Released just six weeks ago on Deutsche Grammophon, the album also includes music by JS Bach and Schubert, and featured as our Recording of the Week in late November (when Matthew Ash was impressed by the 'etched, architectural quality' of the playing).
Other big-hitters include Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion's second account of Bach's Mass in B minor on Harmonia Mundi (which won Recording of the Year at the Gramophone Awards and also featured in our Top 10 Classical Albums of 2025), Krystian Zimerman's outstanding interpretations of two Brahms piano quartets with Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik and Yuya Okamoto, and Edward Gardner's electrifying Flying Dutchman on Decca (with Gerald Finley in the title-role and Lise Davidsen in her first and only outing as Senta).
No. 1
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
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No. 2
Julie Roset (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo). Lucile Richardot (alto), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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No. 3
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Maria Nowak (violin), Katarzyna Budnik (viola), Yuya Okamoto (cello)
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No. 4
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
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No. 5
Lise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman)
Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner
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No. 6
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
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No. 7
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, John Wilson
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No. 8
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
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No. 9
Pavel Haas Quartet
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No. 10
Rachel Podger (violin/director), Brecon Baroque
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No. 11
Vilde Frang (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
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No. 12
Joyce DiDonato (Dido), Michael Spyres (Aeneas), Fatma Said (Belinda), Beth Taylor (Sorceress), Hugh Cutting (Spirit), Laurence Kilsby (Sailor), Alena Dantcheva and Anna Piroli (Witches)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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No. 13
Martin Owen (horn), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
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No. 14
Carlos Calunga (vocals), The Sarahbanda
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No. 15
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
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No. 16
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
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No. 17
Yunchan Lim (piano)
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No. 18
Bojan Čičić (violin), The Illyria Consort
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No. 19
Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
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No. 20
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
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No. 21
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
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No. 22
Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
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No. 23
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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No. 24
Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
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No. 25
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
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No. 26
Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Bill Anderson (double-bassoon), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
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No. 27
Chadi Lazreq (treble), Ying Fang (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass); Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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No. 28
Beatrice Rana (piano), Amsterdam Sinfonietta
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No. 29
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
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No. 30
Isabelle Faust (violin), Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
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No. 31
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
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No. 32
Isabelle Faust (violin), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord)
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No. 33
Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
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No. 34
Yunchan Lim (piano)
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No. 35
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
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No. 36
Yunchan Lim (piano), Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
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No. 37
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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No. 38
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Thomas Dunford (lute, theorbo), with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Jupiter
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No. 39
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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No. 40
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
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No. 41
Sir Stephen Hough (piano), The Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
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No. 42
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
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No. 43
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
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No. 44
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
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No. 45
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
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No. 46
Germán Enrique Alcántara (Simon Boccanegra), Eri Nakamura (Maria/Amelia), William Thomas (Fiesco), Iván Ayón-Rivas (Gabriele Adorno), Sergio Vitale (Paolo Albiani)
The Hallé, Chorus of Opera North, RNCM Opera Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
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No. 47
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
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No. 48
Stile Antico
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No. 49
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
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No. 50
Timothy Ridout (viola)
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