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, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Danish String Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Jamie Barton (mezzo), Brian Zeger (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
I Fagiolini
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Available format: Download (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Silesian Quartet
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Murray Perahia (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Freiburger Barockorchester
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Freiburger Barockorchester
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Werner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus); Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers; Norman Del Mar
Available formats: 4 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Jerusalem Quartet
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
Available formats: 5 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Videos + Blu-ray Audio, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Matthias Goerne (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Synergy Vocals, Josep Pons
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Till Fellner (piano), Belcea Quartet
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Paul Lewis (piano); Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Vilde Frang (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
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 & Download (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Takács Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
John Wilson & his Orchestra
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter); Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
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, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
The London Haydn Quartet
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 176.4 kHz, 24 bit)
Ermonela Jaho (Zazà), Stephen Gaertner (Cascart), Riccardo Massi (Milio), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
The Syred Consort & Orchestra of St Paul’s, Ben Palmer
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Brindley Sherratt (bass), Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Münchner Philharmoniker & Munich Philharmonic Choir, Valery Gergiev
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Simona Saturová (Ariane), Zoltán Nagy (Theseus), Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Minotaurus); Essener Philharmoniker, Tomáš Netopil
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
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, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Available format: SACD
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Available formats: SACD + Blu-ray Audio, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), La Cetra, Andrea Marcon
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor); Gli incogniti, Amandine Beyer
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
Franco Fagioli (Farnaspe), Romina Basso (Emirena), Yuriy Mynenko (Adriano); Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
LSO Percussion Ensemble, Neil Percy
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Noriko Ogawa (piano)
Available format: SACD
Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Quatuor Ebène, Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Laurene Durantel (double-bass)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano); Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available formats: CD + DVD Video, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Ekaterina Sergeeva (mezzo) & Alexander Timchenko (tenor); London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Available format: SACD
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Xiayin Wang (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
Available formats: 4 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
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, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
