Classical Recommendations
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The Presto Chart - June 2026
1st Jul 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with a bracing double-bill of Dvořák and Carlos Simon from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in the No. 1 spot.
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The Presto Chart - May 2026
1st Jun 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Bohuslav Martinů's complete symphonies from the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša in the No. 1 spot.
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The Presto Chart - April 2026
4th May 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with Arvo Pärt's complete symphonies from the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen in the No. 1 spot.
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The Presto Chart - March 2026
1st Apr 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon's hyper-dramatic Johannes-Passion on Harmonia Mundi in the No. 1 spot.
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JS Bach: Johannes-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus), Ying Fang (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Etienne Bazola (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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The Presto Chart - February 2026
3rd Mar 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with Yunchan Lim's live recording of the Goldberg Variations from Carnegie Hall in the No. 1 spot.
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The Presto Chart - January 2026
3rd Feb 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with Mendelssohn and Enescu from the combined forces of the Quatuor Ébène and Belcea Quartet occupying the top spot.
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The Presto Chart - 2025
7th Jan 2026
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Víkingur Ólafsson's Op. 109 on Deutsche Grammophon leading the pack...
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The Presto Chart - December 2025
6th Jan 2026
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with Víkingur Ólafsson's recital centring on Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109 occupying the top spot for the second month running...
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The Presto Chart - November 2025
1st Dec 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for November, headed by Víkingur Ólafsson's illuminating recital centring on Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109 on Deutsche Grammophon.
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The Presto Chart - October 2025
3rd Nov 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, headed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion's 'truly magical' account of Brahms's German Requiem on Harmonia Mundi.
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The Presto Chart - September 2025
2nd Oct 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, headed by John Wilson's hyper-complete recording of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady with Sinfonia of London on Chandos.
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Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady
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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The Presto Chart - August 2025
1st Sep 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, headed by the late Sir Andrew Davis's magnificent orchestral transcriptions of organ works by JS Bach on Chandos.
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The Presto Chart - July 2025
4th Aug 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for July, headed by Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque's all-Biber programme on Channel Classics.
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The Presto Chart - June 2025
2nd Jul 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, headed by Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Ravel's La valse from Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris on Decca.
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The Presto Chart - May 2025
2nd Jun 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, headed by 'dazzling' accounts of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 and Symphonic Dances from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson on Chandos.
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The Presto Chart - April 2025
1st May 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, headed by Edward Gardner's electrifying live recording of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer with the Norwegian National Opera, starring Gerald Finley as The Dutchman and Lise Davidsen as Senta.
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
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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The Presto Chart - March 2025
1st Apr 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, headed by a box-set of Shostakovich's complete symphonies, concertos and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons on Deutsche Grammophon.
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The Presto Chart - February 2025
3rd Mar 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, headed by the complete nocturnes of John Field from Alice Sara Ott on Deutsche Grammophon.
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The Presto Chart - January 2025
4th Feb 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, headed by a collection of Palestrina premieres from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge and Graham Ross on Harmonia Mundi.
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The Presto Chart - December 2024
6th Jan 2025
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, headed by the debut recording from Lucy Illingworth (winner of the Channel 4 series The Piano) on Blue Cloud Music...
