4th November 2024

Presto Chart, The Presto Chart - October 2024

by Chris O'Reilly

Presto Chart Logo - the text 'Classical TOP 25' in white on a blue background Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon's Mozart Requiem with a twist proved our most popular title last month, after winning praise from The Times for the 'fiercely eloquent singing' of the crack French ensemble and being described as 'real breath of fresh air' by Limelight Magazine. Pichon uses the familiar Süssmayr completion of the Mass, but intersperses its movements with fragments and shorter works from earlier in Mozart's life which prefigure ideas developed in the Requiem.

Alison Balsom's collection of Baroque concerti with Trevor Pinnock and his players on Warner also proved popular, as did Igor Levit's recording of the Brahms piano concertos with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann on Sony, and Marc-André Hamelin's jaw-dropping account of the Hammerklavier Sonata on Hyperion. And a clutch of older Hyperion titles (from artists including Hamelin, Alina Ibragimova, Stephen Hough and Steven Osborne) gained a second or even third wind thanks to our huge ongoing label sale, which offers discounts of up to 60% and runs until 27th November.

No. 1 (new entry)

Chadi Lazreq (treble), Ying Fang (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass)

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 2 (new entry)

Alison Balsom (trumpet), Pinnock's Players, Trevor Pinnock

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 3 (new entry)

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 4 (new entry)

Igor Levit (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann

Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 5 (new entry)

Daniil Trifonov (piano), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 6 (No. 3 last month)

Vilde Frang (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 7 (No. 1 last month)

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

Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 8 (new entry)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 9 (new entry)

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)

Available Formats: Vinyl Record, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 10 (back catalogue)

Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano)

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 11 (No. 15 in 2023 chart)

Hilary Hahn (violin)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 12 (No. 25 last month)

Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne-Katharina Schreiber (violin, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 13 (new entry)

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)

Available Formats: Vinyl Record, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 14 (No. 13 last month)

I Fagiolini, The City Musick, Robert Hollingworth

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 15 (back catalogue)

Stephen Hough (piano)

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 16 (back catalogue)

Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Takács Quartet

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 17 (new entry)

James Ehnes (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 18 (back catalogue)

London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert

Available Formats: 5 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 19 (back catalogue)

Steven Isserlis (cello)

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 20 (No. 14 in June)

Yunchan Lim (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 21 (back catalogue)

Steven Osborne (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 22 (back catalogue)

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Bernard Haitink

Available Formats: 6 SACDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 23 (back catalogue)

Paul Lewis (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek

Available Format: 14 CDs

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No. 24 (No. 14 last month)

Oslo Philharmonic, Klaus Mäkelä

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

No. 25 (new entry)

Maurizio Pollini (piano), Daniele Pollini (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV

Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive

Chris grew up in London and studied cello from the age of 5. He never did enough practice to get really good at it, but caught a passion for Classical music which would stick with him forever. He has wide ranging musical tastes, still plays Chamber music and particularly loves Mahler.

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Presto Chart, The Presto Chart - October 2024

No. 1 (new entry)

No. 2 (new entry)

No. 3 (new entry)

No. 4 (new entry)

No. 5 (new entry)

No. 6 (No. 3 last month)

No. 7 (No. 1 last month)

No. 8 (new entry)

No. 9 (new entry)

No. 10 (back catalogue)

No. 12 (No. 25 last month)

No. 13 (new entry)

No. 14 (No. 13 last month)

No. 15 (back catalogue)

No. 16 (back catalogue)

No. 17 (new entry)

No. 18 (back catalogue)

No. 19 (back catalogue)

No. 20 (No. 14 in June)

No. 21 (back catalogue)

No. 22 (back catalogue)

No. 23 (back catalogue)

No. 24 (No. 14 last month)

No. 25 (new entry)

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