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 |
