Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - August 2023
A collection of overtures by Finnish composers from the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and Rumon Gamba on Chandos was our best-selling recording of August; including Ernst Mielck's Dramatische Ouvertüre, Uuno Klami's Nummisuutarit and Selim Palmgren's overture for Cinderella, the album featured as our Recording of the Week on 11th August. James noted that 'Gamba is adept at remaining alert to the changing moods of each piece, whether it be ensuring that things are kept fizzing along nicely in Leevi Madetoja's Comedy Overture, or bringing out the expressive range of Armas Järnefelt's Overture lyrique'.
Several September releases also make premature appearances, including Volume 14 of Giovanni Antonini's Haydn 2032 project on Alpha (featuring symphonies Nos. 33, 53 and 54) and John Wilson & Sinfonia of London's complete recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! on Chandos, with a cast headed by Sierra Boggess and Nathaniel Hackmann.
No. 1 (new entry)
Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (No. 15 last month)
Takács Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 3 (new entry)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (No. 1 last month)
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 6 (new entry)
Francesca Dego (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Federico Colli (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (No. 24 last month)
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (new entry)
No. 9 (new entry)
Piotr Beczala (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 10 (new entry)
L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Available Format: CD
No. 11 (new entry)
Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Berliner Barock Solisten
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 12 (new entry - to be released 15th September)
Nathaniel Hackmann (Curly), Sierra Boggess (Laurey), Rodney Earl Clarke (Jud Fry), Jamie Parker (Will Parker), Louise Dearman (Ado Annie), Sandra Marvin (Aunt Eller), Nadim Naaman (Ali Hakim), Leo Roberts (Andrew Carnes)
Sinfonia of London, Oklahoma! Ensemble, John Wilson
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 14 (No. 6 last month)
Keith Jarrett (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15 (No. 2 last month)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (No. 5 last month)
Keri Fuge (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago, Joshua Tan
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17 (new entry - to be released 1st September)
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (new entry)
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (No. 16 last month)
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works
The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polonaise from ‘Cherevichki’
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 21 (No. 8 last month)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (new entry)
Orchestre National de Lyon, International Choir Academy Lübeck, Tan Dun
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (new entry)
Martin Owen (horn), Chris Parkes (horn), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Sarah Willis (horn), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24 (No. 4 last month)
Adam Walker (flute), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (new entry)
Yuja Wang (piano)
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC
Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
