Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - 2022
For the first time in the history of the annual Presto Chart, it was a debut recording which proved our best-selling title of 2022 - the young Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä's set of the complete Sibelius symphonies with the Oslo Philharmonic on Decca, which was described as 'electrifying and often revelatory' by BBC Music Magazine and deemed 'uber-auspicious' by Gramophone. Mäkelä has two equally exciting recording-projects planned for 2023, details of which we hope to be able to share very soon...
Our Top 10 also included two entries from the super-prolific John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London on Chandos, Mitsuko Uchida (whose wonderfully witty Diabelli Variations on Decca come in at No. 3), and our best-selling artist of 2020 and 2021 Víkingur Ólafsson - who sits at No. 4 with his beautifully-crafted 'fan-letter' to György Kurtág on Deutsche Grammophon.
No. 1
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 2
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 4
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 5
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 7
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
No. 8
Paul Lewis (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 9
Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Tom Poster (piano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 12
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13
Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 14
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 16
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 17
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Available Formats: 6 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 18
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Christiane Karg (soprano), Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 19
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21
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
No. 22
Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Olivia Jageurs (harp)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 23
Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 24
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson, Graham Ross
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 25
Pavel Haas Quartet, Boris Giltburg (piano), Pavel Nikl (viola)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 26
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 27
Nick Pritchard (Evangelist), William Thomas (Christus), Alex Ashworth (Pilatus), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Peter Davoren (tenor)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 28
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 29
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 30
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 31
Sara Gouzy (soprano), Salome Fischer (alto), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (baritone), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Available Formats: 3 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 32
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
No. 33
Hilary Hahn (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 34
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 35
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Les Ombres
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 36
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 37
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 38
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 39
Steven Osborne (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 40
Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 41
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
No. 42
Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 43
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 44
Kirill Gerstein (harpsichord), Marie-Christine Zupancic (flute), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 45
Takács Quartet
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 46
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 47
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
No. 48
Stephen Hough (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 49
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 50
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
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