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The Presto Chart - May 2025
2nd Jun 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, headed by 'dazzling' accounts of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 and Symphonic Dances from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson on Chandos.
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The Presto Chart - April 2025
1st May 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, headed by Edward Gardner's electrifying live recording of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer with the Norwegian National Opera, starring Gerald Finley as The Dutchman and Lise Davidsen as Senta.
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
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
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The Presto Chart - March 2025
1st Apr 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, headed by a box-set of Shostakovich's complete symphonies, concertos and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons on Deutsche Grammophon.
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The Presto Chart - February 2025
3rd Mar 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, headed by the complete nocturnes of John Field from Alice Sara Ott on Deutsche Grammophon.
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The Presto Chart - January 2025
4th Feb 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, headed by a collection of Palestrina premieres from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge and Graham Ross on Harmonia Mundi.
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The Presto Chart - December 2024
6th Jan 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, headed by the debut recording from Lucy Illingworth (winner of the Channel 4 series The Piano) on Blue Cloud Music...
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The Presto Chart - 2024
2nd Jan 2025by Chris O'Reilly
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Yunchan Lim's recording of Chopin's Études on Decca leading the pack...
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The Presto Chart - November 2024
2nd Dec 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, headed by Steven Isserlis's Boccherini album with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on Hyperion...
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The Presto Chart - October 2024
4th Nov 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, headed by Raphaël Pichon's augmented Mozart Requiem with Pygmalion on Harmonia Mundi...
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The Presto Chart - September 2024
1st Oct 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's complete recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in first place...
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
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
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The Presto Chart - August 2024
2nd Sep 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with Shostakovich's Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 from the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä in first place...
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The Presto Chart - July 2024
1st Aug 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, with Mishka Rushdie Momen's debut album on Hyperion (featuring keyboard music by Byrd, Gibbons, Bull and Sweelinck) in first place...
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The Presto Chart - June 2024
2nd Jul 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with Sibelius and Prokofiev violin concertos from Janine Jansen and Klaus Mäkelä in Oslo in first place...
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The Presto Chart - May 2024
3rd Jun 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque's The Muses Restor'd on Channel Classics in first place...
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The Presto Chart - April 2024
1st May 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with Yunchan Lim's Chopin Études on Decca in first place...
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The Presto Chart - March 2024
3rd Apr 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Beatrice Rana's recording of Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata & Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 on Warner Classics in first place...
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The Presto Chart - February 2024
4th Mar 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with Théotime Langlois de Swarte's 'compelling' album of Vivaldi concertos and transcriptions with Le Consort on Harmonia Mundi in first place...
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The Presto Chart - January 2024
1st Feb 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with Neeme Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra's recording of Lalo's Symphony in G minor and suites from the ballet Namouna in first place...
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The Presto Chart - 2023
4th Jan 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Víkingur Ólafsson's recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Deutsche Grammophon leading the pack...
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The Presto Chart - December 2023
2nd Jan 2024by Chris O'Reilly
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with John Nelson's live recording of Handel's Messiah from Coventry Cathedral (released on Erato at the end of November) in first place...