Neeme Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra's recording of Lalo's Symphony in G minor and suites from the ballet Namouna (released on Chandos in the middle of the month) proved our most popular title for January, after David praised both repertoire and performances as 'exciting, vivid and refreshing'.
Several of our Top 10 Recordings of 2023 continued to attract attention, with Víkingur Ólafsson's widely acclaimed account of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Dvořák's complete piano trios from Veronika Jarůšková, Peter Jarůšek & Boris Giltburg retaining their footholds in the Top 5 last month - and on the archive front, Deutsche Grammophon's vinyl reissues of vintage recordings by Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado also made their mark.
No. 1 (new entry)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (No. 4 last month)
Veronika Jarůšková (violin), Peter Jarůšek (cello), Boris Giltburg (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (No. 2 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Anna Szałucka (piano), Tom Freeman-Attwood (trumpet)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Shadows of My Ancestors
Prokofiev - Ravel - Saidaminova
Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo, Jean-Francois Verdier
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
Puccini: I Canti
Orchestral Songs & Works
Charles Castronovo (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repušić
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (new entry)
Howard Shelley (piano), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (No. 5 in April 2023)
Quatuor Ebène, Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (No. 5 in October 2019)
James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (No. 14 last month)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (No. 6 last month)
Sinfonia of London, Sinfonia of London Chorus, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (new entry)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (new entry)
James Ehnes (violin), BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (No. 1 last month)
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. 16 (new entry)
Timothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
No. 18 (No. 15 last month)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available format: 2 CDs
No. 19 (No. 21 in August 2023)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Igor Levit (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (new entry)
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Available format: SACD
No. 22 (new entry)
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
No. 24 (new entry)
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (new entry)
Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Available format: SACD
