The Presto Chart - June 2026

Presto Chart 1st July 2026

Presto Classical Chart logo Here's an unusual state of things - our best-selling title for June hasn't even been released yet! You'll have to wait until Friday to hear Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's bracing double-bill of Dvořák's 'New World' Symphony and Carlos Simon's Four Black American Dances (receiving their world premiere recording) on Reference Recordings, but we can confirm that this orchestra and conductor have once again succeeded in making us hear one of the most familiar works in the repertoire with fresh ears - as was the case with their Presto Award-winning account of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 a couple of years ago.

Several other Reference recordings (not least Honeck's luminous pairing of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 and Mason Bates's Resurrexit from Pittsburgh) have enjoyed a surge of interest, thanks in part to our special offer marking the US label's fiftieth birthday, whilst other popular titles include Katia and Marielle Labèque's celebration of their first 55 years as a duo (more on this one next week...), Mahan Esfahani's outstanding set of Bach's complete keyboard concertos with Britten Sinfonia, and the first instalment of Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien's second cycle of the Beethoven violin sonatas.

No. 1 (new entry)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 2 (new entry)

Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (piano)

Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 3 (new entry)

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Britten Sinfonia

Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 4 (new entry)

Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (fortepiano)

Available Format: SACD

No. 5 (new entry)

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Robert Trevino

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 6 (new entry)

Elizabeth Watts (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba

Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 7 (No. 1 last month)

Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša

Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 8 (new entry)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 9 (re-entry from 2023)

Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles

Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 10 (new entry)

Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles

Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 11 (new entry)

The London Haydn Quartet

Available Format: 20 CDs

No. 12 (new entry)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 13 (new entry)

Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Karina Canellakis

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 14 (No. 3 last month)

Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 15 (No. 5 in April)

Sean Shibe (guitar)

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 16 (new entry)

Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 17 (No. 2 last month)

Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 18 (re-entry from 2024)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 19 (No. 4 last month)

David Munrow

Available Format: 21 CDs

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No. 20 (new entry)

Luciano Pavarotti (Calàf), Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Timur), London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Zubin Mehta

Available Format: 2 SACDs

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No. 21 (No. 11 last month)

Susan Platts (mezzo), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 22 (new entry)

Alban Gerhardt (cello), WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andrew Manze

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 23 (new entry)

Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos

Available Format: Blu-ray

No. 24 (No. 13 last month)

Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco, Gianluca Capuano

Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

No. 25 (No. 6 last month)

Paul Watkins (cello), Alessio Bax (piano)

Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3

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