Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - February 2024
Two albums featuring the multi-talented Marc-André Hamelin also made the top five, alongside one of our Presto CD titles - Edo de Waart's 1985 recording of Saint-Saëns's 'Organ' Symphony with Jean Guillou and the San Francisco Symphony, which was named as the top choice on Radio 3's Building a Library earlier in the month.
No. 1 (new entry)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin/director), Le Consort
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
Magdalena Kožená (Alcina), Anna Bonitatibus (Ruggiero), Erin Morley (Morgana), Elizabeth DeShong (Bradamante), Alois Mühlbacher (Oberto), Alex Rosen (Melisso), Valerio Contaldo (Oronte)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (new entry)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 4 (new entry)
Jean Guillou (organ), San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
Available Format: Presto CD
No. 5 (new entry)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 6 (new entry)
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (new entry)
Amanda Majeski (Katya), Katarina Dalayman (Kabanicha), Simon O'Neill (Boris), Andrew Staples (Tichon), Magdalena Kozená (Varvara), Ladislav Elgr (Kudrjas), Pavlo Hunka (Dikój)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 8 (new entry)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 9 (No. 16 last month)
Timothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 10 (No. 20 last month)
Igor Levit (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (No. 9 last month)
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Quatuor Ebène
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 12 (new entry)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
Kenneth Hamilton (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (new entry)
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck, Markus Hinterhauser (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 16 (No. 3 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 17 (new entry)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18 (new entry)
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Łukasz Borowicz
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (new entry)
Nicola Alaimo (Murena), Albina Shagimuratova (Argelia), Sergey Romanovsky (Settimio), Lluís Calvet i Pey (Publio), André Henriques (Lucio/Flavio), Kezia Bienek (Leontina)
Britten Sinfonia, Carlo Rizzi
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
No. 21 (new entry)
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (No. 24 last month)
Louise Alder (Theodora), Tim Mead (Didymus), Anna Stéphany (Irene), Stuart Jackson (Septimius), Adam Plachetka (Valens)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (new entry)
Christian Poltéra (cello), Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24 (new entry)
Bojan Čičić (violin), Steven Devine (harpsichord)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25 (new entry)
Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
