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Classic FM Chart: Christmas music dominates behind Bocelli and Bryn Terfel
2 December 2018, 18:55
Carols and choirs dominate the chart this week, with only a few weeks to go until Christmas.
The top four places in the chart remain the same this week. Andrea Bocelli is still at No. 1 with Sì, In Harmony is at No. 2, The Ultimate Classical Collection is at No. 3 and Bryn Terfel stays at No. 4 with his new solo album Dreams and Songs.
Now, nine Christmas albums occupy the chart, three of which come from The Choir of King's College Cambridge. Other festive highlights include André Rieu's Best of Christmas album at No. 8, the Home Alone soundtrack by John Williams at No. 15, and The Nation's Favourite Carols at No. 16.
A new solo album of opera arias by Cecilia Bartoli titled Antonio Vivaldi has entered the chart at No. 11 – quite an achievement considering the number of Christmas albums rising up the chart.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | SI, ANDREA BOCELLI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | 2 | IN HARMONY, ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | 3 | THE ULTIMATE CLASSICAL COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | 4 | DREAMS AND SONGS, BRYN TERFEL Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | 7 | INSPIRATION, SHEKU KANNEH-MASON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | 6 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | 8 | BEST OF CHRISTMAS, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | 5 | EVOLUTION, ALEXIS FFRENCH Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | 11 | CAROLS FROM KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | 10 | 100 YEARS OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS, KING'S CC/WILLCOCKS/LEDGER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 11 | NEW | ANTONIO VIVALDI, BARTOLI/ENS MATHEUS/SPINOSI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | 9 | FANTASTIC BEASTS - CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | 16 | JOHN WILLIAMS - A LIFE IN MUSIC, LSO/GREENAWAY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 14 | 15 | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 15 | 24 | HOME ALONE - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS |
| 16 | 14 | THE NATION'S FAVOURITE CAROLS, RPO/CITY LONDON CH/WETTON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 17 | RE | CHRISTMAS CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | 12 | THE REAL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | 17 | DIVENIRE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | 22 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 21 | 13 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | 19 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 23 | 20 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 24 | 18 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 25 | RE | AMORE, ANDRE RIEU Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 26 | RE | CHRISTMAS VOICES 2, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 27 | 27 | SCORE, 2CELLOS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 28 | RE | THE GREAT BRITISH CAROL COLLECTION, CHOIR OF TRINITY COLLEGE Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 29 | RE | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 30 | RE | CHRISTMAS AT KING'S, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
