The Classic FM Chart - 9 February 2014

Brilliant Chinese pianist Ji Liu deposes Classical Voices from the No.1 spot.

Ji Liu's Piano Reflections has finally toppled Classical Voices from the No.1 position, which it had occupied since 1 December last year. 

It's a fine achievement for the young Chinese pianist whose debut album features brand new recordings of the most beautiful piano classics of all time.

Elsewhere in the chart, there are three new entries: Max Richter’s 2002 debut album Memoryhouse is reissued to give new listeners a 65-minute journey through the beauty and tragedy of 20th century Europe; flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins with Les Vents Francais to explore the repertoire of French wind music; and the Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani enters the chart with his recording to mark C.P.E. Bach's 300th anniversary next month.

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Title & Artist
1 NEW PIANO REFLECTIONS, JI LIU
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2 2 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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3 1 CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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4 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL RELAXING CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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5 5 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY
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6 4 THE HOBBIT - THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - OST, HOWARD SHORE
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7 7 IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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8 6 RIEU ROYALE, ANDRE RIEU
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9 10 THE INSTANT CLASSICAL COLLECTION - 100 ESSENTIAL CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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10 9 MAGIC OF THE MOVIES, ANDRE RIEU
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11 RE DREAMING, ANDRE RIEU
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12 27 BRAVEHEART/OST, LSO/HORNER
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13 8 RUSSIAN TREASURES, TENEBRAE/SHORT
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14 12 THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS
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15 15 THE HOBBIT - AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY - OST, HOWARD SHORE
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16 26 BEETHOVEN/CELLO SONATAS, ISSERLIS/LEVIN
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17 NEW MEMORY HOUSE, MAX RICHTER
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18 NEW FRENCH MUSIC FOR WINDS/20TH CENTURY QUINTETS, LES VENTS FRANCAIS/PAHUD
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19 18 A TALE OF TWO CELLOS, JULIAN & JIAXIN LLOYD WEBBER
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20 21 MAN OF STEEL - OST, HANS ZIMMER
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21 23 THE GREATEST STRAUSS WALTZES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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22 14 NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2014, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC/BARENBOIM
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23 RE 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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24 13 CLASSIC FM - HALL OF FAME 2013, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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25 RE GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER/LISA GERRARD
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26 25 MOERAN/IN THE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY, FRITH/ULSTER ORCH/FALLETTA
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27 24 HOLST/THE PLANETS, LSO/DAVIS
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28 11 FOREVER VIENNA, ANDRE RIEU
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29 RE 100 CLASSICAL HITS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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30 NEW C.P.E. BACH/WURTTEMBERG SONATAS, MAHAN ESFAHANI
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