Classic FM Chart: Hans Zimmer's 'The Classics' enters the chart straight at no. 1
22 January 2017, 18:55
22nd January: Hans Zimmer's 'The Classics' enters the chart at no. 1; the Vienna Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel jump a staggering twenty-six places to climb inside the top five; plus new entries from David Arnold with his score for 'Sherlock: The Final Problem' and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The indisputable highlight of this week's chart is the latest release from world-renowned film and television composer, Hans Zimmer. His new album 'The Classics', which features artists such as Lang Lang, Maxim Vengerov, 2CELLOS, Lindsey Stirling, Till Brönner, Amy Dickson and many more, unsurprisingly jumped straight to number one this week.
The rest of the top five remains the same with the addition of the 'New Years Concert 2017' by the Vienna Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, which entered the chart last week at number twenty-six, but has since been featured as Album of the Week for two weeks in a row on Classic FM by John Suchet then David Mellor and has now climbed to number four in the Classic FM Chart.
Elsewhere in the chart there are also new entries from David Arnold with his soundtrack to the latest series of the BBC crime-drama series Sherlock as well as Vasily Petrenko leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Shostakovich's piano concertos.
This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
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1 | NEW | ZIMMER/THE CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
2 | 1 | THE CLASSICAL ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
3 | 3 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
4 | 26 | NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2017, VP/DUDAMEL Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
5 | 4 | ROGUE ONE - A STAR WARS STORY - OST, MICHAEL GIACCHINO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
6 | 5 | BILL TURNBULL'S RELAXING CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
7 | 6 | STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
8 | 2 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
9 | 7 | ONE VOICE, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
10 | 9 | BRUNO TONIOLI: AN ITALIAN ROMANCE, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
11 | 13 | BACH/CANTATAS 54 82 & 170, DAVIES/ARCANGELO/COHEN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
12 | 12 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
13 | 8 | BARBER/HILLBORG/BJORK/DISTANT LIGHT, FLEMING/RSPO/ORAMO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
14 | 14 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 6 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
15 | 11 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 5 - THE EMPIRE, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
16 | NEW | SHERLOCK SERIES 4 - FINAL PROBLEM - OST, DAVID ARNOLD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
17 | 19 | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
18 | 24 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
19 | 16 | PLANET EARTH 2 - OST, HANS ZIMMER/J SHEA/J KLEBE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
20 | 10 | ONE VOICE AT CHRISTMAS, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
21 | 23 | YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - THE COLLECTION, ALFIE BOE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
22 | 25 | A YEAR OF SONGS, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
23 | 18 | FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
24 | 20 | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
25 | NEW | SHOSTAKOVICH/PIANO CONCERTOS 1 & 2, GILTBURG/RLPO/PETRENKO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
26 | 27 | CLASSIC FM - A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
27 | 29 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
28 | 21 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
29 | 15 | THE LOST SONGS OF ST KILDA, MORRISON/SFO/MACMILLAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
30 | 28 | MORRICONE 60, ENNIO MORRICONE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |