Starring Sierra Boggess as Salvation Army sergeant Sarah Brown, Nathaniel Hackmann as inveterate gambler Sky Masterson and Louise Dearman as the perpetually-engaged showgirl Miss Adelaide, the recording has been described as 'one of the best things Wilson has done' (The Arts Desk), 'the best yet in his ongoing Chandos series' (Gramophone), and 'indispensable for serious fans of classical musicals' (BBC Music Magazine).
Other popular titles included Sir András Schiff's recital of late Brahms piano works on ECM, I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth's 'close to unbeatable' (Gramophone) account of the Monteverdi Vespers on CORO, and the first instalment of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin's survey of Emilie Mayer's symphonic works on Harmonia Mundi (featuring Alexander Melnikov in her sole piano concerto).
No. 1 (No. 13 last month)
Sierra Boggess (Sarah Brown), Nathaniel Hackmann (Sky Masterson), Louise Dearman (Miss Adelaide), David Seadon-Young (Nathan Detroit), Sir Thomas Allen (Arvide Abernathy), Damian Humbley (Nicely-Nicely Johnson); Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 2 (new entry)
András Schiff (fortepiano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (No. 10 last month)
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Alexander Melnikov (piano), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
Beethoven & The Italians
Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontini
Münchener Kammerorchester, Enrico Onofri
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (No. 14 last month)
Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (new entry)
Lise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
No. 10 (new entry)
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (new entry)
Peter Hoare (Mr Brouček), Lucy Crowe, Aleš Briscein, Gyula Orendt, Lukas Zeman, Doubravka Novotná, Linard Vrielink, Stephan Rügamer, Arttu Kataja, London Symphony Orchestra, Tenebrae, Sir Simon Rattle
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (new entry)
Christophe Dumaux (Cesare), Louise Alder (Cleopatra), Paula Murrihy (Sesto), Beth Taylor (Cornelia), John Holiday (Tolomeo), Morgan Pearse (Achilla), The English Concert, Harry Bicket
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 13 (new entry)
Julien Henric (Zampa), Hélène Carpentier (Camille), Héloïse Mas (Ritta), Cyrille Dubois (Alphonse), Pierre Derhet (Dandolo), François Rougier (Daniel), Lukas Mayr (Un corsaire), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Erik Nielsen
Available formats: 2 CDs + Book, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (No. 5 last month)
Homage to Heifetz
Lalo - Korngold - Debussy
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (new entry)
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Douglas Bostock
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (No. 17 last month)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), William Christie (harpsichord)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (new entry)
Saehyun Kim (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 18 (new entry)
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available formats: 10 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 19 last month)
Anima Eterna Brugge, Pablo Heras-Casado
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (No. 1 last month)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (new entry)
Elinor Frey (cello), Accademia de' Dissonanti
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 23 (new entry)
Handel's Italians
Italian Castrati in the London Oratorios
Carlo Vistoli (countertenor), Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (new entry)
Ana Vieira Leite (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), William Thomas (bass), English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Christophe Rousset
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (new entry)
Alexandra Lowe (soprano), The Mozartists, Ian Page
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
