For the second time this year, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London topped the Presto Chart for April, with their Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 proving our most popular title by some way; their latest album of English Music for Strings (our February best-seller) maintains its foothold in Top 10 at No. 8, whilst the first instalment of their Rachmaninoff series (Symphony No. 3 and The Isle of the Dead, released last October) has also enjoyed a resurgence of interest.
Other big-hitters for April included the world premiere audio recording of Thomas Adès's ballet Dante from the LA Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel on Nonesuch, the young Djibouti-born guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre's debut album on Deutsche Grammophon, and Fabio Luisi's much-praised survey of the complete Nielsen symphonies with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (now available as a boxed set following individual digital releases over the past few months).
No. 1 (No. 9 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 2 (new entry)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 3 (No. 11 last month)
Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 4 (new entry)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi
Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 5 (No. 5 last month)
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Quatuor Ebène
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 6 (new entry)
Alexander Melnikov (harpsichord/fortepiano/tangent piano/piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 7 (new entry)
Christiane Karg (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Semyon Bychkov
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 8 (No. 4 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 9 (new entry)
Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 10 (No. 1 last month)
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum)
Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 11 (No. 2 last month)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 12 (new entry)
The London Haydn Quartet
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 13 (new entry)
Michael Spyres (tenor), Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 14 (new entry)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 15 (No. 24 last month)
András Schiff (clavichord)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 16 (new entry)
Ramón Vargas (Giorgio Argyll), Irene Roberts (Malvina Douglas), Elizabeth DeShong (Odoardo Douglas), Sally Matthews (Anna Ruthven), Iván Ayón-Rivas (Rodrigo), Goderdzi Janelidze (Guglielmo Ruthven)
Britten Sinfonia, Opera Rara Chorus, Carlo Rizzi
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 17 (new entry)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Coro Gulbenkian, Chœur de l’OnR, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 18 (new entry)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 19 (No. 12 last month)
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 20 (No. 4 in November 2022 chart)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 21 (new entry)
Rachel Podger (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 22 (new entry)
Danish String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 23 (new entry)
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 24 (No. 3 last month)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 25 (No. 20 in November 2022 chart)
Rachel Podger (violin)
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
