The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 24 May 2015, 5pm

André Rieu is holding on to the top spot but strong competition is sailing into view from the equally hirsute Ross Poldark.

André Rieu's Magic of the Violin – last week's new No.1 – looks like it's settling in for a long run at the top of the Classic FM Chart. But Anne Dudley’s haunting and moving score to the hugely successful drama series Poldark is this week's highest new entry at No.2. Poldark has been one of the most acclaimed television productions of recent years and this sweeping and evocative score has been a key ingredient in this success. 

There's another high new entry at No.3 from Classic FM's Orchestra in the North-West of England, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The Tchaikovsky Album is a former Classic FM Album of the Week and shows off Tchaikovsky's greatest music to dazzling effect.

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Title & Artist
1 1 MAGIC OF THE VIOLIN, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
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2 NEW POLDARK - OST, ANNE DUDLEY
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3 NEW THE TCHAIKOVSKY ALBUM, RLPO/PETRENKO
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4 7 SERENATA, ALFIE BOE
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5 5 LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU
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6 3 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY
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7 2 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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8 NEW PARIS MON AMOUR, SONYA YONCHEVA
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9 6 FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - OST, CRAIG ARMSTRONG
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10 NEW TIME PRESENT AND TIME PAST, MAHAN ESFAHANI/CONCERTO KOLN
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11 19 CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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12 20 I DON'T LIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC BUT I REALLY LIKE THIS!, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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13 NEW WALTON/SYMPHONY NO.2/CELLO CONCERTO, WATKINS/BBC SO/GARDNER
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14 NEW MARTHA ARGERICH & FRIENDS - LIVE FROM, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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15 14 CLASSIC FM - 50 CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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16 30 BEST OF BRITISH, KATHERINE JENKINS
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17 RE YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - THE COLLECTION, ALFIE BOE
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18 24 JACQUET OF MANTUA/MISSA SURGE PETRE, BRABANT ENSEMBLE/RICE
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19 RE HOME SWEET HOME, KATHERINE JENKINS
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20 26 RIEU ROYALE, ANDRE RIEU
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21 RE THE MAGIC OF, ANDRE RIEU
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22 29 IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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23 8 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON - OST, BRIAN TYLER
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24 23 THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS
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25 NEW BARBER/BARTOK/PIANO CONCERTOS, KEITH JARRETT
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26 RE MAGIC OF THE MOVIES, ANDRE RIEU
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27 9 MONTEVERDI/VESPERS OF 1610, SIXTEEN/CHRISTOPHERS
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28 11 SMETANA/STRING QUARTETS 1 & 2, PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
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29 18 RECOMPOSED BY MAX RICHTER/VIVALDI - FOUR SEASONS, HOPE/KONZERTHAUS CO/RIDDER
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30 21 THE HOBBIT - BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES, HOWARD SHORE
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