Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - June 2021
Out in front by a country mile last month were Sir András Schiff and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's period-instrument accounts of the Brahms piano concertos (directed from the keyboard, in this case an 1859 Blüthner). Released on ECM at the beginning of June, the disc was Recording of the Month in the latest issue of Gramophone as well as a Presto Recording of the Week, with James observing that the project 'strips away performance traditions to present refreshingly original accounts of both works, full of detail and character'.
You can read James's full review here, and watch Schiff's extensive video-discussion of the project here.
No. 1 (new entry)
András Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (new entry)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (No. 4 last month)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 5 (No. 2 last month)
Alexandra Whittingham (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6 (No. 3 last month)
Lucy Crowe (Rodelinda), Iestyn Davies (Bertarido), Joshua Ellicott (Grimoaldo), Brandon Cedel (Garibaldo), Jess Dandy (Eduige), Tim Mead (Unulfo)
The English Concert, Harry Bicket
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (new entry)
Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (new entry)
Matthew Rose (bass), Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 9 (new entry)
Alice Coote (mezzo), Burkhard Fritz (tenor), Netherlands Philharmonic, Marc Albrecht
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (new entry)
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 11 (new entry)
No. 12 (new entry)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (new entry)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik
Available Format: 12 CDs
No. 15 (No. 1 last month)
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (No. 8 last month)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17 (new entry)
Gothic Voices
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (No. 21 in April)
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (new entry)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (No. 10 last month)
Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 21 (new entry)
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (No. 25 last month)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (new entry)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24 (new entry)
Adam Walker (flute), Juliana Koch (oboe), Jonathan Davies (bassoon), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (new entry)
Tippett Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
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