The Classic FM Chart - 1 June 2014

Ludovico Einaudi has another new chart entry - Lavinia is playing his greatest hits on the harp.

A former Album of the Week on Classic FM, the music of Ludovico Einaudi played on the harp by Lavinia Meijer is this week's highest new entry.

Will her special brand of peace and calm be enough to push her past Godzilla next week and take on Classic FM Hall of Fame 2014 and Rhydian, still sitting tight in the top two positions?

Elsewhere there's a fascinating new entry at 17 from the pen of Christoph Willibald Gluck. His version of La Clemenza di Tito pre-dates Mozart's by some 40 years. And another superb piece of theatre, Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story gets a complete new reading with an all-American cast directed by Michael Tilson Thomas. That enters the chart at 18.

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Title & Artist
1 1 CLASSIC FM HALL OF FAME 2014, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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2 2 ONE DAY LIKE THIS, RHYDIAN
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3 4 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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4 RE CLASSICAL CALM, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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5 8 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY
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6 6 JENKINS/MOTETS, POLYPHONY/STEPHEN LAYTON
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7 7 GODZILLA - OST, ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
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8 NEW PASSAGGIO - EINAUDI BY LAVINIA, LAVINIA MEIJER
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9 5 LOVE DUETS, PEREZ/COSTELLO/BBCSO/SUMMERS
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10 14 THE INSTANT CLASSICAL COLLECTION - 100 ESSENTIAL CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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11 9 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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12 12 SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC, JOHN WILLIAMS
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13 3 50 ULTIMATE CHILLOUT CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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14 10 ARANJUEZ, KARADAGLIC/LPO/NEZET-SEGUIN
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15 13 THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS
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16 RE ELGAR/SYMPHONY NO 2, STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN/BARENBOIM
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17 NEW GLUCK/LA CLEMENZA DI TITO, LARTE DEL MONDO
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18 NEW BERNSTEIN/WEST SIDE STORY, SAN FRANSISCO SO/TILSON THOMAS
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19 RE WALTON/SYMPHONY NO 1/VIOLIN CONCERTO, LITTLE/BBC SO/GARDNER
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20 NEW MARTHA ARGERICH AND FRIENDS LIVE, MARTHA ARGERICH
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21 15 IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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22 18 CAPRICE, DAVID GARRETT
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23 RE DESERT ISLAND DISCS, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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24 RE EVENTIDE, VOCES8
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25 NEW THE ROMANTIC HERO, VITTORIO GRIGOLO
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26 20 RECOMPOSED BY MAX RICHTER/VIVALDI - FOUR SEASONS, HOPE/KONZERTHAUS CO/RIDDER
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27 21 THE HOBBIT - THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - OST, HOWARD SHORE
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28 RE VAUGHAN WILLIAMS/PIANO QUINTET, LONDON SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE
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29 RE DVORAK/CELLO CONCERTO, WEILERSTEIN/CZECH PO/BELOHLAVEK
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30 25 GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER/LISA GERRARD
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