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Recordings of the Year 2022 - Our Top 100
After many hours of listening and discussion, the Presto editorial team have finally decided on our Top 100 Recordings of the Year: you can browse through the finalists below, and until 23rd January 2023 we're offering special discounts on almost all of the featured titles.
Our Top 10 recordings will be announced on the morning of Friday 9th December...
Rebeca Omordia (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
Jonathan Tetelman (tenor), Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Francesco Corti (harpsichord/director), Andrea Buccarella (harpsichord), Il Pomo d'Oro
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Dylan Perez (piano), Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Fleur Barron (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Nicky Spence (tenor), Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts (baritones), William Thomas (bass)
Navarra String Quartet
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Helen Charlston (mezzo), Toby Carr (theorbo)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
James Ehnes (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Michael Spyres (baritenor), Timothy Ridout (viola), Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Castalian String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Jodie Devos (soprano), Brussels Philharmonic, Pierre Bleuse
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The Nash Ensemble
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Paul Lewis (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Boris Giltburg (piano), Pavel Nikl (viola), Pavel Haas Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Belcea Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Ludovico Minasi, Cristina Vidoni, Teodoro Baù and Simone Vallerotonda
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Elena Urioste (violin), Chineke! Orchestra, Fawzi Haimor, Roderick Cox, Kevin John Edusei, Kalena Bovell, Anthony Parnther,
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew Staples (tenor), Elena Urioste (violin), London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Julien Behr (Pelléas), Vannina Santoni (Mélisande), Alexandre Duhamel (Golaud), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Geneviève), Jean Teitgen (Arkel), Hadrien Joubert (Yniold)
Les Siècles, Chœur de l'Opéra de Lille François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Hilary Hahn (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, John Williams
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Lucy Crowe (Angel), Sophie Bevan (Mary Magdalene), Iestyn Davies (Mary Cleophas), Hugo Hymas (John the Evangelist), Ashley Riches (Lucifer)
The English Concert, Harry Bicket
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Lisette Oropesa (Theodora), Joyce DiDonato (Irene), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Didymus), Michael Spyres (Septimius), John Chest (Valens)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Chen Reiss (soprano), Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Grossmann
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson, Graham Ross
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
ACME & Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Fatma Said (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Sascha Goetzel
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Iyad Sughayer (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Andrew Litton
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Isabelle Faust (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Mary Bevan (Margery), Catherine Carby (Mauxalinda), Mark Wilde (Moore of Moore Hall), John Savournin (Gaffer Gubbins/The Dragon)
The Brook Street Band, John Andrews
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Krassimira Stoyanova (Fleana), Arsen Soghomonyan (Radu), Stephen Gaertner (Tamar), Lukasz Golinski (Il Vecchio)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus, Carlo Rizzi
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Matthias Goerne (bass-baritone), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Fretwork
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Marian Consort
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Véronique Gens, Nicole Car, Jodie Devos, Chantal Santon Jeffery (sopranos), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Étienne Dupuis (baritone)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
John Osborn (Robert), Nicolas Courjal (Bertram), Amina Edris (Alice), Erin Morley (Isabelle), Nico Darmanin (Raimbaut)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
Available Formats: 3 CDs + Book, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Barokksolistene, Bjarte Eike
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Danish String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Lukas Geniušas (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Simone Lamsma (violin), Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Ruby Hughes (soprano), United Strings of Europe, Julian Azkoul
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Martin James Bartlett (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
The Nash Ensemble
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (contralto), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Carlo Lepore (bass)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Paul Lewis (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Nicky Spence (tenor), Christopher Glynn (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Lars Vogt (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Javier Camarena (tenor), Gli Originali, Riccardo Frizza
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), David Kadouch (piano), Héloïse Luzzati (cello), Orchestre national Avignon-Provence, Debora Waldman et al
Available Format: 3 CDs
Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo), Mauro Peter (tenor), Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Guillermo García Calvo
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Zina Schiff (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Avlana Eisenberg
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Nicholas Phan (tenor), Brooklyn Rider, The Knights, Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Lisa Kaplan (piano), Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 7 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), with Lise Davidsen (soprano), Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paolo Arrivabeni
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Golda Schultz (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Robert Murray (Mark), Rachel Nicholls (Jenifer), Ashley Riches (King Fisher), Jennifer France (Bella), Toby Spence (Jack), Claire Barnett-Jones (Sosostris), Susan Bickley (She-Ancient), Joshua Bloom (He-Ancient)
London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Marina Viotti (mezzo), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Rachel Podger (violin)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Les Ombres
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Maximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Abel Selaocoe (cello)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Available Format: CD
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Michelle Cann (piano), New York Youth Symphony, Michael Repper
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC