Festive titles of course featured prominently, with The Sarahbanda's Cuban Christmas, the Monteverdi Choir and Christophe Rousset's Baroque Christmas and O Holy Night from The Choir of St John's College Cambridge all maintaining their presence from November, and a delightful programme of Christmas music by Alessandro Scarlatti making an appearance at No. 5.
Newcomers from November's crop of releases included Scriabin and Chopin from Mikhail Pletnev, previously unreleased recordings by the late Radu Lupu, and the Nash Ensemble's superb Ravel collection marking their sixtieth anniversary.
No. 1 (No. 1 last month)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 2 (No. 3 last month)
Carlos Calunga (vocals), The Sarahbanda
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 3 (No. 20 last month)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Christophe Rousset
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 4 (new entry)
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 5 (new entry)
Carlotta Colombo (soprano), Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, Giulio Prandi
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 6 (No. 16 in August)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 7 (No. 18 in September)
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Thomas Dunford (lute, theorbo), with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone); Jupiter
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 8 (No. 5 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. 9 (No. 13 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. 10 (No. 21 last month)
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
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No. 11 (new entry)
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Hyde
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 12 (No. 4 last month)
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. 13 (No. 8 last month)
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 14 (No. 11 in October)
Pavel Haas Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 15 (new entry)
Radu Lupu (piano)
Available Formats: 6 CDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 16 (No. 22 last month)
The 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. 17 (No. 17 last month)
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 (No. 19 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. 19 (new entry)
Nash Ensemble
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 20 (No. 14 last month)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 21 (No. 2 last month)
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 22 (No. 9 last month)
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
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No. 23 (new entry)
Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey
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No. 24 (No. 11 last month)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 25 (No. 22 in October)
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
