Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin's revelatory recital of keyboard sonatas and rondos by CPE Bach on Hyperion topped the chart last month, with Paul Lewis's equally ear-opening accounts of Brahms's late piano works on Harmonia Mundi following hard upon; you can read our recent interview with Marc (in which he describes the joys of exploring CPE's 'fascinating trove of treasures') here.
No. 1 (new entry)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 2 (new entry)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 3 (new entry)
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 4 (new entry)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 5 (new entry)
Fretwork, Silas Wollston, David Miller
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 6 (No. 14 last month)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 7 (new entry)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 8 (No. 11 last month)
Stephen Hough (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 9 (new entry)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 10 (No. 12 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 11 (new entry)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Available Format: 15 CDs
No. 12 (No. 7 last month)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 13 (new entry)
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Sabine Fehlandt, Bernhard Forck
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 14 (new entry)
No. 15 (No. 8 last month)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Format: 2 CDs
No. 16 (No. 3 last month)
Kit Armstrong (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 17 (No. 15 last month)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Jeter
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 18 (No. 4 last month)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 19 (new entry)
Marco Serino (violin), Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Andrea Morricone
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 20 (new entry)
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, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 21 (No. 25 last month)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Available Format: SACD
No. 22 (new entry)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Available Formats: Presto CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 23 (No. 21 last month)
András Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 24 (new entry)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 25 (No. 10 last month)
Igor Levit (piano)
Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
