Other titles which proved popular include Martinů from the Pavel Haas Quartet on Supraphon, a family history in music from the Kanneh-Masons on Decca, and a ninetieth-birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt from the Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo Järvi on Alpha - look out for our in-depth interview with Järvi about his near-lifelong relationship with the composer next week...
No. 1 (new entry)
Scarlett Strallen (Eliza Doolittle), Jamie Parker (Henry Higgins), Alun Armstrong (Alfred P. Doolittle), Malcolm Sinclair (Colonel Pickering), Laurence Kilsby (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Julia McKenzie (Mrs Pearce), Penelope Wilton (Mrs Higgins)
Sinfonia of London, My Fair Lady Ensemble, John Wilson
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
Pavel Haas Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
The Kanneh-Masons
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (No. 3 last month)
Joyce DiDonato (Dido), Michael Spyres (Aeneas), Fatma Said (Belinda), Beth Taylor (Sorceress), Hugh Cutting (Spirit), Laurence Kilsby (Sailor), Alena Dantcheva and Anna Piroli (Witches)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (No. 6 last month)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (new entry)
Jennifer Holloway (Nunciata), Gaëlle Arquez (Vanina), Hélène Carpentier (Margarita), Julien Henric (Tébaldo), Michael Arivony (Raphaël), Matthieu Lécroart (Bursica)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo, Kazuki Yamada
Available formats: CD + Book, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (new entry)
Spunicunifait
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (new entry)
Ene Salumäe (organ), Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (new entry)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano - 2020/2023), Jan Philip Schulze (piano - 1994), Claus Guth (director)
Available format: CD + DVD Video
No. 12 (new entry)
Telemann: Violin Concertos
Overture - Suite - Fantasie
Isabelle Faust (violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (new entry)
Steven Osborne (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (new entry)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 15 (No. 1 last month)
King of Kings
JS Bach Orchestral Transcriptions
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (new entry)
Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Teresa Iervolino (mezzo), Carlo Vistoli (countertenor), Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry)
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Thomas Dunford (lute, theorbo), with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Jupiter
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 2 last month)
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (No. 17 last month)
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Elena Schwarz
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (new entry)
De Profundis, Eamonn Dougan
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (No. 7 in April)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 5 last month)
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (new entry)
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Available formats: 25 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
