Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - 2021
For the second year running, Víkingur Ólafsson tops the annual Presto Chart, this time around with his mesmerising programme of music by Mozart and his contemporaries Galuppi, Cimarosa, Haydn and CPE Bach. (The Icelandic pianist's Bach album from 2018 also made a reappearance at No. 7, whilst last year's best-selling recital of Rameau and Debussy sits at No. 22).
Other featured artists in the Top 10 include John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Sean Shibe, Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne, and (in both of his capacities) Sir Antonio Pappano.
No. 1
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 2
András Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3
Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 4
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 5
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 6
Krystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 9
Janine Jansen (violin), Antonio Pappano (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11
Freiburger Barockconsort, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 12
Alexandra Whittingham (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14
Igor Levit (piano)
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16
Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Benedetti Baroque Orchestra
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18
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. 19
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20
Lise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 22
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 23
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24
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. 25
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 26
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. 27
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 28
Hilary Hahn (violin), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 29
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 30
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 31
Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 32
Fatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Burcu Karadag (ney), Rafael Aguirre (guitar), vision string quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 33
Takács Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 34
Kit Armstrong (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC
No. 35
Tanguy de Williencourt (piano), Theotime Langlois de Swart (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 36
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Format: 2 CDs
No. 37
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 38
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 39
Howard Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 40
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 41
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 42
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 43
Danny Driver (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 44
Stephen Hough (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 45
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 46
Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 47
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Kammerorchester Basel, Muhai Tang
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 48
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Takács Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 49
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 50
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Katherine Cooper - Head of Editorial
