Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - April 2022
Raphaël Pichon & Pygmalion's thoughtful, clear-eyed account of Bach's St Matthew Passion on Harmonia Mundi - with Julian Prégardien a sensitive Evangelist and Stéphane Degout an unusually vulnerable Christus - was our best-seller by some margin last month, after entering the chart at No. 2 in March.
The set was Gramophone's Recording of the Month in April and also our Recording of the Week on Good Friday, with David observing that 'shorn of any pretentions, one of the most emotive stories ever told re-emerges with focus and clarity' - you can read his full review here.
No. 1 (No. 2 last month)
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. 2 (new entry)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 3 (No. 1 last month)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (No. 23 last month)
Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello), Christiane Karg (soprano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6 (new entry)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (new entry)
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs + Blu-ray, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (new entry)
Stephen Hough (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 9 (new entry)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (new entry)
Lucy Crowe (Angel), Sophie Bevan (Mary Magdalene), Iestyn Davies (Mary Cleophas), Hugo Hymas (John the Evangelist), Ashley Riches (Lucifer)
The English Concert, Harry Bicket
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (new entry)
Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 12 (No. 5 last month)
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. 13 (new entry)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 14 (new entry)
Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Markus Poschner
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
Maximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (new entry)
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Lukas Geniušas (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17 (new entry)
Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Timothy Ridout (viola), Piatti Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (No. 4 last month)
Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 19 (new entry)
Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Chen Reiss (soprano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21 (new entry)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (No. 12 last month)
Rachel Podger (violin), Christopher Glynn (fortepiano)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 23 (No. 7 last month)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Les Ombres
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24 (new entry)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (new entry)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
