Steven Isserlis's exploration of a 'golden decade' of music for cello and piano (featuring works by the young Richard Strauss, Luise Adolpha Le Beau, Dvořák, Bruch and Ernst David Wagner) on Hyperion comfortably led the field last month - read David's full review of the album here.
Víkingur Ólafsson's tribute to his hero György Kurtág, which occupied the top spot in October, maintains its foothold in the Top 10. Its release also seems to have sparked a resurgence of interest in the Icelandic pianist's 2018 Bach album - which was named Recording of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards, and currently stands as our best-selling recording of the decade!
No. 1 (new entry)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Olivia Jageurs (harp)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
La Notte
Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night
Bojan Čičić (violin), The Illyria Consort
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Michael Spyres (baritenor), Timothy Ridout (viola), Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (No. 18 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (No. 7 last month)
Lisette Oropesa (Theodora), Joyce DiDonato (Irene), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Didymus), Michael Spyres (Septimius), John Chest (Valens)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford, Jupiter
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (No. 1 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (No. 20 last month)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (new entry)
Javier Camarena (tenor), Gli Originali, Riccardo Frizza
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (No. 12 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (No. 10 last month)
Steven Osborne (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (new entry)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (No. 3 last month)
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (No. 8 in September)
Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (new entry)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl
Available formats: 15 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 16 (No. 13 last month)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Forza azzurri!
Music by Dall’Abaco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavateri
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (No. 7 in overall 2021 chart - and our best-selling title of the decade!)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 2 last month)
Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1
Mahler: Blumine - Bruckner: Symphonisches Präludium
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Rachel Podger (violin)
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (No. 4 last month)
Eclipse
Dvořák - Ginastera - Sarasate
Hilary Hahn (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (new entry)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Ferrández (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Lambert Orkis (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, John Jeter
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 8 last month)
Juliana Koch (oboe), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (No. 5 last month)
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
