Mishka Rushdie Momen's Hyperion debut Reformation proved our best-selling title of July - featuring keyboard works by Byrd, Gibbons, Bull and Sweelinck (played on a Steinway Model D), the album was our Recording of the Week at the beginning of the month, and Mishka was kind enough to share her thoughts on the project with Presto's Matthew Ash a couple of weeks ago.
Other popular albums included Yannick Nézet-Séguin's set of the Brahms symphonies with Chamber Orchestra of Europe, three collections of George Lloyd's orchestra music on Lyrita, and two titles which are yet to be released: John Wilson's recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel with Sinfonia of London (due out on 13th September), and Joana Mallwitz's Kurt Weill album with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, which lands tomorrow...
No. 1 (new entry)
Reformation
Byrd - Gibbons - Bull - Sweelinck
Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Cristina Anghelescu (violin), Anthony Ross (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Parry, David Alan Miller
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 6 (No. 3 last month)
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (No. 9 last month)
Martin Roscoe (piano), Kathryn Stott (piano), BBC Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 8 (No. 10 last month)
John Osborn (Jean de Leyde), Elizabeth DeShong (Fidès), Mané Galoyan (Berthe), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Count Oberthal)
London Symphony Orchestra, Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône, Lyon Opera Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (No. 1 last month)
Janine Jansen (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (No. 4 last month)
Czech Songs
Martinů - Dvořák - Krasa - Klein
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (new entry)
Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni; with Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Elisabeth Boudreault (soprano), Kezia Bienek (mezzo)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (No. 2 last month)
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (new entry)
Various artists
Available formats: 9 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 14 (new entry)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner
Available formats: 5 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 15 (No. 6 last month)
Paul Wee (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Michael Collins
Available format: SACD
No. 16 (No. 15 in April)
BBC Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic (Brass Section), Albany Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd
Available formats: 4 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry - due for release on 13th September)
Nathaniel Hackmann (Billy Bigelow), Mikaela Bennett (Julie Jordan), Sierra Boggess (Carrie Pipperidge), Julian Ovenden (Enoch Snow), Francesca Chiejina (Nettie Fowler), David Seadon-Young (Jigger Craigin)
Sinfonia of London, ‘Carousel’ Ensemble, John Wilson
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (new entry)
Daniel Hope (violin), Air Ensemble, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (No. 22 in March)
BBC Philharmonic, Albany Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd
Available formats: 4 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 21 (new entry)
Rhian Lois (soprano), Samantha Price (mezzo), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Morgan Pearse (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, Adrian Partington
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (new entry)
The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy
Music & Arrangements by Arthur Keegan
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), James Girling (guitar), Ligeti Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry - due for release on 2nd August)
Katharine Mehrling (Anna), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 5 last month)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Boychoir, Minnesota Chorale, Osmo Vänskä
Available formats: 2 SACD (ECOPAK)s, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (new entry)
Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 4
Nos. 6, 13 and 15
Arcadia Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
