Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - March 2022
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra's set of the complete Sibelius symphonies with their new Music Director Klaus Mäkelä proved most popular last month - the collection was an Editor's Choice in the latest edition of Gramophone, with Edward Seckerson describing the 26-year-old Finn's recording debut as 'uber-auspicious' and praising his interpretations as 'accomplished, insightful and full of the beauty and intrigue that make these works so perennially exciting'.
It's wonderful to see that recordings featured as part of our Humanitarian Fundraiser for Ukraine account for almost a third of our best-selling titles for March - our heartfelt thanks to the participating labels (who, like Presto, will take no money from the sales of these items) and to everyone who's supported the initiative so far.
No. 1 (new entry)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (new entry)
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Available Format: CD
No. 4 (new entry)
Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
Nick Pritchard (Evangelist), William Thomas (Christus), Alex Ashworth (Pilatus), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Peter Davoren (tenor)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6 (new entry)
LUDWIG Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Lucienne Rénaudin-Vary (trumpet), Berlage Saxophone Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (No. 9 last month)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (new entry)
Bogdana Pivnenko, Taras Yaropud (violins), Kateryna Suprun (viola), Yurii Pogoretskyi (cello), Iryna Starodub (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 9 (No. 23 last month)
Julien Behr (Pelléas), Vannina Santoni (Mélisande), Alexandre Duhamel (Golaud), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Geneviève), Jean Teitgen (Arkel), Hadrien Joubert (Yniold)
Les Siècles, Chœur de l'Opéra de Lille, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (new entry)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (new entry)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC
No. 12 (new entry)
Rachel Podger (violin), Christopher Glynn (fortepiano)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Laurene Durantel (double-bass), Quatuor Ebène
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (new entry)
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano), Jakob Koranyi (cello), Luthando Qave (baritone), Emil Jonason (clarinet), Christian Svarfvar (violin), Olga Pasichnyk (soprano)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (No. 3 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17 (new entry)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Valeri Polyansky
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
No. 18 (new entry)
ARC Ensemble
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (No. 7 last month)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Ruth Slenczynska (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21 (new entry)
Simon Smith (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (new entry)
Arthur Greene (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (new entry)
Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24 (No. 6 last month)
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Available Formats: 6 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (new entry)
Doric String Quartet, Timothy Ridout (viola)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
