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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · Mar 24

Presto Music is now integrated into Audirvāna 🙌🥳

Enjoy a seamless experience to enjoy Presto downloads and streaming in a single application, all delivered with the finest quality sound. Find out more: tinyurl.com/42hzbhcj

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 1d

@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!
https://tinyurl.com/bde5zku6

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 1d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/2ehscsnw

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 2d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/ycky7cd3

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 3d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/mr2ke9p9

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 3d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/2fe9d5f6

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 10d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/2596u2sy

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 14d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/3zyns93n

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 15d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/5n8ctmw3

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 16d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/v92adhej

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 16d

Sheet Music Downloads from Carl Fischer & Theodore Presser are now available!

🔎 Explore here:
https://tinyurl.com/3e4v6ur3

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 17d

Read this interview with Will Dawes on 'Divine Light' and the Indian choral tradition!

📖 Read here:
https://tinyurl.com/m5smr4r

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 21d

Read about our Classical Recording of the Week, 'Martinů String Quartets 2-3-5-7' from the Pavel Haas Quartet!

📖 Read here:
https://tinyurl.com/25hz9wbz

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 23d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/27cpkx4t

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 24d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/5n73vyxu

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 24d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/2d7mnjfb

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 27d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/ms54pfe9

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 28d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/mr233pzj

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 28d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/3p97xs9k

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 29d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/5xp3p3pv

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 29d

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:
https://tinyurl.com/yc6hcbbj

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · Sep 10

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:
https://tinyurl.com/4ftu26s5

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · Sep 10

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:
https://tinyurl.com/3nrtc669

Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · Sep 9

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:
https://tinyurl.com/3fzs56wy

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · Sep 9

Until 5th November, we are offering 50% off @NewWorldDram, MSR & Albany downloads. Please note, physical formats are not included in this offer.

🔎 Explore here:
https://tinyurl.com/nhd26hue

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · Sep 8

Read our Jazz New Release Round-Up from 5th September! This week’s highlights include an exclusive jazz boxset from Joni Mitchell, introspective trios and vibrant Brazilian grooves.

📖 Read here:
https://tinyurl.com/57trrw7t

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