Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - May 2024
Thanks (we think!) to our current hi-res download offer, the latest remasterings of Sir Georg Solti's legendary Ring Cycle on Decca (a real labour of love from sound-engineer Philip Siney and producer Dominic Fyfe) made the chart for the second month in a row - the offer runs until 12th June, with Decca hi-res downloads available at MP3 prices.
No. 1 (new entry)
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 2 (new entry)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano) and friends
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 3 (new entry)
Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone); BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 4 (new entry)
Yuja Wang (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 5 (new entry)
L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 6 (No. 2 last month)
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. 7 (No. 1 last month)
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 8 (No. 4 last month)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 9 (new entry)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 10 (No. 12 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 11 (No. 10 in May 2023)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 12 (new entry)
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 13 (No. 7 last month)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 14 (No. 11 in January)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 15 (new entry)
Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Dame Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Available Formats: 4 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 16 (No. 14 last month)
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. 17 (No. 23 last month)
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. 18 (No. 24 last month)
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. 19 (new entry)
Jakob Lindberg (theorbo)
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 20 (new entry)
Emma Tring (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 21 (new entry)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 22 (No. 9 last month)
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
No. 23 (new entry)
Paul Wee (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Michael Collins
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
No. 24 (No. 21 last month)
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. 25 (new entry)
London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron, Jack Liebeck (violin), Andrew Staples (tenor, Thomas Carroll (cello)
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
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