The Classic FM Chart - 22 December 2013

Tolkein's dragon Smaug wings his way into the Top 30. Will he incinerate the competition?

Bilbo Baggins and his friends have ventured into the Classic FM Chart this week. They have the highest new entry at No.2 with Howard Shore's soundtrack to the latest instalment of the Hobbit's wanderings around Middle Earth.

This week's other new entry is The Greatest Strauss Waltzes at No.22, ready to whirl us into 2014.

This
Week
Last
Week
Title & Artist
1 1 CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
2 NEW THE HOBBIT - THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - OST, HOWARD SHORE
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
3 2 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL RELAXING CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
4 4 DECEMBER LIGHTS, ANDRE RIEU
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
5 6 CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR, ANDRE RIEU
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
6 9 CHRISTMAS TIME, CRAIG OGDEN
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
7 5 THIS IS CHRISTMAS, KATHERINE JENKINS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
8 7 ESSENTIAL CAROLS, KINGS COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
9 3 WONDERFUL WORLD, JACK TOPPING
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
10 8 RIEU ROYALE, ANDRE RIEU
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
11 10 A WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR CHRISTMAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
12 14 CAROLS FROM KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
13 12 THE SNOWMAN & THE SNOWDOG - OST, ILAN ESHKERI & ANDY BURROWS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
14 16 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
15 11 MAGIC OF THE MOVIES, ANDRE RIEU
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
16 17 IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
17 25 HOMEWARD BOUND, BRYN TERFEL
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
18 18 THE 50 GREATEST TRACKS, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
19 15 CHRISTMAS IN THE VALLEYS - WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIRS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
20 19 A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
21 26 THE JOHN RUTTER CHRISTMAS ALBUM, CAMBRIDGE SINGERS/RUTTER
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
22 NEW THE GREATEST STRAUSS WALTZES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
23 28 THE COLOURS OF CHRISTMAS, JOHN RUTTER
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
24 13 MUSIC FOR HEROES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
25 RE THE CLASSICAL ALBUM 2013, VARIOUS ARTISTS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
26 24 OF KINGS AND ANGELS - A CHRISTMAS CAROL, MEDIAEVAL BABES
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
27 20 THE COLLECTION, ANDRE RIEU
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
28 30 A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION, SIXTEEN/CHRISTOPHERS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
29 21 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes
30 RE THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS
Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes