It’s perhaps no great surprise that Alina Ibragimova's Shostakovich concertos with Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' on Hyperion tops the chart this month: the album was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice, BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month, and Disc of the Week on Record Review at the beginning of June.
You can read Katherine’s interview with Alina about the physical and emotional challenges of these works and the ‘special experience’ of recording them in Russia here.
No. 1 (No. 4 last month)
Alina Ibragimova (violin), State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Myriam Rignol (viola da gamba)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (No. 2 last month)
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Takács Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (No. 5 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, with Silas Wollston (organ)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (new entry)
Jonas Kaufmann (Otello), Federica Lombardi (Desdemona), Carlos Álvarez (Iago)
Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (No. 8 last month)
Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (new entry)
Danielle de Niese (Cendrillon), Kate Lindsey (Le Prince Charmant), Agnes Zwierko (Madame de la Haltière), Nina Minasyan (La Fée), Lionel Lhote (Pandolfe)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Wilson, Fiona Shaw
Available format: DVD Video
Danielle de Niese (Cendrillon), Kate Lindsey (Le Prince Charmant), Agnes Zwierko (Madame de la Haltière), Nina Minasyan (La Fée), Lionel Lhote (Pandolfe)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Wilson, Fiona Shaw
Available format: Blu-ray
No. 11 (No. 19 last month)
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (new entry)
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Available format: SACD
No. 13 (No. 9 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (No. 13 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (new entry)
Sean Shibe (guitars)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (new entry)
Sir John Barbirolli
Available format: 109 CDs
No. 17 (new entry)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry)
Christiane Karg (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Werner Güra (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available formats: 2 CDs & Download (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 7 in April Chart)
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Laurent Naouri (Don César de Bazan), Elsa Dreisig (Maritana), Marion Lebègue (Lazarille), Thomas Bettinger (King Charles II of Spain), Christian Helmer (Don José de Santarém), Christian Moungoungou (Captain of the Guard)
Ensemble Aedes, Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes, Mathieu Romano
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (new entry)
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Till Brönner (trumpet), Georgia Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Nikoloz Rachveli
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (new entry)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Štilec
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 10 last month)
Anna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, Carolyn Sampson (sopranos), Jeremy Budd (high tenor), James Way (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (No. 3 last month)
Stephen Hough (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
