Awards,
Discs of the Year 2016 - our top 100
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, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Danish String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Jamie Barton (mezzo), Brian Zeger (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
I Fagiolini
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Martha Argerich (piano)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Silesian Quartet
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Murray Perahia (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Freiburger Barockorchester
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Freiburger Barockorchester
Available Formats: CD + DVD Video, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Werner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus); Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers; Norman Del Mar
Available Formats: 4 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Jerusalem Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: 5 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Videos + Blu-ray Audio, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Matthias Goerne (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Synergy Vocals, Josep Pons
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Till Fellner (piano), Belcea Quartet
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Paul Lewis (piano); Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Vilde Frang (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
James Rutherford (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kriss Russman
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Seong-Jin Cho (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Steven Isserlis (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Takács Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
John Wilson & his Orchestra
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter); Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
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
Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman; The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman; The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman
Available Format: 2 Blu-rays
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, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
The London Haydn Quartet
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Ermonela Jaho (Zazà), Stephen Gaertner (Cascart), Riccardo Massi (Milio), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
The Syred Consort & Orchestra of St Paul’s, Ben Palmer
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Brindley Sherratt (bass), Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Münchner Philharmoniker & Munich Philharmonic Choir, Valery Gergiev
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Simona Saturová (Ariane), Zoltán Nagy (Theseus), Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Minotaurus); Essener Philharmoniker, Tomáš Netopil
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
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, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Available Formats: SACD + Blu-ray Audio, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), La Cetra, Andrea Marcon
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor); Gli incogniti, Amandine Beyer
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Franco Fagioli (Farnaspe), Romina Basso (Emirena), Yuriy Mynenko (Adriano); Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
LSO Percussion Ensemble, Neil Percy
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Noriko Ogawa (piano)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Quatuor Ebène, Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Laurene Durantel (double-bass)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano); Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available Formats: CD + DVD Video, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Ekaterina Sergeeva (mezzo) & Alexander Timchenko (tenor); London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Xiayin Wang (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
Available Formats: 4 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
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, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
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