Also featuring JS Bach's Partita No. 6, Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 6, and Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 90, the album was praised by Presto's Matthew Ash for the 'etched, architectural quality of Ólafsson's playing', whilst The Guardian enthused that the Icelandic pianist 'opens up a transcendent vista on to a brave new world.'
And many of you are clearly already getting into the festive spirit, with The Sarahbanda's Cuban Christmas, the Monteverdi Choir and Christophe Rousset's Baroque Christmas, and the Choir of St. John's College Cambridge's O Holy Night all making the chart - look out for our 'Twelve Discs of Christmas' feature this coming Friday for more seasonal listening suggestions!
No. 1 (new entry)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 2 (new entry)
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 3 (new entry)
The Sarahbanda
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 4 (new entry)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 5 (No. 18 last month)
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Maria Nowak (violin), Katarzyna Budnik (viola), Yuya Okamoto (cello)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 6 (new entry)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 7 (No. 11 last month)
Pavel Haas Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 8 (new entry)
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 9 (new entry)
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 10 (No. 12 last month)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 11 (No. 2 last month)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 12 (new entry)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Available Formats: 10 SACDs, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 13 (No. 5 last month)
Julie Roset (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo). Lucile Richardot (alto), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Christian Immler (bass)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 14 (new entry)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 15 (new entry)
Geneva Lewis (violin), Clare Hammond (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jaime Martín, Ryan Bancroft, Jac van Steen
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 16 (new entry)
Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Antoine Morinière (guitar)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 17 (new entry)
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Kahchun Wong
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 18 (new entry)
Mirjam Mesak (soprano), Pavel Petrov (tenor), Andrii Kymach (baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Vasily Petrenko
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 19 (No. 3 last month)
Scarlett Strallen (Eliza Doolittle), Jamie Parker (Henry Higgins), Alun Armstrong (Alfred P. Doolittle), Malcolm Sinclair (Colonel Pickering), Laurence Kilsby (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Julia McKenzie (Mrs Pearce), Penelope Wilton (Mrs Higgins)
Sinfonia of London, My Fair Lady Ensemble, John Wilson
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 20 (new entry)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Christophe Rousset
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 21 (No. 15 in April chart)
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 22 (new entry)
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Christopher Gray
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 23 (new entry)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 24 (No. 22 last month)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 25 (No. 18 in March)
Paganini: 24 Caprices
plus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
