Thanks (we think!) to our current hi-res download offer, the latest remasterings of Sir Georg Solti's legendary Ring Cycle on Decca (a real labour of love from sound-engineer Philip Siney and producer Dominic Fyfe) made the chart for the second month in a row - the offer runs until 12th June, with Decca hi-res downloads available at MP3 prices.
No. 1 (new entry)
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano) and friends
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone); BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Yuja Wang: The Vienna Recital
Albéniz - Beethoven - Kapustin - Ligeti - Scriabin
Yuja Wang (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (No. 2 last month)
Nicky Spence (Gerontius), Anna Stéphany (The Angel), Andrew Foster-Williams (The Priest/Angel of the Agony), Gabrieli, Polish National Youth Choir, Paul McCreesh
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (No. 1 last month)
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (No. 4 last month)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (new entry)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 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 in May 2023)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (new entry)
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (No. 7 last month)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (No. 11 in January)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (new entry)
Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Dame Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (No. 14 last month)
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (No. 23 last month)
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available formats: 4 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (No. 24 last month)
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (new entry)
Jakob Lindberg (theorbo)
Available format: SACD
No. 20 (new entry)
Emma Tring (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
Available format: SACD
No. 21 (new entry)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (No. 9 last month)
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
Paul Wee (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Michael Collins
Available format: SACD
No. 24 (No. 21 last month)
Jakub Józef Orliński (Orfeo), Fatma Said (Amore), Elsa Dreisig (Euridice), Il Giardino d’Amore, Stefan Plewniak
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (new entry)
London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron, Jack Liebeck (violin), Andrew Staples (tenor, Thomas Carroll (cello)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
