The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 20 September 2015
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann storms the Chart, taking the No.1 spot and four other places in the Top 30.
If it's lovely and lyrical, Jonas Kaufmann can belt it out with considerable style, from Schubert to showtunes, and of course glorious Puccini verismo arias which have landed him the No.1 spot in this week's Chart, ousting Max Richter's Sleep after just one week at the top. He's also enjoying an unprecedented position in the UK's Top 30 best-selling albums chart. It's the first Puccini arias album ever to enter the Top 30.
But the German tenor is also new in the Classic FM Chart at No.7 with The Best of Jonas Kaufmann, at No.12 with You Mean the World to Me, and there are three other albums by him riding high in the Chart. Is there no stopping him?
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW | NESSUN DORMA - THE PUCCINI ALBUM, JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 1 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 6 | THE PLATINUM COLLECTION, KATHERINE JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 2 | THE ULTIMATE CLASSIC FM HALL OF FAME, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 4 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 5 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LONDON PHILHARMONIC/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | RE-ENTRY | THE BEST OF JONAS KAUFMANN , JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 9 | JS BACH/THE 6 UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES, YO-YO MA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 3 | CLASSICALLY CHILLED, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | RE-ENTRY | THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS COLLECTION , BBC CO/WORDSWORTH Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | 21 | THE AGE OF PUCCINI, JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | RE-ENTRY | YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME , JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | RE-ENTRY | HOME, ANOUSHKA SHANKAR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 12 | MAGIC OF THE VIOLIN, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 8 | CRAIG OGDEN AND FRIENDS, CRAIG OGDEN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | 7 | WILLIAMS/A SEA SYMPHONY, HALLE/MARK ELDER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | NEW | BIBER/BAROQUE SPLENDOR - MISSA, HESPERION XXI/CONCERT DES NATIONS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | NEW | AVE MARIA EN PLEIN AIR, TARJA TURUNEN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | NEW | MUSICA SELECTA - A SEQUENCE BY MANFRED EICHER, ARVO PART Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | NEW | STILL WITH THE MUSIC, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | NEW | HOLST/THE PLANETS, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC/VON KARAJAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | 15 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 14 | STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | RE-ENTRY | ROMANTIC ARIAS, KAUFMANN/PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC/ARMILIATO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 17 | LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | 10 | JOYCE & TONY - LIVE AT WIGMORE HALL, JOYCE DIDONATO/ANTONIO PAPPANO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | 20 | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | 22 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER/LISA GERRARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | 11 | RACHMANINOV/VARIATIONS, TRIFONOV/PHILADELPHIA OR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | NEW | BERG/WELLESZ/LYRIC SUITE/SONNETS, FLEMING/EMERSON STRING QUARTET Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
