Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - September 2023
A 'big-boned, operatic and vigorous' account of Monteverdi's Vespers from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon on Harmonia Mundi swept the board last month, closely followed by John Wilson's consummately authentic recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (starring Nathaniel Hackmann & Sierra Boggess, and using Robert Russell Bennett's original orchestrations) on Chandos.
Despite not being due for release until this Friday, Víkingur Ólafsson's hotly anticipated recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Deutsche Grammophon makes an early appearance at No. 6 - more on this one from us towards the end of the week...
No. 1 (new entry)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (No. 12 last month)
Nathaniel Hackmann (Curly), Sierra Boggess (Laurey), Rodney Earl Clarke (Jud Fry), Jamie Parker (Will Parker), Louise Dearman (Ado Annie), Sandra Marvin (Aunt Eller), Nadim Naaman (Ali Hakim), Leo Roberts (Andrew Carnes)
Sinfonia of London, Oklahoma! Ensemble, John Wilson
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (No. 17 last month)
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (new entry)
Veronika Jarůšková (violin), Peter Jarůšek (cello), Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Emerson String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6 (new entry - due for release on 6th October)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 7 (new entry)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 8 (No. 13 last month)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 9 (new entry)
Igor Levit (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (new entry)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (new entry)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 12 (new entry)
Sarah Fox (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, William Vann
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
Amina Edris (Ariane), Kate Aldrich (Phèdre), Jean-François Borras (Thésée), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Pirithoüs), Julie Robard-Gendre (Perséphone)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Laurent Campellone
Available Formats: 3 CDs + Book, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (new entry)
Lars Vogt (piano), Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (No. 7 last month)
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17 (new entry)
Fabio Biondi (violin/director), Europa Galante
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (new entry)
Anne-Catherine Gillet (Zanetta), Virginie Verrez (Le Prince Raphael), Antoinette Dennefeld (Régina), Josh Lovell (Le Prince Casimir)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus, Paul Daniel
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (new entry)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Natalya Romaniw (Röschen), Claire Barnett-Jones (Iolanthe), Robert Murray (Heinrich), Andrew Shore (A Peddler), Morgan Pearse (Count Rudolf), Matthew Brook (Peter)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 21 (No. 1 last month)
Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (No. 3 last month)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (new entry)
Ewa Pobłocka (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC
No. 24 (No. 12 in May)
Rachel Podger (violin)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 25 (No. 4 last month)
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC