Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - April 2019
JS Bach makes up 50% of our top ten this month, with new releases from Rachel Podger, Jordi Savall and Isabelle Faust making an appearance, Icelandic pianist Vikingur Ólafsson’s Bach album on Deutsche Grammophon gaining a second wind after being crowned Recording of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards a few weeks ago, and Olivier Latry’s organ recital from Notre Dame attracting much attention following the sad news of the fire at the cathedral on 15th April. (In a statement on his Facebook page the following day, Latry confirmed that the instrument had escaped serious damage, and ‘will continue to delight us with its magnificence once the building is restored’).
First among equals, though, is András Schiff’s astonishing recording of late Schubert on the Brodmann fortepiano which he purchased in 2010 after ‘falling in love with it at first sight’ – Katherine’s exclusive interview with him (courtesy of Askonas Holt) will be published on our site next week.
No. 1 (new entry)
András Schiff (fortepiano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
David Szigetvári, Raffaele Pe, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Marta Mathéu, Aina Albajar Sigalés, Konstantin Wolff, Javier Jiménez-Cuevas, Julián Millán, Simón Millán, Víctor Vilca, Víctor Sordo
Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya Jordi Savall
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (No. 1 last month)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (No. 3 last month)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
Rachel Podger (violin)
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 6 (No. 3 in December 2018)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (new entry)
Olivier Latry (organ)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (new entry)
Matthias Goerne (bass-baritone), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 9 (new entry)
Evgeny Kissin (piano), Emerson String Quartet
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (new entry)
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 11 (new entry)
Miah Persson (soprano), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 12 (new entry)
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Available Formats: 2 CDs + DVD Video, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (No. 7 in January)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Tanguy de Williencourt (piano), Magali Mosnier (flute), Antoine Tamestit viola), Xavier de Maistre (harp), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Javier Perianes (piano)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (new entry)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
András Schiff (fortepiano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (new entry)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 17 (No. 14 last month)
Véronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (No. 19 last month)
The Romantic Piano Concerto 78 - Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto & works by Hiller, Herz & Kalkbrenner
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (No. 16 last month)
Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin), Roland Wood (Caractacus), Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard) & Alastair Miles (Claudius)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21 (new entry)
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Raymond Leppard, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons and others
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC
No. 22 (new entry)
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Ádám Fischer
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (new entry)
Gidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24 (new entry)
Clare Hammond (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (new entry)
Alexandra Conunova (violin), Natalie Clein (cello) & David Kadouch (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Anaïck Morel (mezzo), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor) & Florian Sempey (bass)
Insula Orchestra, Accentus, Laurence Equilbey
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
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