Brahms's Piano Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 from Krystian Zimerman and friends on Deutsche Grammophon ran The Dutchman a very close second, with other popular titles including Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion's account of Bach's Mass in B minor on Harmonia Mundi and a fourth volume of Ruth Gipps's orchestral music on Chandos - whilst the young South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim enjoyed yet another wave of popularity after sweeping the board at last week's BBC Music Magazine Awards for his debut recording of Chopin on Decca.
No. 1 (new entry)
Lise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman)
Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Maria Nowak (violin), Katarzyna Budnik (viola), Yuya Okamoto (cello)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Julie Roset (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo), Lucile Richardot (alto), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (No. 1 last month)
Yuja Wang (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Andris Nelsons
Available formats: 19 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
Violin Concerto - Symphony No. 5 - Leviathan
Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Bill Anderson (double-bassoon), BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (No. 13 last month)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (No. 14 last month)
Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (No. 12 last month)
Eleonora Buratto (Tosca), Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi), Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Davide Giangregorio (Sagristano), Matteo Macchioni (Spoletta), Nicolò Ceriani (Sciarrone)
Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Daniel Harding
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (new entry)
David Childs (euphonium), Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (No. 1 in 2024 chart)
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (No. 5 last month)
Beatrice Rana (piano), Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (new entry)
John Findon (Agamemnon), Eleanor Dennis (Clytemnestra), Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Cassandra), Robert Murray (Watchman), Clive Bayley (Herald/Old Man)
English National Opera Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (No. 11 last month)
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (new entry)
Anita Hartig (Anna), Kang Wang (Roberto), Boris Pinkhasovich (Guglielgmo)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Ivan Repušić
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (No. 3 last month)
Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (new entry)
Lorna Anderson, Sarah Dufresne (sopranos), Julie Boulianne, Paula Murrihy (mezzos), Dafydd Jones, Nicky Spence (tenors), John Chest, Simon Keenlyside (baritones), William Thomas (bass), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
James Ehnes (violin), Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Joanna G'froerer, Luc Beauséjour, Charles Hamann, Yosuke Kawasaki (violin), Jessica Linnebach
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (new entry)
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (back catalogue)
Elgar: Oratorios
The Dream of Gerontius - The Apostles - The Kingdom
Alice Coote (mezzo), Paul Groves (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) et al; Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
Available formats: 6 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 23 (back catalogue)
Ravel: Ma Mère L’oye & Boléro
Valses nobles et sentimentales - Pavane pour une infante défunte - Alborada del gracioso - La valse
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (new entry)
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Łukasz Borowicz
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (No. 14 in 2024 chart)
Oslo Philharmonic, Klaus Mäkelä
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
