Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra's live recording of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen (with Lucy Crowe in the title-role and Gerald Finley as the Forester) and Sinfonietta is our best-seller for September - read James's full review here.
The announcement of the category-winners for this year's Gramophone Awards has given a second wind to several releases from last year, including Weinberg's Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21 from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on Deutsche Grammophon; the overall Recording of the Year will be announced in an online ceremony streamed on Medici TV and Gramophone's own website on Tuesday evening, as will the Lifetime Achievement Award and Artist of the Year.
No. 1 (new entry)
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
Selige Stunde
Romantic Songs
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (No. 6 last month)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Stuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (No. 2 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
No. 8 (No. 7 last month)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (new entry)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (new entry)
Encounter
Encounter
Igor Levit (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (No. 5 last month)
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. 12 (new entry)
Ermonela Jaho (soprano), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (new entry)
Gerhild Romberger (contralto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (No. 21 last month)
Voces8
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (No. 4 last month)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (No. 8 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. 17 (No. 1 last month)
Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 10 last month)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (No. 11 in January)
Gidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (No. 22 last September)
Vilde Frang (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 9 last month)
No. 25 (No. 15 in March)
Stephen Hough (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
