player indulges in his love of hip-hop, funk, and beats on a drums-focussed project featuring an all-star cast of percussionists.
The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
We have the much-enjoyable task of going back through our favourite releases of 2021 - and there were plenty to choose from! Before we announce our top 5 albums of the year, have a read through our 25 finalists, and 10 favourite reissues...
Lyrebird Music is an innovative indie publisher of early music. It was founded in 2020 with the aim of publishing composers and collections that are under-represented in the current market. Find out more here.
Our picks for the latest jazz releases include Charlie Parker tunes from the SWR Big Band, genre-defying ensemble Eskina's newest record, and Makaya McCraven's reworkings of classic Blue Note recordings.
To celebrate Presto Music's double anniversary we invited our very own Chris O'Reilly onto the show to talk about how it grew from a small CD shop in Leamington Spa to become one of the global leaders in online music retail.
The Australian-born, Manchester-based vocalist and songwriter speaks to us about her personal new record *Friends With Monsters*, cross-media collaboration and her love of storytellers.
Fiery, dramatic performances from the Takács Quartet of two string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn alongside a thrilling account of the quartet by his sister, Fanny.
The continuation of Benjamin Alard's multi-instrumental survey of Bach's keyboard works; new music from James MacMillan; speculative Mozartian sonatas from Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Anna Szałucka and Timothy Jones; and an enchanting selection of miniatures from Renaud Capuçon and Guillaume Bellom.