The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 21 February 2016, 5pm
Alexander Armstrong stays at No.1 but the choristers are coming...
This week's highest new entry comes in at No.6 and it's the debut from choral ensemble ORA, directed by Suzi Digby. Upheld by Stillness is focused around the music of William Byrd, juxtaposed alongside works by some of the UK's foremost choral composers, reflecting upon Byrd's Mass for Five Voices and Ave Verum Corpus.
There's another new choral entry at No.18. The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin have released an enchanting collection of traditional and contemporary choral music from Ireland and Scotland which features arrangements and new compositions by some of Ireland's most celebrated composers for choir.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A YEAR OF SONGS, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 3 | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 2 | ROMAN HOLIDAY, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 4 | PURE CHOPIN, JI LIU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 5 | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | NEW | UPHELD BY STILLNESS, ORA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 6 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 13 | NESSUN DORMA - THE PUCCINI ALBUM, JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 7 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL , LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 8 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | 16 | THE REVENANT - OST, ALVA NOTO/RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 10 | THE DARCEY BUSSELL BALLET COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | 12 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 15 | NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 18 | IN A TIME LAPSE , LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | 14 | SCARLATTI/SONATAS, ANGELA HEWITT Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | RE-ENTRY | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | NEW | INVISIBLE STARS - CHORAL WORKS OF IRELAND & SCOTLAND, UCD CHORAL SCHOLARS/EARLEY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | 23 | STAR WARS TRILOGY , WILLIAMS/SKYWALKER SYMPHONY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | 21 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | 9 | PART/TALLIS/BYRD/THE DEER'S CRY, SIXTEEN/CHRISTOPHERS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | 25 | LATEST & GREATEST - CLASSICAL STARS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 26 | MAGIC OF THE VIOLIN, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | NEW | SCHUMANN, LISIECKI/SANTA CECILIA/PAPPANO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 27 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | NEW | COOKE/SYMPHONIES NOS.4 & 5, BBC SO/PRITCHARD/KEEFFE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | RE-ENTRY | LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU/JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | 29 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER/LISA GERRARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | RE | THE BEST OF, JONAS KAUFMANN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | RE | CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
