For the third time in four years, it was Víkingur Ólafsson who topped the Presto Chart in 2023: despite only being released in mid-October, his sublime recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Deutsche Grammophon is already our second-best-selling title of the past decade (pipped to the post by the Icelandic pianist's own Mozart & Contemporaries album from 2021). The recording also appears to have prompted a resurgence of interest in Ólafsson's first Bach album from 2018, which sits at No. 23 - the only entry in our Top 50 not to have been released in 2023.
Our top five best-sellers all featured as Presto Recordings of the Year - do head over to our YouTube Channel to view acceptance-videos from some of the featured artists (including Ólafsson and Sir Antonio Pappano), or check out our promotion on the 100 classical finalists (which runs until 29th January).
No. 1
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong)
Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4
Veronika Jarůšková (violin), Peter Jarůšek (cello), Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available format: 2 CDs
No. 6
András Schiff (clavichord)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7
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, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8
Sinfonia of London, Sinfonia of London Chorus, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Quatuor Ebène
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10
Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11
Isabelle Faust (violin), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12
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. 13
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18
Rachel Podger (violin)
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24
Fantasia
Bach - Liszt - Berg - Busoni
Igor Levit (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 26
Rachel Podger (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 27
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 28
Takács Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 29
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Christian Eggen
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 30
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works
The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polonaise from ‘Cherevichki’
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 31
Stile Antico
Available formats: Presto CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 32
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 33
Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 34
Stephen Hough (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 35
Infinite Voyage
Schoenberg - Hindemith - Berg - Chausson
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Emerson String Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 36
María Dueñas (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 37
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 38
Roderick Williams (baritone - Zarathustra), Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor), Bergen Philharmonic, Sir Mark Elder
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 39
Oulu Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 40
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 41
Keri Fuge (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago, Joshua Tan
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 42
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 43
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Chineke!, Leslie Suganandarajah, Roderick Cox
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 44
Beatrice Rana (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 45
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo), James Way (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, University of Birmingham Voices, Martyn Brabbins
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 46
Véronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 47
The Handel Project
Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 48
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 49
Takács Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 50
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
