After the success of last year's Presto Classical Discs of the Year, welcome to the shortlist for 2016's Discs! After many hours of discussion, we've finally settled on a long-list of 100 finalists.
You can browse through all the finalists below, and our top 10 winners will be announced on 2nd December.
Our 100 Finalists
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Danish String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jamie Barton (mezzo), Brian Zeger (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
I Fagiolini
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Martha Argerich (piano)
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Silesian Quartet
Available Formats: 2 CDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Murray Perahia (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Freiburger Barockorchester
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Freiburger Barockorchester
Available Formats: CD + DVD Video, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Werner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus); Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers; Norman Del Mar
Available Formats: 4 CDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jerusalem Quartet
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: 5 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Videos + Blu-ray Audio, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Matthias Goerne (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Synergy Vocals, Josep Pons
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Till Fellner (piano), Belcea Quartet
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Paul Lewis (piano); Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Vilde Frang (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
James Rutherford (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kriss Russman
Available Format: SACD
Seong-Jin Cho (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Steven Isserlis (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Takács Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
John Wilson & his Orchestra
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter); Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Maddalena de Coigny), Željko Lučić (Carlo Gérard); Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano
Available Format: DVD Video
Christopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan; Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton
Available Format: DVD Video
Christopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan; Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton
Available Format: Blu-ray
Erin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone); Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Mendelssohn Choir, Sir Andrew Davis
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
The London Haydn Quartet
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Ermonela Jaho (Zazà), Stephen Gaertner (Cascart), Riccardo Massi (Milio), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
The Syred Consort & Orchestra of St Paul’s, Ben Palmer
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Brindley Sherratt (bass), Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Münchner Philharmoniker & Munich Philharmonic Choir, Valery Gergiev
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Simona Saturová (Ariane), Zoltán Nagy (Theseus), Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Minotaurus); Essener Philharmoniker, Tomáš Netopil
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jonas Kaufmann (Turiddu/Canio), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Santuzza), Maria Agresta (Nedda); Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Leila Josefowicz (violin), Anssi Karttunen (cello), Oliver Knussen, Riccardo Chailly, Rumon Gamba
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Available Format: SACD
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Available Formats: SACD + Blu-ray Audio, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), La Cetra, Andrea Marcon
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor); Gli incogniti, Amandine Beyer
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Franco Fagioli (Farnaspe), Romina Basso (Emirena), Yuriy Mynenko (Adriano); Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
LSO Percussion Ensemble, Neil Percy
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Noriko Ogawa (piano)
Available Format: SACD
Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Quatuor Ebène, Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Laurene Durantel (double-bass)
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano); Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available Formats: CD + DVD Video, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Ekaterina Sergeeva (mezzo) & Alexander Timchenko (tenor); London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Available Format: SACD
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Xiayin Wang (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
Available Formats: 4 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
Available Format: Blu-ray Audio
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor); Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
