Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - November 2020
Our best-seller of the month is Daniil Trifonov's celebration of the Russian 'Silver Age' on Deutsche Grammophon, featuring solo works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Scriabin and piano concertos (with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra) by the latter two composers; reviewing the album early last month, Katherine was impressed by his 'Nijinsky-like grace' in extracts from Stravinsky's Firebird and Petrushka and the 'cinematic sheen' of the Mariinsky strings in the Scriabin concerto.
New seasonal discs, unsurprisingly, feature prominently in the top 20, with The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin's Be all Merry at No. 6, Siglo d'Oro's Christmas in Puebla at No. 10, and Jonas Kaufmann's It's Christmas (complete with controversial Mariah Carey cover!) at No. 13; check in tomorrow for our '12 Discs of Christmas' 2020...
No. 1 (new entry)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
The Kanneh--Masons, with Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Colman
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (No. 19 last month)
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 4 (No. 14 last month)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
Michael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6 (new entry)
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Desmond Earley
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (No. 7 last month)
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version)
and Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique fantasque (compiled by Malcolm Sargent)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (new entry)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Matthew Rose (bass), Abi Sampa (vocals)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Trinity Boys Choir, Omer Meir Wellber
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 9 (new entry)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Artaserse
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 10 (new entry)
Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (No. 2 last month)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 12 (new entry)
Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
No. 14 (No. 6 last month)
Christiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Gustav Mahler (piano roll)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
No. 15 (No. 4 last month)
Gidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (new entry)
Avi Avital (mandolin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17 (No. 14 in September)
Voces8
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (new entry)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (new entry)
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor), David Soar (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Paul Wee (piano)
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 21 (No. 1 last month)
Poor Clare Sisters Arundel
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (No. 16 last month)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (No. 4 in September)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 24 (No. 11 last month)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (No. 19 in March)
Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
