November saw John Wilson and Sinfonia of London topping our bestsellers chart for the third time this year, this time with a superbly detailed account of Ravel's 1912 ballet Daphnis et Chloé; the recording uses the new edition of the score which Wilson painstakingly prepared during lockdown, incorporating the many subtle alterations to phrasing, articulation, dynamics, tempo and technical instructions which Ravel made to the parts during rehearsals and early performances.
Víkingur Ólafsson's widely-acclaimed interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations (currently our Bestseller of the Year) sits at No. 2, whilst the No. 3 spot goes to John Nelson's live recording of Handel's Messiah - made just down the road from us at Coventry Cathedral almost exactly this time last year...
No. 1 (new entry)
Sinfonia of London, Sinfonia of London Chorus, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (No. 1 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson
Available formats: 2 CDs + DVD Video, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems
Le Carnaval des Animaux - l'Assassinat du Duc de Guise
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Roderick Williams (baritone - Zarathustra), Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor); Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegium Musicum Choir, Sir Mark Elder
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi
Bach - Bologne - Previn - Vivaldi - Williams
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Elias David Moncado (violin), Mohamed Hiber (violin), Lionel Martin (cello), Samuel Nebyu (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Margarita Balanas (cello), Dominik Wagner (double bass), Hwayoon Lee (viola)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
Maria Listra: (soprano - L'Abbe Agathon), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (new entry)
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (No. 3 last month)
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (No. 2 last month)
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (new entry)
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Christian Eggen
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (new entry)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne-Katharina Schreiber (violin, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (No. 10 last month)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (new entry)
Steven Osborne (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (No. 5 last month)
Veronika Jarůšková (violin), Peter Jarůšek (cello), Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (new entry)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Bruce Liu (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 8 last month)
Solo
Matteis - Pisendel - Biber - Guillemain - Vilsmayr
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Available format: SACD
No. 21 (No. 22 last month)
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Guy Johnston (cello), Hallé Orchestra, Delyana Lazarova
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (new entry)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Melos Ensemble, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 23 (No. 24 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 15 last month)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available format: 2 CDs
No. 25 (new entry)
A Most Marvellous Party
with Noel Coward and Friends
Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
