The Classic FM Chart - 19 April 2015, 5pm
The Sixteen: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
04:55
The Sixteen shoot into the top spot with their stunning recording of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610.
It's all change once again in the Classic FM Chart as The Sixteen zoom from No.30 to No.1 - an unprecedented leap - with their superb recording of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. It's described by Harry Christophers as "quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written and without doubt the most varied and inspired before Handel and Bach began composing their oratorios and passions."
Sacred choral music is the hallmark of this week's two new entries. James MacMillan's St Luke Passion enters the chart at 24 and Bach's St Matthew Passion, performed by the Academy of Ancient Music is a new entry at 28.
400 year old work propels The Sixteen to No.1 in the Classic FM Chart >
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | MONTEVERDI/VESPERS OF 1610, SIXTEEN/CHRISTOPHERS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 1 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 3 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 11 | CHAMBERS, CHILLY GONZALES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 5 | THE CHOPIN PROJECT, OLAFUR ARNALDS/ALICE SARA OTT Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 7 | THE MAGIC OF, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | RE-ENTRY | THE BEETHOVEN JOURNEY, LEIF OVE ANDSNES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 4 | LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 6 | WOLF HALL - OST, DEBBIE WISEMAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 8 | CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | 12 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 14 | CLASSIC FM - 50 CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | RE-ENTRY | CLASSIC FM - HALL OF FAME 2014, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 22 | AND THE WALTZ GOES ON, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 9 | VIVALDI/L'ESTRO ARMONICO, RACHEL PODGER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | 13 | RIEU ROYALE, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | RE-ENTRY | VIVALDI, AVI AVITAL Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | 18 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | 15 | MAGIC OF THE MOVIES, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | 10 | AND THE BRIDGE IS LOVE - ENGLISH MUSIC, ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA/LLOYD WEBBER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | 27 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | 2 | JOURNEY - HARP TO SOOTHE THE SOUL, CLAIRE JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | RE-ENTRY | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | NEW | MACMILLAN/ST LUKE PASSION, NETHERLANDS RADIO CP/STENZ Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 23 | PART/TINTINNABULI, TALLIS SCHOLARS/PHILLIPS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | 17 | 50 CLASSICAL SHADES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | RE-ENTRY | HOLST/THE PLANETS, LSO/DAVIS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | NEW | BACH/ST MATTHEW PASSION, CHOIR OF THE AAM/EGARR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | RE-ENTRY | THE HOBBIT - BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES, HOWARD SHORE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | RE-ENTRY | TENORE, JONATHAN ANTOINE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
