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The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 17 January 2016, 5pm
The Force has well and truly awakened in the Classic FM Chart...
There's no change in the top four albums in this week's Chart – but the music of John Williams for the Star Wars franchise has well and truly hit the stratosphere. His latest soundtrack for The Force Awakens is at No.4, and at 5 there's a new entry for the Ultimate Soundtrack Collection which brings together all the music from the first six Star Wars films. And at 14 there's more music from the trilogy.
Elsewhere there's a new entry at 8 for Classic FM's most recent Album of the Week – the Vienna Philharmonic's hardy perennial New Year's Concert. And the sad death of David Bowie this week has resulted in his only foray into the classical recording world has entered the Chart. His version of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is at No.17.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A YEAR OF SONGS, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 2 | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 3 | ROMAN HOLIDAY, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 4 | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | NEW | STAR WARS - THE ULTIMATE SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 5 | NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 6 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | NEW | NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2016, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC/JANSONS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 7 | THE DARCEY BUSSELL BALLET COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 8 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | 10 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL , LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 9 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | 12 | MAGIC OF THE VIOLIN, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 13 | LATEST & GREATEST - CLASSICAL STARS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 11 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | 14 | STAR WARS TRILOGY , WILLIAMS/SKYWALKER SYMPHONY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | NEW | PROKOFIEV/PETER AND THE WOLF, BOWIE/PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA/ORMANDY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | 26 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | 18 | LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | RE | RECOMPOSED BY MAX RICHTER/VIVALDI - FOUR SEASONS, HOPE/KONZERTHAUS CO/RIDDER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | 17 | THE CHOIR - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | NEW | BRAHMS/BARTOK/VIOLIN CONCERTO, JANSEN/LSO/SANTA CECILIA/PAPPANO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 15 | RACHMANINOV/PIANO CONCERTOS 1-4, ASHKENAZY/LSO/PREVIN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | 21 | NESSUN DORMA - THE PUCCINI ALBUM, JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 22 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | 25 | TAVERNER/MISSA CORONA SPINEA, TALLIS SCHOLARS/PHILLIPS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | 24 | SHOSTAKOVICH/SYMPHONY NO 7, RLPO/PETRENKO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | RE | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | RE | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | 23 | CLASSICAL CHILLOUT , VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
