The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 18 September 2016, 5pm
The Lost Songs of St Kilda have been rediscovered – and classical music fans are loving them.
Take eight traditional songs, once lost and forgotten, from the most isolated inhabited island group in the UK, 40 miles west of Scotland's Isle of Lewis. Add arrangements by top Scottish composers – including Sir James Macmillan, Craig Armstrong, Rebecca Dale and Francis Macdonald – and what do you get? A No.1 album, that's what. The Lost Songs of St Kilda speeds to No.1 ousting last week's incumbent.
WATCH: The forgotten folk music of this abandoned island is actually incredible beautiful >
The next new entry comes from the brilliant Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez, with The Ultimate Collection, every track showing off just what a dazzling singer and showman he is.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW | THE LOST SONGS OF ST KILDA, MORRISON/SFO/MACMILLAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 1 | LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 2 | VIVA OLYMPIA, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 17 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 6 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 25 | PART/TALLIS/BYRD/THE DEER'S CRY, SIXTEEN/CHRISTOPHERS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 6 | BELIEVE, JONATHAN ANTOINE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 5 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL , LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 4 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | RE-ENTRY | STAR TREK BEYOND - OST, MICHAEL GIACCHINO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 11 | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | NEW | THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION , JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 10 | CINEMA CLASSICS - THE PIANO AT THE MOVIES, SEE SIANG WONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | NEW | HOMAGES, BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 9 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL PIECES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 8 | ONE VOICE, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | RE-ENTRY | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | NEW | KODALY/SCHULHOFF/RAVEL/DUO SESSIONS, FISCHER/MULLER-SCHOTT Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | 15 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | NEW | BRITISH SYMPHONIES, LPO/PO/BBC WSO/BRAITHWAITE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | 7 | SUICIDE SQUAD - OST, STEVEN PRICE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | 16 | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | RE-ENTRY | TITANIC - OST, JAMES HORNER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 12 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | 3 | VERISMO, NETREBKO/OR SANTA CECILIA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 14 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 5 - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | 22 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | NEW | PART/THE DEER'S CRY, VOX CLAMANTIS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | RE-ENTRY | THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS COLLECTION, BBC CO/WORDSWORTH Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | 24 | MAGIC OF THE WALTZ, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | NEW | MENDELSSOHN/SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 & 4, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/GARDINER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
