Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - January 2025
Other popular new releases included Seong-Jin Cho's set of the complete Ravel piano works on Deutsche Grammophon, a third helping of Ruth Gipps's orchestral music on Chandos, and Simon Rattle's live recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 7 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra on BR Klassik. And Víkingur Ólafsson continues to maintain a strong foothold in the chart: his account of Bach's Goldberg Variations (which was released in October 2023 and won a Grammy this weekend) sits at No. 7, with his previous Bach project and albums devoted to Debussy/Rameau and Philip Glass all making the Top 25.
No. 1 (new entry)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 2 (new entry)
Martin Owen (horn), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 3 (new entry)
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 4 (new entry)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 5 (new entry)
The Nash Ensemble
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 6 (new entry)
Stile Antico
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 7 (No. 4 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 8 (No. 4 last month)
Vilde Frang (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 9 (No. 9 last month)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Available Formats: 2 CDs + Blu-ray, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 10 (No. 15 last month)
Chadi Lazreq (treble), Ying Fang (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 11 (No. 14 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 12 (new entry)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 13 (No. 8 last month)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 14 (No. 20 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 15 (new entry)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Julie Roset (soprano), Le Consort
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 16 (No. 13 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: 2 Vinyl Records, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 17 (No. 18 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Siggi String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 18 (No. 12 last month)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 19 (No. 23 in 2024 chart)
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 20 (new entry)
Houston Symphony, Stadium Symphony of New York (NYPO), American Symphony, Stokowski Symphony, Leopold Stokowski
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 21 (back catalogue)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 22 (No. 22 last month)
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 23 (new entry)
Tonkünstler-Orchester, Ola Rudner
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 24 (new entry)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin/director), Thomas Kaufmann (cello), Camerata Bern
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
No. 25 (new entry)
Benedetta Mazzucato (Arsilda), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Lisea), Marie Lys (Mirinda), Shira Patchornik (Nicandro), José Coca Loza (Cisardo), Nicolò Balducci (Barzane), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Tamese)
La Cetra Basel, Andrea Marcon
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV