The Classic FM Chart - 15 June 2014
Classic FM Hall of Fame 2014 holds on to the top spot for a phenomenal seventh week. Will new entries from two pianists threaten its reign?
A pair of pianists have the two highest new entries in this week's chart. James Rhodes enters at No. 9 with Five - his fifth recital album in five years. It includes works by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, and Liszt's arrangement of Robert Schumann.
Schumann also appears on Marc-André Hamelin's new album, On the Overgrown Path, which is the second highest new entry at No. 11. Hamelin puts Schumann together with another composer who you might not expect would complement his music - Leos Janacek. But it works magnificently.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | CLASSIC FM HALL OF FAME 2014, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 2 | ONE DAY LIKE THIS, RHYDIAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 4 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 5 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 5 | MALEFICENT - OST, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 7 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 12 | JENKINS/MOTETS, POLYPHONY/STEPHEN LAYTON Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 10 | THE INSTANT CLASSICAL COLLECTION - 100 ESSENTIAL CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | NEW | FIVE, JAMES RHODES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 11 | SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | NEW | ON THE OVERGROWN PATH 1, MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 18 | 50 ULTIMATE CHILLOUT CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | 15 | ARANJUEZ, KARADAGLIC/LPO/NEZET-SEGUIN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 19 | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 14 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | NEW | POULENC/DIALOGUE DES CARMELITES, DERVAUX/PARIS OPERA CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | NEW | FROM SPAIN TO ETERNITY - THE SACRED POLYPHONY OF EL GRECO'S TOLEDO, ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | NEW | VERDI/GIOVANNA D'ARCO, NETREBKO/MUNICH RO/CARIGNANI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | 21 | THE HOBBIT - THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - OST, HOWARD SHORE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | 8 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER/LISA GERRARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | RE | THE COLLECTION, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | RE | MARTHA ARGERICH AND FRIENDS LIVE, MARTHA ARGERICH Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 25 | THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, KATHERINE JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | 17 | LOVE DUETS, PEREZ/COSTELLO/BBCSO/SUMMERS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 9 | ELGAR/SYMPHONY NO 2, STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN/BARENBOIM Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | 13 | GODZILLA - OST, ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | RE | NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL RELAXING CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | RE | MAGIC OF THE MOVIES, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | 22 | EVENTIDE, VOCES8 Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | 26 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
