Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - April 2024
Sinfonia of London and John Wilson's second album of English music for strings enjoyed a resurgence of interest after being crowned Recording of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards, and many of you invested in Decca's newly-remastered Solti Ring Cycle thanks to its inclusion in our hi-res download offer (which runs until 12th June). We spoke to sound-engineer Philip Siney and producer Dominic Fyfe about how they went about showcasing Solti's landmark achievement in all its glory last year.
No. 1 (new entry)
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
Nicky Spence (Gerontius), Anna Stéphany (The Angel), Andrew Foster-Williams (The Priest/Angel of the Agony)
Gabrieli, Polish National Youth Choir, Paul McCreesh
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (new entry)
Benjamin Alard (harpsichord), Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (new entry)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Boris Faust (viola), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hrůša
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6 (new entry)
Orchestre National de France, Cristian Măcelaru
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7 (new entry)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 8 (No. 3 in 2022 chart)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 9 (new entry)
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (No. 1 in 2022 chart)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (new entry)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Mathieu Pordoy (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 12 (No. 2 in 2023 chart)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (new entry)
Kate Aldrich (Déjanire), Anaïs Constans (Iole), Julien Dran (Hercule), Jérôme Boutillier (Philoctète), Anna Dowsley (Phénice)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Chœur de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
Available Formats: 2 CDs + Book, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (No. 9 in July 2023)
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available Formats: 4 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
BBC Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd
Available Formats: 4 CDs, MP3, FLAC
No. 16 (new entry)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo), Allan Clayton (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17 (new entry)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
No. 18 (new entry)
Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19 (new entry)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (No. 4 last month)
Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21 (new entry)
Jakub Józef Orliński (Orfeo), Fatma Said (Amore), Elsa Dreisig (Euridice), Il Giardino d’Amore, Stefan Plewniak
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 22 (No. 9 in 2021 chart)
Janine Jansen (violin), Antonio Pappano (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (No. 15 in December 2022)
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available Formats: 4 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 24 (new entry)
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 25 (new entry)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
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