Krystian Zimerman's complete Beethoven piano concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle on Deutsche Grammophon tops the July chart by some margin - recorded at LSO St Luke's last December and live-streamed on DG Stage after plans for concerts with live audiences were scuppered by lockdown restrictions, the performances radiate what James described as 'a palpable feeling of joy and elation about the very act of being able to make music' in his full review of the recording earlier this month.
No. 1 (new entry)
Krystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Benedetti Baroque
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10
Les heures du jour
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
Générations
Senaillé & Leclair: Sonates pour violon et clavecin
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), William Christie (harpsichord)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (new entry)
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (No. 3 last month)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (new entry)
Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marietta), Andrej Filonczyk (Frank/Fritz), Jennifer Johnston (Brigitta), Mirjam Mesak (Juliette), Corinna Scheurle (Lucienne), Manuel Günther (Gaston/Victorin), Dean Power (Graf Albert)
Bayerische Staatsoper, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Stone (director)
Available format: 2 DVD Videos
Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marietta), Andrej Filonczyk (Frank/Fritz), Jennifer Johnston (Brigitta), Mirjam Mesak (Juliette), Corinna Scheurle (Lucienne), Manuel Günther (Gaston/Victorin), Dean Power (Graf Albert)
Bayerische Staatsoper, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Stone (director)
Available format: Blu-ray
No. 11 (new entry)
The Visionaries of Piano Music
Works by William Byrd & John Bull
Kit Armstrong (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (No. 1 last month)
András Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (No. 6 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 format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (No. 23 last month)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (new entry)
Wranitzky: Orchestral Works Vol. 2
Symphonies
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (No. 19 last month)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Doric String Quartet
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (No. 22 last month)
Mozart: Gran Partita
Wind Serenades K. 361 & 375
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (new entry)
Boris Giltburg (piano), Rhys Owens (trumpet)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (new entry)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Available formats: 5 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 22 (No. 24 last month)
Adam Walker (flute), Juliana Koch (oboe), Jonathan Davies (bassoon), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
The Brahms Trio
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (new entry)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (new entry)
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando)
Dresdner Philharmoniker, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Marek Janowski
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
