Featuring a terrific new arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue plus music by Copland, Ives and Rodrigo via Gil Evans, Alison Balsom's Quiet City proved our most popular title of August, despite having only been released last Friday - read David's full review of the album here, and look out for Katherine's in-depth interview with Alison about the project early next week...
Looking ahead to September's releases, John Wilson's hotly-anticipated Hollywood Soundstage with Sinfonia of London (due out on 9th September and including works by Korngold, Arlen, Steiner and Waxman) makes an early appearance at No. 17 - John will be joining James Longstaffe (making his debut as host!) on an upcoming episode of the Presto Podcast next month, so do check in to catch his insights on the giants of Hollywood film music in a few weeks' time...
No. 1 (new entry)
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Tom Poster (piano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Isabelle Faust (violin)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Jonathan Tetelman (tenor), Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Secret Love Letters
Franck - Szymanowski - Chausson - Debussy
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Giorgi Gigashvili (piano),Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (No. 4 last month)
Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (new entry)
Sean Shibe (electric guitar)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (new entry)
Tredegar Town Band, Ross Knight, Ian Porthouse, Martyn Brabbins
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (No. 9 last month)
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (No. 20 last month)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (new entry)
B'rock Orchestra, René Jacobs
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (new entry)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (No. 2 last month)
Haydn 2032, Vol. 12
Les jeux et les plaisirs
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (No. 13 last month)
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (No. 19 last month)
Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry)
Zina Schiff (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Avlana Eisenberg
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 3 last month)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Allan Clayton (tenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Available format: SACD
No. 21 (new entry)
Bojan Čičić (violin), The Illyria Consort
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (No. 2 in June)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Available formats: 8 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 1 last month)
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Available format: SACD
No. 25 (new entry)
Hélène Clément (viola), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
