An almost entirely new top 25 this month, with only three titles making a re-appearance from the February chart; there’s a healthy proportion of re-issues and historical recordings in amongst the mix, however, including Reginald Goodall’s 1981 Tristan and the first-ever CD release of Øivin Fjeldstad’s 1956 Götterdämmerung with Kirsten Flagstad and Set Svanholm on Australian Eloquence.
No. 1 (new entry)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe); Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 2 (new entry)
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 3 (new entry)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 4 (No. 1 last month)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 5 (new entry)
No. 6 (new entry)
Joyce El-Khoury (Countess Sylvia de Linarès), David Junghoon Kim (Leone de Casaldi), Laurent Naouri (Don Gaspar), Vito Priante (Don Fernand d’Aragon), Evgeny Stavinsky (The Monk / Father Superior)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 7 (No. 12 last month)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 8 (new entry)
Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Set Svanholm (Siegfried), Egil Nordsjo (Hagen), Per Gronnenberg (Alberich), Waldemar Johnsen (Gunther), Ingrid Bjoner (Gutrune), Eva Gustavson (Waltraute), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Olvin Fjeldstad
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 9 (new entry)
Ewa Pobłocka (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 10 (new entry)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 11 (new entry)
John Mitchinson (Tristan), Linda Esther Gray (Isolde), Anne Wilkens (Brangaene), Gwynne Howell (Marke), Phillip Joll (Kurwenal), Nicholas Folwell (Melot), Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Reginald Goodall
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 12 (new entry)
Valentina Lisitsa (piano), Alexei Kuznetsoff (piano)
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 13 (new entry)
Tasmin Little (violin) & John Lenehan (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 14 (new entry)
Véronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 15 (No. 5 last month)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 16 (new entry)
Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin), Roland Wood (Caractacus), Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard) & Alastair Miles (Claudius)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 17 (new entry)
Madeleine Mitchell (violin), London Chamber Ensemble
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 18 (new entry)
Janet Baker (mezzo), James King (tenor), Heather Harper (soprano), Norma Procter (contralto), Werner Hollweg (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Jessye Norman (soprano), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 19 (new entry)
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 20 (new entry)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 21 (new entry)
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Hymel (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Gábor Bretz (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Guildhall School Singers, Tiffin Children's Chorus, Tiffin Girls' Choir, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Sir Simon Rattle
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 22 (new entry)
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 23 (new entry)
Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 24 (new entry)
No. 25 (new entry)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
