Despite only being released last Friday, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London’s magnificent recording of music for strings by Britten, Bridge, Berkeley and Bliss on Chandos tops the January chart: read James’s full review of the album here.
Several other very recent releases also made the Top 25, with the first instalment of Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Rachmaninov project with the Philadelphia Orchestra on Deutsche Grammophon (Gramophone’s current recording of the Month) entering at No. 4, and Piotr Anderszewski’s selections from Book Two of The Well-Tempered Clavier on Warner at No. 8. And perhaps as a result of insomnia being more prevalent than usual over these last few troubling weeks, the eight-hour version of Max Richter’s Sleep from 2015 has made a comeback at No. 15…
No. 1 (new entry)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 2 (new entry)
Howard Shelley (piano/director), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 3 (new entry)
Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 4 (new entry)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 5 (new entry)
Christine Rice (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 6 (new entry)
Albina Shagimuratova (Neala), René Barbera (Idamore), Misha Kiria (Zarete), Marko Mimica (Akebare), Britten Sinfonia, Sir Mark Elder
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 7 (new entry)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 8 (new entry)
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 9 (No. 8 in December 2020 chart)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
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No. 10 (new entry)
Lenneke Ruiten (Armida), Teresa Iervolino (Ismene), Florie Valiquette (Rinaldo), Ashley Riches (Ubaldo)
Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
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No. 11 (new entry)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti
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No. 12 (No. 7 in December 2020 chart)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 13 (No. 3 in December 2020 chart)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 14 (No. 5 in December 2020 chart)
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 15 (new entry)
Max Richter (piano, organ, synthesizers, electronics), Grace Davidson (soprano)
American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME)
Available Formats: 8 CDs + Blu-ray Audio, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 16 (No. 14 in December 2020 chart)
Voces8
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 17 (new entry)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Sol Gabetta (cello), Francisco Coll, Camerata Bern
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 18 (No. 9 in December 2020 chart)
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 19 (new entry)
Arcadia Quartet
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No. 20 (No. 23 in December 2020 chart)
Alina Ibragimova (violin), State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 21 (new entry)
Stephen Hough (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 22 (No. 11 in December 2020 chart)
Michael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 23 (new entry)
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto/director), Orfeo 55
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 24 (new entry)
London Haydn Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 25 (new entry)
Nicolas Namoradze (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
