Classic FM Chart: Pavarotti pushed to No. 2, plus a new Bach recording in the top 5
11 August 2019, 18:55
This week’s Classic FM Chart enjoys a significant amount of movement, with only two albums remaining in the same position as last week.
Einaudi has claimed the No. 1 spot in the chart, as the Italian composer-pianist’s popular Islands album pips the popular Pavarotti movie soundtrack to the post. Plus, there’s a new Bach recording at No. 5: The Toccatas, by Iranian harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the world’s favourite royal wedding cellist, is back in the game with his debut album Inspiration clocking in at No. 18, while his sister Isata Kanneh-Mason’s debut album of piano music by Clara Schumann has jumped back up to No. 9.
We also see three new entries further down in the chart: Maxwell Davies’ Suite from The Boyfriend; A Song of Agincourt, a new recording of a few of Stanford’s finest occasional pieces; and The Jupiter Project, a re-creation of how Mozart’s large-scale orchestral works might have been encountered in Georgian Britain.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | 1 | PAVAROTTI - OST, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | 4 | SEVEN DAYS WALKING - DAY ONE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | 3 | SI, ANDREA BOCELLI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | NEW | BACH/THE TOCCATAS, MAHAN ESFAHANI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | 8 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | 9 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 8 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | 11 | 100 HITS - THE BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | 22 | ROMANCE - THE PIANO MUSIC OF CLARA, ISATA KANNEH-MASON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | 10 | AVENGERS - ENDGAME - OST, ALAN SILVESTRI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 11 | 5 | MARSALIS/VIOLIN CONCERTO/FIDDLE DANCE, BENEDETTI/PHIL OR/MACELARU Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | 14 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | 12 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 14 | 13 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 15 | 7 | THE GREATEST HITS, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 16 | 6 | SEVEN DAYS WALKING - DAY FIVE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes |
| 17 | 18 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | RE-ENTRY | INSPIRATION, SHEKU KANNEH-MASON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | 16 | THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | NEW | MAXWELL DAVIES/SUITE FROM THE BOYFRIEND, AQUARIUS/CLEOBURY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 21 | 21 | UNA MATTINA, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | NEW | STANFORD/A SONG OF AGINCOURT, ULSTER ORCHESTRA/SHELLEY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 23 | 20 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 24 | 15 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 25 | 23 | DIVENIRE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 26 | 28 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 27 | 19 | THE WORLD OF - A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION, HANS ZIMMER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 28 | NEW | MOZART/THE JUPITER PROJECT, NORRIS/BIRCHER/BALDING Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 29 | 26 | EVOLUTION, ALEXIS FFRENCH Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 30 | 27 | I GIORNI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
