Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - December 2020
One of our Top 10 Recordings of 2020 sits at No. 1 in the December chart: an eleventh-hour album from Orchid Classics, coupling composer-clarinettist Mark Simpson’s Geysir for wind ensemble with the Mozart Gran Partita which inspired it. Reviewing the recording shortly before Christmas, James enthused that ‘The skill and virtuosity with which the entire ensemble performs their parts is quite something, and the balance of sounds and textures is simply superb.’
Several other Presto Recordings of the Year feature in the December Top 25, including Sean Shibe’s superb Bach recital on Delphian, Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee’s exuberant Rossini sing-off on Erato, and Vikingur Ólafsson’s peerless programme of Debussy and Rameau on Deutsche Grammophon; we’re offering up to 25% off all the winning titles until 25th January.
No. 1 (new entry)
Mark Simpson (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Ben Goldscheider (horn) et al
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 3 (No. 24 last month)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (No. 10 last month)
Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 5 (No. 3 last month)
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 6 (No. 6 last month)
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Desmond Earley
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (No. 1 last month)
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (No. 16 in July chart)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 9 (No. 24 in August chart)
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (No. 2 last month)
The Kanneh-Masons, with Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Colman
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (No. 5 last month)
Michael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 12 (No. 24 in October chart)
Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Jack Liebeck (violin), William Vann (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
Taylor Ann Fleshman (harp), Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Arnold
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (No. 14 in September chart)
Voces8
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
Emőke Baráth (soprano), Marie Lys (soprano), Delphine Galou (contralto), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Luigi De Donato (bass)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (No. 4 in September chart)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 17 (No. 11 last month)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (new entry)
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (No. 4 in October chart)
Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gidon Kremer, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (No. 25 in August chart)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Takács Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21 (No. 4 last month)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 22 (new entry)
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (No. 20 in October chart)
Alina Ibragimova (violin), State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 24 (new entry)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (No. 3 in March chart)
Mark Stone (baritone), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
