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- It all started with one line… Check out the full interview with Robin Phillips, out now! @planetrepmusic
- Hear about the moment that pianist and singer Robin Phillips discovered the genre of jazz and more, in our new and exclusive interview released on 29th December at 1pm!
- Great to hear such positivity from the artists that we work with! You can get to know all about Robin Phillips and his latest album in our exclusive interview, released 29th December at 1pm. @planetrepmusic
- Until 11th February, we are offering up to 40% off selected Testament titles on CD, vinyl and DVD. Please note that several titles are low on stock so if they sell out we may not be able to supply and will need to refund. 🔎 Explore the offer here: tinyurl.com/3frjkce6
- Read this interview with Owain Park on 'Radiant Dawn'! The director of The Gesualdo Six talks the group's new album, that sees them collaborate with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/mrx7xmar
- The second charity for Give Back Friday is Gabrielli Consort! Find out more about them below: 🔎 gabrieli.com
- Our first charity for Give Back Friday is @Young Sounds UK! Find out more about them below... 🔎 youngsounds.org.uk
- Shop with us this weekend! Skip the Black Friday chaos and join us in making a difference. From Nov 28th to Dec 1st (UK time), we’re donating 5% of all revenue to two amazing charities using music to change lives. 🔎 www.prestomusic.com
- Something is coming tomorrow... 👀
- In anticipation of our upcoming Presto Music Awards on Thursday, 4th December, we have compiled our shortlist of fifteen music book titles all in contention for one of our five awards for Music Books of the Year. 🔎 Find out more here: tinyurl.com/zy7xva6u
- After a tremendous year in jazz, we reveal the twenty-five finalists that are up for taking home awards for Recording of the Year... 🔎 Find out more here: tinyurl.com/y88ubc6j
- In anticipation of our upcoming Presto Music Awards, we have released our shortlist of sheet music finalists in contention for an award. Find out the finalists here. 🔎 Find out more here: tinyurl.com/ymjvy2fr
- 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... 🔎 Find out more here: tinyurl.com/bdf67jx5
- Congratulations to @annedudleymusic for her induction into Academy Fellowship, becoming the 33rd Fellow of @IvorsAcademy! We were delighted to speak with Anne at @BFI Southbank on Tuesday night... 📖 Read our full interview with Anne here: tinyurl.com/2ys7rcv7
- Tonight’s the night✨🏆 So excited to join the @ivorsacademy.bsky.social as the official streaming partner for #TheIvorsClassicalAwards at the Southbank Centre. Celebrate with us and explore our playlist featuring works by this year's nominated composers: tinyurl.com/Ivorsplaylist
- Explore our New Sheet Music Titles from 4th November! Lesser-known works for solo piano, choral music by Morten Lauridsen, Lucy Walker, and Charlotte Baskerville, @taylorswift13's 'The Life of a Showgirl' and much more... 📖 Explore the selection here: tinyurl.com/3xv9rxfs
- Explore The Presto Chart from October 2025! Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, headed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion's 'truly magical' account of Brahms's 'German Requiem' on harmonia mundi international. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/3p373tz2
- Until 7th January 2025, we are offering up to 25% off Supraphon titles on CD, Vinyl, DVD, & Download. 🔎 Explore the offer here: tinyurl.com/3t2fhss9
- Browse these box set selections from Autumn! Heavyweight highlights from the last couple of months include two eightieth-birthday tributes to @PerlmanOfficial, @SirSimonRattle's recordings of British repertoire and much more... 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/4uf722r3
- Explore these New Music Book Publications from October 2025! This selection includes a guide to the church cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach, a new edition of Igor Stravinsky's 1939 Harvard lectures and much more... 📷 Igor Stravinsky 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/42kz7hap
- Read this article on the Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2025! Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by 'a landmark achievement' from Belgian early music ensemble InAlto in music by Tarquinio Merula on Ricercar. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/5n7edw68
- In the wake of winning a Gramophone Award for her outstanding recording of the Violin Concerto, the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang discusses how her relationship with Elgar's music has blossomed. 📖 Read the interview here: tinyurl.com/3fxs56vf
- Until 17th December we are offering up to 50% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD, & Blu-Ray. Please note, downloads are not included in this offer. 🔎 Explore the offer here: tinyurl.com/532br6az
- Last night we hosted pianist Karim Said for a launch event celebrating his latest release 'Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Piano Sonatas 24 & 28'! Here's a clip from the performance... Released on @Rubicon Classics 🎥 Watch the full video below: youtu.be/7KZHXTpp9c4
- Read about our Classical Recording of the Week, 'Les Divas d'Offenbach' from Véronique Gens! Released on Alpha Classics 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/4b7th3r9
- Discover the Gramophone Awards 2025 Winners! Chris reports back from yesterday's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards. 📖 Read the article here: tinyurl.com/3555acmu
- @OfficialBlueyTV: First Ever Piano Book starts little ones playing the piano using games, imagination and stories from Bluey’s world. Kids and their favourite grown-up can learn together. Published by @FaberMusic 🎁 Available to pre-order now! tinyurl.com/bde5zku6
- Read this interview with Anna Clyne and Marin Alsop on 'Abstractions'! The composer and conductor talk about their long history of working together. Released on @naxosrecords 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/2ehscsnw
- Read this Composer Spotlight on Marianna von Martínes! Born in Vienna in 1744, Marianna von Martínes was an important figure in aristocratic Vienna in the eighteenth century. 🔎 Find out more: tinyurl.com/ycky7cd3
- Read about our BBC Music Magazine November 2025 Choices! Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'thoughtful and on occasion provocative' Bach from Isabelle Faust on Harmonia Mundi. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/mr2ke9p9
- Until 7th January 2026, we are offering up to 40% off selected box sets on CD, SACD, DVD, Blu-Ray, Vinyl. Please note that downloads are not included in this offer. 🔎 Browse the offer here: tinyurl.com/2fe9d5f6
- Until 26th November, we are offering up to 40% off selected titles on the Hyperion label and its budget sister label Helios on CD, SACD, Vinyl, & Downloads. 🔎 Explore the offer here: tinyurl.com/2596u2sy
- Read about our Classical Recording of the Week, 'Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady'! Jamie Parker and Scarlett Strallen head a luxury cast on this luscious recording of the 𝑷𝒚𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏-inspired 1956 musical. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/3zyns93n
- Watch our latest episode of 'Presto Presents' featuring @matildalloydtpt and @RichardGowers! The trumpeter and organist (here switching to piano!) joined us earlier this month to celebrate the launch of their new album 'Fantasia'. 🎥 Watch here: tinyurl.com/5n8ctmw3
- Read our artist profile on Count Basie! A pivotal figure in the big band and swing era, Basie became one of America’s most prominent bandleaders, earning himself the title “King of Swing”. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/v92adhej
- Sheet Music Downloads from Carl Fischer & Theodore Presser are now available! 🔎 Explore here: tinyurl.com/3e4v6ur3
- Read this interview with Will Dawes on 'Divine Light' and the Indian choral tradition! 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/m5smr4r
- Read about our Classical Recording of the Week, 'Martinů String Quartets 2-3-5-7' from the Pavel Haas Quartet! 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/25hz9wbz
- Read this interview with Brigitte Beraha on 'Teasing Reflections'! The vocalist and composer discusses the roots of her unique sound, the creation of the ensemble Lucid Dreamers, and how their creativity continues to evolve in 'Teasing Reflections'. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/27cpkx4t
- Explore our Gramophone Editor's Choices for October 2025! Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Purcell's 'Dido & Aeneas' from Il Pomo d'Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev on Erato. 📷 Joyce DiDonato 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/5n73vyxu
- Until 12th November, we are offering up to 40% off @alpha_classics titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray & DVD, & Downloads. 🔎 Explore the offer here: tinyurl.com/2d7mnjfb
- Ahead of her performance today at the BBC Proms 2025, we're looking back at Louise Alder's album 'Chère Nuit: French Songs'! 💿 Order here: tinyurl.com/ms54pfe9
- Ahead of his performance at the BBC Proms 2025, we're looking back at conductor John Wilson's album 'Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé'! 💿 Order here: tinyurl.com/mr233pzj
- Ahead of his performance tonight at the BBC Proms 2025, we're looking back at our interview with James Ehnes on John Williams and Leonard Bernstein! We spoke to James about what the music of both composers has meant to him and much more... 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/3p97xs9k
- Today marks Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday! To celebrate, look out for Georgijs Osokins' album 'For Arvo' releasing tomorrow. The album is a tribute to Baltic piano culture and the composer's timeless music. 💿 Order here: tinyurl.com/5xp3p3pv
- Explore our @MusicMagazine October 2025 Choices! Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a display of 'masterful virtuosity' from Alexander Melnikov and Julia Lezhneva in an all-Rachmaninoff programme. 📷 Sergei Rachmaninoff 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/yc6hcbbj
- Read this interview with Nils Petter Molvær on 'KHMER Live in Bergen'! The trumpeter and composer discusses his latest project, bringing new life into the music of his past. 📖 Read here: tinyurl.com/4ftu26s5
- Explore our New Sheet Music Titles from 9th September 2025! Piano Time Carols, @johnmrutter's 'A Gaelic Blessing' for solo organ and much more... 📷 John Rutter 🔎 Browse here: tinyurl.com/3nrtc669
- We’re excited to announce the addition of more Chandos titles to our Presto CD offering, including albums representing the diversity of music characteristic of this label, and many of them having been unavailable on CD for several years. 🔎 Explore the range here: tinyurl.com/3fzs56wy
- Until 5th November, we are offering 50% off @NewWorldDram, MSR & Albany downloads. Please note, physical formats are not included in this offer. 🔎 Explore here: tinyurl.com/nhd26hue
