The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 4 August 2013
In last Sunday's show, we heard the UK premiere airplay of the new album from Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.
This week's Classic FM Chart show had the UK premiere airplay of the exciting new recording from Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic.
Together they have recorded two of Rachmaninov's masterpieces: Symphonic Dances and The Bells.
Towards the end of his life, the composer himself said of The Bells 'I worked on this composition with feverish ardour; and it remains of all my works the one I love the most'. Of the Symphonic Dances, written shortly before his death, Rachmaninov said “I don’t know how it happened, it must have been my last spark”.
The album is released on 26 August.
In the chart there were four new entries, the highest of which was the compilation Classical Music for Little Princes which made it to No.8. None of them could shift The Real Classical, though, which has now been at No.1 for five consecutive weeks.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | THE REAL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - |
| 2 | 2 | THE INSTANT CLASSIC COLLECTION - 100, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - |
| 3 | 4 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 7 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 9 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 8 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | NEW | CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR LITTLE PRINCES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 11 | THE HOBBIT - AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY - OST, HOWARD SHORE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | NEW | THE WOLVERINE - OST, MARCO BELTRAMI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | NEW | CLASSIC FM - CLASSIC COMMERCIALS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 6 | IN LOVE WITH MAASTRICHT, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | 13 | RODRIGO - CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 10 | GLADIATOR, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 5 | MARTYNAS, MARTYNAS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | 12 | MAGIC OF THE MOVIES, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | RE-ENTRY | BULLETS & LULLABIES, JAMES RHODES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | 17 | THE COLLECTION, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | 14 | SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | 16 | CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR RELAXATION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | RE-ENTRY | SOUND THE TRUMPET - ROYAL MUSIC OF PURCELL & HANDEL, ALISON BALSAM Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | 21 | LATINO, MILOS KARADAGLIC Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 25 | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | 18 | CLASSIC ALBUM SELECTION, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | RE-ENTRY | 100 HITS - CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | RE-ENTRY | CLASSIC FM - 50 SUMMER CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | 22 | INCEPTION - OST, HANS ZIMMER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | 27 | CLASSIC FM HALL OF FAME 2013, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | 30 | NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | NEW | GAME OF THRONES SEASON 3 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
