Classic FM Chart: Female composers take over top 10
17 March 2019, 18:55
The chart gets a refreshing shake-up this week as three new albums by female composers earn their place in the top 10. Andrea Bocelli still sits at No. 1 with his album Sì, but not far behind is Pinar Toprak's newly released soundtrack to the latest Marvel film, Captain Marvel, at No. 4. Toprak has now set the record for the top-grossing film scored by a woman, as the film made an astonishing $153 million in its opening weekend alone.
Entering at No. 7 and 8 respectively are two other new releases, Animal Requiem by Rachel Fuller (released in January 2019) and Grace Williams: Chamber Music recorded by violinist Madeleine Mitchell and the London Chamber Ensemble.
Two other albums re-enter the chart, Piano Magic at No. 27 and Romance at No. 29, both by pianist Lang Lang. This presumably anticipates his new album Piano Book that will be released at the end of March.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | SI, ANDREA BOCELLI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | 3 | ROMANTIC MOMENTS II, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | 2 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | NEW | CAPTAIN MARVEL - OST, PINAR TOPRAK Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | 4 | IN HARMONY, ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | 5 | GUIDING LIGHT, KATHERINE JENKINS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | NEW | FULLER/ANIMAL REQUIEM, RPO/CHAMBER CH LONDON/ZIEGLER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | NEW | WILLIAMS/CHAMBER MUSIC, MITCHELL/LONDON CHAMBER ENS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | 7 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | 12 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 11 | 15 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | 8 | THE ULTIMATE CLASSICAL COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | 10 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 14 | 17 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 15 | 18 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 16 | 13 | DIVENIRE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 17 | 9 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | 16 | NOCTURNE, VANGELIS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | 14 | PIANO, KARL JENKINS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | 11 | THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 21 | 6 | VIERNE/FRANCK/VIOLIN SONATAS, IBRAGIMOVA/TIBERGHIEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | 28 | INSPIRATION, SHEKU KANNEH-MASON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 23 | 21 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 24 | 19 | THE REAL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 25 | 23 | EVOLUTION, ALEXIS FFRENCH Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 26 | 30 | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 27 | RE | PIANO MAGIC, LANG LANG Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 28 | 22 | UNA MATTINA, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 29 | RE | ROMANCE, LANG LANG Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 30 | 27 | I GIORNI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
