As a postscript to the usual monthly chart, we’ve decided to share details of our fifty best-selling titles across the board for the whole of 2019, with Isabelle Faust’s accounts of the Bach Violin Concertos and newly reconstructed alternative versions of various sinfonias and sonatas (released in March on Harmonia Mundi) taking pride of place; you can read David’s full review of the recording here. Two other Bach albums also feature in the Top 10 – Rachel Podger’s accounts of the Cello Suites on violin, and Víkingur Ólafsson’s thoughtfully-programmed solo recital on Deutsche Grammophon, which was announced as BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Year in April.
No. 1
Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2
Gidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3
András Schiff (fortepiano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6
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 format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8
JS Bach: Cello Suites
arranged for violin
Rachel Podger (violin)
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
Under Stalin's Shadow
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12
Mahler: Titan
Eine Tondichtung in Symphonieform
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13
Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14
Marta Matheu, Raffaele Pe, Dávid Szigetvári, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Konstantin Wolff
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió, Jordi Savall
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15
Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16
James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18
Robert Murray, Cody Quattlebaum, Elizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes, Tim Mead, Gwilym Bowen, Nicky Spence
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano); Elena Urioste (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Holly Mathieson
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20
Bach To The Future
Olivier Latry plays the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris
Olivier Latry (organ)
Available format: CD
No. 21
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5
and pieces for solo piano
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25
The Godfather
Masters of the German & Italian Baroque
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 26
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fischer
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 27
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 28
Vox Luminis & Ensemble Masques, Lionel Meunier
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 29
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 30
Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 31
Pavel Haas Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 32
Destination Rachmaninov - Departure
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 33
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 34
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 35
An English Coronation, 1902-1953
Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 36
Michael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Available formats: 2 CDs + DVD Video, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 37
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 38
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Thomas Adès (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 39
Rowan Pierce (soprano) & Timothy West (narrator)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Ladies of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Andrew Manze
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 40
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 41
Stile Antico
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 42
Cecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
Available format: 2 DVD Videos
Cecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
Available format: Blu-ray
No. 43
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 44
Beatrice Rana (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 45
Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 46
Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 47
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 48
Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 49
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 50
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
