Nicola Benedetti's Elgar Violin Concerto with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra on Decca is our front-runner for August – released digitally back in June, it appeared on CD last month and was an Editor’s Choice in the June issue of Gramophone, with reviewer Rob Cowan observing that ‘although other digital versions have also moved me, none that I can recall has made me more keenly aware of just what a great work this is’.
No. 1 (No. 18 last month)
Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (No. 3 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
No. 4 (new entry)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (No. 1 last month)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (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. 9 (No. 5 last month)
No. 10 (new entry)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (No. 19 last month)
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. 12 (No. 24 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (new entry)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (new entry)
Dashon Burton (Prison), Sarah Brailey (Soul), Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, James Blachly
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (No. 6 last month)
Sarah Willis (horn), Havana Lyceum Orchestra, José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (No. 9 last month)
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Available format: SACD
No. 17 (new entry)
Jennifer Pike (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (new entry)
Kian Soltani (cello), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (No. 14 last month)
Maxim Rysanov (viola/conductor), Sinfonietta Rīga
Available format: SACD
No. 21 (new entry)
Voces8
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (new entry)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (No. 2 last month)
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Vilde Frang (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 17 last month)
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (No. 5 in June)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Takács Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
